Adding dynamic page banners
About dynamic page banners
A dynamic page banner is a page banner (that is, a banner, usually at the top of a page, that announces the page’s title) in which the title is dynamically updated by Namo WebEditor when you change the navigation nameThe name that will appear on the document’s dynamic banner, if any, and on any dynamic navigation tree links to the document. of the document containing the banner. For instance, if you change the navigation name of a document containing a dynamic banner from “Our Mission” to “Our Vision”, the title on the banner will automatically change accordingly.
To insert a dynamic page banner in the current document
- Place the insertion point where you want the banner.
- On the Insert menu, click Banner in the Site section.
- The Label box will display the current navigation name of the document. If you want to change it, edit the contents of the box.
- Select the banner style as described below.
- Click OK.
Since a dynamic banner gets its text from the document’s navigation name, you can only insert a dynamic banner in a document that is a node in a site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based..
Dynamic banner styles
You can choose between a text banner and an image-based banner.
For a text banner, you can specify the characters, if any, that surround the title on either end. By default, the beginning and ending characters are the square brackets “[" and "]“, respectively. To change them, click the … button next to the Text option and then edit the contents of the boxes marked 1 and 6 under Separators.
For an image-based banner, you can choose any Smart ClipArt image or Flash Button in the resource library. If you do not select an image, a default image will be used as follows:
- If the banner style is set to Smart ClipArt and the current document has a theme applied to it, the default image is the Banner image that belongs to the theme.
- If the banner style is set to Smart ClipArt and the document has no theme, the default image is a generic Smart ClipArt banner.
- If the banner style is set to Flash Button, the default image is a generic Flash Button banner.
To specify a different image, do the following:
- In the Banner Properties dialog box, click the … button next to either Smart ClipArt or Flash Button, depending on which type of image you want to use.
- Click Select.
- In the left pane, select an image category.
- In the right pane, select the desired image, and then click OK.
- (optional) If you want to modify the image, click Modify and edit the image. (See “Modifying Smart ClipArt images” or “Using Flash Buttons” for more information.)
- Click OK.
To modify an existing dynamic page banner
- Double-click the baner, edit its settings, and click OK.