Skill Level: Basic
A sitemap page is a great addition to any site. It provides
yet another method for your users to find the information they seek. A sitemap page uses a Page Index to display a listing of your pages alphabetically based
on the filter options you select.
1. Where to build the page
a. Many people are choosing to use the About Us subsite for miscellaneous information.
This is a great subsite to put this page in
b. Browse to a page in the chosen subsite and
log in if you haven’t already done so
2. Building the page
a. You can create the page using one of the 2 methods below:
i.
Copy a
page
1.
This is
the easiest method to use when you have an existing page that matches the
format you desire
2.
From
the closely matched page in the Page Specific Menu Bar, choose Actions >>
Copy Page …
a.
From
the Copy Page pop-up, use Next
to default to the current subsite, scroll to your site/subsite in the
list, or use Subsite Search to
select the copied page location, then select Next
b.
From
the Copy Page pop-up, fill in these
properties:
i.
Name: sitemap
ii.
Title: Site Map
iii.
Title Bar Caption: Site
Map, SiteName, UW-Eau Claire
iv.
Description: Site map for SiteName at UW-Eau
Claire
v. Keywords: sitemap, site map
c.
Save
ii. Create a new page
1.
This
option should be used if you don’t have a page that matches the format you
desire
2.
From
the Dashboard Menu Bar, select New >> Page …
a.
From the Create Page pop-up, use Next
to default to the current subsite, scroll to your sites/subsite in the list, or
use Subsite Search to select the copied
page location, then select Next.
b.
From the Template Gallery pop-up, select the template category for your
site, then select Next.
c.
Select your template from the list, then Next. For most sites, this will be the Main or Working template. Refer to the Template List you were provided if
you are not sure.
d.
Fill
in the properties in the Create New Page
pop-up:
i. Name: sitemap
ii. Title: Site Map
iii. Title
Bar Caption: Sitemap, SiteName, UW-Eau Claire
iv. Description: Sitemap for SiteName at UW-Eau
Claire
v. Keywords: sitemap
e.
Save
3. Using the Page Index element
a. This handout assumes you have a page title
displayed on the page. If not, add one.
b. If this is a copy of an existing page,
remove any unneeded content and elements
c.
Under
the page title of this page, insert the Page
Index element
i. From the body region of the page, select Click to insert new element
ii. From the Element
Gallery pop-up, select Link &
List Elements >> Page Index
d.
Select
Click here to define the Page Index
element
e.
In
the Page Index Filter Properties
pop-up, adjust the filter settings
i. Subsite: Use the Custom option from the
pull down
to pick your root site, then check
Include subsites
ii. Page
types to display:
1. CommonSpot Pages Definite
2. SubSites No
3. Uploaded
Documents Optional
iii. Categorization,
Sorting & Description Options:
1. Categorization: Subsite
2. Site
Name Format: {DisplayName}
3.
Sort Order: Title
(Ascending)
4. Description
Field: Standard Description
iv. Save
f. Apply the design settings (Do NOT use the
element Style properties for this)
i. From the Page
Index element icon, select Layout
ii. Select Advanced
… (near the bottom of the box)
1.
Primary Column Indentation: 20
2.
Title Column Indentation: 20
3. Save
g.
Submit changes to the page
4. Linking the page
a.
If
you use a Page Index for second level sidebar navigation, your page will
automatically be displayed in the sidebar. If not, you will need to link the
page manually or through a template
b.
If
you use a the horizontal navigation pulldown element, you may want to add this
new page to that element through the template
5. NOTE: The
resulting sitemap page shows all pages on your site with a breakdown by
subsite. The subsites are sorted alphabetically by subsite name, rather than
subsite title, which may result in subsites appearing to NOT be in alphabetic
order. While this is a bit odd, it is nothing we can control at this time.
