Home Page Manager page:

The Home Page Manager is used to configure your Home page settings. 

 

Users of PortalProdigy prior to the addition of Page Management and THTML, note that this page replaces the former Greeting Management page.

 

Selected Settings section:

 

 

• Name – lists names of Home Page Collections.  Your new site will default to the collection “[Default Home Config]”.   To create a new Home Page Collection, click the  button.   You may create as many Home Page Collections as you like.  E.g. you may want to create different settings for “Christmas”, “Easter”, “Independence Day”, “Halloween”, “Winter”, “Spring”, “Summer”, “Fall”, etc.   When the Home Page Management page is first opened, it displays the Home Page Collection that it is set as the Active Home Page.  To retrieve an existing Home Page Collection, select it from the drop down list box. Selecting a different collection will refresh the page, displaying the settings for the selected collection.
• Use as Active Home Page – set to “Yes” to make the selected Home Page Collection the active Home Page for the site.  This will apply the selected Home Page Collection to your website. 

Page Settings section:

 

This section is used to configure the Home Page Collection. 

 

 

§         Inherit From – used to select a collection to inherit settings from.  Inherited settings can be individually overridden by checking the Override checkbox. Inherit From offers the following choices:

o       Site Settings – select to inherit the active Site Settings Collection.

o       Other – select a collection from the list box.

To override an inherited setting make sure that you check the Override checkbox after selecting a style; otherwise your change will be reset to the inherited value.

§         Page Style – determines the general page layout and design.  A thumbnail of the selected Page style is displayed along with its name and the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style.  Use View Styles to select a Style.  It opens the Style Selection page which displays the available Page Styles.  PortalProdigy ships with a variety of Standard Styles for you to choose from, plus you can create your own Custom Styles.  See the Style Selection section of this chapter for a detailed explanation how to use the Style Selection page.  Edit Style opens the selected style in Style Manager.  Using Style Manager you can view and edit the style’s code.  See the Style Manger section of this chapter for a detailed explanation of how to use the Style Manager.  Add Style opens the Style Manager in add new mode so you can upload a new Custom Style.  When you select a different Page Style, the Header and Footer Styles are automatically synchronized to match the selected Page Style.

§         Header Style – determines the design and layout of the Header.  Displays a thumbnail of the selected Header style along with the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style.  These options work the same as for Page Style. Use View Styles to select a Header Style.   

§         Main Content Style – determines the design and layout of the Content Section.  Displays a thumbnail of the selected Main Content style along with the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style.  These options work the same as for Page Style. Use View Styles to select a Main Content Style.   

§         Footer Style – determines the design and layout of the Footer.  Displays a thumbnail of the selected Footer style along with the options View Styles, Edit Style, and Add Style options.  These options work the same as for Page Style. Use View Styles to select a Footer Style.

§         Color Scheme – Use the list box to select a Color Scheme Collection.  Color Schemes allow you to manage the colors used on your website.  The  button is used to create a new Color Scheme Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Color Scheme Collection.  See the Color Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Color Manager page. 

§         Header Collection – use the list box to select a Header Collection.  Header Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the page header.  Components include menus, search option, login option, etc. The  button is used to create a new Header Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Header Collection.  See the Header Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Header Collection Manager page.

§         Left Side Bar Collection – if the Page Style you have selected contains a left side bar, use this list box to select a Left Side Bar Collection.  Left Side Bar Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the left side bar of the page.  Components include menus, promotion inserts, event inserts, news inserts, etc. The  button is used to create a new Left Side Bar Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Left Side Bar Collection.  See the Side Bar Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Side Bar Collection Manager page.

§         Main Content Collection – use the list box to select a Main Content Collection.  Main Content Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the main content section of the Home page.  Components include greeting, news mini browser, events mini browser, products mini browser, etc. The  button is used to create a new Main Content Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Main Content Collection.  See the Main Content Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Main Content Collection Manager page.

§         Right Side Bar Collection – if the Page Style you have selected contains a right side bar, use this list box to select a Right Side Bar Collection.  Right Side Bar Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the right side bar of the page.  Components include menus, promotion inserts, event inserts, news inserts, etc. The  button is used to create a new Right Side Bar Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Right Side Bar Collection.  See the Side Bar Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Side Bar Collection Manager page.

§         Footer Collection – use the list box to select a Footer Collection.  Footer Collections allow you to manage the components displayed in the page footer.  Components include menus, search option, login option, etc. The  button is used to create a new Header Collection.  The  button is used to edit the selected Header Collection.  See the Header Collection Manager section of this Chapter for a detailed explanation of the Header Collection Manager page.

§         Greeting – this field is used to enter your Greeting Message that gets displayed in the Greeting Component within the main content section of the Home Page. Be sure to select the Greeting Component using Main Content Collection Manager.  The Greeting can be entered as text directly into this memo field or the  option may be used to create the Greeting Message using Portal Prodigy’s HTML Editor. 

§         Greeting Tags – when inserted into the Greeting Message these tags create links to features.  Each tag begins with <% and ends with %>, e.g. <%Browse Resources by Category%>.  The entire contents of the tag including the <% and %> must be inserted into the Greeting Message.

• Greeting Image – click on  button to select a JPG or GIF image file to be displayed in the content section of the Home page, next to the Greeting. 

o        - used to delete the image.

§         Greeting Image Title – used to enter a caption to be displayed below the Greeting Image.

 

Search Engine Settings section:

§         Page Title – use to enter the Page Title for the Home page.  The Page Title is displayed in the browsers title bar.  Page Titles play an important role in search engine ranking.

§         Meta Tag Description – use to enter a default Meta Description to be inserted in the Home page.  Meta Descriptions are used by search engines to index and rank web pages.  They are not visible to the user. 

§         Meta Tag Keywords – use to enter default Meta Keywords that will be inserted into your Home page.  Meta Keywords are used by search engines to index and rank web pages.  They are not visible to the user.

§         Script – use to enter script that will be inserted into your home page.  This can be a combination of HTML and Java Script.  This is typically used to enter scripts for tracking purposes such as ad word tracking, traffic analysis, etc.

 

Option buttons:

 

	Saves the Home Page Collection.
	Save the Home Page as a new collection.  Prompts to enter a Home Page Collection Name as follows:
	Deletes the Home Page Collection.
	Prints the page to the user’s local printer.
	Displays an example page using the Home Page Collection.
	Closes the page without saving or updating values.
	Closes the page and prompts to save the data.