Edit Master Pages

Master pages are used to give your site a consistent design. There are features that you will want to apply to every page: a header, a navigation menu and a footer, for example. You may also want some features to be always visible too: your consumables finder, a punch-out to your stamps provider or your order tracking control. These features belong on a master page.

Content pages are assigned a master page. When your customer navigates to a content page, it will appear within the master page, where you have used the control [Container].

Creating or Editing Master Pages

Log into HorizonWeb as an administrator and click Admin.
Click HorizonWeb Designer > Edit master pages.
Edit Master Pages
Either:
- To edit an existing master page, in the Select a master page list, select the page, then click Edit master page. The master page contents opens in the editor below.
- To create a new master page, click New master page, type a page name in the box, then click the tick to confirm. The new page is selected in the list, and a new, blank master page is displayed
  Note: The name you give to the menu is used as its control name when you add it to a master or content page, e.g. [Menu:NewMenu].
- To delete a master page, in the Select a master page list, select the page, then click Delete master page. Confirm the deletion.
- To back up an existing page, or to use an existing page as a starting point for a new master page, in the Select a master page list, select the page, then click Create back-up. A new page called PageName-Backup is created.

Linking a Cascading Style Sheet

Style sheets created within HorizonWeb Designer can be linked to master pages, to style the master page and the content pages that refer to it.

Across the top there is a list of all available css files (3). To add one of these to the master page, click the style sheet control and it is added at the current position of the cursor in the text editor (5).

Adding a Control

On the right there is a list of all available pre-defined controls (4). To add one of these to the master page double click the control and this will insert it at the current position of the cursor in the text editor (5).