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Assigning Unique Headers/Footers to Specific Pages

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Your GZCMS website allows you to create multiple headers or footers that can be assigned to a page or pages to create a unique look and feel on certain sections of your site.

If you want to assign a specific header or footer to a page and/or subset of pages, start by creating or determining which page will be the main landing page for the new header/footer (for example, a “Visitors” page), so you have a page that already exists on your site.  If you don’t know how to create a new page, watch this video: https://www.screencast.com/t/omDqm9rTDTaM. If creating a sub-site, you can select the “Home Page” or “Landing Page” template when creating the page to start with similar content to your website’s main home page.

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Create a new header/footer

To create a new header/footer, review this training video: https://www.screencast.com/t/15mp0Hmz (steps outlined below for reference but the video covers more general detail for the various settings)

  1. Login to your website by accessing via the top right corner of your database
  2. Click on the organization name in the top left of the black bar across the top to access the Dashboard
  3. In the left column, select Builder > Themer Layouts
  4. Click on “Add New”
  5. Provide a Title to identify this new area, for example “Visitor Header”
  6. Select the desired “Layout” (Header or Footer) and click “Add Themer Layout”
  7. In the “Location” section, select “Page” from the dropdown; this will create a second dropdown
  8. Select which page this header/footer should be applied to
    1. If you are creating a subset of multiple pages that should have this header/footer, you can click “Add Location Rule” to add another rule
      1. You may continue selecting one page at a time if you only have a few pages that should be included OR
      2. You may select “Page Parent” from the Location dropdown and identify the home page for this sub-site, then follow the instructions below for assigning parent pages without ever needing to assign any more page locations to the header/footer again
  9. When you’ve set up the Location(s) click the orange “Launch Page Editor” button to start adding content to your header/footer using the Page Editor tools
  10. Add any rows/columns and images/text/links or other content that should appear in the header/footer
  11. Click Done in the top right corner
  12. Click Publish

Exclude Any Conflicting Headers/Footers

For any areas that are set to show on the "Entire Site" that shouldn't appear on the sub-pages, add an Exclusion Rule for where they shouldn't appear.

  1. Click on the organization name in the top left of the black bar across the top to access the Dashboard
  2. In the left column, select Builder > Themer Layouts
  3. Hover over any layout that is set for the "Entire Site" Location
  4. Click Edit
  5. In the “Location” section, click “Add Exclusion Rule”
  6. Select “Page” from the dropdown; this will create a second dropdown
  7. Select which page this header/footer should be applied to
    1. If you are creating a subset of multiple pages that should have this header/footer, you can click “Add Exclusion Rule” to add another rule
      1. You may continue selecting one page at a time if you only have a few pages that should be included OR
      2. You may select “Page Parent” from the Location dropdown and identify the home page for this sub-site, then follow the instructions below for assigning parent pages without ever needing to assign any more page locations to the header/footer again
  8. Click Update

Using the “Page Parent” Location Rule

IF NEEDED per step #8 under Create a new header/footer above: Setting the “Page Parent” for pages that should be part of a sub-site

  • When creating a new page:
    • Expand the “Page Attributes” section by clicking the arrow next to “Page Attributes”
    • Select the home page for your sub-site (for example, the “Visitors” page) from the “Parent Page” dropdown shown here: https://www.screencast.com/t/6khBAs8r0
    • Continue creating your new page as normal, and after it is published the new header/footer will be applied
  • For an existing page:
    • Click on the organization name in the top left of the black bar across the top to access the Dashboard
    • In the left column, select Pages > All Pages
    • Hover over the home page for your sub-site (for example, the “Visitors” page) and click “Quick Edit”
    • Select the home page for your sub-site (for example, the “Visitors” page) from the “Parent” dropdown shown here: https://www.screencast.com/t/eDeze8QWNHh
    • Click the orange “Update” button, and any rules set for pages with that parent will be applied immediately
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