Adding a Section

You can add a section to your Web site from the site hierarchy or on the Section tab. To add a section to a Web site, perform these steps:

1. Launch the Site Manager Application (see Launching Site Manager).

2. Select the section in the site hierarchy where you want to add the section, and do either of the following:

   • With the mouse cursor on the selected section in the site hierarchy, right-click and choose Add New Section.

   • On the Section tab, click Add.

     The Add New Section dialog is displayed (Figure).

   Add New Section Dialog

   
   

3. Provide the information for the section:

   • Label: Enter the label for the section. The label is displayed in the site hierarchy and in the navigation menus on the Web site.

   • URL: The default URL is the section label minus any spaces. Enter a URL if you want it to be different from the one provided automatically. The URL value should not contain any spaces or special characters. The URL value is what represents this section in the web address (for example, in the address http://www.mysite.com/product1/index.htm, the URL value is "product1"). This value is also used in all path-based links to this section.

   • Section ID: Choose how the section should be identified by Site Studio:

     • Auto-generate section ID: The ID is automatically generated by Site Studio.

     • Manually enter section ID: You specify your own ID for the section. (The section ID should be unique in the content server.)

     
     

     Note: The section ID (also called node ID) is used in all ID-based links that target this section.

     
     

4. Click OK to close the dialog and add the section to the site hierarchy.

Once you add the section to the site hierarchy, you can make changes to its properties on the Section tab (see Editing Section Properties). The section you added to the site hierarchy does not appear on the Web site until you specifically select it for inclusion in the site navigation (see Showing or Hiding a Section on the Web Site).