Adding entries to a list

Adding or modifying an item entry in SheerCMS is done using the Administrative consoles List Management view.

Simply log into the SheerCMS Administration console and select "Lists" from the top menu. The List Management view is shown displaying a list of all the lists within your SheerCMS website.

Select list to manage

Select the list you wish to manage and press the "Manage Entries" button.

Select list entry to edit

The list entry has a number of values available to populate:

  • Title - This is the short title text. It is used as the link if a hyperlink is specified.

  • Date - This is the relevent date of the article. It is used as the publication date by the RSS feed control and when filtering entries to display on those in the past or future.

  • Link - This is a hyperlink to a web resource that is related to the list item.

  • Decription- This allows more complex, HTML content to be associated with the item.

List entry editor

Enter the values that you wish displayed. The values that you need to populate are dependant on the display format that you have chosen for that list.

Once the entry is finished, press the "Add" button, the entry is added and the list of entries is updated.