This section will guide you through the primary navigation links, buttons, menus, pages, and forms of the myClub User Interface (UI)! These pages will also contain valuable insight on how to use each page, feature, and functionality.
An asterisk (*) is a likely indicator that a field, or check box is REQUIRED data.
The ONLY way to access the administrative and set up pages is from the application's main user interface.
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Finding "Home"
The "Home Page" is where you edit the content in your user interface. The Home page itself is your website interface, with a navigation tree in the left panel and editing links in the top toolbar.
To go to the "Home" page:
- From the myClub user interface home page, press the escape key on the top left corner of your keyboard TWO (2) times.
- The SiteAdmin page displays.
- Enter your User Name and password (you have the option to save your login and password to bypass this step).
- Click LOG IN.
- The Edit Interface page (or "Home" page-see Note) displays.
- Right Click on Home in the left panel menu and select Edit OR click the Edit link in the toolbar at the top of the user interface. The Edit "Home" page displays.
The basic User Interface of the Home page
The Left Navigation Tree is where the features on the website are enabled and subsequently edited e.g. changing the name of the links as they appear on the website (Free Trial, Join Now, About Us, My Account) and editing the content labels within each page. The order in which they display in the Navigation Tree is also the order in which they display on the website, which can be changed however at your discretion (See Edit Links below).
The links displayed in Bold on the Navigation Tree are enabled. If a link in the Navigation Tree is gray, it does not display on the user interface but can be enabled and made visible if necessary. Since many of these links are accessed from other pages e.g. the Create Account, Forgot Password?, and Log In are accessed from the My Account page, it is not necessary to make them visible in this location. However, you can still click the link to display and edit the actual page (right).
Save and Publish
The Save and publish button has four (4) different functions:
- Save and publish
- Save and preview
- Save changes
- Save and publish in the future
To immediately save and publish any changes to your website, click the Save and publish button.
The three (3) other functions are available in the drop-down list. If you hover over any of these three items, a help text box displays as a reminder of what each of them is designed to do:
- Save and preview
This saves the new version of the website and displays a preview screen for your review before you publish that new version.
- Save changes
This will save the unpublished version on your computer screen.
- Save and publish in the future
This saves the unpublished version and gives you the ability to set a date and time for when you do want to publish the new version.
If you save any changes using any of these features in the drop-down list, they are immediately saved on your computer screen but not published on the website. A blue-shaded information field displays, advising you that "There is a draft pending to be published."
The information field also advises you that if you click the link in the information field, you can return to the currently published version "Click to edit the currently published version." but the new version will still be saved pending to be published.
If you select Save and publish in the future, select the date and time you want the new version to be published on the website and click OK. Note that the time you enter is Server Time and not necessarily actual time pending on your time zone.
Edit Links
The links to edit pages are located in top toolbar on your Edit "Home" page. Many of these same edit tools can be accessed from the links in the Left Navigation Tree. To select many of these tools, right click the appropriate link in the Left Navigation Tree and a menu of edit tools displays. For example:
New
The New link is where you enter a variety of new content to your website at your discretion. This feature is ONLY available under the Home, About Us, and My Account links. It is not available with the Free Trial and Join Now links. Any content (link) added to the Home link will display in both the Left Navigation Tree and as a link (Button) in the top portion of your webpage. Any content added to the About Us or My Account links will display when you hover your mouse over those links.
There are three (3) standard tabs available on each New edit page:
- Type...the type of content that wish to add (see below).
- Position...where you want to position the new entry in the Left Navigation Tree.
- Zone (Default)
You must select the POSITION FIRST before you actually add the new items.
To Find the New Item Menu Page:
- Right click the appropriate link in the Left Navigation Panel (You can also click the Edit link on the top toolbar if you are already on either of those pages). The edit menu will display.
- Select New. The New Item Menu will display.
The Position tab is where you can initially place the new item in the Left Navigation Tree and thus, on the website. The default value is Below the last item in that particular folder. The selection page also previews where the new item is going to be for placed for you before you make your selection.
To Change the Position of a Link in the Menu:
- Right click the appropriate link in the Left Navigation Tree (You can also click the Edit link on the top toolbar if you are already viewing either of those pages). The edit menu will display.
- Select New. The New Item Menu will display.
- Click the Position tab and select whether you want to create the new item above or below (default) the main heading in Left Navigation Tree.
- Click the Type tab to select and add your new items.
Menu Item Positioning
NOTE: You can subsequently move this or any other link in the Left Navigation Tree using the up and down arrows on the left of the edit links or the Fly Out in the top left corner of each page (excluding the Home page) in the website editor interface.
The new content is added in the Type tab and includes:
- Blank Content Page (only available under Home and About Us)...this will be the most commonly used feature!!!
- Image Gallery
- News Container
- Redirect
- Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)
- Database Search
- Form Page
- Feed
In the Home link, options for Language root and File Folder are also available.
The New pages in ALL of the above links contain the same three (3) tabs:
- Content...The Content page always contains a text editor.
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Advanced
NOTE: There are additional tabs on the Form page, Language root, and File Folder, plus an extra field in the Database Search (See Below).
To Add New Content to Your Website:
- Right click the appropriate link in the Left Navigation Tree (You can also click the Edit link on the top toolbar if you are already on either of those pages). The edit menu will display.
- Select New. The New Item Menu will display.
- Click the Position tab and select whether you want to create the new item above or below the main heading in Left Navigation Tree.
- The default value is Below.
- If you choose Before the current file, the heading on the edit page will change to reflect that option.
- Click the Type tab to return to the New Item Menu.
- Click the item in the menu in which you would like to add new content. The New "{Link Name} Page" displays e.g. New "Blank Content Page" or New "Image Gallery Page".
- Enter a title for the link in the Title text box. As you enter the Title, the Name text box will automatically mirror that title in all lower case letters.
- Enter and format any text at your discretion in the Text field using the text editor.
- Click Save and publish.
The Content tab
The new link displays below the other enabled links in the Left Navigation Tree. For new Home content, the link will also display last on the website from left to right and at the bottom of the list in the About Us and My Account links.
Toolbar
Many of the edit links in the toolbar are the same as in the Left Navigation Tree (left to right, top to bottom across the user interface).
The Home link in the toolbar is slightly different from the Home link in the Left Navigation Tree in that a blank Really Simple Syndication (RSS) page displays, to which content can be added. To add content to this page, click the New link in the toolbar, select the content you wish to add (typically it would be a Blank Content Page), and follow the same steps as previously outlined.
The Pages link directs you back to the home page of that current section of the website e.g. if you are editing or adding new content to the About Us page and click the Pages link, you will be re-directed back to the main About Us page.
The Users link gives the administrator the ability to manage internal access and permissions for the website.
To Manage Permissions:
- Click the Users link on the toolbar. The Users page displays.
- Click New in the top left corner of the page.
The New link on the Users page. - The New User page displays.
- Enter the User name, Password, and Email of the new user.
- Select the Roles of the people that will have access to administer the site.
- Click Create User.
Adding a new User. - The new user will display now display on the Users page. To delete a user, return to this page and click delete on the appropriate record.
The Files link is your repository for files, documents and images. Files and documents are ONLY stored in folders in your File and you MUST select one of these folders or files first to upload a document, file or image.
To Upload a File:
- Click the File link on the toolbar. Only your File Directory will display in the Left Navigation Tree and the main panel of your website will be blank, or display previously uploaded files or documents.
- Right click the appropriate folder in the Left Navigation Tree and select New and proceed with the same procedures that you would for a New Blank Content Page.
- The uploaded file will now display in the main panel of the website when you click the File link.
If you click the folder in the Left Navigation Tree, an Upload File page displays and the process is slightly different:
- Click Upload File. The New “File” page displays.
- Click Browse to select a file to upload from your hard drive.
- Once you select a file, click Open and the file path will display in the Upload field.
- Click Save and publish.
- The uploaded file will now display in the main panel of the website when you click the File link.
The Edit link in the toolbar displays the standard edit functionality for the current page. You can also right click any link in the Left Navigation Tree to display the same edit page.
The Vers link displays a listing of the versions of the current page that have been published. The list is in numerical order with the most current version at the top.
The Perm link manages the security permissions for the users. The default setting is the system default. That default setting gives users access all of the pages in the website. If you clear the default check box (click in the check box), the other check boxes will activate and you can select permissions for specific individuals.
The Export link is another option to export and import data for the current page.
To Export Items:
- Click the Export link in the toolbar. The Export tab of the Export & Import items page displays, which includes the Left Navigation Tree of the root of the current page.
- Select whether to Exclude computer generated data and/or Don’t export attachments.
- Click Export these items. The items that are displayed at the bottom of the page will be exported.
To Import Items:
- Click the Export link in the toolbar. The Export & Import items page displays which includes the Left Navigation Tree of the root of the current page.
- Click the Import tab.
- Click Browse to select a file to import from your hard drive.
- Once you select a file, click Open and the file path will display in the Import field.
- Click Upload and verify or Upload and import here to immediately import the file.
The About link on the right side of the toolbar displays the myClub Application Service Provider Agreement.
The up/down arrows give you an expeditious way to move items in the Left Navigation Tree. If you click a link in the tree and then select the appropriate arrow, that link will move above or below the next link in the order. Refresh your screen to immediately see the changes. After refreshing the screen, the new order will also immediately display on the website.
These links are the standard cut, copy, paste and delete functionality. You can also right click any link in the Left Navigation Tree to display the same functions. Only added content, and not the main root links, can be deleted.
Flyout Menu
A Flyout menu is a dynamic, horizontal menu that provides another method of editing and organizing the Left Navigation Tree. The menu is located in the top left corner of each main root page (excluding the Home page).
If you click the arrow, the menu will display with five (5) standard links.
These five (5) links include (from left to right):
- View
- Organize parts
- New
- Edit Page
- Delete
If there is a pending version of a page waiting to be published, another button displays at the far right in the Flyout menu giving you the ability to view the unpublished page.
This gives you the ability to display the page with a full-screen view. To return to the regular view, click the View button again.
This is a drag-and-drop functionality where you can select and add different styles of content to your website. You can add different types of text, bubbles, RSS Lists, News, Teasers, and random images. When you use the functionality, you can ONLY drop the content type into a GREEN HIGHLIGHTED area. These areas will become highlighted when you hover the content over the area on the website interface.
To Add and Organize a Page:
- Go to the specific page in which you want to add content.
- Click the arrow to open the Flyout menu and select the Organize parts button. A drop-down list will display.
- Hover over the type of content you want to add from the drop-down list, click and drag it to the interface and drop it in a green highlighted section ONLY.
- The New "{Content Type}" page e.g. New "RSS List" page, for that particular functionality will display
- Complete the form and click Save and publish. You will be returned to the original page with the Organize parts drop-down list still displayed.
- Click Done to close the drop-down list.
This New functionality allows you to add content to added pages ONLY and not any of the main root links e.g. in the example below, you can add content to the Xtreme Difference page because it was added to the navigation. The pages and editor are exactly the same as the previously noted New functionality.
The Free Trial link below for example, does not have any content options to add.
This displays the standard edit functionality for the current page.
This is the standard delete functionality. As previously noted, you can only delete added content, files, and folders and not any of the root links.
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