Interior Page
This page includes instructions for setting up and styling interior pages of your website. Examples are shown to demonstrate how specific elements should appear on the page. Please refer to the Style Guide Page of the Production branch for a complete library of available styles.
Page Setup
- Page Set Up and Appearance
- Top Banner: Header Links
- Bottom Banner: Footer Information and Links
- Hero Image
Page Set Up and Appearance
A default interior page on the website should include a set of banners, and a theme. These banners can be added from the Page Layouts and Appearance menu which can be accessed by clicking the Page Layout icon located next to the Compose button. From the pop up menu, selections can be made from the dropdown menus.
Setting | Value |
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Header | Header - 2020 |
Left Banner | |
Right Banner | |
Footer | Footer - 2020 |
Menu | Menu - 2020 |
Theme | montgomery_default_20 |
Top Banner: Header Links
Bottom Banner: Footer Information and Links
The Footer Portals, and Social Media Links branches are used to update links in the bottom banner of the website. Typically, these pages are redirects to pages in the Utility Pages Branch or other interior pages of your website. Links in the Social Media Branch are redirected to the proper source. To update these pages:
- Go to the branch in the list of site pages
- Select the desired page
- Redirect the page from the linked tab in the page settings
- Save
Utility Pages Branch
The Utility Pages branch contains pages that contain standard website information like the school's Privacy and Accessibility policies. If you do not yet have a Privacy Policy, and need assistance creating one, please check out the article in the Knowledge Base. Information about creating an accessibility policy exists on the page. Some of the pages in the Footer Utility branch also link back to pages in this branch of your website.
Address
The school address and description can be updated directly from the content elements in the footer. Be sure to save and publish the footer after making any changes.
Tip: Since there is a significant amount of code used to format the address, it's often helpful to update this information from the html </> option in the editor. Once in the html, simply update the black text.
Inquire Button
- Go to the Banners panel.
- Scroll to Footers in the left navigation and select Footer - 2020.
- Hover over the Social Media navigation element and click on the gear icon in the top-right corner.
- Click on + Design.
- Click into the Header Content.
- Update the link.
- Save changes and publish the banner.
Hero Image
Content Formatting
Here are instructions for applying the basic styles included in your style guide. The application of most basic composer styles like H tags and hyperlinks are also covered in the Composer Overview training. Some of the styles included in the style guide may require the addition of extra styling or classes .
- Style Guide Introduction
- Lead-In Text
- Add a subheading
- Add a normal hyperlink
- Add a styled button
- Add a quotation with an author citation
- Add a text callout
- Add content cards
- Add a styled table
Style Guide Introduction
The Style Guide, within the production branch of your website, is a reference page with examples of the available styles on your website. Some elements will be styled properly when added directly to a page; other styles will require that you take extra steps so that they can be viewed properly. For that purpose, each element on your site includes a design panel which allows you to:
- add a custom class (a custom class applies extra CSS and Javascript to an element to make it look or function differently.)
- add a background image
- add a header content
- add footer content
To fully style the elements listed below as well as the elements included on your homepage and enhancements, you may need to access this panel.
PRO TIP: The blue 'Edit content' button allows editing in the main body of an element. If text, buttons or images on an element don't appear to be editable, check the Design tab in the element settings.
Lead-In Text
The first paragraph in the main content area should be formatted as lead-in text to create a visually engaging introduction to the page copy:
- Add or edit a Content element at the top of the main content area..
- Type in a short text paragraph.
- Highlight the text with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Styles’ drop-down in the content editor toolbar. Select one of the outlined class below from the dropdown list.
- ‘2020_lead_in’ = Teal Lead-in
- ‘2020_lead_in_blue’ = Blue Lead-in
- ‘2020_lead_in_green’= Green Lead-in
- ‘2020_lead_in_light-blue’= Light blue Lead-in
- ‘2020_lead_in_orange’= Orange Lead-in
- Save the element updates.
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Add a subheading
Add sub-headings to break up sections of your page content inside the main content area. This helps make longer pages more visually-engaging and easier to follow.
- Add or edit a Content element.
- Type in the title of the subheading.
- Highlight the title with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Paragraph Format’ button in the content editor toolbar.
- Select the desired heading from the dropdown (e.g. Heading Two).
Top Tip: When adding subheadings to your content is important to follow a logical HTML heading structure. This is beneficial for search engine optimisation and ensures the content meets recommended accessibility standards.
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Add a normal hyperlink
A hyperlink is the best formatting choice for normal links to pages and websites within a paragraph of text on an interior page:
- Add or edit a Content element.
- Type in the text label for the link.
- Highlight the text label with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Link’ button in the content element toolbar and choose ‘Add Link’.
- Add a link in the ‘Link Properties’ window
- Save the element settings and publish the page.
Add a styled button
A style button is the best formatting choice for important links to pages, downloads and external websites that should stand out visually on the page.
Small and large buttons will have the same color options.
Button style are additive, i.e. for a large blue button, in the link editor apply the 'button1' 'Large' styles.
Button style combinations are listed in the text of each button below.
Creating a Basic Button
- Add or edit a Content element.
- Type in the text label for the link.
- Highlight the text label with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Link’ button in the content element toolbar and choose ‘Add Link’.
- Add a link in the ‘Link Properties’ window
- Click on the ‘Class’ drop-down and select one of the colored button styles outlined below.
- (Optional) Add the Full Width Button Class
- Save the element updates.
Large buttons with subtext
As an additional feature, large buttons can also include subtext.
- Type the text label and subtext on one line
- Highlight the subtext
- Click the Italics button in the editor
- Select the 'link' tool in the editor
- Follow instructions to create a link
- Select the colored button class + the large button class
- Save
Small and large buttons will have the same color options.
System Button
System button. Used for Load More, Search, Login, and other places within Composer
Website buttons
Small and large buttons will have the same colors and hover states
Large Buttons
Styled links buttons
Styled links: Only these icons, only this color, and only this size. Expand class can be applied.
Add a quotation with an author citation
The blockquote tool in the content editor toolbar is the best choices for text-based quotes and testimonials throughout interior pages. This can optionally include an author citation at the bottom of the quote.
- Type in the quotation.
- Optionally press the return key and type in the name of the author.
- Highlight both the quotation and author citation with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Block quote’ button in the content editor toolbar.
- Now highlight the author citation only with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Styles’ drop-down in the content editor toolbar.
- Select ‘– Citation’ from the dropdown list.
- Save the element updates.
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CITATION
Add a text callout
A callout is an eye-catching text excerpt or styled panel that can be used to draw attention to an important message in the sidebar or main content area.
- Add or edit a Content element in the main content area or sidebar.
- Type in a short text paragraph.
- Highlight the text with your cursor.
- Click on the ‘Styles’ drop-down in the content editor toolbar.
- Select ‘2020_callout_text’ from the dropdown list.
- Save the element updates.
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Add content cards
Content Cards are content elements that include a custom class. They can be used with or without images, come with several backgrounds and will expand to the width of the space where they are used.
There are two ways to add custom callouts to a page.
- Copy the desired callout from the production branch and paste it onto the desired page
- Add a content element to a page, then add the custom class to the element settings. The class options are:
- card-callout - this will display a Dark Red Callout
- card-callout teal - this will display a Teal callout
- card-callout blue - this will display a Blue callout
- card-callout green - this will display a Green callout
To add, change or remove the photo:
- Click the element settings
- Click +Design
- Go to the header content area to add, remove or replace an image
- Click the image in the editor to add an image
- Click to Delete an existing image
- Double Click to replace an existing image
- Save
- Click the blue "Edit Content" button to change the main body copy
- Save
Add a styled table
The styled table formatting option is recommended for all tables added to interior pages on the website to establish a visually-engaging and consistent presentation:
- Add or edit a Content element.
- Click on the ‘Table’ button in the content element toolbar.
- Set the desired number of rows and columns
- Select ‘First Row’ from the ‘Headers’ dropdown
- Set ‘Border Size’, ‘Cell Padding’ and ‘Cell Spacing’ to ‘0’.
- Set ‘Width’ to ‘100%’
- Click on the ‘Class’ drop-down in the ‘Table Properties' window and select ‘2020_styled_table’ from the dropdown.
- Click on the ‘OK’ button and populate the table data
- Save the element updates.
Highlighting the table and right clicking will bring up additional table properties that can be used to adjust the table.
Last Name | First Name | Middle Name |
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Smith | John | Mark |