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Datasets & Language Variants

How Datasets Work

Datasets are saved snapshots of your CV. One dataset is always the default — this is the version visitors see at your root URL (/). You can create additional datasets for different audiences (e.g., a technical CV, a management CV), in different languages, and share them at their own URLs.

When you first install CV Manager, a "Default" dataset is automatically created from your CV data. All edits you make in the admin are auto-saved back to the active dataset — there's no separate "save" step.

The CV Manager

Click CV Manager in the toolbar to open the unified modal for all dataset operations: saving, loading, creating versions, adding languages, setting defaults, and managing visibility.

The modal has two zones:

  • A save-as form at the top — name field, language selector, and a save button
  • A list of saved CVs below — grouped by base name, with all management actions

Saving a New Dataset

The name field is pre-filled with the active dataset's name. The language dropdown defaults to the active language.

  • Type a new name and click the blue Save as new "…" button to create a brand-new dataset
  • Click an existing row in the list to fill the name field — the button changes to the orange Overwrite "…" (with confirmation)

Dataset List

Each saved CV appears as a group with a header showing the base name, a + New version button, and a version/language count badge.

Inside each group, every language variant is a row:

○  EN  v2  Full Stack Developer v2     /v/full-stack-dev/en   16/04/2026   [Load]  ⋮
  • Radio button (○) — select which dataset visitors see at / (the default)
  • Language badge (EN) — the content language of this variant
  • Version badge (v2) — shown when the group has multiple versions
  • Name — the dataset name
  • URL — the public URL path (if shared or default)
  • Date — last modified
  • Load — switch to editing this dataset
  • ⋮ (overflow menu) — additional actions

Overflow Menu (⋮)

Each row's overflow menu contains:

Action Description
Make shared / Make private Toggle public visibility at /v/slug (hidden for default and its language siblings)
Change language Reassign this dataset's language code
Preview Open the saved version in a new tab
Copy URL Copy the public or preview URL to clipboard
Delete Permanently remove (disabled for the default dataset)

Versions

Datasets that share the same base name are grouped together. For example, Frontend Engineer, Frontend Engineer v2, and Frontend Engineer v3 appear as one block under a shared header.

Creating a New Version

Click + New version in the group header. The name field auto-fills with the next version number (e.g., Frontend Engineer v4). When you save, the new version:

  • Gets a proper version badge (v4)
  • Shares the same URL slug as its siblings
  • Inherits all language variants from the previous version

Collapsible Older Versions

When a group has multiple versions, only the latest is shown. A "N older versions" toggle lets you expand to see all versions. If the dataset you're editing or the default is in an older version, it auto-expands so you can always see it.

Tip

Use the Base vN naming convention (e.g., Frontend Engineer, Frontend Engineer v2) to get automatic version grouping and next-version suggestions.

Language Variants

Each version of a dataset can have multiple language variants — for example, an English and a German version of the same CV, sharing the same structure but with independent content.

Adding a Language Variant

  1. Open CV Manager
  2. Click + Add language on the group header (or use the ⋮ → Add language flow from the save-as form)
  3. Select the target language and save

The new variant starts as a copy of the existing content. The admin UI automatically switches to the new language so you can start translating.

Switching Languages

When editing a dataset that has language siblings, a language switcher appears in the active dataset banner below the toolbar. Click a language code to switch — your current work is auto-saved first, then the other variant loads and the UI locale switches to match.

Structural Sync

Changes to structure — section order, visibility, custom section layout, and item count — automatically propagate across all language siblings. Content (text, titles, descriptions) stays independent per language, so you can translate freely without worrying about layout drift.

Changing a Dataset's Language

Click the language badge on any row to open a picker and reassign its language code. This is useful for legacy datasets that defaulted to English during setup.

Setting the Default

The default dataset is the version visitors see at your root URL (/). To change it:

  1. Open CV Manager
  2. Click the radio button (○) next to the dataset you want as default
  3. The change takes effect immediately

Language siblings of the default are automatically accessible at /{lang} (e.g., /de, /fr) — they don't need a separate public toggle.

Note

The public site serves the saved default dataset, not your live edits. You can safely experiment in the admin without affecting what visitors see.

Public Versioned URLs

Non-default datasets can be shared at their own URLs. Use the ⋮ → Make shared action to make a dataset public at /v/slug. Multiple datasets can be public simultaneously.

  • Default dataset: served at /
  • Default's language siblings: served at /{lang} (e.g., /fr)
  • Shared datasets: served at /v/slug or /v/slug/{lang}
  • Private datasets: only previewable from the admin

Copying URLs

Click the URL path shown on each row to copy the full public URL to your clipboard.