Difference between revisions of "Landing Page Development"

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Banner Management allows you to place banners on your site and have the system automatically track the number of page views, clicks, and timing. You can set up multiple banners each with its own set of criteria and the system will automatically display the next banner on a page refresh. NOTE: For banner campaigns to display properly, EDIT must be turned off.

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.

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.

Adding A New Banner

A banner ad is one specific ad contained within an ad campaign on a webpage.

To add a new banner, click the + next to ADD A BANNER, which opens up a new banner record where you can specify the banner name, specify an expiration date for the banner, select the campaign for this banner, upload an image, specify width and height of the image, add a caption, specify alignment and include a link to a webpage when someone clicks on the banner. You can also specify whether or not you want the ad to open in a new window when someone clicks on the ad. Click OK to save the new record.

Editing A Banner

To edit a banner record, click the paper/pencil icon next to the banner, which opens up the current banner record where you can make changes to any information in the record. Click OK to save the changes.

Adding A New Banner Campaign

A banner campaign contains all the banner ads you want to place on a specific page.

To add a new banner campaign, login and click on ADMIN. Go to MANAGE ADD-ONS, BANNER CAMPAIGNS, and then BANNER CAMPAIGNS. You will see a list of all banner campaigns added to the website. Click ADD to add a new banner campaign record. A new banner campaign record will open where you will name the campaign. Click OK to save the new record.

Selecting A Banner Campaign for a Webpage

To select which banner campaign will run on a specific webpage, login and click on ADVANCED EDIT. Click on the WRENCH ICON in the menu by the Banner Campaign. Choose the campaign from the drop down menu and click UPDATE to save changes.