Managing Website Pages

You can have up to 12 pages at the root level of your website. Only two levels of pages are permitted. To add a page, do the following:

1. Log in to your Site Builder account.
2. Click Site Design > Edit Pages on the menu bar.
3. Click the Add button , and then select the type of page to create. You can choose a custom page or one of the 10 standard pages included with Site Builder.
4. Edit the information in each section as needed. If a section is collapsed, click the down arrow in the section header to expand the section.
• Page Content. Use this section to change the identifiers used for a page, as well as to add, edit, or delete content for the page.

  Component	Description
  Page name	Name that displays at the top of the page and in your site's menu bar; not editable for the event calendar and life cycle events pages
  File name	Name that appears after the domain name in the URL for the page; not editable for the event calendar and life cycle events pages Example: If the URL for the page is http://samplesite.com/newsletters.htm, the domain name is samplesite.com and the file name is newsletters.htm. This property cannot be edited for the event calendar and life cycle events pages.
  Title	Name displayed in the browser title bar; not editable for the event calendar and life cycle events pages
  Page text	Text to display on this page in addition to any standard content. Use the formatting tools beneath the text box to format the content Important: For custom pages, you must enter the needed content, otherwise the page will be blank
  Hide this page from the main navigation	Select this option if you do not want this page to be visible in the navigation bar for the site. You can provide direct links to this page to your clients as needed.

• Edit Columns. Use this section to add a section containing information or links beneath the main content of the page. These columns will display above the bottom navigation bar, if the site style you have chosen includes one.

  

  1. Select the Show columns on this page option check box if you want columns of content to display beneath the main content of the page. Clear this box if you do not want additional content to display. This option is selected by default for website Home pages only.
  2. To change the look of the columns, select an option from the Select a style for this section list.
  3. If needed, add or remove columns on the layout. Click the add button   to add up to three columns. Click the delete button  beneath a column to remove the column from the layout. Keep in mind the following:
  • The site design can affect the way the columns display on your site. For example, in a narrow site design, your columns may be stacked on top of each other instead of displaying side-by-side. Always preview your site before publishing so you can check for unexpected display issues.
  • You can have a different number of columns on each page of your site.
  • When your website is viewed on mobile devices, columns will be stacked on top of each other.
  • To ensure that your site presents a professional appearance, avoid including too many elements on the home page. For example, as a best practice you should not include the vertical Tax Alerts/Newsletter ticker on the home page with the three-column boxes.
  4. Beneath each column, select the type of link or content to display in that column. You can also create a custom column that displays content that you enter.
     1. Select Custom Column in the box beneath a column.
     2. Enter the column title.
     3. In the Content box, enter and format the information you want to display in the column.
     4. Click Accept.

        Note: If you need to edit the column after it is created, click the Configure button to open the window where you can make your edits.

• Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Add keywords and descriptions that will make your page more visible in web searches. See About Search Engine Optimization for more information.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have made all needed changes.
6. Click Accept to save your changes.
7. Click Preview to see what your site will look like when your changes are applied. The preview opens in a different browser tab or window.
8. Click Publish to immediately update your website, or click Next to continue to the next page.

Note: Changes you make in Site Builder are not applied to your website until you publish the updates.

1. Log in to your Site Builder account.
2. Click Site Design > Edit Pages on the menu bar.
3. In the navigation pane, click the name of the page you want to delete, and then click the button.
4. If there are subpages for the page you are deleting, choose one of the following options to indicate how Site Builder should handle the subpages:
   • Delete all pages. The page you selected and all its subpages are deleted.
   • Delete only the main page. The page you selected is deleted. The subpages are retained and placed at the root level of the site.
   • Cancel. No pages are deleted.
5. Click Accept to save your changes.
6. Click Preview to see what your site will look like when your changes are applied. The preview opens in a different browser tab or window.
7. Click Publish to immediately update your website, or click Next to continue to the next page.

Note: Changes you make in Site Builder are not applied to your website until you publish the updates.