Insert an URL in the site structure

• Overview
• Preparations
• Inserting the URL
  • For populating frame at load time
  • For populating frame when menu point is activated

Overview

In some situations you will want to populate a frame in the site with static content. This can of course be done by making a direct reference to the URL address in the HTML template.

However, by inserting a URL site element in the site structure you gain a much better control about what you want to show and to whom you want to show it to.

E.g. you can have a frame that you populate with a static picture for users, who are not logged in - and with a business process for users who are logged in.

Inserting the URL site element in the site structure makes it possible for you to change the URL referenced using the administration interface instead of having to update a template.

Preparations

The frame you want to populate with the URL must be defined using the menu item "Site structure -> Frames" in the administration menu before you create the URL.

Inserting the URL

Use the menu item "Site structure->Site Structure" in the administration menu.

You can use the URL defined in two slightly different manners:

• The URL should populate a frame as soon as the frame is loaded by the frameset.
• The URL should populate a frame when a menu item is activated.

Populate a frame when it it is loaded by the frameset

1. Select the frameset that should load the frame in the site structure tree.
2. Press "Add". This starts a wizard that will lead you through the process.
3. Select "Create new site element" and "URL", press "Next".
4. Supply information about the site element, and press "Next"
   • Text - the name that you want to appear for the menu site element in the site structure.
   • Frame - Name of the frame
   • URL of menu item - enter the URL address used to populate the frame
   • Comments - optional comments
5. Assign the roles for the site element, and press "Finish"

Populate a frame when a menu item is activated

1. Select the menu that must contain the menu item loading the URL.
2. Press "Add". This starts a wizard that will lead you through the process.
3. Select "Create new site element" and "URL", press "Next".
4. Supply information about the site element, and press "Next"
   • Menu item text - this is the text that will be shown for the menu item in the menu. (It will also be shown in the site structure tree).
   • Alignment- indicating whether you want to show the menu point in the first (left) or second (right) section of the menu.
   • Sequence - this specifies the order that the menu items will be shown in. Be aware that by defining two or more menu items with the same combination of alignment and sequence will result in only one of them being shown in the menu. Which menu item to show is decided from the authorization level of the menu items in combination with the authorization level of the session.
   • Display in frame - this specifies the frame you want to populate with the URL when the menu item is activated.
   • URL of menu item - enter the URL address.
   • Comments - optional comments.
5. Assign the roles for the site element, and press "Finish"