The title

is assigned by the user who creates the item.

This page has the title 'Item names & renaming.

It can be changed as shown below

The short name

is initially generated automatically using the title and replacing spaces with dashes.

It is used in the navigation system. You can see for example from the http address of this page that it's title is 'Web-item-names'.

This too can be changed as shown below.

Changing names

This can only be done by an authorised administrator who is logged in.

On the green editting bar at the top of the page, choose the 'Rename' option under the 'Actions' tab.

This will open up a screen where you can edit both the Title and the Short name.

Some characters are not allowed within the short name - and an error message will appear telling you about this if necessary. If you do change the short name, any internal and external links to this page will no longer work and will have to be re-hyperlinked (if that's a word!)

When you have edited the details as required, click the 'Save' button at the bottom.

If you want to rename several items within the same folder, it may be best to use the bulk change capability.