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Official website

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

    The .gov means it's official.

    Local, state, and federal government websites often end in .gov. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government websites and email systems use "pennsylvania.gov" or "PA.gov" at the end of the address. Before sharing sensitive or personal information, make sure you're on an official state website. 
    Getting Started with AEM

    Navigating AEM

    Navigation page

    Once logged in, you will land on the Navigation page. The Navigation page is a hub that leads to different areas to edit.

    Screenshot of Navigation landing page, including the Sites option.
    • Projects: Not currently in use for CoPA.
    • Sites: Contains the site hierarchy, with links to all site pages, both published and drafts. Most content authoring will take place from the Sites section. Continue to the Sites section below for more info.
    • Experience Fragments: Contains Experience Fragments, which are fragments of a web page replicated across multiple places on the site. Go to the Experience Fragments section for more info.
    • Assets: Contains Assets, which are primarily images or documents uploaded by authors to include on the site. Continue to the Assets section below for more info.
    • Forms: Contains AEM Forms, which may be developed for specific agencies as needed. Go to the Forms guide for more info (coming soon).
    • Personalization: Not currently in use for CoPA.
    • Content Fragments: Contains Content Fragments, which are pieces of editorial text structured in a specific format and available across multiple places on the site. Go to the Content Fragments page for more info.

    Sites

    Site hierarchy

    1. From the Navigation page, click on Sites. You will land on the site hierarchy page.

    Screenshot of the Sites page on AEM, including the CoPA PWP PAGov folder that most CoPA authors will use.

    Each site that is part of CoPA’s AEM instance appears as a folder. The PA.gov site appears under the “CoPA PWP PAGov” folder. The other folders are for Sapient use only, for editing test sites and the Web Content Management site.

    2. Click the site folder to see the sections of the site, then select the language folder with the title "Home" and name "en."

    Screenshot of the Sites page on AEM, with CoPA PWP PAGov, then English, folders selected. The Level 1 pages under English display for authors to click into.

    3. Under the English folder, the Level 1 list pages will display. These pages are typically navigation pages or intros to specific content (ex. the Services parent page, the Agencies parent page).

    Editing a page

    Option 1: To edit the page, click the checkmark to the left of the page name. From the top navigation bar that appears, click Edit. Go to the “Pre-step to Authoring any Component” guide to learn about editing any page.

    Sites screen with Agencies folder selected, showing options for subfolders that authors may choose to edit.

    Option 2: To the right of the selected page, a list of Level 2 pages under the Level 1 page will appear. Click on the relevant Level 2 page.

    On Sites selection page, a page under the Governor folder is selected with the checkbox checked off, revealing the edit toolbar at the top of the screen.