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The Custom Page feature is available in the Standard and Advanced package and provides you the ability to create your own website pages with a menu item listed under "Menu". This is a great way to record more information about your Unit such as a list of Unit Leaders, Scout of the Month, and Fundraising information.

To create a Custom Page click on "Add Content" under the "Administration" menu then click on "Pages". The first Title field will be shown at the top of the new page. Optionally, you can add an image to the page by selecting the file from your local hard drive and then selecting where the image should be placed on the page. You can then enter the page contents and the Title that will be shown in the left hand "menu".

The Site Counter feature will keep a running tab of the number of visitors to your Unit's website. It is only shown on the Home page so as not to take up valuable space in other sections of your website.

Each time a visitor accesses your Unit's website Home page, the counter will increment. All other activity by that visitor (i.e. logging in) will not change the counter.

This feature is a great way for you to see how often your Unit's website is being accessed and for your members to get excited about it as well.

Links are a great way to record other useful scouting websites and remember them for later. It is also a great way to provide this information to everybody in your Unit.

As with Files, Links are sorted alphabetically.

The Files feature provides you with a means to store files on your Unit's website that general members can download anytime they want. Stop sending attachments in email right now !

For display purposes, Files will be sorted alphabetically. Use the Title of each File uploaded to sort them as you see fit.

Files are currently limited to 10MB or less for upload to the Files section of your website.

The Comments feature allows general members the ability to comment on Announcements, Calendar Events, and Photos. This is a great way for members to add their opinion or additional information to create an interactive Unit Website.

Both the Leader and Admin accounts have the ability to edit and delete member comments.

Photo Albums are a great way to share pictures with your Unit members.

To use this feature, you must first create a Photo Album.

Photo Albums

New Photo Albums can be created by clicking on "Add Content" under the "Administration" menu and then click on "Photo Albums". Enter an Album Name and optionally a description of the album. Albums are sorted alphabetically by default. You can order them manually by selecing a "weight" - lower numbers (inculding negative numbers) move to the top. Albums with the same weight sort alphabetically.

You can edit/update a Photo Album after creating it by clicking on "Content" under the "Administration" menu and then click on Manage/Photo Albums. To delete an Photo Album, follow the procedure for edit/update and then click the "Delete" button. This will delete the Photo Album and ALL pictures in it.

The Calendar feature can be used to keep an up-to-date list of Events for your entire Unit. Each Event can store all the details that a member will need to know to be prepared and find the event on time. The Calendar provides the following views.

• Upcoming Events - shown on the right hand side of the home page, this will show the next 8 events in the Calendar.
• Month - Shows an entire month of events and provides the ability to page through the months.
• Week - Show the events for a specific week. You also have the ability to page through the weeks.

Summary
Announcements help to communicate important messages to your members. They can be used instead of sending out an email to all members. They are shown on the Home page of your Unit's website so that everybody will read them upon first accessing the site. The newest Announcements (or last edited) will show at the top of the home page.

Create
To create an Announcement, click on "Content" under the "Administration" menu and then click on "Announcement". Required fields are Title and Message. Optionally, you can add file attachments to the Announcement that contain more detailed information to by downloaded by members by opening up the "File Attachments" section at the bottom of the Announcement page.

Access to the following features is dependent upon the package (Basic, Standard, or Advanced) that you purchased.

Your Unit's website has the following layout sections.

Login

To access the content of the website, you need to use an account username and password. Click on the words “Login” and a box will appear that you can type this information into. Click the “Log in” button after typing in your username and password.

Menu

This is the navigation menu for your website. It contains links to all the website sections for your members to easily access. As you modify your website’s settings this menu will change appropriately.

Administration