Tabs
Each page in your portal is referred to as a tab. To add a new page, you must first create a tab. You can add a New Tab from the Admin Bar or from the Admin - Tabs - sub-menu. You will then be brought to a form called "Tabs Management" which sets up your new Page and where it shows on the menu.
- Navigate to the Admin Tab.
- Highlight Tabs and click on it. You will now see the Main Tabs Screen.
Refer to the table below for an explanation of the actions you can perform.
 Moves the selected submenu item one level in. |
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 Moves the Menu item selected down in order.
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 Moves the menu item selected up in order.
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 Moves the menu item in to be a sub menu item.
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 Edit the tab (page) settings.
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 View the tab.
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Add a New Tab
Click on the Add New Tab link located under the pencil icon. You will now see the New Tabs Screen.
You can also add a New Tab or Edit Tab Settings using the Main Admin Menu Bar located at the top of the screen.
I recommend that you add your security roles before adding new tabs. Every security role you add automatically gets displayed in the 'administrator' and 'authorized' tables in both tab and module settings. Use the following table to add, edit or modify the tab settings:
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Tab Name |
This name shows up on the menu for your page. |
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Title |
This name shows up in the bar at the top of each page in your browser and in your source code at the top of the page for the search engines. It should be relevant to the content for the page. |
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Description |
The Description here is included as your META Tag for the page in the source code. Search engines take this information and display your title (URL link), and description. |
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Keywords |
Add your keywords and phrases here with commas between them. |
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Icon |
This allows you to select an icon that shows up next to the menu name or sub menu name in your menu bar. See the icons in the sub menu for Admin and Host. Upload your icon using Admin File Manager. |
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Parent Tab |
If you want the menu item to show underneath another menu item (sub-menu), then choose the menu item in which you want it to be shown under. In this manner you can move tabs (pages) to wherever to want them. For example if I wanted this page to show up under the Home tab I would choose Home from the dropdown menu. |
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Template Tab |
If you want to create a copy of another page that exists, choose the page here otherwise; leave it at 'None Specified'. |
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Tab Skin |
Select a skin from the drop down list. Choose the preview link to see what it looks like before changing the skin. |
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Tab Container |
Select a default page container from the drop down list. Choosing 'None Specified' displays no container. |
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Preview |
Click here to preview the skin/container in a new window before updating your record. |
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Hidden? |
There are times in which you don’t want the page to show up on the menu, for instance, if you only want the page to show up as a link via the link module or hyperlink. This option controls whether or not the Page shows up on the menu at all. |
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Disabled |
This allows you to disable linking to the page from the menu. If Visible is ON, and Disable Link is on, then the page will appear in the menu, but the user will not be able to go to the page. |
Figure 6 - Tabs Management Roles
Administrator Roles
This defines who has the ability of changing the page layout and its contents for this tab (page) only. Each new 'security role' you add shows up in the 'available' box see figure 6. Click on the > sign to move the selected user role from 'available' to 'assigned'. Click on the >> to move all the roles. The user roles you add to 'assigned' will have administrator ability for this tab (page). Individual Module Settings override this parent tab (page) setting.
Authorized Roles
This defines who can see the menu and view its contents. Each new 'security role' you add shows up in the 'available' box as described above in administrator roles. If you are adding a module to the page that requires an Edit and pencil icon for a certain 'security role' you would add that security role here before allowing Edit and View access in the module.
All Users
Any user whether they be unauthorized, registered or administrators.
Registered Users
Users that have registered, and are logged into the Portal are automatically assigned 'registered user status' as default. You can set rules for registered users through the use of the authorized check box and choice of user registration in Site Settings. The authorized checkbox when checked allows users to automatically login after filling out the registration form. When unchecked the administrator can go through the user accounts to authorize individually or authorize all. To edit a particular users role see User Accounts.
Administrators
Users that are set up as 'Administrators' of the portal.
Unauthenticated Users
Any user that is not logged into the Portal.
After you have completed all your changes, select either "Update" to save your changes, "Cancel" to cancel any and all changes you have just made to the settings or select "Delete" if you wish to delete the tab.