Viart Shop Information Pages

tosd — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:13:41 +0000

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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How to mask a page from the menu in CMS Made Simple

tosd — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:53:03 +0000

Sometimes it is necessary or desireable to have a page active, but not visible in the menu. An example of this may a page formatted for use in a popup window that should only be accessed in a particular context by a dedicated link.

This is very easy to achieve:

Open the page you want to hide from the menu in your CMS Made Simple admin
Click on the Options tab (top-left of the screen)
Untick the ‘Show in menu’ checkbox.
Submit.

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Viart Shop Information Pages

Creating a Custom Page in Viart Shop

Assigning a Custom Page to the menu in Viart Shop

How to mask a page from the menu in CMS Made Simple