670. Global Vision™ Sitebuilder - Modules:

Working with Modules

In Sitebuilder, there are two types of modules:

• Page modules, or special pages. These modules are added to your site as separate web pages on the Pages step of Sitebuilder Wizard. There are the following special pages in Sitebuilder:
  • Blog
  • Image Gallery
  • File Download
  • eShop
  • Flash Intro
  • Guestbook
  • Forum
  • Registration
  • External Page

All page modules available in Sitebuilder are described in Types of Pages. For instructions on how to include special pages in your site structure, refer to Structuring Your Site.

• Block modules. These modules do not require dedicated site pages: they are inserted into ordinary HTML pages, and work as embedded functional blocks. There are the following block modules in Sitebuilder:
  • Area Map. Allows you to insert fragments of geographical maps into site pages. You can choose between two third-party GIS engines: Google Maps API and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.
  • Feedback. Allows you to include a feedback form into the page.
  • Online Status Indicator. Allows you to place an icon showing your ICQ or Skype status on your site.
  • RSS Reader. Allows you to automatically load favorite news and information to you site from RSS news feeds (also called "channels").
  • Voting. Allows to conduct polls and online surveys.
  • Script. Allows you to add custom PHP, JavaScript, etc. code to your web pages.
  • Site Map. Allows displaying a hierarchical visual model of the site structure to visitors.

  Block modules are added and configured on the Edit step of the Sitebuilder Wizard.

General rules for working with block modules are the following:

• You can add any number of block modules to a page.
• To insert a block module into a page, drug and drop or double click the module's icon.
• Block modules cannot be viewed directly on the Edit step. You can only configure block modules there. To preview block modules as they are displayed on your site, click Preview.

To delete a block module from the page, click Remove Module on the block module dialog box.

For details on configuring each particular module, see the corresponding sections further in this guide.

For information on how to operate with lists of objects appearing on module management screens, refer to Working with Lists.