One of the very nice features of Viart Shop is the ability for the administrator to create information pages using the built in Content Management System (CMS) facilities. There are two main aspects to this process:
- Creating a Custom Page
- Assigning the Custom Page to the menu
Creating a Custom Page in Viart Shop
- Select [CMS] / Custom Pages from the top menu
- Click the ‘New page’ link at the bottom of the list
- Enter the Page Code (e.g. page.php?page=racing), Page Title (e.g. Racing Schedule), and Friendly URL (e.g. racing-schedule). Note the way the friendly URL is to be entered, with the words separated by a hyphen (-), not a space.
- Indicate whether you want the page to show up in the sitemap.
- In general the only other information you will need to enter is the Page Body content using the editor.
- Finally enter the Meta Data. Meta data allows you to set up your website so that search engines can readily index your content. This is quite important. The page title and description should both contain the most important keywords relating to the page content. Keep the Title to just a few words and the Description to 10-20 words. The keywords field should also contain the main keywords relevant to the page. Separate them with commas and whatever you do don’t indulge in keyword repetition or you may (will?) be penalised.
- Click [Add New] to submit
Assigning a Custom Page to the menu in Viart Shop
- Select [CMS] / [Site Navigation] from the top menu
- Check the top two boxes to indicate whether you want the new custom page to be available to logged in users, users who are not logged in or both groups.
- If the new page is to appear in the top level menu leave ‘Parent item’ blank, otherwise use the drop down box to select the heading you would like to place it under.
- Enter a page Title
- Enter a Menu URL e.g page.php?page=racing
- For internal pages don’t enter anything for the Target
- In general that is all you need to assign the page to the menu – click [Update] to submit.
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