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The Content Manager Explorer (CME) is the main user interface to the SDL Tridion Content Manager

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Automatically logging out SDL Web 8 user from the CME after X hours

We have a custom SSO implementation that we are using to secure the SDL Web 8 CME. For the most part it is working quite well. … It would also limit the security risk of users leaving their browsers open with a CME that can change our live websites. …
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Selecting multiple items (delete, promote etc)

This can happen if the TcmBatchProcessor isn't running. However, I had this issue yesterday. It was because I had the wrong domain/name for my MTSUSer in the CM Database after my migration. It seems …
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2 votes

Same file name for Pages in a Structure Group

As @Bart correctly said, "In Tridion you can't have multiple Pages with the same filename in a single Structure Group". You may be able to achieve this (admittedly a bit hacky), would be to use a gen …
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Is multiple checkout feasible with Tridion

This is not currently possible out of the box. A check out creates an exclusive lock on an item, so only one user can perform the action at a time.
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Question about variables like '$xml' and others

You will need to download the SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 GUI Extensions API from here (requires log in)
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2 votes

How can I redirect users from my old HTTP Tridion CME instance to my new HTTPS version of th...

This is not really a Tridion specific question, you should configure IIS to perform this redirection. Take a look at this sample: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17409800/redirect-website-from-htt …
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6 votes
1 answer
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How to control where custom lists appear in the CME

After following the great answer in this post, I can now insert, order and remove columns from the lists in the CME. I am only doing this for ECL folders at the moment (by extending the ECL editor). …
11 votes
2 answers
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Is there a way to make the CME always show thumbnail view for certain folders?

We would like the CME to default to thumbnail view rather than list view for the folders. Can this be achieved with configuration, or would we need to write a GUI extension. …
9 votes
1 answer
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Ordering and Removing Columns from List Views

I have created a new DataExtender to display a custom field for my items, and this column has been added to an editor and it works correctly in the CME. …
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Managing flat and static files using Tridion

I agree with all of the other "Don't Do Tt" answers. However, I have had clients which insisted on it. The only solotion I have seen work well is to create a zipfile of the entire web application, an …
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5 votes

Powertools DragDropUploader Uploaded 0 file. Number of failures error

I had some similar problems with the first release. I ended up creating a new installation from the sources. Both uploaders work fine for me now. Did you use the installer or make your own installat …
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7 votes

How to best demonstrate multiple Tridion users?

I often work with Chrome in Incognito mode or FF in Private Browsing mode. Then it doesn't store the passwords
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10 votes
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Is it possible to default to 'main view' of the SDL Tridion 2011 CME instead of the dashboard?

SDL Tridion 2011 introduced the new dashboard (or control panel) in the CME. …
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How does `This group will be available for setting permissions in the following Publications...

It sort of seems like you have answered your own question here, but anyway... I would use Authors for controlling Rights, and then Marketing Authors (which is a member of Authors) for managing which …
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Templates not readily available in Tridion Content Manager

When Ctrl-F5 doesn't work, I find closing all windows of the browser and reopening the CME tends to solve the problem. …
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