Meridian Editing Guide

Choose the right section

• Homepage, Navigation, Services & Footer: homepage text, top menu, service cards and footer links.
• Website Pages: About, Advisory and Services, Media, and Newsletter page text.
• Analysis: articles, briefings and commentary.
• The Survival Curve Podcast: podcast episodes, summaries, guests, artwork and Spotify links.
• People: leadership, fellows, contributors and profile pages.
• Research and Projects: project pages, programmes, workshops and collaborations.
• Reports and Publications: reports, books and publication-style entries.
• Media: external articles, interviews, broadcast links, speaking activity and press items.

Save and publish

1. Open /admin/ and log in.
2. Choose the section you want to edit.
3. Make the change.
4. Click Save.
5. Click Publish when it is ready to go live.
6. Wait 1 to 3 minutes for Netlify to rebuild the site.

If the CMS preview looks odd, check the live page after publishing. The preview is useful, but the real website is the final check.

Add normal links

Use this for links to websites, articles, book shops, YouTube pages, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Instagram or other pages.

1. Copy the full link from the browser address bar.
2. Make sure it starts with https://.
3. If a field asks for URL, paste the link directly into that field.
4. If you are writing inside the main body text, highlight the words and use the link button in the editor toolbar.

Example body link

Read the full book details on [the publisher website](https://example.com/book-page).

Link to books and publications

For a book, report or publication, use Reports and Publications.

1. Create or open the publication entry.
2. Add the title, date, authors and topics.
3. Use the body text for the description.
4. Add buying, publisher or download links in the body text.
5. If there is a PDF, upload it through the media picker and paste its path into Attached File Path.

Example book link

Buy the book from [Routledge](https://example.com/book) or [Amazon](https://example.com/book).

Add Spotify

For podcast episodes, do this in The Survival Curve Podcast.

1. Open the podcast episode in the CMS.
2. Find Spotify Share or Embed URL.
3. Paste the normal Spotify link. The website converts it automatically.

Good Spotify links

https://open.spotify.com/show/033YLyQk4aKiNhs13dTKc1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/...

You do not need to write iframe code for Spotify podcast pages.

Add YouTube and social links

For a simple link, paste the normal public URL into the body text or URL field.

YouTube link example

Watch the interview on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID).

Social link example

Follow the discussion on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/example).

Do not paste private dashboard links, edit links or login-only links. Use the public link that a visitor can open.

Embed players in a post

Embeds show a player directly inside the page. Use them only when you need the player visible, not just a clickable link.

Spotify podcast episodes

Use the Spotify Share or Embed URL field. Do not paste Spotify iframe code into the body.

YouTube videos

1. Open the YouTube video.
2. Click Share.
3. Click Embed.
4. Copy the iframe code.
5. Paste it into the body where the player should appear.

YouTube embed example

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Only paste embed code from trusted sites such as YouTube, Spotify or Vimeo. If unsure, use a normal link instead.

Add images

1. Use the CMS media picker to upload the image.
2. Use clear file names such as country-risk-report-cover.jpg.
3. Fill in image alt text where the field is available.
4. Use landscape images for cards and hero sections where possible.

Fix a mistake

1. If the entry is still open, use undo in the editor.
2. If it has been saved but not published, reopen it and edit again.
3. If it has gone live, make the correction in the CMS and publish again.
4. For a full rollback, ask the site maintainer to revert the GitHub commit or Netlify deploy.