Table of Contents Page Wizard: Version 9.3
Examples of Use
Index to Ordinances, Charters, etc.
The Table of Contents form is used whenever an index of multiple pages in defined sections is needed and tables in the Message Body are not appropriate. Think of it as the index to a manual, where you can list topics with associated descriptions. It is especially useful for creating the index to your ordinances and other reports.
Graphical Navigation
The Table of Contents page wizard can be used when you want a navigation index page that contains thumbnail images, such as icons, small photos, or graphic representations of index entries, and a description of what you are linking to. The images can be made clickable links using the TOC page wizard. This is often used when you are listing members of a board, with thumbnail photos in the left column, and a brief bio in the right column. The photo and associated row data becomes a clickable link when you provide a link in the right hand Link Name/MailTo field.
Details Tab - Standard Fields
Most of the fields on the details tab are covered in the Standard Details help page.
Links Table Tabs - (10 additional tabs providing for 100 rows total)
This page wizard is designed to accommodate a maximum of 100 rows of data including New Table rows. If you feel you will need more than 100 total rows we recommend you use the Free Form Page wizard and create your table by Insert - Table. Within the free form text area you can create as many rows of data as needed.
Set Column 1 Text in Column 2 with Link (new with V9.0)
By checking this box you can create a web page that will include only one column of data, but will put the data/link from column 1 atop the data from column 2 as a clickable link.
NOTE: In order to create the type of layout you see to the right you must also eliminate the column header in column 1.
Details Tab - Image Placement & Layout
Image Placement: This radio button indicates in which column images will be rendered if an image name is present in the right hand, green cell for that row. Image placement in Column 1 is selected by default.
Image Layout: This radio button indicates the alignment of text to included images if an image name is present and there is both text and images in the same column. Image Layout alignment to the left of text is selected by default.
Column Headers: To activate a column, enter text into the purple field located at the beginning of that column. Any column without a header will not display in the rendered table. If you choose not to enter a descriptive title you must enter a space character with your space bar to display the column. NOTE: On the Table of Contents page wizard all tables must have the same column headers. REQUIRED
New Table: Checking this box creates a new table and activates all other options for these tabs. In addition, checking this box changes the row color to indicate that the information in this row is being used to define a new table. The field located in Column 1 is used to give the table a title, which will display above the rendered table. The field located in Column 2 can be used as an optional description field that will appear between the table header and the table rows. You can define multiple tables in this section. REQUIRED
Bold: Checking this box causes the text in the appropriate column to render in boldface. There is a check box for each column. This box is not checked by default.
Italic: Checking this box causes the text in the appropriate column to render in italics. There is a check box for each column. This box is not checked by default.
Color: This color selector indicates an alternate link color to be applied to text in the appropriate column. If this selector is modified to choose anything except black this color will be substituted for the Column Text color defined on that site's Global Site Preferences (.sitepref) form. Selecting black in this selector will cause the Column Text to once again be drawn from the .sitepref. There is a color selector for each column.
Content Fields: Each row has a content field for each column. If a Column Header has been defined for the column, text entered into this field will be rendered to the Web page. The first Content Fields must occur in the row immediately following the defined Column Headers, but rows may be skipped after this point.
Link Name/MailTo: This is the cell that you will use to activate the link in column 1. If you are using the column to activate an email link MAILTO: must precede the email address. This link is applied to any text entered into Column 1 and/or to any defined images placed in Column 1.
Thumbnail: This is the relative path to an optional image to be included in the column defined with Image Placement. Thumbnail images should be 100 pixels wide or smaller.
NOTE: Uploading the thumbnail images to a sub-folder containing the Table of Contents page is recommended. For instance, if the Table of Contents page is located in the CityST_Council folder, and you wish to include thumbnail images of each councilor on the page, create a New Folder and name it "thumbs". Upload the images into the "thumbs" sub-folder. The resulting link name in the green column will look like thumbs/imagename.jpg.
Message Body/Free Form Text Area - See the Free Form Area help documentation.
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