08 Sep 2010 
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Many times there will be situations where all you want is a blank page to work with. This page could be used for anything from a designed staff page including pictures, a custom slide show or video, or an interactive map. EZWeb handles this through creating a new article.

This tutorial will walk you through an example of creating a new page to use for your Online Map. Not only will this tutorial provide you with an interactive map, it will demonstrate how you can use articles to create any page you want. Here is an example of the map we are going to create: Westminster Abbey Online Map.

  1. Open your SiteBuilder, and create a new article
  2. Click Content, and name the article Online Map in the article headline
  3. Open Google Maps in another browser window
  4. Enter your church, school, or organizations address in the search area, and click Search Maps

  1. Verify that the location found is accurate. When you have done so, click on Link in the upper right hand corner
  2. Highlight and Copy (Ctrl-c) the second set of code provided from the box under the heading, "Paste HTML to embed in website"

 

  1. Switch back over to your SiteBuilder, still the article content section, and click the Source button
  2. Paste (Ctrl-v) the code provided from Google
  3. Click Source again to preview the map. Right-Click on the "View Larger Map" link, and select Edit Link

 

  1. On Link prompt, click the Target tab, and then select New Window (_blank) from the target drop down menu
  2. [Optional] Define where the article should display by checking the appropriate boxes under "Show this article on the following pages"
  3. Scroll down, and click Save

Now that we have the article complete, our Text Navigation users will want to update the text navigation menu to reflect the new Online Map. To do so, click Step 2 - Web Pages, and then Website & Menu Layout. From there, locate the Online Map display name, and change the Link Type to One Of Your Articles. Now in the Value category, select the article we just created. It will be named Online Map unless you chose to name it differently.

This tutorial is intended to provide not only an updated map, but demonstrate the flexibility the article pages have. Remember that you can create just about anything on an article.



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Article ID: 195
Created On: 13 Apr 2010 11:35 AM

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