The SYCL Training Page

On your new site, go to the Site Settings page. Click the image here for a clear view, then the back-arrow (←) to return. On this page you put in your site name, choose your country and language and then your geographic area in the country, decide on your site logo and the colour of the banner, and add links for Facebook, Twitter and Google Analytics. Choosing a short and memorable domain name is important for helping people find your site when published. The site in this image is http://tanglewood.sycl.net.

The Home Page is the simplest sort of SYCL page. Like all pages, you can edit a short name for the menu, whether it is in the left or top menu, what longer title is on the page itself, whether there is an image and whether the image is full-width or half. You also can use special editor boxes to add text, special characters, links and formatting for the central column and for the left column, using the Preview button to check format.

Other pages, as illustrated for Calendar but also for News and Regular Events, can have text columns and images like the Home and About pages, but below that there can be a list of Items that can be created, edited, deleted and arranged in different order.

A third type of page is like the one above, but can have the Items arranged into sections, which can themselves be created, edited, deleted and arranged in particular orders. These pages include those for Downloads, Links and More Links. These Pages can be used to compile lists of links for other websites or for documents.

The Routes and Gallery pages have lists of items. Creating a Gallery of Images as project instructions, or to show an event is quite easy. Creating local Routes or maps showing Sites of interest requires special editing, and are best mastered after becoming familiar with the other page types.

Pages for people to Contact you or Register for general emails or text messages from your site have some things (e.g. e-mail addresses) that you need to complete. The Register page also has a section that lists the registered e-mails, with a box for sending emails to all those registered. Finally, the pages for Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy may need some editing to suit the laws on conducting business or on protecting information on individuals in your country.