Special Pages

Special Pages allows you to create

  1. External Links. Hyperlink to other websites from your menu bar,
  2. Frame Pages. Display actual page content from other websites directly on your own website pages.

Instead of pasting in content from another website, you’ll always be linking and displaying the content that is actually current.

Create an External Link
This allows you to create a link to another website and click to this page from your menu bar.

  1. This Menu Item, titled Blog, is an example of an External Link created with Special Pages.
  2. When you click on Blog, the Blog opens in a New Window. It can be displayed in a New Window as shown here, or it can be shown in the Same Window.

To create an External link, open Control Panel, and select Special Pages.

Choose Add a Page

  1. Give your Page a Name
  2. Template should be set to Default.
  3. Choose YES for Add to Main Menu
  4. You can set menu placement now or do it later using Site Menu
  5. Use the drop down menu to select External Link
  6. Insert the hyperlink of the destination page. To avoid errors, it’s safest to copy and paste the actual link into this field.
  7. Choose whether to open the External Link in the Same Window or a New Window
  8. When you’re finished, click Update Page.

Now Open Site Menu

Arrange your External Link in the order you want it to display. You can also make your External Link a sub-page of the main menu. For details on using the Site Menu, please see Site Menu instructions.

Create a Frame Page
This allows you to display another website page within your own website. This feature works best if your website has menu items running horizontally across the top of the web page. Using Frame Pages with left-hand menu websites will often cause the right margin to extend beyond its normal width.

Example.

In this example the blog is shown as a Frame Page within the parent website. Notice that the blog dimensions extend past both the left and right margin of the parent website. When using Frame Pages, be sure your layout looks good when you have completed your Frame Page.

Open Special Pages,

Click Add a Page. Follow the same process as for creating an external link. When you get to Page Type, choose Frame Page. When you’re finished, open up your website and make sure the layout looks sharp.