# References

https://docs.wisecp.com/de/references

Manage every reference published on your website from one list: search a record, open it for editing or remove it for good.

## Reaching the Screen

Open **Site Management › References** in the left menu: `{admin}/manage-website/references`

Any of the three site management privileges opens the list. Controls that change a record need the matching privilege. **Edit** and **Apply to Selected** stay visible without it, but the action does not go through.

## What Is on the Screen

The page is one list with a control strip above it. There is no form here. A reference is written on its own page; this screen finds, opens and removes records.

### The control strip

**Apply to Selected** runs one action on every ticked row, and **Delete** is its only entry. **Create Reference** opens an empty reference form. **Categories** takes you to the categories that group references.

On a narrow screen the whole strip folds behind the **Show Options** button at the top of the page.

The table brings its own header: a search box and a page size selector. Staff allowed to export tables also get a download control, a downward arrow icon offering CSV, JSON and XML. The line under the table counts the listed records. Page links appear next to it when the records no longer fit on one page.

### The reference list

The newest record sits at the top. No column here can be sorted, so use the search box to reach a specific reference.

| Column | What it shows | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Selection | Puts the row into a bulk deletion. | Delete privilege only; the checkbox in the header takes the whole page. |
| Title | Reference title in the panel language. | Cut after fifty characters; hover it to read the whole title. |
| URL | Public address of the reference. | Opens the live page in a new browser tab. |
| Category | Category the reference belongs to. | Empty when the record has no category. |
| Created | When the record was created. | In your date format, with the elapsed time next to it. |
| Actions | Row menu behind a vertical three dot icon labelled **Actions**. | Holds **Edit** and, with the delete privilege, **Delete**. |

## Fields

- **Selection**: Optional. Ticks the row for a bulk deletion; the header checkbox takes every row on the page.
- **Apply to Selected**: Optional, empty by default. Choosing **Delete** opens a confirmation window for the ticked rows, then the list clears itself.
- **Search**: Optional, empty by default. Narrows the list to references matching what you type. The search covers the whole row, not the title alone: the address, the category and the date match too.
- **Page size**: How many rows one page holds. Ten by default.

## Tasks

### Adding a reference

1. Click **Create Reference** in the control strip, on a narrow screen after clicking **Show Options**.
2. Fill in the reference form and save it.
3. You return to this list with the new record at the top. It goes live on the website unless you hid it on the form.

### Opening a reference for editing

1. Find the row, using the search box when the list is long.
2. Click the vertical three dot icon at the end of the row and choose **Edit**.
3. The form opens with the current content of the reference. Saving keeps you on the form and confirms the change.

### Checking a reference on the website

1. Click the address in the **URL** column.
2. The public page opens in a new browser tab, so this list stays where it was.

### Deleting a reference

1. For one record, click the vertical three dot icon at the end of the row and choose **Delete**. For several, tick their checkboxes and choose **Delete** under **Apply to Selected**.
2. Read the confirmation window. It names the reference for a single row and the count for a selection. Two or more rows also ask for your own panel password.
3. Confirm with the red button at the bottom: **Delete** for one row, **Delete Selected** for a selection.
4. The rows leave the list without a page reload, and the reference disappears from the website.

## Things to Watch

> **Deleting takes the whole record**
> 
> The reference goes with all of its translations. The listing, mockup and background images uploaded for it are erased from the server as well. Nothing on this screen brings them back. Hide a reference you may need again instead of deleting it.

> **Visibility is not in the list**
> 
> You set it on the reference form, and there is no column for it here. A hidden reference looks exactly like a published one. Open the record when you need to know.

> **The list follows your panel language**
> 
> Titles, addresses and category names come from the language you use in the panel. A category with no name in that language leaves the **Category** cell empty, even though the reference is still tied to it. A reference with no translation in that language still appears, with its title and address from another language.

## Required Privileges

Opening the list needs any site management privilege. **Create Reference**, the **Edit** entry and the **Categories** screen need `MANAGE_WEBSITE_OPERATION`. The selection column and every **Delete** need `MANAGE_WEBSITE_DELETE`. Downloading the list needs the table export privilege.

## Related Articles

- [Creating a Reference](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-reference)
- [Reference Categories](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/reference-categories)
- [Pages](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/pages)