Creating a Page

Pages can be used to publish news articles, company information or any other type of update that requires its own page. Pages can be configured to be displayed on the Updates section, or within the Information area by the use of Categories.

Important Notes:

• At least one Category must exist before creating a page
  • To create a Category follow this guide first
• It is advisable to do a full page refresh before creating a new page, this is to ensure any cached data is updated (categories etc)

To create a Page select the Pages section from the left hand side of the administrative area.

A table of pages similar to the screenshot below will appear, the number of Pages shown will vary depending if an administrator in your company has created any previously.

The table shows all Pages within your company, it includes various information, such as Page Title, Modified, Created and Published dates, Category name and the Status of the page.

To create a new Page press the New Page button at the top right of the screen, a new page will appear similar to below.

Various fields are required to be completed for a page to be published, these include:

• Page Header Image
• Page Title
• Page options
  • Category
  • Thumbnail
  • Published Date

The Page Options section can be accessed by clicking on the Page Options button in the top right of the screen, this shows the following by default.

• A page Thumbnail is required, this is used for display on the members area, such as Dashboard and Updates sections. Page Thumbnails should be in 3:2 ratio, however the image uploader will automatically crop and resize the image for you. It is recommended the image be at least 900x600px in dimensions to avoid pixelation/blurriness.
• A page Category is required, this should be created before creating the page article. This allows for content to be grouped depending on the content type, such as news, company information or general updates. Follow this guide to create a Category.
• Page Status allows you to set a page as Draft or Published, depending on the editing stage of the page.
• Publish Date allows a date and time to be added to a page, this is useful as content such as news articles are ordered chronologically in the members area, as well as allowing pages to be backdated if uploading historical data.
  • Scheduling - Pages can be scheduled by adding in a date and time in the future. This means that they will not appear in the Members Area until that date and time has passed.
• "Show on members area homepage as a featured page?" provides the option to add the article to the Company Information section on the dashboard if the Category chosen is one assigned to the Company Information section.

An example completed Page Options is shown below.

Once all options are completed, press the Save Page Options button.

To add a Header Image press the Upload Image button in the top left of the screen.

It is recommended that header images should be 2000 x 500px in size, however the image uploader will allow for cropping and resizing of other size images to best fit the header image area.

Using an image smaller than the recommended size may mean that the image becomes pixelated when viewed in the Members Area.

Press Save once the image has been suitably cropped.

The header image area will update with the new image.

Add a Page Title to the page, this should typically be only a few words to signify the page contents.

Page Content

Various types of content can be added to a page, this includes:

• Text
• Cards
• Buttons
• Images
• Galleries
• Social Media
• Videos
• Documents
• Iframes (embedded external web pages)
• Events
• Members

To add content to the page, move your cursor over the icon in the main content area, a selection tool as shown below will appear.

Select the type of content you wish to add by pressing the relevant button.

Additional content can be added before or after other content by repeating the above steps, allowing for various types of page content to be added to a page.

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Text

The Text option allows for adding text to a page. This text can be formatted, such as adding lists, headings and bullet points.

Please note that text may retain its formatting if copied and pasted from a web browser or other rich-text or HTML formatted document.

To remove formatting when pasting either first paste the content into a text editor such as Notepad, or press CTRL+SHIFT+V (CMD+SHIFT+V on Mac).

An example of entered text before formatting is shown below.

To format text, highlight the specific text, the top menu bar contains formatting options, such as Headings, links, code snippets, lists and indentation.

An example of formatted text is shown below.

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Cards

Cards allow for adding images with text, buttons and links within them, multiple cards can be added together side by side depending on the content. Cards are suitable for adding links to external sites with images to showcase the external content.

They can also be used as profile cards, for example staff profiles.

Card images may be any dimension, however for a cohesive look to your page it is advisable to utilise the card image options which provide a consistent image format across all cards.

To add a new card next to the previous one press the Add Card button at the bottom left.

To format the text in the text area section select the text to be formatted and options will be shown:

An example of a set of three cards is shown below.

In the example above the images are not all the same dimensions.

Using the Image shape options at the bottom of the card section these can be changed to:

• Full image (original dimensions)

• Square

• Wide (16:9 ratio)

• Circle (small)

• Circle (large)

Selecting any of these options will set all of the card images to use that shape, below is an example of using the Wide option:

For profile photos the Circle options may be used, as shown below:

Card Layout

These provide either the Filled width, Fixed width (3 cards max), or Fixed width (2 cards max) options.

These can be used to create a consistent size across card sections, for example if you add 1 card at Filled width it typically takes up with full width of the page, whereas the fixed widths will set each card to a specific width. 

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Buttons

Buttons allow for more prominent links to be added to a page, rather than traditional text links.

Enter the link text and the URL for the button, as well as whether the link should open in a new tab.

Additional buttons can be added in line with the others by pressing the Add Button button at the bottom left.

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Images

Single images can be added to a page, associated caption text can also be displayed underneath the image to provide a description of the image. Text can be formatted to provide further options.

Options for the width of the image on the page can also be set.

• Content Width - Will display the image at its native resolution, up to the dimensions of the page
• Half Page Width - Will display the image at 50% of the width of the page
• 80% Width - Will display the image at 80% of the width of the page
• Full Page Width - Will display the image at 100% of the width of the page, this will scale lower resolution images so may cause pixelation

An example of a complete image is shown below.

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Galleries

Galleries allow for adding multiple images in a slideshow format. This is useful for groups of related images, such as photographs from functions, events or meetings.

Text can be added to the gallery to provide additional information.

When pressing the Upload Images button you can then drag and drop multiple images to the file uploader. Once completed press the Upload button.

A maximum of 30 images can be added to an individual slideshow.

A completed gallery example is shown below.

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Social

Add content from Instagram and Twitter directly on the page.

Instagram

Open an Instagram post, this can be a photo, gallery or video post. At the top right select the three dots and use the Copy link option.

Add this code to the input form in Memb.rs, and the post should display below. 

Twitter

To add Twitter posts to a page use the three dots at the top right of a Twitter post and select the Embed Post option, which will open a new window.

Select either of the layout options depending on the content and use the Copy Code button to copy the embed code.

Add this code to the input form in Memb.rs, and the post should display below. 

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Videos

YouTube or Vimeo videos can be added to a page, this is useful for adding external media content directly within a page.

Copy the video link as shown in the screenshot below, if the link is correct and the video has been allowed to be embedded then the video window will be displayed, showing the standard options for playing a video.

Ensure that the URL added matches the format:

https://vimeo.com/000000 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00000000000

Substitute the zeros for the unique video end part of the URL, eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp0VAutGFyg where Xp0VAutGFyg is the unique part.

If the video URL has been added correctly then the page will update with the video player.

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Documents

Documents can be added to a page, this allows for quickly and easily sharing related documents, such as reports or spreadsheets.

Press the Upload Document button to add a document, then within the file uploader drag and drop your document, or choose one of the options on the left of the uploader to browse your computer or choose a document from an external source, such as Dropbox.

The uploaded document will then be shown within the page, as shown below.

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iFrame

The iframe option (shown below) allows for an external web page to be embedded within the page, providing that the external website allows embedding of its pages.

Enter the URL of the external content, as shown below.

Once the URL is added the page will update with the embedded content.

Once complete, press the Save button at the top right.

Within the members area you can view the embedded content.

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Event

The Event option allows you to quickly add details of an existing future event to a page.

The event must be in the future and not be draft or closed status.

Press the Event button to add an event, this will show the Event Search field.

Start typing part of the name of the event and the system will attempt to retrieve matching events.

If an event or events match then those results are shown and these can be selected.

Once an event is selected then a card will be displayed with the following event information:

• Header Image
• Event title
• Start date and time and end time
• Summary
• An Event Details button which is a link to the event page within the members area

The information shown on the event card will automatically update if the event details are modified.

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Members

You may wish to highlight a specific member, such as if they are a new member, or have received an award.

Start typing in a members name and matching results will be returned.

Select the member required and their details will be displayed below.

NOTE: Only active members, or members who do not have a hidden profile can be displayed, if a member with either of these attributes is selected then a message will be displayed.

Information displayed will be the members profile photo (if added), their name and their bio (if added), as well as a link to their profile page.