How to Create a New Page

Goal

The goal of this guide is to explain how to create a new page from scratch and fill it with all the content you'd like. The main steps would be:

  • create a blank page

  • create segments, fill them with content and assign them to the page

  • add menu

  • add footer

Before you start

Make sure you have Admin permissions in CMS

Page Creation Guide

Create a blank Page

  1. From the CMS, select Admin from the sidebar, then select Page/Segment Management. The page and segment management screen appears.

  2. Select the + Add button in the Page Management container. The page fields become active.

  3. Fill in the following fields:

  • Name - unique name of the page;

  • URL - URL of the page;

  • Active - toggle to either On or Off to determine whether the page will be active

4. Select Submit.

Create a Segment

  1. From the CMS, select Admin from the sidebar, then select Page/Segment Management. The page/segment management screen appears.

  2. Select the + Add button in the Segment Management container. The segment fields become active.

  3. Fill in the following fields:

  • Name - unique name of the segment;

  • ControlId - control id of the segment;

  • Description - description of the segment;

  • Content - the content of a segment;

4. Select Submit.

A Segment can contain not only plain text but also Attributes and Images that should have been previously uploaded to the Images section. For more information on pages and content management please check this tutorial.

Add Menu

You can create, edit, or delete menu, as well as assign links to a menu.

Create a menu

  1. From the CMS, select Navigation from the sidebar, then select Menu. The menu manager screen appears.

  2. Under the Links Assignment container, select the + Add button. The link menu fields below become active.

  3. Fill out the required fields, then select the Save Icon button. Your menu now appears in the Menu drop-down list, and you can add links to it.

Assign Links to a Menu

  1. From the CMS, select Navigation from the sidebar, then select Menu. The menu manager screen appears.

  2. Under the Links Assignment container, select a menu from the Menu drop-down list. The available links appear in the Available Links container to the left, and your menu's links container appears to the bottom.

  3. Drag the desired links from the Available Links container to the Menu Links container. Arrange them to your desired order.

4. Once finished, select Save.

Add Footer

Once you have created your links, you can manage your footer. A footer can have multiple columns, each with multiple links. The columns appear horizontally, while the links stack vertically underneath each column.

If you use only a single column, the links will align vertically into a row.

Create a Footer Column

  1. From the CMS, select Navigation from the sidebar, then select Footer. The footer management screen appears.

  2. Select the + Add button from the Link Assignment container. The column creation window appears.

  3. Enter a name for your column, then select Confirm. Your new column appears in the Link Assignment container.

Assign Links to a Column

  1. From the CMS, select Navigation from the sidebar, then select Footer. The footer management screen appears.

  2. Drag and arrange Available Links into the desired footer. The order in which you arrange the links is the order in which the links will appear on the SubCon Site.

To get more info on navigation management, please have a look at the tutorial.

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