Manage Page Types
Typically, the Site Administrator and Moderator(s) sit down and discuss the type of information that
will be on the website, how it should be organized into pages and who should be able to view and
update each type of information. Don't feel like your decisions have to be perfect. You may add,
delete, and edit pages at any time.
GroveSite offers different types of pages:
- Wiki Web Page (default): This is a standard 'blank' page on which Moderators or Site Administrators will
be able to add all types of information including text, images, bulleted or numbered lists, and attached files.
- Discussion: This is a specialized page type for asynchronous discussion forums. Participants will post in
discussions and reply to other's postings.
- Project Plan: This page type is a project task list which details steps to be taken in a project,
with fields for priority, member responsible, status of task, start and due dates. It also has room for notes,
specification of deliverables and an attached file in the expanded view of the task list.
- File Library: This page type lets you organize posted files by category, track status and owner,
and access viewing history. You can allow Participants to post files by setting page security to 'Participants
can see and update this page.'
- Calendar: This page type lets you add a team calendar to your site. Add event information
including date, time, location, agenda. Choose traditional month view or easy-to-print list view.
- Link to another web page (external): This type of page has no page content, but is a way
to put links in the Site Navigation Area to a non-GroveSite site.
- Select the page type "link to another web page (external)." Then, click Next.
- Enter the navigation text. The next field is called Complete URL. Enter the URL address, including the http://
For example, to set up a page link to ESPN's website, enter http://www.espn.com
- Choose the page security options and then click Next.
- Choose where to position the link in the navigation and click Finish.
- Link to another GroveSite: This type of page also has no page content, but allows you to
link to other GroveSite-powered websites within your organization. This capability allows you to transparently
'nest' related websites.
- Find the URL of the GroveSite website you want to link to. For example: http://www.grovesite.com/page.asp?o=pcc&s=home&p=202
- Select the page type "link to another GroveSite." Then, click Next.
- Enter your navigation text. In the three fields displayed next,
enter the characters following the o=, s= and p= in the URL above. See this example.
- Org short name: pcc
- Site short name: home
- Page short name: 202
Caution: If at some time in the future, the site or page short name of the website you are linking to is changed by its Administrator or Moderator, this link will no longer work. You'll have to edit this link.
- Choose the page security options and then click Next.
- Choose where to position the link in the navigation and click Finish.
- Link to one of your Library Pages: This type of page also has no page content, but allows
you to link to library pages on another GroveSite.
- Select the page type "link to one of your Library Pages." Then, click Next.
- Enter the navigation text. Then select one of your existing library pages from the dropdown.
- Choose the page security options and then click Next.
- Choose where to position the link in the navigation and click Finish.
- List of All Site Members: This is a specialized page type which lists all enrolled users
in a site. It also displays other information about each user (if the user has entered it) such as display
name, title, company, email address, phone, bio and picture. Users can browse the Participant list and send
email from it. Each website only needs one of these pages.
- List of Related Sites: If you have a site structure with a 'main' site and 'subsites,'
this page will automatically build the links to allow easy site-to-site navigation.
- Navigation Heading: This type of page has no content but allows you to format your
left-hand navigation area by adding headings among your list of pages.
- Select "Navigation Heading" as your page type. Then, click Next.
- Enter the text of the heading you wish to be displayed in the left-hand Navigation area.Then, click Next.
- Choose the page security options and then click Next.
- Choose where to position the heading in the navigation and click Finish.