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Use the Pages and navigation screen to customize the text that appears on the Home page, create custom pages, and reorder your site's navigation in CONTENTdm (new version).

The Pages and navigation screen lets you edit the home page text, create and edit custom pages, and reorder pages on your CONTENTdm (new version) site. 

By default, two pages are included on this screen and can only be reordered. These pages are part of your site's navigation and footer.

  • Items - Allows a patron to view all items on the site. Items can be filtered by collection and sorted by title, creator, format, or date.
  • Advanced search - Allows a patron to target a specific metadata attribute, combine multiple attributes with different search terms, and use relative date matching.

 Roles: Users with the Administrator role can add and edit pages on your site. Refer to CONTENTdm (new version) roles.

Edit the home page text for your site

The Home page is the main entry page for your site. It describes your site and provides access to all of your collections. By default, it is linked from the site's navigation and footer.

From the Public website > Site configuration screen:

  1. Click Edit on the Pages and navigation screen.
  2. Click the Edit button (Edit Home button in CONTENTdm (new version)) in the Actions column.
  3. Use the Home page text editor to add custom text and other elements that will appear on your site's home page.
    • Click the Source button (Source button in CONTENTdm (new version)) to paste HTML code that you created using another editor, or if you prefer to edit in code view.
    • Click the Show blocks button (Show blocks button in CONTENTdm (new version)) to view text in header blocks.
    • Click the Show more items button (Show more items button in CONTENTdm (new version)) to upload an image from your computer, add a bulleted or numbered list, or indent text in the editor.
  4. Click Save, then click Public website to view your updates.

Work with custom pages

You can add custom pages to your site that will appear in the sitemap. You decide whether a custom page appears in your site's navigation.

Add a custom page

From the Public website > Site configuration screen:

  1. Click Edit on the Pages and navigation screen.
  2. Click the Add new button to open the Custom page screen.
  3. On the Custom page screen:
    1. (Optional) Deselect the Show in navigation checkbox if you don't want the page to display in your site's navigation. By default, this checkbox is selected.
    2. Enter a title for the page.
    3. Enter a description for the page.
    4. Enter a slug for the page.
      • A slug must be unique and can only contain alphanumeric characters and hyphens.
      • A slug will always be formatted as /p/[text you entered in the Slug text field] (e.g., mysite.contentdm.oclc.org/p/copyright-statement).
    5. Use the Page text editor to add custom text and other elements to the page. This editor functions in the same way as the Home page text editor.
  4. Click Save, then click Public website to view the page.

Edit a custom page

From the Public website > Site configuration screen:

  1. Click Edit on the Pages and navigation screen.
  2. Click the Edit button (Edit Home button in CONTENTdm (new version)) in the Actions column.
  3. Make any necessary updates.
  4. Click Save, then click Public website to view the page.

Delete a custom page

From the Public website > Site configuration screen:

  1. Click Edit on the Pages and navigation screen.
  2. Click the Delete Text button (Delete Text button in CONTENTdm (new version)) in the Actions column. The Delete page dialog opens.
  3. Click Delete in the Delete page dialog to confirm you want to delete the page. The page is automatically deleted.

Reorder the pages on your site

You can manually determine the page order in your site's navigation and footer.

From the Public website > Site configuration screen:

  1. Adjust the number in the text field beside each page title. After changing the first page and pressing <Enter>, the other pages will automatically update their numbers. Continue editing until the desired order is displayed.
    Or
    Click the up or down arrow next to each page to reorder the pages.
  2. Click Save, then click Public website to view your updates.