In Page elements

Jango User guide - Components/In Page Elements


	In-Page elements refer to small pieces of code which are displayed on the left or right of a page. There are a number of pre-installed In-Page Elements; however it is easy to create more using HTML and/or JavaScript. In-Page Elements cannot contain PHP code.


	Using In-Page elements

Items on the front-end of the site such as "Who's Online" and the "User Menu" are called In-page Elements. These items are usually found on either the left or right hand sides of the pages.

Editing In-page Elements

The default In-page Elements cannot actually have their functionality edited through this area, however what page and side (left or right) they appear can be edited. Any newly created elements can have their content edited. To edit an element simply click on the name. The following attributes can be changed:

Title - the name for the element.
Display Title - as above, however Font tags etc can be used here also
Position - either left or right
Page - what page(s) the element is shown on.
Content -for your own newly created elements

Creating New In-page Elements

Click on 'New' at the top of the page.
Enter the name and display title(can be left blank) for the element
Choose a position(left or right) to display the element
Enter the content for the element. This could include images, flash files etc. The Asset Manager would be very useful here.
Select the page(s) where this element is to be displayed.
Once finished click on 'Save' to create the new element.

Once an Element has been created it will need to be published otherwise it will not show up on any pages. To publish/unpublish the newly created In-page Element you will required to do the following.

Publishing Elements

Check the box next to the element you wish to publish.
Click on the publish button. The element will now be viewable by visitors to your site.

Unpublishing Elements

It may be necessary to remove an element from public viewing. To unpublish an element simply follow the instructions for publishing an element above, but this time select unpublish instead of publish.