Sidebar component
For websites on our Themes 2.0 platform certain pages will display additional content on the right side of the page in a sidebar.
Enable Sidebar
The Sidebar component is off by default on websites. You can enable it by following these instructions:
Login to your website and go to the Website tab
To enable the sidebar site-wide, navigate to the options file in the root directory, click edit content, add the option Sidebar: Display, set it to True, and then click Save Changes
To enable the sidebar on a sport by sport basis, enable the Sidebar: Display option in the options file within the specific sports sections where you want it to display.
If you want to disable the sidebar, navigate to the options files where it has been enabled, remove the option, and then click Save Changes.
Roster page sidebar
The sidebar on roster pages will show the following three content areas:
Quick Links
Coaching Staff
Related Articles
The Quick Links area can be added by following the instructions at the bottom of the page. The Coaching Staff area pulls in coaches from the coaches page for the sport. This will display by default unless you have the Roster: show coaches option disabled in the options file. The Related Articles area pulls in releases from the news page for that sport and the most current season.
Schedule page sidebar
The sidebar on schedule pages will show the following three content areas:
Quick Links
Team Leaders
Related Articles
The Quick Links area can be added by following the instructions at the bottom of the page. The Team leaders area pulls in team leader stats for that sport and from the most current season. The Related Articles area pulls in releases from the news page for that sport and the most current season.
Quick Links section
Both sidebars feature a Quick Links section at the top that can be added by following these instructions:
Login to the website and go to the Website tab
Navigate to the sports section and then click on the specific sport section (ex. bsb, fball, wvball, etc.). If you want this area to be the same for all sports, then create this file within the root directory.
Click add here on the right side of the page
Select nav bar: text as the content type and click Continue
Name the file navbar-side
In the Title field put the text you want to show as the heading for this area (Quick Links, Facilities, Recruits, etc.)
If you want an image to display at the top of this section, connect that image in the Thumbnail field
If you want to display a secondary image or sponsor image, connect that image in the Sponsor Image field
Click Continue at the bottom of the page
Click Add to add additional menu items. There are no limits to the number of menu items you add to this area.
In the Label field, enter in the text you want to show as the menu item for the link
In the Target URL field, enter in the path to the page you would like to link to or click the button to search for the appropriate page (ex: /information/directions/index). You can also copy/paste external links into this field
Click and drag to rearrange the order of the links
Click Save Changes
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