Page manager

Content

1. Introduction
2. Managing pages
    2.1 Adding a section
    2.2 Adding a page
    2.3 Not choosing a module
    2.4 Adding a module to a page
    2.5 Editing a module on a page
    2.6 The 'category' field

1. Introduction

The page manager main functions are:

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2. Managing pages

When you click the 'Page Manager' icon   , you will see:


pagman_pagman_sas.png
Explanation:
  1. The 'Public Area' link: Here you manage that part of the website that is accessible to everyone. It's the default opening page.
  2. The 'Protected Area' link: The 'Protected Area' is an 'intranet'. It's not accessible to the public. Teachers have access with their username and password, when they are registered in S@S Configuration > Teachers.
    You can distinguish the 'Public Area' page manager from the 'Protected Area' page manager. Behind the title of the site ('Guided Tour Site' in this case), you can see 'Protected Area'. Click on 'Protected Area' and you will see:


    pagman_pagman_pa.png

    NOTICE: Take care not to mix up the two sites when working. This can result 'protected' content on your public site!
    For the public- and the protected area, the page managers operate the same.

  3. Website title: The name you will see is the name of the website. It is given during the installation of Site@School. When you want to change the name you go to: Configuration > S@S Options > Website Title, and change the name. Save your changes.
  4. Section home icon: It's an icon you will see on several places in the page manager.
    It means that this section or this page is the 'starting point'.
    For a section it means that it is the first section the site opens with. For a page it's the first page you will see when you click on a section.
    By clicking on a 'blurred' home icon, that home icon becomes 'visible', meaning that particular page or section will be the start section or start page. The previously visible home icon will become 'blurred'.
  5. Trashcan icon: When you click on the icon, you will delete a section.

    NOTICE: When deleting a section, you will also delete all the pages in the section.

  6. Edit icon: When you click on it, you enter an edit window and you can change the title of a section or you can change the order of the section name in the horizontal row of icons. You can also make a section invisible. A nice feature when preparing a new site:


    pagman_edit_section.png

    NOTICE:
    The section names appear in the horizontal row, so do not make them too long. The longer the names, the lesser sections will be visibly available without horizontal scrolling:


    pagman_site_sections.png
  7. Directory Icon: Indicating that under this section are pages.
  8. Section name: The name of a section. Click on the name to open the section and see the pages under it.
  9. Section number: Useful for finding pages on a messy site.
  10. 'New section': Click on 'New section' to make a new section.

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2.1 Adding a section

When you click on 'New section' [10], you will see:


pagman_new_section.png
Explanation:
  1. Title: Give a name to a section. Remember to keep it short.
  2. Order: Specifies the place of the title in the horizontal row of sections.
  3. Invisible: You can make a section invisible for visitors on your site. This is a useful feature when you have a section that you only use once a year, for example: 'Christmas', or when you have a lot of work on a section that must be visible next week. In the last case, you start working on the section and pages under it and keep it invisible until it's needed.
  4. Cancel: To undo your work and go back to the previous screen.
  5. Save: To save your results and return to the previous screen.

After filling in the entry fields and clicking on 'Save', you will see:


pagman_new_section_added.png

The added 'Test' section has (Invisible) behind it. To make the section visible, uncheck 'invisible' [3] (see above).
When you want this section to be the 'home' section, click on its blurred 'home' icon and you will see the 'home' icon of 'School info' become blurred and the home icon of 'Test' becomes visible.

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2.2 Adding a page

When you click on a section, the section opens and you will see the pages connected to that section. Now you can add a page to a section, or edit a page:


pagman_open_section.jpg
Explanation:
  1. Site title: The title of the site.
  2. Section home icon: The home icon indicates which section will be visible when entering the site. It's the site's opening section.
  3. Trashcan icon: Click on it to delete a section.
  4. Edit icon: Click on it to edit the section name.
  5. Open section icon: The section is open and the pages under the section are visible.
  6. Section name: The name of the section.
  7. Section number icon: Useful for finding pages on a messy site.
  8. Page home icon: The home icon indicates which page will be the starting page for that section.
  9. Trashcan icon: Click on it to delete a page.
  10. Page or module icon: The icon indicates whether the page is a text page or a module. When it's a module icon, clicking it will bring you directly to the module.
  11. View icon: Click to quickly view a page without going to the site.
  12. Page order: The order of the vertical row of pages on the site. The numbers are for easy reordering. By giving the pages numbers like 10, 20, 30, etc. instead of 1, 2, 3, etc. it is easy to insert pages without reordering.
  13. Page name: The name of the page.
  14. Section number: The section identifier. When you will see a S@S page, it can look like: http://yourschool.net/index.php?section=3&page=23 .
    you will see 'section=3' and 'page =23'. The section and page identifiers are needed, for example when you fill in sections and pages in the 'Search' module.
  15. Page number: The page identifier. See above for explanation.
  16. New Page: Click on it to create a new page.

NOTICE: When creating a new page, first decide whether this page will be a page with text, images, etc. or a page for a module.

When you click on 'New Page' [16] you will see:


pagman_new_page.png
Explanation:
  1. Section: Shows you in what section you are.
  2. Title: Put a page title here. The page title is visible in the vertical row of pages. Remember to keep the name short:


    pagman_site_page_menu.png

  3. Order: State the number in the row of pages. The numbers are for easy reordering. By giving the pages numbers like 10, 20, 30, etc. instead of 1, 2, 3, etc. it is easy to insert pages later without reordering.
  4. Category: Here you can specify a name. Categories are subdivisions in sections and can be useful when there are many pages (visible and invisible) under a section. Dividing those many pages into categories facilitates their management because they are grouped according to the category name.
    NOTICE: The 'category' field can also function in conjunction with the 'Category' template. This is discussed in section 2.6 The 'category' field
  5. Module (optional): Now you have come to the 'Module (optional)' entry and you can follow two directions:
    - The first is to add a page that will be used for text, images, etc..
    - The second is to use the page for connecting a module to that page.

  6. Invisible: Click in this box make the page invisible.
  7. Cancel: To go back to the previous screen.
  8. Save: To save your results.

2.3 Not choosing a module

The page editor

When you did not put an entry in the 'Module (optional)' box and you clicked on 'Save', you are back in the page manager. There you can see you have added a page. You can edit this page by clicking on the page name. The page editor will open and you can put text and/or images on the page with the page editor.
For further reference on the page editor(s), see the Editors chapter.

2.4 Adding a module to a page

When you clicked on 'Browse' you enter the module manager.

Introduction to the module manager

A module brings extra functionality into the Site@School system. It can be a guestbook, or a page where visitors can mail you, or the system to manage pupil's pages, or a search facility, a way to quickly add news to the 'News' page, or a forum on your school site, etc. See the
available modules.
A module like the Guestbook has only one program to view the guestbook entries and to add an entry to the guestbook. In the Site@School Module Manager you find the Guestbook module and in the module you can delete unwanted entries in the guestbook.
For detailed instructions on how to add modules to pages see the Module manager chapter. A basic introduction on installing modules can also be found in the Guided Tour chapter.

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2.5 Editing a module on a page

Suppose you have a module on a section and page, but you want it in another section as page x. To do so, click on the name of the installed module and you will see:


pagman_edit_module.png
Explanation:
  1. Section: You can change the location of the section by using the dropdown menu and choosing another section for the module.
  2. Title: Here you can change the page title.
  3. Order: State the number in the row of pages in the menu.
  4. Category: Here you can specify a name. Categories are subdivisions in sections and can be useful when there are many pages (visible or invisible) under a section. Dividing those many pages into categories facilitates their management.
  5. Module (optional): You can also choose another module for the page.
  6. Invisible: Click in this box to make the page invisible.
  7. Cancel: to go back to the previous screen.
  8. Save: to save your results.

The module will now be in the new section, on the given page and in the desired directory.

2.6 The 'category' field

When adding a page, you can enter a category name in the category field. The added pages are grouped under the category names. A useful feature when you have many pages under one section.
However, when you choose the 'Category' template in 'Configuration' > 'S@S Options', the category also gets a function on the site. Here is an example to illustrate the possibilities of the 'category' field.
Here is a part of the opening screen of the page manager:

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pagman_category.jpg

When you click on the section 'Categories', you will see:

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pagman_category_open.jpg

you will see two categories: 'category a' and 'category b'. These category names were entered in the 'category' field when pages were added. When you click on the first category you will see:

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pagman_category_open_cata.jpg

There were two pages created with 'category a' in the category field, named 'Cat a page a' and 'Cat a page b'.
Up to now, this is the normal 'category' operation.

The 'Category' template

When you have chosen the 'Category' template in 'Configuration' > 'S@S options', this is what you will see on the site:

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pagman_category_site.jpg
you will see the section 'School info' and the pages under it. Here, no category is chosen. When you click on the section 'Categories', you will see:

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pagman_category_site_categories.jpg

Now you will see the categories under the section. The '+' sign indicates that there are pages under this category. When you click on 'category a', you will see:

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pagman_category_site_categories_cata.jpg

These are the pages under 'category a'.

In this way, you have an extra layer in a section, enabling you to handle much more pages.

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Author: Dirk Schouten <schoutdi (at) knoware (dot) nl>
Last updated: 2006-04-01