What Types of Content can be Added to a Page (Bongo4U)
Content (paragraphs, lists, images, etc.) is added to a page by
adding content "blocks." There are a variety of content block types
available as follows:
- WYSIWYG - This is the most common and flexible
block. It allows the addition of headlines, sub-heads, text/paragraphs,
images/pictures, embedded media (i.e. videos), bulleted lists, tables,
horizontal lines and more. It also allows alignment of content,
formatting (e.g. bold, italics, strikethrough), adding of links to other
pages or sites, or to uploaded files such as .pdf, .doc, .pps, .xls and
others.
- Email Form - Create a set of questions to be
answered and the answers will be emailed to a predefined email address
(e.g. to you). The email form supports a variety of answer types,
including single line text, multi-line text area, radio button lists,
checkbox lists, select box lists, etc.
- Site Search Form - This block generates a search
box that users can search all text on all pages of your site. Results
(matches) are sorted by relevance.
- Slideshow Plus - An automatically playing slideshow
of your uploaded images. Have one or many slideshows on your site.
Select from a variety of transition effects, durations, display sizes,
and many other parameters (or just take the defaults). Can optionally
have captions and/or clickable links for each image.
- Gallery - A photo or image gallery.
- Testimonials - You can enter a number of
testimonials or comments about your organization, products or services,
and then have them randomly displayed on any page(s) of your website.
- Product Catalog - If products are enabled for your
site, this block will display your catalog of products by category. You
can add this block to any page of your site where you would like your
catalog displayed.
- Promotional Products - If products are enabled for
your site, this block will display all products that are currently on
promotion (based upon each product's promo date range). If no products
are on promotion on a given day, then it displays random products from
your catalog. You can add this block to any page of your site. Many
people put this near the top of their default/home page. If products are
not enabled, then these two product-related blocks will not be
available.
- Social Media Widget - Allows the display of any combination of social media icons on your website, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
- Logos - Allows the display of vendor or other logos
that you sell, support or service, all auto-formatted into groups of
logos based upon your selections.
- Countdown - Adds a "Countdown Box" on any page that
displays the number of days/hours/minutes until a date or timestamp
that you provide. It can also display an optional message after the
target time has passed.
- Definition - Allows the addition of "pairs of
content" such as "question & answer" pairs for making FAQ entries,
or "terms and definitions" pairs for making a glossary of terms, etc.
- Definition (Expand/Collapse) - Same as "Definition"
but all answers are suppressed (hidden) by default. The user is
provided with a link to display or "unhide" the answer. This allows the
display of many topics with minimal space, and only the topics which are
clicked will open up to reveal their answers. Answers can be toggled
opened or closed. Great for FAQ entries. Can also generate a Permalink
to any specific entry.
- Basic Markup - Allows the addition of simple
text/paragraphs. An optional headline can be added at the top of this
block. Most people find the WYSIWYG block to be more flexible, but this
block exists if you wish to limit text entry to a very minimal set of
capabilities.
- Headline - Allows the addition of a major headline or heading. (This can also be done within the WYSIWYG block)
- Subhead - Allows the addition of a secondary headline or sub-heading. (This can also be done within the WYSIWYG block)
- Image - Allows the importing of an image/picture.
An optional headline can be added above the image/picture and an
optional caption can be displayed below the image/picture. Most people
prefer to just work with a more general WYSIWYG block where images,
video, text, etc., can all be maintained within the one block.
- RSS Feed Reader - Allows the display of the most recent "N" entries from an RSS feed from a blog or other RSS source.
- RawHTML - Only for advanced users who understand
how to write HTML code and understand the impact it might have on other
areas of the page or website. Incorrect or incompatible HTML code may
cause unpredictable results for all or some users and/or for all or
portions of your website.
The above is only a partial list. New content block types are being
added all the time to the Bongo4U system. Login to Admin Mode and hover
over the Page Menu and then over "Add to this Page" to see a current
list of available content block types.
To add a content block to a page, refer to the "How do I add content to a page" entry.