Locking Page Variants

Before editing a page variant, you should lock the page variant. Locking prevents the page variant from being edited by other users in parallel. The page variant lock can be released manually. It is released automatically after the configured lock interval has expired. For details about how to configure the page variant lock interval, see Defining Content Lock Period.

Tip:
Upon editing the page variant, it is automatically locked for you if it has not been locked already by another user.

Basically, there are two ways to lock page variants: either directly from the page variant list, or via the page variant detail view.

Locking Page Variants in List View

To lock pages in the page variant list view:
  1. Select the management context from the context selection box, then select Content | Page Variants.
    This opens the Page Variants list view.
  2. Click the icon in the row of the page variant(s) you intend to edit.
    An error message appears if the page variant is currently edited by another user.
Note:
Click the icon to release the page variant lock when you are done.

Locking Page Variants in Detail View

To lock a page variant in the page variant detail view:
  1. Select the management context from the context selection box, then select Content | Page Variants.
    This opens the Page Variants list view.
  2. Click the name of the page variant you intend to edit.
    This opens the Content tab of the detail view.
  3. Click the icon at the dialog top.
    An error message appears if the page variant is currently edited by another user.
Note:
Click the icon to release the page variant lock when you are done.