Permanent pages provide information that does not expire merely through the passage of time: library hours, contact information, descriptions of library services, policies, lists of board members. When this information changes, permanent pages are opened and the out-of-date information is updated.
Making links to permanent pages takes more time than the label method used for announcements. However, the method described below has two advantages.
- Sidebar links can be grouped together in different menus. The sidebar on the left has three menus of links to permanent pages: the menu a the top of the sidebar and two menus near the bottom called services and policies.
- Sidebar links can be arranged in any order.
*** Setting up the sidebar ***
On the Main Tabs, click Template.
Click Add a Page Element.
A new window pops up showing all the page elements.
In the second column under Link List, click Add to Blog.
The pop-up window changes to the Configure Link List window.
On this Web site, the top menu on the left sidebar has no title because its links provide different types of information. The titles Services and Policies on menus at the bottom of the sidebar identifies the groupings of two sets of links.
These titles were typed in the Title box.
Though I recommend keeping titles as short as possible, titles longer than one line will automatically wrap to the second line.
Click the orange Save Changes button to close the window.
The above steps can be repeated for as many sets of menus desired.
The new Link List element is displayed immediately under Add a Page Element.
The page element with Services on it is the element with a title.
Elements called Link List have no titles.
Elements can be up and down the list by placing the cursor arrow on the element, hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse down the list of elements. The element will follow. When the element is in the desired spot, release the mouse button.
Once these Link List elements are in place, links to permanent pages can be added to make menus.
*** Adding links to Link Lists ***
Create Web pages with library hours, contact information, descriptions of library services, library policies, etc.
On the Main Tabs, click Template.
Find the desired link list.
Click Edit in its lower right corner to pop it open as a new window.
(If many links will be made at one time, I recommending resizing the main window so the main window and the pop-up window can be seen at the same time.)
On the Main Tabs, click Posting and then Edit Posts to see the list of permanent Web pages.
Find a permanent Web page.
Put the arrow on View at the left end of the permanent page.
Click the right mouse button to display a pop-up menu.
Left click on Copy Location.
Click on the pop-up Configure Link List.
In the fourth blank line, highlight "http://".
Hold down Ctrl and press v
In the fifth blank line, type the name of the link users will click.
Click Add Link at the right side of the window.
Repeat this action until all the permanent Web pages have links in this menu.
The order of the links can be arranged by clicking the tiny up and down arrows at the left end of each link.
The names of links can be changed by clicking Edit at the left end of each link.
When all links are added to the list click the orange Save Changes in the lower right corner.
Later, to add more links to a menu, click Template and click Edit on the desired Link List and add more links.