Modules contain the various types of content you can insert onto your pages. A variety of module types are available, with the Text/HTML module being the most common. This document discusses all you need to know to use modules with our Content Manager.

Module Types
We'll begin by describing a handful of common modules. The list below is not a comprehensive list of every module offered; we update modules from time to time and add new ones. Additionally, some modules not listed here are also premium modules that you can request be added to your hosting package for an additional fee (such as ecommerce modules).

• Account Login. Places a site login box on the page.
• Alive Media Player. A multimedia player that can play FLV Flash video files, MP3 music files, JPG, GIF, PNG and other image files, SWF Flash files, iTunes, RSS 2.0, ATOM, XSPF podcast playlists, and custom XML playlists. Similar to Media module below.
• Announcements. This module renders a list of announcements. Each announcement includes title, text and a "read more" link.
• Banners. Allows you to place banner advertising on your page.
• Blog. Places a blog, or web log, ont your page.
• Documents. This module renders a list of documents, including links to browse or download the document.
• Events. This module adds a calendar to your page.
• FAQs. FAQs allow you to manage a list of Frequently Asked Questions and their corresponding Answers.
• Form Master. Lets you create forms to gather information from your site visitors.
• Forum. A discussion forum for your site.
• Google Adsense. Adds Google Adsense advertising to your site.
• Links. This module renders a list of hyperlinks.
• Media. Displays various media files on your page. Similar to Alive Media Player above.
• News Feeds (RSS). News Feed allows you to display syndicated news feeds in "Rich Site Summary" (RSS) format.
• Survey. Survey allows you to create custom surveys to obtain public feedback.
• Text/HTML. This module renders a block of HTML or Text content.
• User Defined Table. This module allows editors to create a custom data table for managing tabular information with individually defined fields (columns).
• Wiki. Creates a wiki within your site.

Adding Modules to Your Pages
Adding modules to your pages is a simple procedure.

Look first to the central portion of the Control Panel (highlighted above); it lets you add modules to the current page. You can add either a new module or copy an existing module from another page on your site. By default, the "Add New Module" option is chosen. Your other options follow:

• Module. Choose the type of module you'd like to insert from this menu. See the list above for a description of the most common module types.
• Title. Type the visible title of the module.
• Visibility. This dropdown determines who can see the module. Choose from the following:
  • Same As Page. Everyone that can see the page can see the module too.
  • Page Editors Only. Only those with administrative privileges can see the module.
• Pane. Choose which "pane," or area, on the page where you would like to place the module.
• Insert. Choose whether to vertically stack the new module above or below existing content in the pane, if there is any.
• Align. Choose how to horizontally align the module within the pane.

Click the Add button when you're finished. Your new module will appear, ready for you to edit.

If, instead of selecting "Add New Module," you select "Add Existing Module," the Control Panel will reload and display an altered center section, as illustrated above. Rememer that, in this circumstance, you have opted to copy a module from another page on your website. It works like this:

• Page. Choose the source page from which you wish to copy the existing module.
• Module. After selecting the Page, choose the specific module from that page that you wish to copy.
• Visibility. The visibility cannot be changed.
• Pane. Select which pane will receive the module.
• Insert. Choose whether to vertically stack the new module above or below existing content in the pane.
• Align. Choose how to horizontally align the module within the pane.

Note that when you click Add, your module is not simply copied from the other page, it is linked to the original module. This means that if you edit the original module, the copy will automatically be updated (the inverse is also true; if you edit copy of the module, the original is updated, as well).

Basic Editing of Text/HTML Modules
The most common module type by far is called "Text/HTML," so it makes sense to focus initially on this type of module. The Text/HTML module contains the text and accompanying graphics/photos that make up most pages. In edit mode, you will encounter the following features of Text/HTML modules.

When you hover your mouse over a module title, a light blue pencil button appears just above the title (shown above). You may click this pencil to edit the title.

Conveniently, editing the title happens right in place, on the page itself (as shown above). When you're finished editing the title, click the disk icon in the mini floating toolbar, or click the cancel button to not save your edits.

Similarly, if you hover your mouse pointer over the content of a Text/HTML module, the floating pencil button appears in the upper left corner of the module, as shown above. You can click this pencil to edit the article right in place on the page.

This mode of entering is most useful for quick corrections and edits. A floating toolbar appears in the upper right corner of the module (as shown above). This toolbar contains a few basic editing tools. If you're familiar with the formatting tools in Microsoft Word, these will be familiar to you. When you're finished editing, click the disk icon to save your changes.

In a further Support document, we will explain how to use the Edit Text command (shown in the illustration above). This method offers a more thorough way to edit your Text/HTML module.

Module Menu
In addition to the floating pencil and toolbars, there is a small menu indicator just to the left of the module title.

Highlighted above in the illustration is the menu that appears when you click the indicator. The options on the menu may vary somewhat from one menu to the next, so we will describe just a few of the most common and useful options.

• Edit Text. Brings you to the text editor where you can edit the content of the module.
• Settings. Brings you to the module settings page where you can configure the options for the module.
• Delete. Deletes (after confirmation) the selected module. Note that once deleted, it can be recovered in the Recycle Bin.
• Move. Lets you move the module within the current pane or to a different pane.

The illustration above shows the contents of the Move submenu. The important choices are:

• Move Top (or Move Bottom). Moves the module to the top (or bottom) of the current pane. Useful when there's "a stack" of modules within one pane.
• Move Up (or Move Down). Moves the module up (or down) a notch in the "stack" of modules in the current pane.
• Move To... Moves the module to the listed pane.

Module Settings
All modules have a Settings option which allow you to configure the module.

In the lower left corner of the modules you will see the icon shown above. This pencil-on-paper icon takes you to the module settings page, where you can edit the module's configuration. Note that this feature is the same as the Settings option on the menu described above. Lets take a look at a few important module settings.

When you click the Settings icon, you are taken to the Module Settings page, shown above.

• Module. Displays the module type. This is never editable.
• Title. The visible title of the module. You may edit it here, or edit it in-place, as described above.
• Permissions. Determines who has the right to view and/or edit the module. By default, the "Inherit View permissions from Page" option is checked off, meaning that the module just behaves like the rest of the page it's on.

A few additional notes about module Permissions:

• Administrators can always view and edit modules.
• You may select additional roles to have edit permission for the module by clicking the checkbox under Edit Module for the appropriate role.
• If you uncheck "Inherit View permissions from Page" you can also select specific roles that are allowed to view the module (all others unchecked will not be able to see the module).
• You may also add one or more specific user accounts in the Username field to set view and edit permissions by user.

If you click the sign next to the Advanced Settings label, the page will display the additional fields shown above. You have these advanced options:

• Display Module On All Pages. When checked, copies (technically, links) the module to every page on your site. All copies are linked together, so editing any of them on any page edits all of them. You can go to any specific page of your site and remove the module from that page, if you don't want it there.
• Header. A little slice of text or HTML that will appear above the content of your module.
• Footer. A little slice of text or HTML that will appear below the content of your module.
• Start Date. The first date that the module should become visible on the page.
• End Date. The last date the module will be visible on the page.

If you click the sign next to the Page Settings, you will be shown the additional options above. A few of these are described here:

• Alignment. Aligns the module to the left, center, or right of the pane. You may also opt to not specify. Usually, this option is best left at the default.
• Color. The color for the module, in hexadecimal. This option is best left at the default.
• Border. The width of a border for the module. This option is best left at the default.
• Display Container. The "container" is the virtual frame that contains the content within the module. The design, or skin, of your site determines what the container looks like. You may opt to hide the container in certain circumstances to just display the module content.
• Allow Print. When checked, displays the little printer friendly icon in the lower right of the module. Unchecking it removes the printer friendly icon.