In the previous session we looked at how to Delete and Restore a page on the website. In this session we will look at Advanced Page Settings.

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Advanced Settings

Figure: Advanced page settings detail

• Icon – selecting a file displays the image as an icon next to the Page Name in the menu e.g. an appropriate image to promote the theme of the website

• Page Skin – enable a skin for the current page that is different from the default skin for the website
• Page Container – enable a container skin for modules on the current page that is different from the default for the website
• Hidden – suppresses display of the Page Name in the menu. This option is used to direct users from a link only. E.g. for a workflow process where the user is required to provide information and the website responds to that information or where the website owner wants the user to view pages in a specific sequence.
• Disabled – deactivates the click option for a Page Name in the menu. This option is used to force the user to select one of the lower pages in the menu hierarchy.
• Start Date – Authorise a start date for the page to display.
• End Date – Authorise the last date for the page to display.
• Link URL – Create a link to another page or location from the menu. NB activating one of the link options will cause the page to refresh and display additional options e.g.

 
Figure: Using a menu option to redirect to another page

Enter the target URL in the dialog box or click on the Select link to browse for an appropriate link.

Activating the change

The links at the bottom of the page enable the user to initiate changes.

Update – save changes
• Cancel – ignore the changes and return to the previous page
• Delete – delete the entire page. Clicking this link will result in a confirmation dialog box being displayed e.g.

 Figure: Confirmation dialog before deleting page

• Submit Page to Google – once you are happy with the content on a page, click on this link to submit the page URL to the Google indexing queue. NB! Google may take several weeks before the page is indexed. Refer to the chapter on Search Engines in this manual for more information.

BEWARE – don’t submit your page to Google more than once per day. You run the risk of Google blacklisting your site.
WebSuburb loads a module to your site that builds and maintains a current sitemap of all pages on the site that is linked to Google. This is a better way of submitting pages to Google.

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