Guidepost pathways are used to highlight another website, page on another professional community or pages within your community.
To add a pathway:
1. Select Manage Pathways from the Content Control main menu.
2. Select Create Pathway
3. Complete the information required
*pathway name
*URL of website or webpage
*pathway story
4. Select Add details - The pathway has now been created and all pathways will be listed
5. Select the pathway to activate and then click the Set pathway active button. The pathway will now display on the default page if guidepost pathways are selected to be an item on your default/home page.
To edit or activate a pathway:
- Select Manage Pathways from the Content Control main menu.
- Select the pathway you would like to edit or activate, ignoring the Create Pathway and Change Order buttons
- The next page has Pathway Control and Help bars at the top, and Pathway Pages and Set Pathway buttons just below that. Click on the Pathway Pages button.
- Click on the Add Item Bar
- In the Options drop down menu, select the Site Section you want the pathway to point to
- Click the Select button
- In the Web Pages drop down menu, choose the web page you want the pathway to point to
- Click the Select button
A guidepost pathway can be useful when you wish to draw attention to something new on the site, without reflecting the new page as a default box on the home page. It is meant to be used like a link or 'Guidepost' to another location whether on your site or externally.
Guidepost pathways are more useful when they are turned off when not in use or stale, as site visitors tend to switch off and not read the links if it is always there.
If the page to be added to the Guidepost pathway doesn't yet exist, create it first and then follow the procedure below to link it to the actual page.
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