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The Add Element Wizard function will guide you through the necessary steps for adding a site element to the site structure.
You can either add an existing element to the site structure - or you can create the element as part of the wizard.
You can read more about the functionality of wizard functions here.
On the first page you must select the type of element you want to add.
You must also select whether you want to add an existing site element or create a new site element.
If you have selected to create a new site element, the next page that will be shown is the Select Presentation page. However, if you have selected URL or Comment as type of site element, the Add element to Site Structure page will be shown instead (as URL site element has no presentations - and the presentation for Comments are predefined).
If you have selected to add an existing site element to the structure, the next page that will be shown is the Select Element page.
On this page a grid showing all the site elements of the selected type is shown. Find and select the site element you want to insert in the structure.
Selecting an element will bring you to the next page in the wizard (Enter Information for Existing Element) where you can update information about the site element selected.
The fields shown depends on the type of the parent element (the element selected in the site structure when "Add" was pressed).
When the parent element is the Site Root, you can't make any changes the the information.
Frame: Specify the frame, which the site element must populate.
Alignment: Specifies which section of the menu, the menu item is to be shown in
Sequence: Specifies the position of the menu item inside the section specified by alignment
Display in frame: Specifies which frame the site element must populate when the menu item is pressed
Press "Finish" to add the site element to the structure.
This page will be shown if you have selected to add a new site element, which is not a URL.
The page contains a grid showing all of the presentations for the type you have selected.
Use the Select button in the grid to choose which presentation you want the new site element to use. The Enter information for New Site Element page will be shown.
The fields shown depends on the the type of the parent element (the element selected in the site structure when "Add" was pressed). In addition to this, there is a special case for cases where the site element that is to be created is a URL site element.
Text: A descriptive text, this text will be shown in the site structure.
Comments: Any comments/explanations you have for the site element.
Text: A descriptive text, this text will be shown in the site structure.
Frame: Specify the frame, which the new site element should populate when the frameset is loaded.
Comments: Any comments/explanations you have for the site element.
Menu item text: This is the text, which will be shown in the menu for the new menu item. This text will also be shown in the site structure.
Alignment: The alignment of the menu item in the menu. The combination of alignment and sequence determines where the menu item will be shown in the menu.
Sequence: The position of the menu item in the menu. The combination of alignment and sequence determines where the menu item will be shown in the menu.
Display in frame: Specify the frame, which the new site element should populate when the menu item is pressed.
Comments: Any comments/explanations you have for the site element.
URL: Whenever you have selected URL for the type of the new element, you must specify the URL of the webpage you want to load.
Please note that you have to enter all of the url - including "http://".
After you have entered the information on this page and pressed "next", the Select Roles page will be shown.
On this page you can assign roles to the new site element. You can choose not to assign any roles at this moment. If you do so, the new site element will be created and added to the site structure, but it will not be accessible for anyone.
When the page is loaded all available roles are shown in the left grid. Move any roles that you want to assign to the new site element either by double clicking on the roles in the left grid or by selecting the role in the left grid and pressing the "Add" button.
The roles are shown with either a light red or a light green background color. The roles that has a green background color is for intranet use only.
After selecting the roles you want to add to the site element, press "Finish" to create the new site element and add it to the site structure.
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