Step 3: Managing pages
This script was created, above all, to be easy to use and have all critical part of a web page. In order for it to work properly, however, you have to follow a few specific steps to add content.
Each row on the spreadsheet respresents a page on the site and a link on the left side navigation. The only thing to remember here is that the first row is always the home page.
Each column respresents a piece of information used to display the site.
Column A: Page link
This is the link name of the page. If you click around the starter site (or this one), you'll notice a "?page=" and then a value after the URL. This tells the script what page to display. So, on the starter sheet in cell A2, you'll see the value "link1-name." To get to this page on the site, just enter:
http://[[address to the PHP file]]?page=link1-name
Keep in mind, this link name needs to be URL safe. If you're unfamiliar with this, just make sure you only use letters, numbers, and dashes here (no spaces) and you'll be fine. This field is also used for the navigation links on the left (with dashes replaced by spaces).
Leaving this cell blank will remove the page from the site.
Note: Don't change the first link name in cell A1 from it's default value of "home."
Column B: Page title
This is the title of the page, a value that appears at the top of the browser window and conributes to search engine visibility. This information is not displayed on the webpage itself. Leaving this field blank will not cause any problems with the page.
Column C: Page header
This is the top header on the page, an h1 element. Leaving this field blank will not cause any problems with the page.
Column D and every other column after: Page content indicator
Column D, F, H, J, and so on indicate what type of content is in the next cell to the right. These cells must contain a content indicator. This is explained further in the next section.
Column E and every other column after: Page content
Column E, G, I, K, and so on all contain content that is displayed on the page. This is explained in the next section.