Introduction
The following steps explain how to add a new page for your site. These steps are intended for website administrators, or non-administrator users on sites that do not use "Profiles" for publishing personal or class pages.
For sites that use faculty member/teacher Profiles, please see the following tutorials:
- If you woud like to create a new Profile and publish your Profile page, please see the "Create and Publish your Profile Page" tutorial. Or, if your Profile has already been created, see "Publishing your Profile Page (Existing Profile)."
- If you are a teacher with a Profile page, and would like to create an additional page for a specific class, please see the "Create an Additional Class Page" tutorial.
- If you are an Administrator-level user, and would like to publish a teacher's Profile page on their behalf, please see the "Managing your Profile" tutorial for instructions.
1) Click the "Pages" Link
After logging in to the Digital Bell, click on the link labeled "Pages" (located in the menu at the top of any Digital Bell page).
2) Click "Add new Page"
After clicking the link, you will be taken to a list of existing pages on your site. In the right sidebar, click the link labeled "+Add new Page."
3) Complete the Form
Non-administrator users may not see each field or option shown in this tutorial. This is a feature of the Digital Bell and should not prevent you from creating a new page. However, if the "Active?" option does not appear, please contact your Network Administrator, or email Support@gslsolutions.com for help in publishing your page.
The asterisk symbol ( * ) indicates a required field, and your page cannot not created if that field is not completed.
- Setting up Your Page
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1) Type: Here you will select the type of page you are creating. For example, choose the "Club" type to create a new page for your school club, or "Classes" to create a page for your class. For more information, see Page Types.
2) Title*: This will be the public-facing title of your Web page, and appears at the top of the page.
3) Name*: This will be the internal designation for your page, and determines the URL (ex. http://docs.digitalbellcms.com/index.cfm?p="Name-Goes-Here"). This field will atuo-complete, and does not require further input.
Note: Spaces and special characters (!, #, %, etc.) cannot be used in ths field and will result in an error message.
4) Subtitle: This field is used to add an optional subheading under the page's title. This will only appear if supported by your Web site's skin.
5) Byline: This field is used to add the page author's name below the title, or subtitle. Like the subtitle, this will only appear if supported by your Web site's skin.
6) Section*: Selecting the "Section" will determine your page's location in the site's layout. Select the most appropriate option from those presented in the scrolling field. For example, the most appropriate section for an informational page may be "Home / School Info," or a page for Boys Soccer would be most appropriately placed in the "Home / Athletics / Sports" section.
By selecting the correct section, your page will be properly displayed in menus and sidebars on the site. For help, please see "Selecting the Appropriate Section."
Note: If "Home" is selected and "Show in Menus?" is set to "Yes," the page will be displayed in the main navigation menu on your home page.
- Page Activity and Redirects
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7) Active: Choose whether the page is active on inactive on the site. Setting "Active?" to "Yes" will publish the page on your school's site, allowing visitors to view the page. Choosing "No" will hide your page from the public site. An inactive page can be edited or updated, and reactivated for later use, by editing the page properties.
8) Show In Menus: The Show in Menus option is used to add a link to your new page to the site's menus. Depending on your page's "Section," setting this option to "Yes" may add links to the main navigation menu, drop-down menus, and/or "Related Links" sidebar menus.
If "No" is selected, then the only way for visitors to reach the page are through hard coded links (see WYSIWYG Toolbar), or by manually typing in the page URL. Set this option to "No" if you want to Preview the page before others can view it.
9) Locked: This option prevents others from being able to edit the page.
10) Image: This allows an image to be associated with a page. In other parts of The Digital Bell, you can insert what is called a Page Browser on a web page. This will allow a user to scroll through a list of all of the images that have been associated with pages and then select which page they would like to go to.
11) Abstract: This is used to provide a short description of the page's content, and can be displayed within a Page Browser.
12) Redirect to a Page: Use this option to forward a link to this page to an alternate page within your Digital Bell site.
13) Redirect to a URL: This option forwards links to a Web page on an external site (ex. http://www.google.com).
- Layout and Permissions
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14) Page Layout: The Rows option allows you to modify your Web page layout by adding full width, or seperated rows. Certain Content Elements can be placed within the sections created here to customize the look of your page. The Custom Variables field is for developer use only.
15) Permissions*: This section allows Web page owners to add or remove Users to/from their Web page, and assign to them the permissions of Owner, Editor, or Viewer.
16) Layout: The layout options allow you to use custom layouts for your Web pages, created by client requests for special features. If you would like to request a custom layout for your pages, contact support@gslsolutions.com.
17) Require Account: This function is not currently supported by the Digital Bell, and can be ignored.
18) Requires SSL: Changing this option from its default setting requires an SSL certificate. If the page you are creating will include the submission of any personal or financial information, such as a donation or order form, an SSL certificate is required. For more information, contact support@gslsolutions.com.
Finish (Click Submit)
After you have completed the form, click the "Submit" button to add your new page to the Web site. When clicking the "Pages" tab, in the top menu of your Digital Bell Dashobard, your new page will now appear in the list.
You can return to modify the settings and information in this form, after the page has been published, by editing the page properties. To do this, click the "Pages" link, located in the top menu of your Dashboard. From your list of pages, locate the page you wish to modify, then click the Properties button (gear icon) to the left of the title.