Page Splashes Setup Instructions

Short version:

  • Under Org > Brand Styles, create a new record. Fill in the Title field and save it.
  • Create a new hidden page on your website where the Page Splash will be located. Save or publish it.
  • Under Content > Page Splashes, create a new record and set up your content. Connect the Brand Style you created. Save it.
  • Copy the Page Splash snippet from the Page Splashes record and paste it into the Source tab of your webpage. Publish the page.
  • Test the page using the "Go to Page" link. If everything looks good, unhide and publish the page.
  • Use the Brand Styles record to update styles as needed; changes will apply to all the Page Splashes connected to it.

    • Detailed version:

    1. While logged into your Brick River console, open 3 tabs on your browser:
      1. On one tab, go to Org > Brand Styles, create a new record, even if you're not going to edit it right now. You can leave everything blank except for the Title field. Save it and leave the tab open.
      2. On a second tab, go to Site > [the site where you're creating the Page Splash]. Create a new webpage where you want it to be located. Make it hidden for now and Save or Publish it. Leave the tab open.
      3. On a third tab, go to Content > Page Splashes. Create a new record and set up the content that you want. Save it and leave the tab open.
    2. On the tab with the Page Splashes record you created, you'll find a button at the top to copy the Page Splash snippet. Click the button ("Copy the Page Splash snippet”).
    3. Go back to the tab with the webpage you created. Click the Source tab at the top left.
    4. Paste the copied snippet in the large text area and publish your page again.
    5. Click the “Go to Page” link located next to the page title and test your page.
    6. If everything looks good, un-hide the page and publish again. Your Page Splash is now live!
    7. Use the Brand Styles record to make any changes to the page styles. Changes that you make to the BrandStyles record will affect all the Page Splashes connected to it.

    How to make a webpage hidden

    • With the webpage open, click the Properties tab on the top left.
    • Check the following checkboxes:
      • Hide from menus
      • Hide in sitemap
    • Save or Publish the page. Done!

    How to set up the Splashy Page content

    • Please give your Page Splash a title.
    • The first section you'll see is Sections Order. Ignore that section for now.
    • Except for the Hero Section, ALL SECTIONS ARE OPTIONAL. If you leave a section blank, it simply won't appear on the page.
    • On the next section, “Hero Section”, you'll find a Brand Styles field. If you've created a Brand Style record that you'd like to use for this page, click the Relate Brand Style and select the desired record. This field is optional but recommended.
      • Next, please note the “Show Hero on page” toggle. If you don't plan to have a Hero section on this page, just change that toggle to “Hide” and move on to the next section. If you do want a Hero section on this page, you can add a Hero background image and a tagline. If you are using the Hero section but don't have a header background image, the Hero will have a gray background color by default, or use the Primary Color if you set one up in the BrandStyles record. 
    • The next section, “Page Text Section”, is an open text area for regular page content.
    • In the “Related Cards Section” you can relate to existing or create featured Card items that are not News articles, Blog Posts or Events. They are standalone call outs for a page in or out of the website, or to a piece of content that is not included in News, Blog Posts or Events. You can use them to feature anything you'd like. They will be displayed in Card format.
    • “People Section”: if you wish to add any People (like Staff members) to this Splash, select them here. This field is a relationship to the People view. In some cases, the People view has a field called “Sort By”. If that is the case for you, and you have used the field to sort your People, the selected People will be displayed on the Splash in the set order. Otherwise, they will be sorted alphabetically by the Last Name field.
    • “Quick Links” are similar to "Related Cards", except that they are less featured because they are not displayed as Cards. They are listed in Article format, and can include an image and description, if desired.
    • If you want news articles displayed on this page fill out the “News Articles Section”. 
      • In the News Topics dropdown, select which topics should be included. Only articles tagged with those topics will be displayed. They will be formatted as Articles.
      • Use the “Hand Choose News Articles” field in case you want to feature News Articles that may not be tagged with the selected topics, or that you want to be more prominent. They will show up in their own section, and will be formatted as Cards.
      • Because every website is custom made, we don't know what the friendly urls are for your News and News Detail pages. That's why we have the News Page URL and News Article URL fields. If those are left blank, the articles will still be displayed, but they will not link anywhere.
        • News Page URL: Please add the friendly URL of your main News page. This will be used to create a “View all” link. If you don't want a “View all” link, simply leave this blank.
        • News Article URL: Please add the friendly URL of your News Detail page. This will be used to create the link to open the full article. 
    • The “Events Section” and “Blog Posts Section” work similarly to the “News Articles Section”. You select the topic (or Calendar) to display as articles, and you may hand select items to be featured.
    • “Photo Albums Section”: If you want to load any photo albums, select or create them here.
      • Similarly to the News, Blog Posts and Events, we don't know what the friendly URL of your Photo Album Detail is. If you leave the Photo Album Page URL field blank, all the images from the album will be displayed on the Splashy Page. If you add the friendly url, only 4 images will be displayed, the last one linking to the album page.
    • “Accordions Section”: If you want to add an accordion to the Splash, please select any existing accordions, or create a new one here. These are frequently used for FAQs.
    • “Videos Section”: If you want to add a video to the Splash, you can select an existing Video or create a new one here. Please note that only the video will show up on the Splash, without the title or description (this may change in the future, but currently those fields are not displayed on the Page Splashes).
      • If you select multiple videos, they will be sorted by date (most recent first). If you leave the Written Date blank, the date when the Video record was created will be used.
    • The “Contact Box Text Section” is used to include the contact information for this Page Splash. 
    • “Files Section”: Use this field to include any downloadable files to the Page Splash. If you include a file Title and Description, they will be displayed on the Splash. 
    • “Sections Order”: Now that you've constructed your Page Splash, you might want the Sections to appear in a specific order. Use the Sections Order to set that. Please pay close attention to the instructions on the page - each Section must be listed exactly as it appears on the instructions. Any Section that contains content but is not listed in the Sections Order field will be displayed at the bottom of the page, and any Section id typed incorrectly will be ignored (also moving the intended Section to the bottom of the page).
    • Save your Page Splash record.