1 Subsite
A subsite is a collection of categories and their articles, with its own home page and navigation.
Navigation bar△
Descriptions of the navigation bar items.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Subsite | Subsite identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the |
2 | Theme | Shorthand representation of the subsite's visual design elements. Record this if wanting to return to its settings after experimenting with changes |
# | Part | Description |
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1 | Font style | Page heading text style, where s = Sans-serif and i = Italic serif |
2 | Tone | Luminance-saturation combination, where g = Greyed, l = Light, m = Mild, s = Strong, h = Headings and d = Dark |
3 | Hue | Number of the hue item on the colour wheel, starting at 1 for red, 7 for green and 13 for blue |
4 | Accent | Hue shift for headings, where d is for less and i is for more |
5 | Corners | Border radius in pixels |
The first four
As can be seen, the hue angles are not evenly spaced, but are arranged to give a more even change between the selections, otherwise there would be a lot of greens with little change between them, and less blues, but with drastic changes between them.
The
Details△
This section describes the basic information for managing a subsite.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Name | The name of the subsite, as will be shown in the |
2 | Title addition | Extra text to appear in the |
3 | Author | Name to be attributed as the author for all pages in the subsite. This will used instead of the |
4 | Font style | Basic font styling applied to the article header text. Sans-serif is the styling used for other heading text, giving a bold look. Italic serif gives a more pseudo cursive style for a more informal feel. This page is using Italic serif |
5 | Tone | Adjusts the saturation and luminance of the backgrounds of the various page elements. This page is using Light |
6 | Hue | Parameter of colour mapped into a circle. This page is using value 13 |
7 | Accent | How much the hue for the article and section header backgrounds vary from the others. Use this to provide a little flair to a page. This page is using i1 |
8 | Corners | How rounded the page elements appear, with 0 being square to 10 giving a retro/steampunk feel. This page is using 2 |
9 | Show | Specifying how visible pages are in terms of discoverability. See the Visibility section of |
10 | Contains | Shows how many categories and articles are in the subsite. Categories jumps back to the site on the Work list page, expanding it to show its categories |
11 | Use main | Specifies which subsite-specific articles are to use the main subsite's versions. Not shown for the main subsite |
12 | Other | Jumps to the Banners and Rights pages, targeting the sections for the current subsite |
13 | Swap | Form to enable making this subsite the main one, while giving the current main a new name. The former main subsite is hidden afterwards. Not available for the main subsite |
14 | Delete | Delete the subsite. If cannot delete, see the list below for what is shown. Not shown for the main subsite |
Any changes to these will take effect immediately.
- a.
Not hidden as a link to theHidden button. - b.
Has categories as a jump to the expanded list of categories for the subsite under the Subsites list of theAccess section of theWork list page. - c.
Has default category articles as a jump to the expandedDefault category for the subsite under the Subsites list of theAccess section of theWork list page. - d.
Editing: h-main as a jump to the History page for the home page.
Experimenting with themes△
The theme settings can be compared by using multiple browser windows.
All these settings are implemented immediately, so opening multiple browser windows for the same page allows comparing different theme settings simply by refreshing one of the windows. Depending upon the screen size, sets of pages could be compared by refreshing a whole set after making changes.
Of course, after any changes are made, every page in the subsite subsequently viewed will have the new settings applied, so having visitors seeing theme changes as they navigate through a site might not be what is wanted! That means that this process is more useful for a new site or subsite, before the mass influx of visitors (😉), or only minor tweaking on existing ones.
Swapping a subsite△
There may come a time when some subsite reorganisation is required.
The swapping is between a subsite and the main subsite. The subsite to become the main will get the ID of main. There is a
- a.The former main subsite will be named as per the
New name for main field, with an ID derived from it. - b.The former main home, policies and glossary pages will be h-, l- and g- respectively, suffixed with the new subsite ID.
- c.Categories will follow the subsite they are with.
- d.The former main feed will use the new subsite ID.
- e.The former non-main subsite will have an ID of main.
- f.The former non-main home, policies and glossary pages will have IDs of h-main, l-main and g-main respectively.
- g.The former non-main feed will have an ID of main.
- h.Unlike with renaming, no redirects are created for any subsite articles or the feeds.
The URLs for non-subsite articles and category pages for either subsite will not change. If the former main subsite has policies or glossary pages, they can be moved to the new main subsite in the
- a.
Not listed as a link to theListed button. - b.
Editing: h-main as a jump to the History page for the main subsite's home page. - c.
Editing: h-subsite as a jump to the History page for the subsite's home page. - d.
Is linked to: h-main as a jump to the Linked from section of theArticle head page for the main subsite's home page. - e.
Is linked to: h-subsite as a jump to the Linked from section of theArticle head page for the subsite's home page.
where the
Links to△
This section lists all the subsite's links.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Link type | Name of the link group. This jumps to the Links page to allow modifying which links are in that group |
2 | Target details | List of the group's links targets and their type, with jumps to them. For |
3 | Show | The visibility status for articles or categories |
# | Type | Description |
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1 | Subsite navigation | Quick links to key site articles or categories, or external sites that are controlled by the site owner, such as a store |
2 | Related articles | Articles and categories that are part of the site |
3 | Related sites | Pages from other sites |
4 | Site links | Links to extra utility pages placed in the Subsite links section of pages |
For the
Contact△
This section specifies what contact details are shown for the subsite.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Phone number | Multi-line field to allow including extra information, like multiple numbers or availability hours. See Activating phone numbers |
2 | Send email | Email address to which the information collected in the web form is sent. Not included within the page when rendered |
3 | Contact types | Toggles for which of the email subject line options to display in the web form |
4 | Office address | Multi-line field for full physical address details, including opening hours or other useful information |
5 | Map | URL for a location map. See Adding a map |
6 | Postal address | Multi-line field for full postal address details |
If
- a.If there is no master locale text found in the current or main subsites, the section will not be shown.
- b.If there is text for the main subsite, then the section will appear in all subsites.
- c.Subsites can have sections the main subsite does not have, but not vice versa.
- d.Subsites can have different text in a section than the main.
The Contact page always uses the banner and theme of the current subsite, regardless of where the text is from.
See Reading direction for how to handle mixed direction scripts when structuring the content of contact fields (except
Activating phone numbers△
The phone numbers can be made active.
+61 2 1234 5678
08:30 to 17:00
Monday to Friday
+61 4 9876 5432
After hours.
where clicking on the number in a mobile phone or on a PC with a telephony program will open the telephone dialing pad with the number ready to be called, saving unnecessary remembering of the number and extra keystrokes, while lessening the chance of errors.
+61212345678
+61 2 1234 5678
08:30 to 17:00
Monday to Friday
+61498765432
+61 4 9876 5432
After hours.
The + prefix and using only digits for the first line of a pair is just to provide a reliable way of ensuring that the pair is intended to be used to make the number active. What is created is a link with tel:61212345678
rather than a URL, and the second line becomes its text. The first line does have to use the common Western Arabic characters, but the second line can be any script, and does not even have to look like a telephone number, so can be any text. However, people do like to know where they are ringing so they are not running up a huge bill on a premium service, though the actual number is shown in the keypad before they press the call button.
The number does not have to be the full international number, but using it helps to ensure that those in other countries dial the intended number rather than a local or non-existent number in their own country. Any other lines can be placed before or after the pair, including blanks.
When typing in the first line of a pair, the + may appear to the right of the number in right-to-left scripts, but it will be used correctly. Do not put any formatting or reading direction characters or codes into it, as the pair will then not be formatted as an active number.
Adding a map△
Adding a location map link is fairly simple.
Having a link to a map along with the
A
Sometimes the URL generated may not work as expected, especially if the location on the map was clicked on. Test the link and repeat the process until satisfied.
New△
Creating a new subsite only requires a new name and which subsite to clone from.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Name | Name for the new subsite. The resulting subsite identifier derived from it cannot be the same as for an existing subsite |
2 | Clone from | Subsite from which to clone settings and its home page |
Note that the resulting subsite identifier derived from