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CMS Bookmarklets for use with Ensemble

These CMS bookmarklets are dynamic bookmarks for your browser that run a bit of javascript code to determine which destination to send you to.

These bookmarklets can be used to open pages in Ensemble more directly. They are convenient for repetitive tasks in ensemble and will work most conditions. They were initially created for use in Chrome but have been ported to Safari and Firefox. Currently, IE/Edge is not supported. The bookmarklets may change with incremental changes to the CMS. If you find bugs,  contact us.

  • CMS Edit - Opens the author (editor) version of the page.
  • CMS Draft - Opens the draft version of the page (view as published).
  • CMS Publish - Opens the published version of the current page (if any).
  • CMS Parent - Open the page's parent folder in author.
  • CMS Link - Copies the page's ensemble link to the clipboard (e.g. /content/yoursite_vt_edu/en/).

You will need to log in to code.vt.edu with your VT PID to download these files.

Import

Download and import the most recent bookmarklets directly into your browser. This will create a folder containing the bookmarklets.

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Look in your browser preferences for the options to import bookmarks (showing Chrome settings).
bookmarklet in toolbar
Once bookmarklets are imported in the browser.

Manual Installation (copy and paste)

Alternatively, use the links below and copy the bookmarklet code and then manually create a bookmark in your browser and paste the code into its URL field and save (don't worry about whitespace).

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Manually editing a Chrome bookmark
  • Tested in Chrome
  • Tested in Safari
  • Tested in FF
  • Partial mobile support
  • No IE/Edge support yet

For more information, visit the repository on code.vt.edu.