Edit Page Content

After selecting a page from the list of pages in your store, this button takes you to a screen in which you can enter or edit both the contents of that page and the text and graphics that will appear on links to that page. You can use the + or - next to each section to show or hide the individual sections (Page Text Fields, Link Info, Advanced Info, and Extra Fields) or show or hide all sections.

Consult the list below for explanations of the different feilds. If there are any fields that you do not understand, leave the default setting.

Page Name

The name of the page is used to describe the page in the list of pages in your Back Office, and must be unique. You may optionally also display the name at the top of the page.

Title

This field allows you to specify text to be used in the HTML title tag, the contents of which are displayed in the browser window title bar. If this is left blank, most templates will use the Page Name for this field.

Banner Graphic

Select the graphic, if any, that you want to appear on the top of this page. It will appear above the text and products on the page or down the left side of the page, depending on the page theme or template that you choose. See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

If you want to insert an image anywhere else on the page, use an HTML tag in that field.

Text 1

This is the primary text on the page. It will usually appear beside or below the banner graphic, depending on the page theme or template that you choose. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Text 2

This is the secondary text on the page. It will usually appear below the products, depending on the page theme or template that you choose. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Text 3

This is a third field for text on the page. It will usually appear just above the page footer, depending on the page theme or template that you choose. You can enter any combination of text and HTML into this field.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Link Info

If other pages in the site are going to display links to this page, use these fields to configure the content of the link. Note that this determines how links to this page will appear on other pages.

Link Name

Use this field to indicate the name of the page in the link. You may want to make this the same as the Page Name, or you may want to use a different name. For example, the main page (index.html) for your store may have Welcome as the Page Name, but you may want to use Home for the Link Name. You may also leave this field blank and use a graphic instead. If you leave this field blank, and there is no Link Graphic or Link Text, the Page Name will usually be used to create links to the page.

Link Graphic

You can optionally include a graphic in your page links, either with or without other link content. For example, you could create an icon or button that indicates the destination of the link, or you can use a generic graphic for all your page links, or you could use a small image to indicate new pages on your site. You should consider keeping link graphics relatively small (less than 50px by 50px) to keep the links from taking over the page. See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

Link Text

You may optionally include additional descriptive text in your link. This text is usually displayed in a smaller font than the Link Name, and may not actually be part of the link, although it will always be beside or below the link.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Links to Page

Click on the Select button to bring up a new window that will allow you to select which pages you want links to this page to appear on. The top box lists all the pages that are set to have links to your current page. To remove a page from the list, select it and click on the Delete button. The page name will now appear in the lower box, which is a list of pages that do not have links to the current page. You can select pages from the lower box and click on the Add button to move the pages to the top box. When you are finished making changes, click on OK to save your changes, or Cancel to close the window without saving.

Advanced Info

The fields in the Advanced Info section help search engines to find your pages, and help customers to find products on your pages.

File Name

This setting is optional. Use this field to give the page a file name that describes the page's contents, such as "wooden_toys.html" or "customer_service.html." Be sure to put a .html or .htm suffix on the end of the file name, or the page will not display correctly. If you do not assign a name to the page, it will have a default file name, such as page1.html or page2.html.

The file name cannot contain spaces or any of the following characters: '?', '+', '=', '&', '@'

Meta Keywords

Enter a comma-delimited list of terms that you want search engines to associate with this page. Words or phrases you enter here, along with other page content, are used by Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Ask to help people what they're looking for. You should try to include any words or phrases customers will use when searching for this product, including alternate names and common misspellings you do not want to include in the product name or description.

Meta Description

Enter a description that you want search engines to display for this page when a search matches this page. Not all search engines use the Meta description text.

You can also use this field to insert meta tags and other material into the <HEAD> section of the page, such as META fields or JavaScript code. First, type in any text that you want within the <META desciption= > tag and close the tag with ">. Then type in any additional tags or scripts (the field scrolls to hold more lines). Do not put the closing "> at the end of your last tag, as ShopSite will add that automatically. For example, to add a META name tag, you might enter something like this:

your, keywords, go, here"><META name="your meta tag" content="your content

Product Search Field

Check this box to include a Product Search box on this page, which allows customers to search for products in your store.

Index

Check this box to allow this page to be indexed so that it can be found when customers search for products on your site. This box is checked by default.

Google Sitemap Settings

Check the Include in Sitemap box to include this page in your Sitemap. This box is checked by default. You can optionally use the Priority pull-down menu to indicate the importance of this page in your site.

Extra Fields

ShopSite lets you Configure up to 25 extra fields to use with your page. You can use these extra fields in any number of ways. If you are using a custom template to create this page, you can use the Page Fields to include additional information about this page that does not fit in any of the predefined fields. Your custom template must include tags for these fields or the information will not be displayed.

These fields support use of the HTML Editor.