Adding another page

[Bykebitz]

Hey Guys,

I need to add another catalog page on the site for Links, but not sure how to do this?

Need to to appear across the top of the menu along with Contact Us, About Us, Products, etc.

Any ideas? I tried doing this once before and failed miserably

Thanks

http://www.bykebitz.co.uk/

[leehack]

Firefox and firebug always the best place to locate this kind of stuff, it's what i just used to find out that you need to add into the <ul> with the id "top-link" in your overall layout, a further link would be added like so (changing names to suit):

<li><a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME">INSERT LINK TEXT</a></li>

in other words just copy how the other links are formed and simply replace the appropriate parts.

[Bykebitz]

Um, in English please

I'm totally lost.

I also tried to embed an email address in a fragment so people can click it rather than copy and paste, but it now appears in every fragment within Actinic?

[Bykebitz]

Ignore that.

OK so now I have my 'Useful Links' across the top - but when you click on it you get an error 404, despite the fact I have created a catalog page called Useful Links.

Help

[Mike Hughes]

What's the page name for the new page? It will be something like "Useful_Links.html".

That needs to be used where Lee says "Insert page name" above.

Mike

[Bykebitz]

What's the page name for the new page? It will be something like "Useful_Links.html".

That needs to be used where Lee says "Insert page name" above.

Mike

Oops,

changing that now.

Also with only one link available per fragment, how do I add more links - well where do I put links like this:

<a href="http://www.hill4leather.com">Hill For Leather</a>

Etc? I need to add a whole list of links.

I'm so confuzzled today.

[Mike Hughes]

For the links just use Lee's line from above repeated for each link. i.e.

<li><a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME A">INSERT LINK TEXT A</a></li>
<li><a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME B">INSERT LINK TEXT B</a></li>

etc.

The easiest way is to embed the links as HTML in the fragment. To do this enter this as text in the fragment.

<<!

<li><a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME A">INSERT LINK TEXT A</a></li>
<li><a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME B">INSERT LINK TEXT B</a></li>
etc

!>>

Mike

[Bykebitz]

Um,

Ok confused now because where do I put the web address and description in those links above?

I'm a newbie I'm afraid

[Bykebitz]

So if I wanted to add this website as a link so it just said 3CMT Motorcycle training.....

http://www.3cmt.com

How would I do that? And where do I paste the code?

Sorry - but I am no web guru and need things explained to me

[leehack]

Have a read of this, probably an idea to get a grasp of what you're doing if you want to get involved in this area - http://www.w3schools.com/HTML/html_links.asp

Community tutorial too - http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=45601

[Bykebitz]

I've read a basic tutorial, and it's not how to create the code for the link that's the problem. My question was where do I then put the code?

If I put it into the fragment as though I was inputting normal blurb it just appears as a piece of code in the design section.

If I go into the design section and input it there for the fragment highlighted it just duplicates it through EVERY fragment.

It's been a long day, I've not got my glasses so I am pratically blind and struggling to keep reading all the tutorials - which don't tell me where I need to put the link.

I really need to get this done and with some help, please

[Mike Hughes]

!!<
<a target="_self" href="http://www.3cmt.com">3CMT motorcycle training</a><br/>
<a target="_self" href="INSERT PAGE NAME B">INSERT LINK TEXT B</a><br/>
etc

>!!

Should do it.

Mike

[leehack]

Sounds like you are in the design tab, not within fragments - probably best to understand brochure pages and fragments first, earlier you said you added a link and it appeared on all fragments, that clearly points to not using them correctly. You need to understand those to do what you want. Whether you're directed to a tutorial or have a reply on here, you're going to need the ability to read either way.

Here's a tutorial on brochure pages and fragments if learning is of any interest, also shows you how to embed html towards the bottom - http://www.websitedesigned.co.uk/act...hure-pages.htm

[Bykebitz]

Sounds like you are in the design tab, not within fragments - probably best to understand brochure pages and fragments first, earlier you said you added a link and it appeared on all fragments, that clearly points to not using them correctly. You need to understand those to do what you want. Whether you're directed to a tutorial or have a reply on here, you're going to need the ability to read either way.

Here's a tutorial on brochure pages and fragments if learning is of any interest, also shows you how to embed html towards the bottom - http://www.websitedesigned.co.uk/act...hure-pages.htm

If I type that code into the text section of the fragment and click apply, then view it in design it only shows the code, no link.

Lee, I know the difference between brochure pages and fragments - you've said this to me before and I have read your tutorial (and thanked you for it)

What happened earlier with the brochure page was that I didn't know how to create the link in the header bar, not that I didn't know how to create a brochure page. Yes I made a mistake after creating the link but corrected it quickly - that's what happens when you're running about between the shop and PC

I am learning and dabbling, I hate having to keep asking for help but the answer is not obvious to me.

As I've said already I have put the code into the text section of the fragment and it does not work and I am not sure where else to put it. And so far no tutorial or help topic has explained what else I should do.

A clear cut answer would be very much appreciated because I am starting to get very frustrated that I cannot figure out something so simple

[leehack]

Perhaps instead of telling us what you have done, you could show us instead, we can then correct it. Hard for us too remember, we can't see it!

You've said you understand brochure pages and fragments, you fully understand how to create links and you know how to embed html, that's all you need to know to do it. So either type out what you have done, copy paste what you have done or screenshot what you have done and I will gladly correct your mistakes for you.

Don't forget on each fragment you have a 'link' tab that you can use, it only allows one link per fragment though so not sure if it works for you on this occasion.