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Site Settings Management Feature in Detail
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Site Settings Management page:

The Site Settings Management page is used to configure default page settings for your website. 

 

If you have been using PortalProdigy prior to the addition of Page Management and THTML, note that the settings from Logo & Title Management page along with some of the settings from About Us Management page have been moved to Site Settings Management.

 

 

Settings Collection section:

 

 

  • Name – lists names of Site Setting Collections.  Your new site will default to the collection “[Default Site Config]”.   To create a new Site Settings Collection, click the  button.   You may create as many Site Setting Collections as you like.  E.g. you may want to create different settings for “Christmas”, “Easter”, “Independence Day”, “Halloween”, “Winter”, “Spring”, “Summer”, “Fall”, etc.   When the Site Settings Management page is first opened, it displays the Site Settings Collection that it is set as the Active Site Settings.  To retrieve an existing Site Settings Collection, select it from the drop down list box. Selecting a different collection will refresh the page, displaying the settings for the selected collection.
  • Use as Active Site Settings – set to “Yes” to make the selected Site Settings Collection the active Site Settings for the site.  This will apply the selected Site Settings Collection to your website.  All pages that are configured to inherit from Site Settings shall inherit the active Site Settings Collection.

 

Selected Settings section:

 

This section is used to configure the Site Settings Collection.

 

 

§         Page Style – determines the general page layout and design.  A thumbnail of the selected Page style is displayed along with its name and the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style.  Use View Styles to select a Style.  It opens the Style Selection page which displays the available Page Styles.  PortalProdigy ships with a variety of Standard Styles for you to choose from, plus you can create your own Custom Styles.  See the Style Selection section of this chapter for a detailed explanation how to use the Style Selection page.  Edit Style opens the selected style in Style Manager.  Using Style Manager you can view and edit the style’s code.  See the Style Manger section of this chapter for a detailed explanation of how to use the Style Manager.  Add Style opens the Style Manager in add new mode so you can upload a new Custom Style.  When you select a different Page Style, the Header and Footer Styles are automatically synchronized to match the selected Page Style.

§         Header Style – determines the design and layout of the Header.  Displays a thumbnail of the selected Header style along with the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style.  These options work the same as for Page Style. Use View Styles to select a Header Style.   

§         Footer Style – determines the design and layout of the Footer.  Displays a thumbnail of the selected Footer style along with the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style options.  These options work the same as for Page Style. Use View Styles to select a Footer Style.

§         Color Scheme – Use the list box to select a Color Scheme Collection.  Color Schemes allow you to manage the colors used on your website.  The  button is used to create a new Color Scheme Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Color Scheme Collection.  See the Color Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Color Manager page. 

§         Header Collection – use the list box to select a Header Collection.  Header Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the page header.  Components include menus, search option, login option, etc. The  button is used to create a new Header Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Header Collection.  See the Header Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Header Collection Manager page.

§         Left Side Bar Collection – if the Page Style you have selected contains a left side bar, use this list box to select a Left Side Bar Collection.  Left Side Bar Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the left side bar of the page.  Components include menus, promotion inserts, event inserts, news inserts, etc. The  button is used to create a new Left Side Bar Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Left Side Bar Collection.  See the Side Bar Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Side Bar Collection Manager page.

§         Right Side Bar Collection – if the Page Style you have selected contains a right side bar, use this list box to select a Right Side Bar Collection.  Right Side Bar Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the right side bar of the page.  Components include menus, promotion inserts, event inserts, news inserts, etc. The  button is used to create a new Right Side Bar Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Right Side Bar Collection.  See the Side Bar Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Side Bar Collection Manager page.

§         Footer Collection – use the list box to select a Footer Collection.  Footer Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the page footer.  Components include menus, search option, login option, etc. The  button is used to create a new Header Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Header Collection.  See the Header Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Header Collection Manager page.

§         Character Set – use to change the character set for your website’s web pages.  The default value is “windows-1256” which is the standard character set for the English language.  . 

§         Copyright – enter your copyright notice here.  Standard Templates display the copyright notice in the footer of all pages.

§         Report Title – this is the title that is displayed on your reports.  Typically enter your Company Name here.

§         Admin Page Title – this is the Page Title that is displayed on your Administrative pages. .

§         Use Admin Header Image – set to “Yes” to display the admin mascot on the Site Administration Main Menu.  In the near future we plan to offer a feature to load your own mascot. This is feature is just for fun. Live the Life!.  Set to “No” to disable the mascot on the Site Administration Main Menu.

 

Organization section: 

           

§         Title 1 – use to enter your Organization’s title (name).  If you selected Header Style A, the value text you enter here for Title 1 will be displayed in your header.  Other Header Styles may not include Title 1.

§         Title 2 – use to enter a text value for your Organization’s sub-title.  If you selected Header Style A, the text you enter here for Title 2 will be displayed in your header.  Other Header Styles may not include Title 2.

§         Append Organization Title – use to upload an image for your Organization’s title in lieu of using the text entries Title 1 and Title 2.  The  button opens a dialog box to select and upload an image file.  It supports GIF, JPG and SWF (Shockwave/Flash) files.  If you selected Header Style B, the image you upload here will be displayed in your header.  Other Header Styles may not include the Organization Title image.

§          Manage Global Values option – use to open Global Custom Value Management.  If you want to include your organization’s Logo in the header section of your website, this is where you load it.  Be sure to select Header Style A which includes the logo image.  Note that other Header Styles may not include it.  Other than your logo, Global Custom Value Management is used to manage custom values that you define in template styles.  E.g. if you have a specific phone number for your Help Desk, rather than placing the number in your template styles, you can place a variable tag where you want the number displayed and PortalProdigy will automatically replace the tag with the number.  The advantage is that when the number needs to be changed you can change it once in Global Custom Value Management and it will automatically be replaced throughout your website.  Global Custom Value are especially useful for values that frequently change.  See the chapter of this guide titled Utilities, it contains a Global Custom Value Management section that provides additional information.

§         Use Title? – ignore this field as it is no longer used and will be removed in a future version. 

§         Address 1 – use to enter the first line of your organization’s mailing address.

§         Address 2 – if needed, use to enter a second line for your organization’s mailing address.

§         City – use to enter the City for your organization’s mailing address.

§         Country – use to enter the Country for your organization’s mailing address.

§         State / Province – use to select the State or Province for your organization’s mailing address.  For the USA, Canada, Mexico a list box of the States or Provinces is displayed to select from.  For all other countries a text box is displayed and you must enter the value.

§         Zip / Postal Code – use to enter the Zip or Postal Code for your organization’s mailing address.

§         Phone – use to enter your organization phone number that you want displayed on your website.

§         FAX – use to enter your organizations FAX number that you want displayed on your website.

§         Email – use to enter your organizations Email address that you want displayed on your website.

The address information entered above creates default values for the User Signup options, Contact US information, and Order Information.

 

Search Engine Settings section:

§         Page Title – use to enter a default Page Title.  The Page Title is displayed in the browsers title bar.  This value can be overridden on a page by page basis. Page Titles play an important role in indexing and page ranking by search engines.

§         Meta Tag Description – use to enter a default Meta Description to be inserted into your web pages.  Meta Descriptions are used by search engines to index and rank web pages.  They are not visible to the user. 

§         Meta Tag Description Addendum – use to enter a generic addendum that will be added to the Meta Descriptions defined for each page.  This is typically used when you will be defining page specific Meta Descriptions and you want to append a general description of your Organization to them.

§         Meta Tag Keywords – use to enter default Meta Keywords that will be inserted into your web pages.  Meta Keywords are used by search engines to index and rank web pages.  They are not visible to the user.

§         Script – use to enter script that will be inserted into your web pages.  This can be a combination of HTML and Java Script.  This is typically used to enter scripts for tracking purposes such as ad word tracking, traffic analysis, etc.

 

Option buttons:

 

Saves the Site Settings Collection.

Save the Site Settings as a new collection.  Prompts to enter a Site Settings Collection Name as follows:

Deletes the Site Settings Collection.

Prints the page to the user’s local printer.

Displays an example page using the Site Settings Collection.

Closes the page without saving or updating values.

Closes the page and prompts to save the data.

 

 


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