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Components

The Components section of Admin allows you to add components to your Web site.

What is a Component?

A component is a way to present information of a certain type to your visitors. File Cabinet and Photo Album components are built into your Family Website. Additional types of components may be created via the Component Manager, to present the following types of information to your visitors:

Components may exist in your site's public area, which all visitors can access via the Menu tab. Or components may be in your site's Members area, which can be accessed only via member login. Whether they're in the public or private sections of the site, individual components may be assigned read and write passwords limiting who can view and manage their content. When you are logged in as Administrator, you can view and manage all components.

Click the links below for the steps to:

Add a Component to Your Web Site

To display information on your Web site, you put it into a component. Different types of components can hold different types of information. So your first step is to decide what kind of component you wish to add. Next, choose a unique name for it. Its name will appear in the site's navigation, so choose a name that will make sense to your visitors. Then decide if you want any visitor to be able to see the information, or if you want it seen only by visitors who log in as a "Member". [ Click to review the available component types. ]

When you're ready to add your component, here are the steps:

  1. Log in as the site Administrator.
  2. Click COMPONENTS in the Admin menu.
    The Component Management folder will appear. [Example]
  3. Click the dropdown menu at the top of the folder, click the type of component you wish to create, and then click the Create Component button. (Note: Your site may include multiple blogs, RSS and calendar components. The other types of components will disappear automatically from the "Create Component" dropdown menu if they exist already in your Family Website.)
  4. The create component form will appear. The title of the form indicates which type of component you chose to add.[Example]
  5. Enter a name for your new component. The name will appear in the site's navigation as the link to the new component. You may change its name later.
  6. Check the "Public" option to make your component public allowing anyone to view it. Or leave the option unchecked if you want only members to view it. You may change this setting later.
  7. Click the Okay button to continue. Your component will be added automatically to the appropriate box in the Component Management folder.
  8. Close the Component Management folder either by clicking the "Save" button or by clicking the "X" on the right of the folder (just above its tab).

    IMPORTANT: If you close the Component Management folder without clicking "Save", any added components will be retained, but other changes will be lost.



Click "COMPONENTS" in the ADMIN Menu: [Back]



Component Management Folder Example: [Back]



Create Component Example: Add a Family Tree [Back]

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Move a Component

You may move a component between the public section of your site and the members-only section at any time. Here are the steps:

  1. Log in as Administrator.
  2. Go to the COMPONENTS section of Admin. Your existing components are listed in the boxes labeled "Public" and "Members". The components in the "Public" box appear in your site's "Menu" navigation. The components in the "Members" box appear in your site's "Members" navigation. The order in which the components are listed is the same order in which their names appear in the site navigation. [Example]
  3. To make a component public instead of members only, or vice versa, click on the component and drag it from its current box to the box that you want it to be in.
  4. To make the component's name appear before or after other components in the same navigation, click on the component and drag it up or down in its current box.
  5. Click the "Save" button to finish.

Component list example: [Back]


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Rename a Component

The component's name appears in the site's navigation, so name your components with that in mind. You may rename a component at any time. Here are the steps:

  1. Log in as Administrator.
  2. Go to the COMPONENTS section of Admin.
  3. Click the tools icon which appears to the right of the component's name in the component list.
  4. The edit component form will appear. In the "Name" field, type the new name for the component.
  5. Click the "Okay" button so to confirm the change.
  6. Click the "Save" button to finish.

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Password Protect a Component

You use the Password Manager in the Admin to assign passwords to your Web site's folders, controlling who can view them and allowing non-Administrators to edit them without gaining access to all administrative options. They can only edit the folder that they are logged in to.

You may access the Password Manager via its button on the Admin tab. Or if you're editing components, click the "Edit Passwords" button located in the upper right corner of the Component Manager folder. The Component Manager folder will close, and the Password Manager folder will open. [ Example ]

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Delete a Component from your Site

Here are the steps to delete a component, removing it from the site's navigation:

  1. Log in as Administrator.
  2. Go to the COMPONENTS section of Admin.
  3. Click the tools icon which appears to the right of the component's name in the component list.
  4. In the edit component form, click the "Delete" button.
  5. Click the "Yes" button to confirm. (To exit without deleting the component, click the "No" button.)
  6. Refresh the browser window and confirm that the component no longer appears in the site's navigation.

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Edit a component by clicking its tool icon [Back]



Edit Component Form [Back]



Component Manager's "Edit Password" Button [Back]






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