What is it?

The pages function allows groups to have content pages dedicated to their group like those of a regular website page. Pages can be created with privacy controls in order to limit their access and comment functions to allow discussions to be created regarding their content.

This item describes how to create and how to edit a page on a group.

Only group administrators can create pages.

How it works

You will need to be logged into the website and on the group homepage. Click edit group in the admin controls at the footer of the group overview page. You will now see a new tab called Pages. Select this tab.

You will see a link for add a new page and a list of any pre-existing pages you, or another group administrator, may have already created.

Click add a new page. Here you will be presented with a form to create the page. You must complete the following fields:

Title this is the title of the page and will appear in the navigation list for the group.

Filename can be a shortened duplicate of the title which will appear as the page file name in the address bar of the browser.

Navigation order this by default reads 100 and many people will not change this. A lower number will order the page link higher up the navigation while a higher number will but the page link further down the navigation.

Visible to is a pull down menu which allows users to control who can access this page.

Put on Groups is another pull down menu which allows you to put a page on more than one group. This function is intended to facilitate sharing of resources and reduce duplication of effort. We would welcome your views on this.

Allow Comments is another pull down menu which will either allow, or not allow comments on that page. Comments will also be replicated in the discussion section of that site.

There is then a large text area titled new section. We make page content in sections which are ordered one after the other. Each time we save, and we have added content to the new section box, a fresh new section box will appear.

There are two ways to save, the save and continue editing button will save your work and allow you to continue to add content to a page. It is good practise to frequently save your work. The save and view page button will save your work and take you to the published webpage in order that you can view how visitors will see your page.

Once we have saved a new section a further set of options appear next to that section.

Sequence is similar to navigation order in that it allows you to order the sequence in which section appear.

Save allows you to save your work once again.

Delete section will remove that section and all content in it from your page.

Add file allows you to add a file to that section. This uses the file loading tool we have used in the resources function and is very similar in operation. It will be often used on pages in order to add images to that page. To do this, click add file which will launch the file loading tool. Use the browse button to locate a file on your computer. Select upload to load the file. You have the option here to add a description to that file and you will also see a pull down menu layout which allows you to place an image within that section, left, right, top or bottom. By working in section we can place images with text in various areas of a webpage.
Press save and close the file loading tool.

You can now save and view your page.

To delete a page you must first delete all sections and then a delete page button will appear at the bottom of the form.

Further functions

By default the group landing page is the Overview with the expanding text box, overview of discussions, news and events. Some groups have fed back that they would prefer a unique landing page. The pages function allows you to do this. In the first instance you must create the page you wish to be your homepage.
Then, click group home in the navigation to return to the default landing page and select edit group from the admin control.

On the edit page select the advanced tab where you will see a radio selection option titled Home page. By default the Standard: Group Summary is selected. Switch the radio button to custom and select the page you wish to become the homepage. Press save changes and then Switch to view mode. You new page will now be the landing page for that group so that when you click Group home in the navigation you will always go to that page. Regardless of permissions you may have but in place this page will become visible to all users.

Any questions

If you have questions about how to use this function, or comments on how it might be improved, please comment below.

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