All department landing pages should have Quick Links. Some divisions and other landing pages may have quick links, with the approval of the Site Administrator.
The four orange quick link buttons are created using the Department Quick Links portlet.
Adding the Department Quick Links portlet
To add a new portlet for quick links, turn on Design Mode. If you do not see the lower bar with portlets, make sure you click Enable drag & drop on the right side of the screen under the toolbar to expand the toolbar.
- Click the Local Portlets tab at the bottom.
- Click the Manatee tab (upper right).
- Select the Department Quick Links portlet.
Drag the portlet down to a content region in the page below. It should go at the top of the page beneath the page title (and optionally beneath a 1-2 sentence introduction to the page).
If you just added the Department Quick Links portlet, you should now see the words Click here to edit inside the portlet area.
Editing the Department Quick Links portlet
Click the pencil in the black bar on the Department Quick Links portlet to edit.
This will take you to a new page where you can add or edit the quick link buttons.
Adding quick link buttons
You should always have four quick link buttons — no more, no less. This is to maintain consistency across the site.
If creating a new set of quick links, you will need to first add one and Save Draft/Publish before you can add the other three.
Fill out the fields below:
- Portlet Name - Select department quick links from the dropdown.
- Quick Link Name - Enter the name you want to appear on the button. This will automatically appear in all caps on the published quick link button. The name should be short enough to fit on two lines (approx. 1-4 words).
- Quick Link Icon Class - Enter the name of the icon you want to use. This should start with "fa-" (example: fa-car). View our recommended icons below. Make sure you don't accidentally include a space before the "fa" if copy and pasting in an icon name.
- Quick Link URL - This generally should be the most popular pages in your department for your customers. The URL should start with "/" and be everything in the link following mymanatee.org or civiclive.com (something like /cms/One.aspx?portalId=).
- If you paste the full URL (www.mymanatee.org) this link will not work when the site goes live.
You can only add one button start with. You will be able to add the other three all at once after this.
Click Save Draft or Publish to add your first button.
- Save Draft if you do not want the quick links to appear on the page yet. (Recommended if editing a page that is currently live, but unnecessary during pre-launch.)
- When you are taken to the page, you will not see the button you just added, but you can still hover over the area to edit the Department Quick Links and add the others.
- Publish if your page is not currently live or you are not worried about anyone seeing it. (This is fine during pre-launch in production mode, and you'll be able to see the button on the page.)
You will be taken to the page in Design Mode again. Click the pencil again on the portlet to add the next three buttons.
Fill out the information for your next button and click Add Item. The fields will empty and the information for your button will move below. Repeat until all four buttons are added.
You should see edit and "x" delete buttons to edit or delete previously added buttons. You must click the Edit Item button to save your edits.
You can also rearrange the order of your links by dragging and dropping them. Click on the one you want to move, and hold down while dragging it to the place you want it to appear.
Once you have four quick links, click Publish and they should appear on your page (or Save Draft if you are still not ready for them to appear).
Be sure to test all the links to make sure they work.