Components of a WMS page footer

These components are found on most WMS pages.

Component	Layout
Contact information Social media icons	Contact information displays on the far-left side of the footer. Social media icons also display here below the contact information if the Follow site block is populated.
Branding image Call to action button	If both elements are being used, the branding image appears above the call to action button. Note: without contact information, the branding image and call to action button displays on the far-left side of the footer.
Footer menu links	The right side of the footer is reserved for up to three columns of footer menu links.

 

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Accessing and editing your footer settings

Go to Configuration and click on Site Settings. Fill out the FOOTER fields described below.

• Contact Information: Enter your unit's contact information. HTML tags can be used to apply simple formatting. (e.g., <h2>, <br />, <a>, <p>)
• Contact Information in French: French translation of your contact information.
• Branding
  
  • Display branding image in footer: Check this box if you wish to display a branding image.
  • Path to branding image: Enter the URL of the image. (If you use the Upload branding image to display in footer option, this field will auto-populate.)
  • Upload branding image to display in footer: Click the Choose File button to locate and select the branding image on your computer.
• Call-to-action button
  
  • Link title: Add text that will display on the button.
  • URL: Enter the URL the button will open.
  • Link title in French: French translation of the button text.
  • URL to French page: French version of the page the button will open.

When you are done filling out the footer fields, click the Save configuration button.

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Social media icons in the footer

Social media icons will appear in the footer if you set up links in the "Follow" Site block. See Follow Site block in the WMS.

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Adding and editing footer menu links

From the Administration toolbar, go to Structure > Menus. Click list links on the Footer line.

The drag-and-drop interface allows you to easily move pages around in the footer by clicking on the drag and drop icon and dragging the links up, down, left, and right. Columns, titles, and links that have a checkmark in the ENABLED column appear in the menu that your users see.

Add an item to the footer

1. Click on Add link at the top of the drag-and-drop Footer interface.
2. Insert the Menu link title as you wish it to appear in the menu structure.
3. Insert the Path this footer item links to. You must include a path. If you want create a heading that is not clickable, enter <nolink>. It is required to have a heading in a column to show the web links underneath.
4. Optional: Include a Description of the link so that when users hover over it with their cursor, they are provided with additional information.

   

5. Place a checkmark next to Enabled.
6. If you want an item to have sub-items, place a checkmark next to Show as expanded. (See the example below where 'Search engines' has two sub-items: Google, Bing.) The footer links can also be reordered later by using the drag-and-drop interface.
7. Select the Parent link. The parent link of a non-clickable item (heading) must be a column number. In this example, the parent item for Search engines is Column 2.
8. Optional: Items in the footer will be arranged in alphabetical order unless you assign them a Weight. If you have assigned a weight, they will follow the numerical order.
9. Click the Save button once you have finished your changes.

The structure should look like this:

• Each heading should be indented under a column.
• Each link should be indented under a heading.

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