Information

The information is the essential part of GrandCMS. All information is a different page of your site. You can organize them under categories, you can search them,  you can use different layouts for them and you can use them for many more. Actually the whole system is made for to show your visitors information. With a little HTML, CSS, Javascript knowledge, you can make really different pages on your site, but if you don't know any from them then still you can make nice pages too.

Without any web developer knowledge:

Simple example page.

Complex example page.

With a little knowledge:

Local video background example.

Youtube video background example. (After you navigate there wait some sec for cache the video).

You can manage information at Content > Information > Information. Or if you have some special categories then Content > Information > Your special category name.

Overview

The Information section, accessed under Content > Information > Information, will display all the information available in the site.

Here you can filter information, so you can find an information easy. You can read about filters here.


Here you can add , delete , and edit  information. 

You can sort information by title (asc, desc) if you click at the "Information Title".

You can sort information by date added (asc, desc) if you click at the "Date Added".

You can select one or multiple information to delete if you check the box before title.

You can select all information at once in the page if you check the box before "Information Title".

Add New Information 

To create a new information you can click  in the upper right corner. You will be directed to the information page. Information can be filled out under six tabs: "General", "Data", "Links", "Galleries", "Design", "Rights". If you want to save an information then press the save  button. If you want to abort your action then press the cancel  button.

When you edit an existing information you will have an extra read only field in data tab: This URLs: From this list you can copy a link what you can use as a link what will navigate visitors to this information.

General Tab

The General tab asks for basic things regarding the information:


  • Information Title
  • Description: The most important part of information. Here you can make texts, tables, insert images or videos with summernote WYSIWYG editor. You can switch to code view with </> symbol. In code view you can make almost anything if you have some web developer knowledge.
  • Short description: This text will use when this information is listing somewhere, at categories example.
  • Meta Tag Title: A page name, to be viewed by the visitors in their browser tab.
  • Meta Tag Description: A summary of the information to describe the information page to search engines.
  • Meta Tag Keywords: Similar to meta tag description, but asks for keywords to describe the information.  (comma separated: one,two,three)
  • Information Tags: Tags to describe the information to the visitors. If a visitor types one or more of these tags in the search box found in the header, the information will be displayed in the search results. It can be same as the Meta Tag Keywords, but you can use different tags too.  (comma separated: one,two,three)

Data Tab

The Data tab asks for the following data:


  • List image: This image will use when this information is listing somewhere, at categories example. See Image manager for more information on how to upload an image using the image manager tool.
  • Image: This is usually a bigger image, what is on top of the information. See Image manager for more information on how to upload an image using the image manager tool.
  • SEO Keyword: A keyword that will be included in the information url for search engine optimization. (Do not use spaces, instead replace spaces with - and make sure the keyword is globally unique.)
  • Bottom: If it is an important information you can show it on all page to your visitors in the bottom footer.
  • Status: Selecting "Enabled" makes the information publicly available in the site front. Selecting "Disabled" will hide the information from the site front, but will still be available for editing purposes in the administration.
  • Sort Order: This sort order determines the position of the information in list. A sorting order of 1 would be displayed before a sorting order of 2, 3, and so on.

Links Tab

The Links tab asks for the following data:


  • Link:  It have no function yet.
  • Categories: Check the categories that the information will be placed into. The information will be listed on the category's page in the site. (Autocomplete)
  • Downloads: You can make a list here from downloads. The visitors will be able to download them from this information page. (Autocomplete)
  • Related Information: In this space, type any related information for this information. These information will be displayed on that page of information for the visitor to view. (Autocomplete)
  • Sites: If you are managing more than one site with GrandCMS, you may check which sites you would like to add this information to. If only one site is available, "Default" may be checked. See Creating a multi-site for more information about multi-sites.

Galleries Tab

The galleries tab asks for the following data:


  • Resized images: You can force the system to use your original images instead of auto resized images if  you choose "No" here. The original images are usually too big files to use them on a website, but sometime they need for downloads or other purposes.
  • Gallery from banner: You have to make a banner first to use this field. After you made one or more then you can choose an image list (Banner) just start type a banner name. This image list will be displayed right after the description field. (Autocomplete)

Design Tab

The design tab consists of the "Layout Override" feature. In this feature, you can choose to override a layout, such as the 'Account' page, to include the information on that page. For more information on layouts, see Modules. You can just leave it blank for the meantime. (The picture use the category's design tab, what is exactly the same as the design tab of information)


Rights Tab

Here you can add rights to this category. You can read about rights here.