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## <span style="color: #000000">General Information</span>

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<summary>What is Bento?</summary>

Bento is a content management system (CMS) that provides an extensive suite of web components that can be leveraged by stations and producers to make websites and pages. A key objective of Bento is to help free stations and producers up to focus on content creation and production, by offering tools that reduce technical and operational expenses related to web site management. Bento 3.0 offers stations and producers a robust website management tool that is integrated with other PBS Digital products and services such as [Media Manager](https://docs.pbs.org/space/MM/5341192/Media+Manager) and [TV Schedules](https://docs.pbs.org/space/TLM/5046280/TV+Listings+Manager). [Learn more](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751362/Bento+3.0)
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<summary>What features are available in Bento?</summary>

The Bento feature set is robust and flexible, allowing you to customize your site with PBS-supported tools. [See a full list of components here](https://pbs-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/B3/pages/4751450)
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<summary>How customizable is Bento?</summary>

With a layout-based admin, you can easily leverage visual and live-editing tools to create unique looking websites. Some custom features include:

- Custom stylesheets applied using the [embed component](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751472/Embed)
- <span style="color: #000000">D</span><span style="color: #000000">ifferent section layouts on the same page (example: a one column and three column layout on the same page)</span>
- <span style="color: #000000">I</span><span style="color: #000000">ntegrations with other content partners and data resources such as NPR, Social Media platforms, </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Media Manager</span>](https://docs.pbs.org/space/MM/5341192/Media+Manager)<span style="color: #000000"> and </span>[Curate](https://docs.pbs.org/space/CB/5341186/Curate)<span style="color: #000000"> </span>
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<summary>Is Bento ADA compliant?</summary>

Bento offers in its console the ability for creators of sites to implement ADA compliant features, such as closed captions, ALT tags, etc. It is up to the creator of the Bento site to implement these features and present an ADA compliant site.
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## Pages

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<summary>Can I copy a page?</summary>

Yes. Please [click here](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751614/How+to+Copy+a+Page) to learn more.
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<summary>Can I password protect pages in Bento?</summary>

Currently there is no ability to password protect pages in Bento. You can keep a page in the unpublished mode so that it's not visible to the public but as far as putting live pages behind a log in, Bento does not offer that. [Learn more about page versioning](https://pbs-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/B3/pages/4751494)
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<summary>Can I share Bento pages?</summary>

Yes. You can share published and unpublished Bento pages with others. [Learn how](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751616/How+to+Share+a+Page)
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<summary>Can I move and reorder pages?</summary>

You can reorder pages and move page content. [Learn how to move pages](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751602/How+to+Move+Pages)   [Learn how to rearrange content](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751653/How+to+Rearrange+Page+Content)
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## Components

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<summary>Why are some components greyed out?</summary>

Only components that are available to add to the page are in full color. Components that are greyed out indicate that the component cannot be added to the page. For instance, in the following image, *list of links, menu promo, station header*, and *flexible footer* cannot be added to the current page. 

![image](media://490a8c75-547f-42b1-8dd7-d61d37d8ce75)
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<summary>Can I see which components I have on my site?</summary>

Yes. Refer to your Components dashboard to view <span style="color: #172B4D">all components being used on your Bento site, the pages they are on, and the number of times they surface.</span><span style="color: #172B4D"> </span>[Learn more](https://docs.pbs.org/space/B3/4751621/Component+Usage+Statistics)
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<summary>How can I tell which components are on a particular page?</summary>

When looking at your Bento page in the console, click the **cog icon** at the top of the component. The component name displays in the left hand column.

![image](media://c75b0a58-d42d-41bf-afff-a09eade7c57c)
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## Support

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<summary>What kind of admin support will be available for Bento?</summary>

If you do not find the answer to your question here, please check out the [support portal](https://digitalsupport.pbs.org/support/home). If your question is not answered there, [submit a ticket](https://digitalsupport.pbs.org/support/tickets/new).
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## Staying Connected

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<summary>How do I stay in-the-know on topics related to Bento?</summary>

Stations:

- <span style="color: #1155cc">[Email](mailto:spi@pbs.org)</span> the SPI team;
- <span style="color: #1155cc">[Subscribe](http://pbs.us4.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=6de6139b88c328c5a35b4caa9&id=b0d67640a4)</span> to the weekly SPI Newsletter;
- Join the <span style="color: #1155cc">[PBS Digital Station Solutions Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/1006906026026063/)</span>;
- Check out the <span style="color: #1155cc">[SPI blog](http://spiblog.pbs.org/)</span>.

Producers:

- Contact your program manager directly;
- Join the <span style="color: #1155cc">[PBS Digital Producers Communication Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/702890663086620/)</span>.
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