Navigation & Site-Tree

What's in this article

• The Site-Tree
• The Main Navigation Menu
• Page Placement & Sorting
• Page Security
• Hidden Pages
• Other Site-Tree Actions

The Site-Tree

The Site-Tree contains all the Pages that make up your site and is used to navigate between Pages in the Administration Console. To access the Site-Tree, click on the top navigation icon titled "Website":

Before creating your first page, take note of the following elements of the Administration Console:

1. Add Page: Adds a new Page to the Site-Tree.
2. Add Article: Adds a new Article to a Category Group.
3. Add Product: Adds a new Product to a Category Group.
4. The Site-Tree: Provides an overview of your site's Pages and is used to generate the Main Navigation menu.
5. Category Groups: Groups, attached to Pages, that contain Articles or Products. Refer to the "Category Groups" section of this guide for more information.

The Main Navigation Menu

The site's Main Navigation Menu is generated automatically and contains all Pages in the Site-Tree that are not hidden:

Page Placement & Sorting

Pages can be added to the tree underneath another Page or as a top-level item. To control the order of Pages:

1. Hover your mouse over "Website" and choose "Page Sorting".
2. In the left pane, select the appropriate sub-section of the Site-Tree.
3. Drag-and-drop to change the order of the Pages, then click "Save" when done.

Page Security

In Page controls, “Security” is used to restrict the page to one or more Contact/Identifier Groups or Administrator Roles - the default “Available to Public” is accessible by anyone. Secured Pages and their related Featured Summaries are not displayed until the person logs in. See Creating a Private Page for more information on working with Page security.

Hidden Pages

Pages set to "Live" will be included in the site's Navigation Menu. Pages set to "Hidden" will not appear in the menu, but can be accessed through a link or by directly entering the Page's URL. To prevent a Page from being viewed, refer to the Page Security section above.

Warning

Hidden Pages are still indexed by search engines. In order to prevent a page from being indexed, either disallow crawling or change the Page's security settings.

Other Site-Tree Actions

Clicking on the down arrow next to an item in the tree opens a menu containing the following actions:

View

Opens the Page in view mode (they way it will appear to your site's visitors).

Quick Edit

Opens the WYSIWYG editor for the Page. Only the content of the Page can be edited in this mode. To modify the rest of the Page, such as it's Placement or Page Options, click on it's title.

Clone

Creates a new Page with the same content & options as the original.

History

Allows previous versions of the page to be restored.

Delete

Deletes the Page.