Landing Page Development

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Landing pages are used to direct people to a specific webpage that may not be accessible from the menu. For example, if you have a conference coming up, you can send an email with a direct link to the landing page to encourage users to find out more about the conference and to sign up.

Getting Started

Click here for information on Installing Add-Ons.

To use Landing Pages, login and click ADMIN, MANAGE ADD-ONS, LANDING PAGE TEMPLATES.

To set preferred theme and font, select LANDING PAGE TEMPLATES SETTINGS.

In the first field choose a theme, which is indicated by theme-....

In the second field choose a font, which is indicated by font- .....

Terms

Contact US 
Enables you to drop a Contact Us form on the page that collects data from a user and can redirect to a Thank You page after the user submits the form.
Four Block Images 
This allows you to add 4 images across to a page, with the ability to add a title, explanation, image and URL to link to when someone clicks on the specific image.
Three Block Images 
This allows you to drop a title, sub-title and 3 images across on a page, with image captions and links (if desired) for each image.
Home Page Carousel 
Enables you to drop a slider on the page with a variety of banner images and links.
Home Page Testimonials 
Allows you to make a section with a title, quotes, an image and the name of the person who is providing the testimonial.
Home Page Text with Video 
Allows you to drop on the page a section with a title, descriptive text and an embedded video.
Image Text 
Enables you to drop a section on a page with a photo, title and descriptive text.
Sign Up Email 
Allows you to collect email addresses from users who wish to sign up for a newsletter or some other information.
Simple 
Provides a way to add a section title, a brief description and a button with unique text and a link.
Home Page 3 Blocks 
Enables 3 text blocks across with a title, description, button with unique text and URL to link.
Home Page 4 Blocks 
Enables 4 images across with a title, description, and rollover to second descriptive screen containing a button with unique text and URL to link.

Roles

Administrator 
The site user with administrator rights who configures and maintains the ecommerce system.
User 
Anyone with a record in the People table.
Customer 
The user who purchases online, creating an invoice, paying, etc.

How-To

Add a Landing Page Section to a Web Page

When you are on the web page where you would like the banner to appear and are logged on as an Administrator, you will select the EDIT option from the menu. Next, click the paper/pencil icon. This will take you to the Edit record for your page.

On this screen put your cursor in the Copy box, click on the Add-on drop down menu and select LP-Name of specific item you want to drop on page. An image with the Contensive logo will appear in the Copy Box. Click OK at the top of the page to save the banner to your webpage.

After you click OK, you will go to ADMIN, MANAGE ADD-ONS, LANDING PAGE TEMPLATES, and then choose the table from the list below which matches the add-on you dropped on the page. Once you select that, you will click ADD to add a new record and follow the steps for each specific landing page section.

Contact US

Click on LP CONTACT US under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add information for Form Title, Form Description, Text to display in the button, Form Action Page (such as /Thank You), Title for the Thank You page, Thank you page text, number of seconds until thank you page forwards and URL for page to redirect to from the Thank You page.
Click OK to save changes.

Four Block Images

Click on LP FOUR BLOCK IMAGES under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add information for each image to specify, the link to forward to, the title, descriptive text and image to display.
Click OK to save images.

Three Block Images

Click on LP THREE BLOCK IMAGES under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a Header Title and description for this section.
Add information for each image to specify, the link to forward to, the image caption, and image to display.
Click OK to save images.

Home Page Carousel

Click on LP HOME PAGE CAROUSEL under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new carousel.
Click OK to save changes.
Next click on LP HOME PAGE CAROUSEL SLIDERS to specify which slides to include.
Click ADD and select the correct Carousel from the drop down.
Name your slide, upload an image and provide a description and link.
Click OK to save slide, and repeat until all slides are entered.

Home Page Testimonials

Click on LP HOME PAGE TESTIMONIALS under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new section.
Enter a quote, name and image for each testimonial.
Enter button text and a URL for a READ MORE section with additional testimonials.
Click OK to save.

Home Page Text with Video

Click on LP HOME PAGE TEXT WITH VIDEO under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new section.
Enter a descriptive text and the YouTube URL for the video.
You can also specify the Video Width and Height.
Click OK to save.

Image Text

Click on LP IMAGE TEXT under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new section.
Enter descriptive text and the URL for the image.
Click OK to save.

Sign Up Email

Click on LP SIGN UP EMAIL under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new form.
Enter user instructions, text for the button, a URL for a Thank You page, thank you title and text, how long until you are directed away from the Thank You page and the URL of the page to go to after the Thank You page.
Click OK to save.

Simple

Click on LP SIMPLE under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for the new section.
Enter descriptive text and text for a button and a URL for the button to link to.
Click OK to save.

Home Page 3 Blocks

Click on LP HOME PAGE 3 BLOCKS under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
For each text section, enter the title, descriptive text, button text and URL link for button.
Click OK to save.

Home Page 4 Blocks

Click on LP HOME PAGE 4 BLOCKS under Landing Page Templates.
Click ADD.
Add a title for this set of 4 blocks.
For each text section, enter the title, descriptive text, upload an image, enter a title and second description for a rollover, as well as button text and URL link for button.
Click OK to save.

Editing which specific Landing Page records appear on the webpage.

Go to the page with your Landing Page add-ons dropped on the page. Login and click ADVANCED EDIT. Click on the WRENCH in the add-on menu. Select the record you created from the drop down list. Click UPDATE to see your new data.