Library and Global Elements

The Tirenoa Library stores content you want to use again: page templates, containers, columns, elements, post cards and mega menus. A saved item is normally a copy. Each time you insert it, the page gets its own independent version.

A global element is different. It is one item that many pages share. When you change it in one place, it changes everywhere. Use it for content that must stay identical across the site, such as a call-to-action row, opening hours or a contact block.

In this article: Saved Item or Global Item · Save Something as Global While You Build · Create a Global Item From the Library Screen · Insert a Library Item on a Page · Edit, Unlink or Delete a Global Item · Who Can Work With Global Items · Related

Containers, columns and elements can be global. Page templates, post cards and mega menus cannot.

1. In the Builder, click the save icon of the container, column or element you want to reuse.
2. Enter a name. Names must be unique; the Builder asks for a different one if the name is already taken.
3. Tick Save As Global and save.
4. The item on the page now shows the globe icon, and the item appears in the Library.

Leave Save As Global unticked to store a normal, independent copy instead.

1. Go to Tirenoa › Library.
2. Under Select Library Element Type choose Container, Column or Element.
3. Enter a name and tick Global element. The checkbox is hidden for Template, Post Card and Mega Menu.
4. Click Create Library Element. The new item opens in the Builder, where you add its content.

Library items are inserted from the same windows you use to add new content, not from the Library window itself.

• Containers: add a container and switch to the Library Containers tab.
• Columns: add columns and switch to the Library Columns tab. A column always goes inside a container.
• Elements: add an element and switch to the Library Elements tab. An element always goes inside a column.

Items with the globe icon are inserted as global items. All others are inserted as copies.

• Edit: change the item on any page that uses it, or open it with Edit in the Library. Either way the change is saved to the shared item and shows on every page.
• Unlink on one page: click the globe icon on the item. Its tooltip reads “Click to disable global status”. The item on that page becomes a normal copy and no longer follows the shared one.
• Delete: deleting a global item asks for confirmation, because it removes the item from every page it is on.

Note: Because an edit on one page reaches all pages, check the globe icon before you change a text or an image. If only this page should change, unlink the item first.

Creating and changing global items needs more rights than normal library items. By default editors and administrators can do it; authors and contributors can use the Library but cannot save or change global items. Tiaro can adjust these rights per user role for your site.

• Container Element – the largest building block you can save or make global
• Column Element – columns can be saved and made global too
• Dynamic Content Options – let a shared item show page-specific values
• Post Cards Element – uses post cards stored in the Library