Pages

Note: most of the functions here are restricted to the master site administrator. Most of the functions below will require you to rebuild your site (click the rebuild link when it appears). If you don't see the changes when viewing the site simply click the Refresh button on your browser for each page showing old information. Select from the list below to quickly find what you need:

Make a new page
Edit a page
Make a sub page
Change page order (reorder the menu)
Copy a page
Rename a page
Delete a page
Take a page off the menu
Put a page on the menu
Password protect a page (members only pages)
Change the template for a single page
Set a new home page

 

How to make new pages

Note: if you wish to make a page based on an existing page please see Copying Pages.

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Create pages suboption
  • Enter a Page name, e.g. Calendar
  • By default the page will appear on your site's menu. You can untick the box if you wish the page to be hidden whilst you work on it (you can add it to the menu later) or you can have it as a hidden page or a page you link to from any other page
  • If required select More options (see below)
  • Click Create page
  • If the page is on the menu you will need to click the Rebuild required link at the top of the screen (you may wish to edit its content before rebuilding)

The are a number of other potentially timesaving options you can select by choosing More options (these can also be changed at a later time if required):

Subpage and page label options

A subpage is a page which doesn't exist on the main menu but can be accessed from a existing page. If you want your new page to be a subpage from the dropdown list select the page you wish it to be a subpage of (the parent page).

Note: for subpages to appear on the secondary menu they need to be ticked to appear on the menu and the template needs to support subpages (most do).

The page label enables you to group your pages into easy to manage categories. For example if your organisation has a a lot of pages and quite a number of different pages relating to weekly meetings you could give all these the label 'meetings'. Then when editing pages you can opt to only show the pages relating to meetings.

Page type

Nearly all pages on your site will be Generic pages. These let you add your own text and images etc. However there are several special page types.

  • Menu link to another site. This enables you to create a link on your menu that points to an external website. For example if your site is for one part of a larger organisation you could create a page called Headquarters and then make it a Menu link to the master organisations' homepage.
  • Podcast. This generates a dynamic page of audio files based on criteria you set, more info here.
  • RSS Feeds. Creates a page that automatically updates with content supplied by another site, more info here.

 

Permitted editors

The master admin can appoint different editors permission to edit different pages. When a new page is created the master admin can choose to let All editors modify that page or restrict it to Only editors specifically granted access to this page.

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Editing pages

Click on the Edit site tab and the Edit pages suboption. Editing pages is similar to using a word processor. Please see the Page editor instructions. 

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Reordering pages

As you build new pages you may wish to change the order they appear on the menu. Click on the Edit site tab and from the Edit Pages section follow these steps.

  • On the right hand side of the list of pages there is a little up/down icon 
  • Click and hold down on the relevant page and drag it up or down the menu
  • Release the mouse when the page is in the right location
  • Do this for as many pages as required and then click the Rebuild required link

Note subpages will not appear in the list. They always appear below their parent page on the master list. If you wish to reorder your subpages simply go to Edit site -> Edit pages and on the right hand side where it says X subpages (where X is the number of subpages) then follow the steps above.

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Subpages

A subpage is a page which normally appears on the secondary menu. For example if your organisation has 6 campaigns running you could make one master page (parent page) called Campaigns with a brief description of each campaign and the secondary menu (submenu) provides links to the pages for each specific campaign (these would contain full details). If you are making a new page please see How to make new pages. If you wish to change an existing page to a subpage here are the steps:

There are two ways to make subpages. The first is the quick way and the second is the simple way.

Quick:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Find the page you wish to make a subpage
  • On the left hand side of the rows of pages is an icon (e.g. a small picture of a page)
  • Click and hold down on the icon
  • Drag the icon across to the right hand side onto the row for the page you wish to be the parent page and once the icon is where it says x subpages (the words go yellow when you are over them) release the mouse

Simple:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page
  • Select Subpage options
  • From the dropdown box select its parent page
  • Click Save changes and then click the Rebuild required link

If required you can manually create additional layers of subpages. For example, one of the campaign pages mentioned above could have an additional separate page of dates. To achieve this simply create a new page but do NOT select it to be on the menu (untick the menu box). Then add the content for the page. On the page you wish to be the parent page simply type some text such as 'click here for campaign dates' and then make it a link to the new page. You could make as many links to as many pages as required. Please read the instructions on creating links to internal pages

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Copying pages

If you already have a page with layout or content you wish to repeat on another page you don't need to start from scratch simply:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page
  • Select Copy page
  • Enter the new page name
  • Advanced options enables modification of the filename - do not do this if you do not understand what it is.
  • Click Copy page and if required click the Rebuild required link

If you are making changes to pages on your site you can use the Copy pages function to make a temporary backup of the old page. Just make a copy of the page and give it a suitable new page name so if need be you can use it to replace the original if need be. 

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Renaming pages

You can simply rename the page name as it appears on the menu or you can optional also change the filename*. If you want to use the page for a totally different purpose (e.g. the page is called Contact Us and you wish to use it for a Calendar) then we strongly recommend you create a new page and delete the surplus page.

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page
  • Select Rename page
  • Enter the new page name
  • Advanced options enables modification of the filename - do not do this if you do not understand what it is
  • You can optionally set any per page Description and Keywords, these may be useful for search engines
  • You can optionally set an alternative page title (not used for the menu), this normally appears along the top of your browser and may appear in the search engine listings
  • Click Save Changes and then click the Rebuild required link

*We only recommend you change the filename if you are an advanced user and you understand that any incoming links (e.g. links from other website and search engines) will no longer work. 

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Deleting pages

If you have completely finished with a page you can totally remove it from the site:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page
  • Select Delete page
  • Click OK to confirm the deletion
  • The page will be marked with a trash can
  • Make any further pages for deletion as required
  • When ready click the Rebuild required link. This will premanently remove the page(s)

Note: deleting pages will cause incoming links such as links from other websites and search engines to fail. Only delete a page if you really have no other requirement for it.
If you have seasonal you may prefer not to delete them. E.g if you have a page called Christmas Events but Christmas is over you may wish to simply remove the page from the menu (making it hidden) and put it back on the menu the next year saving you recreating the page every year. 

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Pages on / off the menu

There are two main reasons for not putting pages on the menu. Firstly, you may have not completed the content and wish to wait until the page is complete before making it available to visitors. Secondly, you may wish the page to be either linked from another page, totally hidden or only put onto the menu at certain times of year.

The only reason for putting a page on the menu (this applies to both primary and secondary menus) is to make it accessible to your visitors.

When you first create a page you can select at that point whether or not to have the page on the menu, to change the status of an existing page:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Find the relevant page in the list
  • Tick or untick the menu option (ticked means on the menu)
  • Make changes to as many pages as required 
  • When ready click the Rebuild required link

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Members only / Password protected pages

If you wish to make a page that limits visitors to only those you give permission to then you can password protect individual pages or a whole series of pages. As members pages can make your organisation seem a bit unfriendly to those outside the organisation it is best to not put them high on the menu or simply make a link to them from the bottom of another page such as About Us. There you could put text, such as, 'Members resources here (password required)' and make that a link to the password protected area.

To protect or unprotect a page:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Find the relevant page in the list
  • Tick or untick the padlock option
  • Make changes to as many pages as required 
  • When ready click the Rebuild required link

You will need to create Members for your site to provide access for them to the protected areas. To do this:

  • Click on the Your details tab
  • Click on Site members suboption
  • Click the Add member link
  • Enter a username, their email address and a password
  • Click the Add member button 
  • When ready click the Rebuild required link

Note: once you give someone a password it gives them access to all password protected pages in your site. If your organisation has large groups of people you wish to give access to a members area you can simply create one member and give the details out to all the relevant people. That will save you unnecessarily settting up and managing lots of accounts. Also you can easily reset the password once every few months so anyone who has left will no longer have access to the protected area. The frequency you reset the password would depend on how regularly your members change and how sensitive the information stored on the pages is.

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Setting template per page

For design continuity and to avoid confusing your visitors it is normal to have the same template across the whole site. There are occasions when you may wish to use different templates. For example, if you are using a template with a range of colour variations you could deliberately change the colour for specific pages whilst still maintaining the same style. Alternatively, if your organisation has a particular section that may require a distince branding of its own then you could use an alternative template just for those pages. To set the template per page:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page 
  • Select Change page template
  • From the dropdown box select the new template 
  • Click Save changes and then click the Rebuild required link

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Setting the home page

The home page is the page which is first visible when someone visits your website without supplying an address to a specific page, e.g. if your web address is www.bbtwist.com you can set the homepage to specify which page is shown when they go to that address. The home page is normally a page called Home or Welcome but you can use any page in your site. To set the home page:

  • Click on the Edit site tab
  • Click on Edit pages suboption
  • Click Options next to the relevant page
  • Select Set as home page 
  • Click the Rebuild required link

You may wish to temporarily change your home page during seasonal events.

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