Creating or editing pages
Creating a new page or editing an existing page, uses the same style of screen. The only difference here is with editing, you see all the sections hidden, except for the Page Content section, and when creating a new page, all sections are displayed initially.
You can always view a hidden section by clicking anywhere within the grey area which contains the section name.
Rather than replicate all of our instructions here, we will assume that you are creating a new page. The same principles apply if editing an existing page, except that the existing page will have all of these properties and content already provided. We will describe the Page screen starting at the top section (Page Properties) and work to the last section of the page (Privileges).
Page Properties
The Page Properties section deals with the less frequently edited properties of the page.
Page Properties section of editable region.
Page Title
The page title appears at the top of your browser window and is also used in your website’s navigation menu.
URL Title
The URL title appears in the address bar. It should be all lower case, without spaces or punctuation (with the exception of hyphens). So the URL title will appear as http://www.yourwebaddress.com/parent-page/sub-parentpage/.
For example
| Our Products | /our-products | not | /Our Products/ |
| About Us | /about-us/ | not | /About_us |
Is this page live?
This determines whether this page is visible to the public or not. New pages are set to No by default, and will remain hidden from public view until you check Yes and make the page live.
If live, this page appears
This field allows you to select whether you want your new page to appear in the navigation or not at all. If you uncheck the Navigation Menu option, the only way to reach that page is if you know the direct URL to it, or if you link to it from the Rich Text Area of another page.
Menu Item Description
The menu item description you have set for a particular page will appear in a small box under the navigation item for this page when a user hovers over it. If you don’t set the menu item description it will simply use the page title for the page.
What is the page's parent?
This determines where the page lies in the overall structure of the website. For example, you may have an About Us page, listing general information as well as a Board Members page. In this case Board Members would have About Us as its parent, which in turn will have Home as a parent.
Which template should this page use?
Template is another word for design. Some websites may only have one template, it depends how your website was designed. Some websites may have slightly (or very) different designs for different areas of the website. Simply select the template representing the design you want to use on each page.
Meta Data section of editable region.
Keywords
Keywords help search engines find your website. Although not as important as they once were, keywords give search engines an idea of the content of your page. You can also enter phrases into the field, but they shouldn’t be longer than three words. Each keyword or phrase should be separated by a comma. These can also be set at a default or website wide level (see page 20).
Description
The description works similarly to the keywords, leading search engines to your website by describing your service or organisation, usually in a single sentence. Similarly to the keywords, the description can also be set at a default or website wide level (see page 15).
Page Content
This is the main body text of the page. Because the field for Page Content is a Rich Text Editor, you format or change your page content more or less as you would in a word processor such as Microsoft Word. For details of what most of the buttons do, hover over the button to see a description. Several of the buttons require more detailed instructions, outlined below.
Privileges
This allows you to control access to the page. You can see a list of all groups you’ve created (as well as Admin and Anonymous, both of which are constant). Admin refers to the primary user who has access to the whole BamCMS system. Anonymous refers to any visitor to the website who has not logged in.
There are two types of privilege you can apply to a group, View and Manage. View allows the group access to see the page and its content. Manage allows the group access to edit and delete pages.
To modify the privileges simply check or uncheck the boxes associated with the group and type of privilege you want to change.
Managing privileges for users.
Additional Information
Some BamCMS Modules provide extra functionality to BamCMS pages. If they require configuration, they will have sections in the Page form as well, underneath the Privileges section. Please consult the module documentation for information on how to configure or manage these modules.