Creating a simple content page

A Simple Content page is a page with such content as images, text, links, macros, etc. This content is not based on data source. You can use custom styles for this type of content. If you want simple content to be displayed directly on the dashboard, you must add it to a dashboard layout block in the form of HTML block.

To add a simple content page to the portal

1. In CMS, go to Content, and select the icon next to node where you want this page to be available. This defines where in the menu the menu item for this page will be available. For example, if you add to the localization root node (e.g. en-us), the menu item will be in the root of the navigation pane. If you add it as a child page to any existing page, the menu item will be available under the menu item of the parent page. Alternatively, select and hold (or right-click) a node, and then select Create.
2. Select Simple content.
   
3. If you have at least one content template of the Simple Content page type, the created template(s) will be available for selection to use as a basis for the new page. Otherwise, this step is not shown. You can select Blank in case you don't want to use a template.
4. On the header, enter the simple content page name that will be used to identify it in CMS.
5. On the General tab, fill in general settings as follows:
   • Title - Specifies the title of the simple content page that will be displayed on the page.
   • Subtitle - Specifies the subtitle of the simple content page that will be displayed on the page under the title.
   • Browser tab title - Specifies the title of the web browser tab that will be displayed when the page is opened and the member point to the browser tab.
   • Hide header links - Use this switch to hide or make visible again the links, which can be added when you configure site localization, in the page header.
   • Show QR code – Use this switch to display a Quick Response (QR) code in the bottom right corner of the page. The QR code contains the link to this page. You can then publish the generated QR code wherever you need, which will open this page on the portal.
   • Menu settings
     • Menu item title -Specifies the title of the menu item, which will be displayed in the navigation pane for this page.
     • Hide menu item - Specifies whether the menu item for this page will be hidden, and for which member groups. Only members that were added to the members groups that you select here will have this menu item available in their navigation pane. If you leave this check box cleared, the menu item will be visible to all member groups.
     • Hide breadcrumb - Use this switch to hide or make visible again the page breadcrumb trail at the top of the page. A breadcrumb trail is used as a navigational aid to help portal members keep track and maintain awareness of their locations within the portal.
     • Menu item icon - Specifies the icon of the menu item for this page. Select the square and browse to the icon in the portal media library.
     • Menu item title color - Specifies the color of the menu item for this page.
     • Split menu - Specifies whether a split line will be displayed after the menu item of this page.
     • Compact menu - Specifies whether menu items will be displayed as icons in the main menu (navigation pane) for this page.
     • Hidden menu - Specifies whether the main menu (navigation pane) will be hidden when this page is opened. The navigation can always be accessed by selecting the corresponding icon at the top of the page.
   • Content-from page - Specifies the portal page that will be displayed instead of the created page. The path on the address bar will be that of the original page. Use this setting only if you want to redirect the member to another existing portal page. Select Add to add a page that will be displayed instead of the source page.
   • Redirect-to page - Specifies the portal page that will be displayed instead of the created page. The path on the address bar will be that of the target page. Use this setting only if you want to redirect the member to another existing portal page. Select Add to add a page that will be displayed instead of the source page.
   • Module assignment & protection - Specifies settings that allow you to assign this content element (localization, page, etc.) to an internal module as well as to protect this element from certain operations (copying, changing, deletion). Select the Configure button to configure module assignment & protection or the Change button to edit existing configuration if it has already been configured.
6. On the Content tab, in the Body Content field, enter the content of this HTML block and apply the formatting. For example, you can add text, images, hyperlinks, macros, embed a video, etc.
   
   1. Source code  - Use this button to view/edit the source code of the page content.
   2. Formatting block - Use these buttons to format text that you add to the body content.
   3. Insert/edit link - Use this button to add a hyperlink. You can add a hyperlink to an external URL (the Link field), an internal portal page (select a page under Link to page) or internal medeia (select a media field under Link to media). Under Target, select the Opens the linked document in a new window or tab check box, if you want the link to opened in a new browser tab.

      Note If the external link is a video on a video hosting site, such as Youtube, and you want this video to be embedded in your simple content page (rather than a hyperlink that opens the video on the target site), use the Emded action instead of the Insert/edit link action.

      
      
   4. Media picker  - Use this button to insert a media file from the internal portal media library, such as an image.
      
   5. Insert macro  - Use this button to insert a macro from the list of available macros if any.
   6. Embed  - Use this button to embed a video from an external video hosting site, such as Youtube, In the Url field, enter the URL of the video, then select the Retrieve button. If the video was successfully retrieved, you can see its preview. Change the width and height of the embedded video, select the Constrain check box to preserve the video proportions, and then select Submit to insert it. 
      
   7. Insert template  - Use this button to select a HTML template from the list of templates created on the portal if any.
7. Select Save and publish to save the changes and publish them on the front end. Optionally, if you were editing the page, you can select Save and preview to preview how the page will look like on the front end.