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Here are a few interesting things that might help you out while using Viviti:

Dragging Components between Pages

If you add a component to the wrong page, or simply decide you want it on a different page, you don't have to delete the component and then add it again.. You can simply move it! To do this you just grab the component as if you were going to drag it somewhere else on the page, but instead drag it to the page dropdown in the toolbar.. it will open and you can simply select a different page. When you let go it will ask if you want to move the component to that page, or just copy it. For more information, there is an article about it on the wiki!

Turning your Nested Navigation Menu into a Hover or Dropdown menu

We've had a bunch of people asking how to make their nested navigation menus into hover or dropdown menus, so we have made an excellent javascript available within your theme. This requires editing your theme source code to do, but if you are comfortable with that we suggest reading the tutorial to get started!

Using the Collapse Components toolbar for easier editing

On the statusbar there is a button that allows you to collapse all the components on your page. This accomplishes a couple things things - by collapsing all the content it makes it much easier to move components around the page. It can also allow you to edit or remove components that may be broken and hard to find, or simply have no visual output (for example an embeded javascript counter). For the advanced user it also provides a quick reference of all the CSS ID's for CSS or Javascript work. As usual, you can check the page on the wiki for more information!

Our Wiki has a lot more information including instructions on how to create your own custom theme, Tips on building your site, and for those that want to keep up to date on new features, bug fixes and upcoming changes to the system, we have a Release Notes page that we keep up to date as we move Viviti forward.

If there are other things you want to know how to do with Viviti, let us know!