Moving sections and articles in the help center

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<p class="p">As your help center grows, you may find that you need to move existing sections from one
category to another, or move articles from one section to another.</p>
<p class="p">This article contains the following topics:</p>
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<ul class="ul" id="topic_gks_sml_t2b__ul_zqm_msv_52b">
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_oc4_ysv_52b">Moving a section to a different
category</a></li>
<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="#topic_lhv_ysv_52b">Moving an article to a different
section</a></li>
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<p class="p">Related article:</p>
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<li class="li"><a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408843983258" target="_blank">Reordering knowledge base content in the Help Center</a></li>
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<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title2" class="topic nested1" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b">
<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2">Moving a section to a different category</h2>
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<p class="p">You can to move an existing section from one category to another. </p>
<p class="p">There are two ways to do this. You can either navigate to the section in in your help
center and edit it, or you can navigate to the section in Knowledge admin and move it.</p>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To move a section to a different category in your help center</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b__ol_q2r_2r1_5gb">
<li class="li">In your <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9041943683354#topic_dzz_4wn_s2c" target="_blank">help center</a>, navigate to the section you want to
move, then click <strong class="ph b">Edit section</strong> in the top menu bar.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b__image_r2r_2r1_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/edit_section_button.png" width="225"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">Under <strong class="ph b">Hierarchy</strong> in the sidebar, click the name of the current category.</li>
<li class="li">Select a new category for the section, then click <strong class="ph b">Select</strong>.<p class="p">You can search for or
navigate to the category. All of your categories might not appear in the
window.</p>
</li>
<li class="li">In <strong class="ph b">Edit section</strong>, click <strong class="ph b">Update</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To move a section to a different category in Knowledge admin</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b__ol_jkj_zp1_5gb">
<li class="li">In <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9041943683354" target="_blank">Knowledge admin</a> click the <strong class="ph b">Arrange content</strong>
(<img class="image" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b__image_kkj_zp1_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/guide_icon_arrange_articles.png">) icon in the sidebar.</li>
<li class="li">In <strong class="ph b">Arrange articles</strong>, drill down to the section you want to move. </li>
<li class="li">Click the options menu at the end of the section title, then select <strong class="ph b">Move
to</strong>.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_oc4_ysv_52b__image_lkj_zp1_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/arrange_articles_options_menu.png" width="375"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">Select a new category for the section.<p class="p">You can search for or navigate to the category.
All of your categories might not appear in the window.</p>
</li>
<li class="li"> Click <strong class="ph b">Move</strong>.</li>
</ol>
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<div aria-labelledby="ariaid-title3" class="topic nested1" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b">
<h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title3">Moving an article to a different section</h2>
<div class="body">
<p class="p">You can move an existing article from one section to another.</p>
<p class="p">There are two ways to do this. You can either navigate to the article in your help center
and edit it, or you can navigate to the article in Knowledge admin and move it.</p>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To move an article to a different section in your help center</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__ol_cw4_hqp_5gb">
<li class="li">In your <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9041943683354#topic_dzz_4wn_s2c" target="_blank">help center</a>, navigate to the article to which you
want to add placements, then click <strong class="ph b">Edit article</strong> in the top menu bar.<p class="p"><img class="image" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__image_ggl_lts_tcc" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/hc_top_menu_edit_article.png" width="200"></p>
</li>
<li class="li">If the <strong class="ph b">Article settings</strong> panel is not displayed in the sidebar, click the
<strong class="ph b">Article settings</strong> icon (<img class="image" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__image_hgl_lts_tcc" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/guide-art-settings-icon.png" width="25">) to expand the panel.</li>
<li class="li">In the <strong class="ph b">Placement</strong> section, click the placement card you want to edit.<p class="p">The
Placement panel opens.</p>
</li>
<li class="li">Under <strong class="ph b">Section</strong>, click <strong class="ph b">Manage sections</strong>, then select a new section and click
<strong class="ph b">OK</strong>.<p class="p">You can search for or navigate to the section. All of your categories might
not appear in the window. To navigate, click the expander arrows to drill down to the
section you want.</p>
<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__image_q2y_ln1_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/publish_in_section2.png" width="400"></p>
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<li class="li">Click <strong class="ph b">Update settings</strong>.</li>
</ol>
<p class="p"><strong class="ph b">To move an article to a different section in Knowledge admin</strong></p>
<ol class="ol" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__ol_ew4_hqp_5gb">
<li class="li">In <a class="xref" href="https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9041943683354" target="_blank">Knowledge admin</a>, click the <strong class="ph b">Arrange content</strong>
(<img class="image" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__image_fw4_hqp_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/guide_icon_arrange_articles.png">) icon in the sidebar.</li>
<li class="li">In <strong class="ph b">Arrange articles</strong>, drill down to the article you want to move. </li>
<li class="li">Click the options menu at the end of the article title, then select <strong class="ph b">Move
to</strong>.<p class="p"><img class="image img-screenshot" id="topic_lhv_ysv_52b__image_gw4_hqp_5gb" src="https://zen-marketing-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/en/arrange_articles_options_menu.png" width="375"></p>
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<li class="li">Select a new section for the article.<p class="p">You can search for or navigate to the section.
All of your categories might not appear in the window.</p>
</li>
<li class="li">Click <strong class="ph b">Move</strong><p class="p">The article is moved to the new section.</p>
</li>
</ol>
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