Page layouts
graphic appears on every page. Is that going to be "hard wired" in? I see that on the sandbox page there is a list of links below the graphic. How do I add that to my pages?
Will be building a user's guide here as we go. In the meantime, please feel free to post your notes on using the system here.
Which repeated graphic?
This one?
Ok, that one is just a place holder. It's my promo spot. Will be a rotating promo in that slot, but haven't written the program to do the rotating yet. But I kind of liked that graphic so left it there to mark the spot.
Yes. That's the one. But, I believe I found how I can add content below it. Jim, am I correct that what I can add is links to previous posts?
"I see that on the sandbox page there is a list of links below the graphic. How do I add that to my pages?"
Right or left sidebar? On the left sidebar you can click on "AddLink" to add a menu and then you can add links to it. Will eventually have menus in the right sidebar too. When I get it programmed in, you'll see an "AddLink" button there too. But we do have a "sbseq" field on your user page edit form. Click "(edit)" at the top of your page just next to your page name. I believe the default for that field is zero. If you put a number in it, it will cause a section to open up in your right sidebar with a list of the latest 10 posts on that page. If you have multiple pages set up on your account, you can pick and choose which ones you wish to have sections for in your sidebar. The sb sections are listed in alphabetic sequence within sbseq number. So, just place a "1" in sbseq for all pages you want listed and they'll be listed alphabetically. Or you can control the sequence by listing them 1, 2, 3, 4 or 10, 20, 30, 40, etc.
I understand. Thank you.
One additional note on the sidebars. The left sidebar stays with you (or anyone reading your pages) on all of your pages. The right sidebar is tied to the specific page you're on. I'll be adding menus and possibly some other user features later for that sidebar and you can place links in it that are related to your page content. I'm also planning a page control where you can specify no right sidebar for a page, This might be used to accommodate wider graphics or other material where needed. Also have reader page controls in mind, where a reader can toggle sidebar buttons at the top of the page. Sidebar on, sidebar off.