Add a section page
How to use section pages for navigation and directories
Use these instructions to set up section pages. Sections make great landing pages where users can jump off into other areas of related contents. Use sections for pages that have lots of subpages - directories, tables of contents, and other navigational pages. You can create section pages with different layouts to organize subpages in easy-to-navigate ways.
It's easy to switch between the nine default templates for sections (and any section templates your intranet admin has created). Directory-style navigation sections show subpages as lists of text links. The Grid-style navigation templates feature thumbnail images that accompany subpage titles in grids of tiles or blocks.
Add a section page
- Navigate to the location on your intranet where you want your new page to be. Click Add on the right of the page header.
- Type your page title in the box that says Enter a title.
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Note: Try to write a clear page title that includes topical and descriptive words.
- Example: Projects for Bella Vista development.
- In this example page title "projects" describes the type of activity or content and the other words explain the topic of the section.
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Note: Try to write a clear page title that includes topical and descriptive words.
- Click on the Content type dropdown on the right, and select the Section content type.
- Click on the Template dropdown on the right, and select the template that you want. (See template descriptions below.)
- Click Publish in the top right when you are done editing. Your new section page will appear on the screen, ready for you to add subpages.
Section templates
These descriptions are for the default section templates that come with ThoughtFarmer. Your intranet administrator may have made changes to the templates to customize them for your organization.
To see images of how subpages display in the different navigation cards that are used for the default section templates, see Navigation cards.
- Compact directory: Two levels of subpages display as text links listed in multiple columns. Also shows page icons, link subpages, and subpage attachment counts.
- Detailed directory: Two levels of subpages display as text links in multiple columns. Also shows page summaries, page icons, link subpages, and subpage attachment counts.
- Grid: One level of subpages shows as tiles containing thumbnail images and page titles.
- Block directory: Two levels of subpages display in blocks arranged in multiple columns. Each individual subpage displays in a block along with its child pages. Also shows page summaries, page icons, link subpages, and subpage attachment counts.
- Compact block directory: One level of subpages displays as individual blocks arranged in multiple columns. Also shows page icons, link subpages, and subpage attachment counts.
- Grid 3 columns: Two levels of subpages display as tiles containing images and page titles. Also shows page icons, link subpages, and subpage attachment counts.
- Grid square: Two levels of subpages display in columns of blocks containing square thumbnail images on the left and subpage titles on the right. Also shows link subpages and subpage attachment counts.
- Grid 2+3: One level of subpages displays as individual blocks arranged in multiple rows. Blocks contain an image on top with page title below. The first two rows display two blocks each, additional rows display three blocks each. Also shows link subpages and subpage attachment counts.
- Grid 3+4: One level of subpages displays as individual blocks arranged in multiple rows. Blocks contain an image on top with page title below. The first row displays three blocks, additional rows display four blocks each. Also shows link subpages and subpage attachment counts.
Add subpages
Once you've created your main landing page, start adding subpages. As you do, you'll start to see how these different templates organize subpages.
To see how subpages display in the different navigation cards that are used for different section templates, see Navigation cards.
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