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Homepage documentation

Please follow steps below to update the homepage box.

To see changes live return to the homepage and refresh your browser window by pressing Control + F5.

Insert image

  • Go to the item you wish to modify and select Edit
  • Right click on the image
  • From the edit toolbar select the image picker icon (button with a tree shape)
  • On the Image picker screen select the Your computer tab.
  • Select Browse and choose the image file from your computer
  • Type an image description
  • Click the Select button
  • You will see the image has been replaced with the one you have inserted

Change box headline

  • Go to the item you wish to modify and select Edit
  • Inside the content box, select the text below the box background image
  • Edit as required

Change the box link

  • Go to the item you wish to modify and select Edit
  • Right click on the link
  • Insert the link on the Link url text area of the Edit/Insert link window
  • Click update
  • Modify the text of the link as appriate - i.e- change from "Read more" to "Find out more", etc

Add a new slide

  • Go to one of the Slide items and select Edit
  • Click on the HTML button
  • Select and copy all the code
  • Click Cancel on the HTML editor window and cancel changes on the edit data entry. You will go back to the main Homepage boxes screen
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the Homepage Boxes screen and select Add new entry
  • Give the slide box a name by entering Slide + a numerical value on theTitle text box
  • Select the HTML button and paste the code from the slide element you copied earlier on the HTML editor box
  • Customise the content of the slider by editing the image, box title and link using the instructions above
  • Once you have finished editing the new slider tag it as Active and Slider using the tick boxes at the bottom of the edit area

Delete slide

  • Sroll down to the Slide item you wish to delete
  • Click on the Delete button
  • An box with the message "Delete permanently? - Sitebuilder does not save history for this type of content. Deleting it cannot be undone. Are you sure you want to delete this?" will show
  • Click on the Delete button only if you are sure you wish to remove the slide
  • Retuern to the homepage and refresh to see your changes

Reorder slides

Slider items are ordered alphabetically. To change the order rename the slider item you wish to show first as Slider 1 and modify the names of the other slide items accordingly - ie.= slide 2, slide 3, etc.

Once you have finished, click Save changes. A pop up will show confirming you wish to permanently overwrite previous content. If you wish to go ahead select Save

Return to the homepage and refresh your browser window by pressing Control + F5. Your changes should be live