Check Layout

What a file or folder (i. e. its released version) looks like after it has been published can easily be checked by means of the preview. However, if the layout files used for this don't work, they can be checked by means of this menu command to find the errors.

When checking layouts, the draft and released versions are used in accordance with the selected view that was chosen via the View > Choose view menu command.

The command for checking the layout can be found in the Extras menu. After the command has been executed, the following page is displayed:

Here the errors are displayed that would occur when the content is published. If errors occurred, click Show Details to find the offending places in the layout files or in the version concerned. Use the same button, which is then labelled Show error messages only, to hide the details again.

CMS Fiona adds comments and error messages to the file that would be generated when the version concerned is published. This file is then displayed so that unwanted output can be detected easier than by looking at the layout code alone.

The administrator can provide different base layouts for the preview and the actual publication. This means that the preview not necessarily shows the pages as they are published later on.