The top section of the Main Customization Page, which loads when you log into the administrative area, is where you will administer the content of the menus that appear on both the Public and Members-Only areas of the web site. (See Figure 6 and 7.)
In this section, you will see a table with three columns. The first column lists all the menu items available to turn on or off in either the Members Only or Public areas of the web site. The next two columns, labeled "Public Site Area" and "Members Only Area" have check boxes to activate or disable the display of the menu item listed. After checking the boxes adjacent to the menu title, you must—CLICK THE BUTTON LABELED "CLICK HERE TO ACTIVATE THE SELECTIONS ABOVE." Although there are several preloaded choices when your site is first set up, (ie, membership directory, etc.), it is common to create new menu items for your site. For example, you may wish to create a menu item titled "President's Message" or "October Golf Outing" or "Legislative Updates." These are referred to as "custom pages." You may create as many custom pages as you like; there are no limits. The place where you create custom pages is located directly below the area discussed above, and is labeled "Custom Pages Area."
After you create at least one new custom page, the page title along with two new check boxes will appear in the table. When you are ready to deploy your new page on the menu area of your choice, click the box, select your activation preference, then activate your new selection.
After the first custom page is created, additional custom pages can be either "top-level" or "second-level pages". This is not as complicated as it might seem at first glance. It simply refers to the placement on the menu. (A good example of top- and 2nd-level pages are newsletters. The menu title "Newletters" would typically be a top level page type, while second levels under it could be titled September, October, etc.)
Figure 6
This is set up almost automatically. The only selection required is the type of custom page, and for 2nd-level pages, which top level page it should reside under. This is simply chosen with one click from the pull-down menu box showing your choices, located next to the Create New Custom Page button.
Figure 7 (Continuation of Figure 6 as you scroll down the page).
