Configuring Advanced Page Settings

How to set the advanced settings for new and existing pages. Note: All advanced page settings are optional.

  1. Users who are updating the settings for an existing page should navigate to page and then select PageA page on a DNN site. Settings from the Edit PageA page on a DNN site. menu on the ControlBarThe ControlBar is the default Control Panel provided with DNN.. Users who are currently adding a new page are already on this page.
  2. Select the Advanced Settings tab.
  3. Go to the Appearance section.
    1. At Icon/Link Type, select the image to be displayed beside the page name in the menu if the menu in use shows PageA page on a DNN site. icons. This image is also used as the Small Icon for any Console module relating to this page. Select the location of the required icon from these options:
      • File (A File On Your SiteRefers to a single and unique site created using DNN. Multiple unique sites can be created and managed within each installed DNN application.), select an existing image (See "Setting a File Link") or upload a new image (See "Uploading and Linking to a File"). Note: Users can remove the icon from this and the following field by selecting < None Specified > as the File Name when setting a file link.
      • System Image: Select to display an icon that is supplied with this application and then select the image from the drop down list.
    2. At Large Icon, using the same steps as for the above field, select an image to be used as the large icon for any Console that displays this page.
    3. At PageA page on a DNN site. SkinA design that can be applied to pages. Skins typical include one or more skin objects., select a skin from the drop down list or select < None Specified > to use the default skin for this site. See "Setting the Site Design". Tip: SuperUsers can view the full file path to the selected skin (or container for the next field) by hovering their mouse over the name of the selected skin or container. This can also be achieved on the HostThese users have full access to manage the settings and content of all sites with this DNN installation, including the Host site. SuperUser accounts are created using the Host > SuperUser Accounts module. Settings, SiteRefers to a single and unique site created using DNN. Multiple unique sites can be created and managed within each installed DNN application. Settings and ModuleDNN uses a modular design system to display content on a page. One or more modules are added to each site page to create and manage the site content. There are many different types of modules, each managing a different type of site content or site administrative tasks. Settings pages.
    4. At PageA page on a DNN site. ContainerA design that can be applied to a module. Containers may include tokens., select a container from the drop down list. Note: The default option of < None Specified > uses the skin is set as the default for this site.
    5. In the PageA page on a DNN site. Stylesheet text box, enter the name of the stylesheet to be used for this page only and then click the Preview SkinA design that can be applied to pages. Skins typical include one or more skin objects. and ContainerA design that can be applied to a module. Containers may include tokens. button to view the combination of the styles selected at the above three fields. Note: Stylesheets must be uploaded to Digital Asset ManagementA Digital Asset Management (DAM) system solves the problem of managing large collections of files by making them searchable and usable. DAM provides the tools for finding, organizing, and searching large collections of files. (AdminRegistered users who are members of the Administrators role. These users have full access to manage the site including adding, deleting and editing all pages and modules. Administrators also have access to the Admin pages located on the main menu. > File Management).
    6. Existing pages may display the Copy Design to Descendants field that copies the design options saved on this page to all child pages. See "Copying Design to Child Pages"
    7. At Disabled, select from these options:
      • Mark  the check box if the page name is not a link. This mean nothing will happen when a user clicks on the page name in the menu. This option is typically selected for a parent page to provide a way for users to navigate to its child pages.
      • Unmark  the check box for this page name to be a link to the page. This is the default option.
    8. In the Refresh Internal (seconds) text box, enter the interval to wait between automatic page refreshes. (E.g. enter "60" for 1 minute or 60 seconds.) Leave field blank to disable.
    9. In the PageA page on a DNN site. Header Tags text box, enter any tags (i.e. meta-tags) that should be rendered in the "HEAD" tag of the HTMLHypertext Markup Language. A set of tags used to mark the structural elements of text files. HTML files include tags that create hyperlinks to other documents on the Internet. for this page.

  1. Expand the Cache Settings section and choose the Output Cache Provider to use for this page from these options:

  1. Expand the Other Settings section.
    1. At Secure? mark  the check box to force this page to use a secure connection or secure socket layer (SSL). This option requires a SuperUserThese users have full access to manage the settings and content of all sites with this DNN installation, including the Host site. SuperUser accounts are created using the Host > SuperUser Accounts module. to configure the SSL Settings. See "Setting SSL Settings for a Site"
    2. At Allow Indexing, mark  the check box if the page should be indexed by search crawlers using the INDEX/NOINDEX values for ROBOTS meta tag - OR - unmark  the check box to disable.
    3. At SiteRefers to a single and unique site created using DNN. Multiple unique sites can be created and managed within each installed DNN application. Map Priority, enter the desired priority (between 0 and 1.0). This helps determine how this page is ranked in Google with respect to other pages on the site. The default setting is 0.5.
    4. At Start Date, click the Calendar button to select the first date the page is viewable and then click the Time button to adjust the default time of 12:00 AM if required. If the start date is in the future then it is only editable by Administrators.
    5. At End Date, select the time and date when the page will expire. Note: Expired pages can be viewed by Administrators via the AdminRegistered users who are members of the Administrators role. These users have full access to manage the site including adding, deleting and editing all pages and modules. Administrators also have access to the Admin pages located on the main menu. > Pages page. Note: Expired pages can be viewed by Administrators via the AdminRegistered users who are members of the Administrators role. These users have full access to manage the site including adding, deleting and editing all pages and modules. Administrators also have access to the Admin pages located on the main menu. > Pages page. See "Viewing any Page (Pages Management)"
    6. At Link URL, to set this page to be a navigation link to another resource (rather than displaying the page itself), select or add the link here. See "About the Link Control"
    7. Optional. At Permanently Redirect?, mark  the check box to redirect this URL to the Link URL as set in the previous field. This allows Search Engines to modify their URLs to directly link to the Link URL. Note: This setting is ignored if the Link Type is set to None.

  1. Click the Add PageA page on a DNN site. button for new pages or the Update PageA page on a DNN site. button for existing pages.

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