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The Create New Page Tool

New pages are created in the Page Designer view. This is the only way to create new pages within Microsite Management. To use the Create New Page tool, you must begin by choosing a parent page where you want to create link to the new page. This places the page appropriately in the page hierarchy and makes sure that you cannot create an orphan page (a page that is not accessible from any other page).

When you create a new child page, it is likely that you want the child page to look much like the parent page. For example, you might want to keep the same copyright information in the footer and the same list of links in the navigation bar. When you create the new page, you can select what content you want to copy from the parent to the child page.

Similarly, it is likely that you want the child page to inherit the same access controls as the parent. When you create the new page, you can choose to copy access groups from the parent.

To create a new page

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Microsite Management (or Administration) > Page Administration.
  2. In the Page list, select the page that will contain a link to the new page, and click the Page Title hyperlink.

    The Page Designer view appears.

  3. From the Page Designer toolbar, drag the Create New Page tool to the position on the layout where you would like the new page link to appear.
  4. In the Create New Page dialog box, complete the fields.
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    Some fields are described in the following table.

    Field
    Description
    Name
    This is the text that appears as the navigation link to the new page.
    Release Date
    Specifies the date when the link becomes active.
    The link appears when the date is between the release date and the expiration date and the status is Approved.
    Expiration Date
    Specifies the date when the link will no longer be active.
    Indent
    Determines the indentation, in number of spaces to the right, of the navigation link on the page.
    Access Group
    Use this field to restrict read and read-write (select Editor field) access to the navigation link.
    If this field is blank there are no restrictions on who can view and edit this navigation link.
    If no editor is specified, all the access groups can edit this navigation link.
    Status
    The status of the link: Approved, Designed, Draft, Final, Printed, Shipped, or Submitted.
    The Approved and Draft status fields determine what content is displayed in the page preview. See Previewing a Page.
    Description
    Contains additional information about the navigation link to the new page.
    Title
    A title for the page, up to 90 characters long. This title is used to identify the record but does not appear on the microsite.
    Order
    Determines the sequence of the page in its level of the Page Administration Explorer tree.
    • Page Title
    • Navigation Bar
    • Body
    • Quick Picks
    • Page Footer
    A check mark in these boxes indicates the content in the sections of the current page which are copied into the new page. Sections must exist on the selected page if they are to be copied to the new page.
    • All Other Sections
    If you have used Siebel Tools to configure views with new applet types that contain unstructured content, then checking All Other Sections will copy content from those sections to the new page.
    Inherit Access Controls
    If selected, Access Group values for the new page and any page items copied are inherited from the current (parent) page.
    If not selected, there are no access restrictions on who can view and edit the new page.
    Open New Page
    If selected, the new page opens in the Page Designer UI when the link is saved. If not selected, the Page Designer UI continues to display the current (parent) page after the link is saved.
  5. Click OK.

    NOTE:  By default, the Parent Page and View are the same as those in the linked-from page chosen in Step 2. These fields as well as the Description field can be edited in the Page Administration view; see Viewing and Editing Page Information.


 Applications Administration Guide
 Published: 09 September 2004