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Frequently asked questions

You have questions about our CMS Kentico?
Here you can find the most frequent asked questions from content managers.

General Questions

Create a new item of type "page" and fill it with your desired content. Tip: Use sections, rows and columns to structure your content. For further information go to the documentaion for layouting.

In Kentico on the top right side there is a button called "More Actions". Click on it and select the option "collapse components".

Configuration

To see changes made in the theme configuration, we need to re-deploy the project. The same applies to changes that are made in the message bundle and client config. In these cases please contact us.

Layouting

Yes you can. The following components offer paddings: buttons, headline, image, image-list, product-group, row, column, section, social-follow, teaser, table, text and video.

Yes you can. The following components offer margins: accordion, buttons, headline, image, image-list, image-slider, publication, product-group, row, section, social-follow, teaser, table, text and video.

Yes, you can choose between 3 or 4 column layout.

Yes, directly in the footer element set "Neutral Links" to "on".

No. The footer is a content element and can be freely structured as needed, just like a page.

You can set your corner type in the theme configuration. If "rounded" is active, a 4px radius is applied to the corners many elements. If "rounded" is not active, corners are square.

You can set the use of shadows initially in the theme configuration. If "shadow" is active, shadows are applied to some elements. If "shadow" is not active, all elements are flat.

Components

Headlines and Text

Yes, the text element of type "text" can be maintained using the pre-defined sizes from x-small to xx-large.

At the beginning you set the standard headline color in the theme. Every headline element though can be overwritten with an own color.

Image

For adding images use the component "Image".

You can upload images in the following formats: .jpg, .png and .gif.
We advise to use:
.jpg for photos and other images which are rich in detail
.png for graphics with large single-color areas, text and transparency
.gifs for animations

The file size of images has an impact on the performance of the website and can therefore affect the user experience by causing long loading times. You can optimize the file size of an image by choosing the right file type (.jpg, .png or .gif), compressing it (i.e. by using Photoshop's "save for web"-tool) and choosing the right pixel dimensions to keep the file size at a minimum.

To calculate the ideal pixel dimensions of an image, take the maximal width of where the image will be placed. For example using an image in a quarter teaser: maximum page width 1.300px, teaser is 1/4 of the page = 1.300/4.

Yes. Several files that have been optimized for different viewports can be uploaded in one "image item". You can work with different aspect ratios or file sizes, for example. The file name extension ensures that the correct file is displayed. It can end with "mobile", "tablet" or "desktop".

If you don’t upload images of all three device sizes, the image for the next bigger device will be displayed. For example if you look at your page in a tablet-sized viewport, and you only have uploaded a mobile- and a desktop-sized image, the desktop-sized image will be displayed.
The order of the images is only relevant in one exceptional case: if there is no image available for the given viewport, the first image will be displayed. For example if you uploaded a mobile-sized image first and then a tablet-sized one. When looking at your page in a desktop-sized viewport, the mobile-sized image will be displayed. Given this, it makes sense to upload the largest image first.

There is no limitaion for the aspect ratio of images. It is advisable to use the same aspect ratio for images that are placed next to eachother. For example for images placed in teasers a good aspect ratio could be 3:2, 1:1 or 16:9. Images used in the component "image-slider" must have the same aspect ratio.

Publication

Yes, you can add the component "publications" in any page.

Search

The following pages are excluded from the search: internal server error page and page not found.

Slider

With the component "Image-Slider" or "Teaser-Slider" you can create sliders.

Teasers

Teasers automatically wrap. It is enough to create one row even for a large number of teasers.

Create a section. In the section add a row and add four teaser components with the width of 1/4.

Yes, you can initially set this configuration in the theme.

Frequently asked questions

General Questions

How can I build a new content page? expand_more

What can I do, to keep the overview when I am working on a page? expand_more

Configuration

Why does nothing happen when I change something in the theme configuration? expand_more

Layouting

Can I change paddings? expand_more

Can I change margins? expand_more

Can I create a multi-column structure? expand_more

Can I change the color of Links in the footer to the basic text color? expand_more

Is the content structure of a footer pre-defined? expand_more

What corner settings are available? expand_more

What shadow settings are available? expand_more

Components

Headlines and Text

Can I change the text size for quotes, labels and captions without using headlines? expand_more

Is it possible to have a light and dark version for headlines? expand_more

Image

How do I add an image correctly? expand_more

What type of image formats can I upload? expand_more

How large can image files be? expand_more

What are ideal pixel dimensions? expand_more

Can I work with differently sized image files for different devices? expand_more

Am I limited in the aspect ratio? expand_more

Publication

Can I include the component "publications" in a page? expand_more

Search

Can specific pages be excluded from the search? expand_more

Slider

How can I create a slider? expand_more

Teasers

How do I create multiple teasers correctly? expand_more

How can I create a row with four teasers? expand_more

Can I make the entire teaser clickable? expand_more