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Site header & footer
Like most web pages, the ones across your Community Essentials site feature a header and footer, at the top and bottom respectively. Both feature our default, best-practice content, but you can update them in just minutes, if needed. Let's learn how.
Update your header
In the header, you're limited to updating the two links: Main Site and Contact Us. To do so:
- Click the edit button at the top right to display the Content Editor.
- Click a link to select it (it is now highlighted).
- Click the Insert/edit link button in the toolbar to open the Insert link dialog.
- You can now update the link's URL, the text you want to display in its place, and its target (i.e., whether a new browser window should open upon clicking it). We recommend setting link targets to New Window so users are not navigated away from your site when clicking links.
- Click Ok to close the Insert link dialog.
- Click Save to apply your change.
Update your footer
To begin, scroll down to the bottom of your site to view your footer. You'll notice several small, semi-transparent edit buttons, one for each section of footer content. As shown below, you can hover over a button to highlight its associated content, making it easy to see what each button controls.
Click one of these edit buttons to access the Content Editor, where you can make your changes using the various text-formatting options, the HTML editor, and more. When finished, click Save to apply them.
Updating links
By default, a few of your footer sections contain links; let's take a look at how to update them.
- Click the edit button associated to a section with hyperlinks to display the Content Editor.
- Click a link to select it (it is now highlighted).
- Click the Insert/edit link button in the toolbar to open the Insert link dialog.
- You can now update the link's URL, the text you want to display in its place, and its target (i.e., whether a new browser window should open upon clicking it). We recommend setting link targets to New Window so users are not navigated away from your site when clicking links.
- Click Ok to close the Insert link dialog.
- Click Save to apply your change.
NOTE: This same process applies to updating your social media links.
With these, however, make sure to leave the Text to display field blank or else it will override the social icons.
Updating the logo
Let's learn how to update the footer logo, in case the need ever arises.
- Click the edit button associated to your logo.
- Click your current logo in the editor to select it (it is now highlighted).
- Click the Insert/edit image button in the toolbar to open the Insert/edit image dialog.
NOTE: Our site has a solid white logo, which appears invisible in the dialog. If your logo is this way, you'll need to click at the top-left of the editor, as shown below, to highlight your image.
- Click the folder icon to display the Image Uploader tool.
- You have two options: navigate your folder structure to locate an existing image (i.e., one that has already been uploaded) or click the Upload button to upload a new image. To complete this process, just follow the prompts.
- Once you've selected an image, click Insert to close the Image Uploader tool.
- Click Ok to close the Insert/edit image dialog.
- Lastly, click Save to apply your change.