Section Properties File

What is this file supposed to do?

This file controls many of the settings for the entire section, and hopefully a little bit of helpful reminders.

Section Menu

The section menu is either a dropdown menu (for larger screens) or a left slide out menu (for smaller screens). The contents of both menus come from the same place so they are always in sync.

  1. Before editing the menu, be sure this file is "checked out" and click on the Properties button above and be sure the "Use Menu?" dropdown is set to Yes.
  2. Read the next step, then go to the -navigation.pcf">navigation file.
  3. To edit the menu, click on the yellow "MultiEdit" button. Then make any necessary updates. If you put in a heading, it requires a link (and vice versa). Also, if you put in sub-links for the dropdown, it requires both a heading and a link. When done, click Save.

When done editing, look for any red text giving warnings about missing items. If there is anything missing, the menu page will NOT publish.

Each new section has the ability to create it's own menu, or inherit the menu from the parent section. It is encouraged to put links pertaining to your area here. If you need to link to other areas or other sites, try to put those in the running text.

From this section properties file, you can also edit what appears in the breadcrumbs on your page as well as choosing what type of section this is.

Breadcrumbs

By default, the breadcrumb is empty, so you will obviously want to change this since that will be no help. Updating the Breadcrumb name is a two step process.

  1. Be sure this file is "checked out," then click on the Properties button above and change the information in the "Section Title (Breadcrumb name)" field and then click Save.
  2. Republish any page that needs the updated Breadcrumb name.

Breadcrumb names should be as short as possible, but descriptive. Try not to use abbreviations since the breadcrumbs are very useful for visitors when they use a search. Only use abbreviations if visitors will also search for that abbreviation as well.

Section Type

You can choose what type of section this is directly below the Section Title (Breadcrumb name) field. This is also a two part process, much like the breadcrumbs.

  1. Be sure this file is "checked out," then click on the Properties button above and change the value in the "What type of section is this for?" dropdown and then click Save.
  2. Republish any page that needs the updated section type.

The section type value is automatically added in front of the word "Links" in the section links area. It is also used in the mobile version of your site to autogenerate an appropriately named menu button.

You can control contact information, section links, and social information by following the directions below.

How to Edit Section...

Contact Information

If you want the same Contact Us information to show up on all of your section's pages, there are two steps.

  1. Be sure this file is "checked out," then click on the Properties button above and make sure the "Use Contacts?" is set to Yes. If you have to change this from "no," then you will have to publish the entire section.
  2. Edit the -contact-us.inc">-contact-us.inc file and then submit the -contact-us.inc page for publishing.

The contact information you set in this section can be overridden by any section so that each section can be specific to that area.

You can also add page specific contact information on each page. Just look for the Edit button in the Contact Us area.

Links

If you want the same links to show up on all of your section's pages, there are two steps.

  1. Be sure this file is "checked out," then click on the Properties button above and make sure the "Use Links?" is set to Yes. If you have to change this from "no," then you will have to publish the entire section.
  2. Edit the -section-links.pcf">-section-links.pcf file and then submit the -section-links.pcf page for publishing.

The section links you set in this section can be overridden by any section so that each section can be specific to that area.

Be sure when editing that file to use an ordered list to create your links. Also, it will only publish the first ten (10) links, so some thought will need to go in to choosing the most valuable links.

Social Media Information

The choices in the Share are not editable and allow visitors to your page to share your information from their accounts. You can edit the "Connect" section to allow your visitors to go directly to your social media accounts to follow and interact with you.

If you want to edit the "Connect" social media account to show up on all of your section's pages, there are two steps.

  1. Be sure this file is "checked out," then ce sure this file is "checked out," then click on the Properties button above and make sure the "Use Social?" is set to Yes. If you have to change this from "no," then you will have to publish the entire section.
  2. Edit the -social-links.pcf">-social-links.pcf file, and click on the yellow "MultiEdit" button at the top of the page to enter in any social media account information. Then click Save and submit the -social-links.pcf page for publishing.

The social links you set in this section can be overridden by any section so that each section can be specific to that area.