How To's | Knowledge Base

Adding Default Values to Content Fields

Overview of the different content fields you can add default values to

Component Conditional Fields

Learn how to use the component conditional fields feature to make dynamic changes to your pages.

Formstack and ButterCMS Integration

Adding forms to your pages is made easy with our Formstack integration.

Typeform and ButterCMS Integration

Adding forms to your pages is made easy with our Typeform integration.

Lokalise and ButterCMS integration

One-stop solution for AI-powered translations and automated localization.

DeepL Translator and ButterCMS integration

Speed up time to market by utilizing an automated translation service.

Important Milestones When Migrating Your Website Into ButterCMS

An overview of important milestones to help successfully transition your website to ButterCMS

How to Add Images to Components

Guide on how to add visual thumbnails to components

ButterCMS Content Review for Workflows

What is ButterCMS Content Review and How Does it Work?

Moving Content Within ButterCMS

Need to move content throughout your Butter account? Please read on...

How to build Components and manage your Component Library

Learn how to build Components and manage your Component Library in ButterCMS

How to log in and manage my Single Sign-On (SSO) users?

Single sign-on (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials. SSO log-in is available for our Enterprise offerings and is customized to meet your organizations requirements.

Delete a Draft with a Published Version

Easy guide for removing a draft version of a published page

How to Customize the URL for a Media Asset

Learn how you can customize the URLs of your media assets.

Enterprise Multi-site User Management

Learn how to add, delete and manage users in a multisite account

Add Code Syntax Highlighting to a Website

You can now highlight your code syntax on ButterCMS! Make your code snippets stand out better and make your blog posts more visible to your readers

Troubleshooting the Preview Feature

Options for troubleshooting the preview feature on your account

Creating, Editing, Scheduling and Deleting Collections

In depth review of how to create, update, and delete collections and collection items.

How to Modify Components

Learn how to make an update to a ButterCMS Component

ButterCMS Pre-Build Planning Checklist

A must read for fast and efficient setup. This short checklist will help your team decide the best way to configure ButterCMS to fit your app.

Adding a Table of Contents to Blog Posts

Guide on how to add anchor tags or table of contents to your blog posts

Setting Up Localization on Your Account

Guide on setting up Locales on your account

Page Status: From Draft to Published

Review the typical workflow for publishing Pages.

How to Use Workspaces

Workspaces allow you to organize your Collections under different Pages

How to Add Comments to Blog Posts

Adding comments to your blog posts is very simple, and is a great way to create a sense of community and engage with your audience.

Sitemap and RSS Feeds

Here is some helpful information when setting up Sitemap and RSS Feeds

Embedding Forms

This article explains how to embed forms into your Blog Posts and Pages

WYSIWYG Editor Feature Descriptions

A complete guide to the WYSIWYG editor features.

Exporting Blog Posts

View all of your blog content in an easy to use .csv file for quick analysis and content calendar planning purposes.

Scheduling Blog Posts, Pages, and Collections

Have more control and flexibility to coordinate releases of your content by scheduling the publish date for your Blog Posts, Pages, and Collections

How to Create, Modify and Delete Blog Posts

A Blog Post is a preconfigured page with set fields. This article provides the step by step instructions for how to create and delete a blog post.

Migrating Content into ButterCMS

Need to migrate content over to Butter? Please read on...

Draft Collection Content

This article shows you how to create, review, and publish draft Collection content.

Managing Multiple Sites and Environments

This article shows you how to access and switch from one site or environment to another

Create, Edit, and Delete Pages/Page Types

Page Types are a powerful feature for creating page templates that can be reused repeatedly. This article provides the step by step instructions for how to create, modify and delete a page type.

View and Restore Prior Version Histories

Restore or view previous versions of your content

SEO Optimization

How to Setup your Templates to maximize SEO and Social Sharing

Account Users

Everything you need to know on how to effectively manage the profile of users under your ButterCMS account

Managing your ButterCMS Account

This article walks you through your ButterCMS account settings - where to access your API Tokens, set up localization, web hooks, Google Analytics, adjust your user profile, and billing information.

Previewing Blog Posts and Pages

Previewing Blog Posts and Pages by setting up your preview URLs

Media Library

Everything you need to know about ButterCMS Media Library

Add & Adjust Media Files in Posts & Pages

A thorough overview of how to add, edit, and adjust media within your blog posts