Libguide guide

From the bird's eye view, it can be helpful to think of each guide as a collection of pages, each page containing different content. In your guide, you can have both top-level pages and sub-pages beneath them. For example:

• Page 1 (aka your guide's homepage -- the first page users see when visiting your guide).
  • Sub-page 1A
  • Sub-page 1B
• Page 2
• Page 3

What's a regular page?

This is your standard page where you can add boxes of content to your guide. Pages are a great way to organize content in your guides. For example, if you have a subject guide for History, you could start with an overview page, then have additional pages focused on databases, primary vs. secondary sources, citations, and so on.

Adding a new page

1. While editing your guide, click on the gray Add New Page () tab.
   • If you have a tabbed navigation guide, this will be the very last tab.
   • If you have a side-navigation guide, this will be the tab at the bottom of the menu.

2. Under the Create New Page tab, select "Regular" from the the Page Type dropdown.
3. In the Page Name field, enter a title for your page. This is what displays in your guide's navigation menu and page heading.
4. You can give your page an optional Description.
5. For the Position, select whether you want to add the page as a top-level page, or a sub-level page.
   • A top-level page appears as a tab or side-navigation menu item.
   • A sub-page is nested underneath a top-level page and will appear in a dropdown menu when hovering over that top-level page's tab.
6. If you would like to display a profile box on the new page, select which user to display from the Profile Box tab. Otherwise, leave this set to Do Not Display. (Don't worry: if you change your mind, you can manually add a profile box later.)
7. If you would like to hide this page from public view until its ready, select the Draft Mode checkbox.
   • While enabled, you can only view the page while editing the guide. It will not be visible on the public guide, or while previewing the guide.
   • Note: if your system has the Publishing Workflow (CMS-only) enabled, only a designated reviewer can take a hidden page out of draft mode.
8. Click the Save button.

1. While editing your guide, click on the gray Add New Page () tab.
   • If you have a tabbed navigation guide, this will be the very last tab.
   • If you have a side-navigation guide, this will be the tab at the bottom of the menu.

2. Click on the Reuse Existing Page tab.
3. Select the Guide containing the page you want to reuse.
4. From the Page dropdown, select the page you want to reuse.
   • You can only copy one page of a guide at a time.
   • If you select a top-level page that contains sub-pages, please note that each sub-page has to be reused separately.
5. In the Page Name field, enter a title for your page. This is what displays in your guide's navigation menu and page heading.
   • If you are adding a mapped page to your guide, this field is optional. If you do not enter your own page name, then the name of the original page you're reusing will be displayed.
   • Otherwise, the name you enter here will be displayed instead.

 Please note: Only limited HTML tags are allowed in a page's title. These include: <strong>, <b>, <em>, and <i> (as used in Font Awesome icons). For best results, however, we recommend using CSS code to style page titles.

6. For the Position, select whether you want to add the page as a top-level page, or a sub-level page.
   • A top-level page appears as a tab or side-navigation menu item.
   • A sub-page is nested underneath a top-level page and will appear in a dropdown menu when hovering over that top-level page's tab.
7. If you would like to hide this page from public view until its ready, select the Draft Mode checkbox.
   • While enabled, you can only view the page while editing the guide. It will not be visible on the public guide, or while previewing the guide.
   • Note: if your system has the Publishing Workflow (CMS-only) enabled, only a designated reviewer can take a hidden page out of draft mode.
8. If you would like to create a copy of this page, rather than mapping it, select the Copy checkbox.
   • This will create a standalone copy of the page and add it to your guide.
   • If the copied page contains original assets, they will also be copied and you will be assigned as the owner of those new assets.
   • If the copied page contains mapped assets, though, those assets will remain mapped on the new page.
9. Click the Save button.

 Don't see the Copy checkbox? Depending upon your screen size, you may have to scroll down to see it. If you use a Mac, remember that scrollbars do not display by default. But don't worry: you can still scroll. :)