This component has three tabs, Call to Action Button Bar, List and Curated List. (If Child Pages is selected as the list type, the third tab switches to display corresponding settings.)
This component is intended to be placed just above the footer.
Click the wrench icon to 'configure' these settings.
Brand and Stewardship Considerations
Because of its prominent placement, this should only be used for high value conversions or information needs related to critical key tasks. The wording must be tight and on-target and the choices should be supported by regular evaluation and assessment.
Technical Restrictions
This component is intended to be placed just above the footer.
The component opened for editing, displaying the main tab.
Provide an optional Title for the bar.
List tab
Chose between the Child Pages and Curated List options. This selection will load an additional tab to house related settings.
Here you will choose the type of list, as well as additional advanced settings.
Build CTA Buttons Using: This drop-down menu asks how you want to build your list. You have the option to build it using:
Child pages: Populate the content of the list with the pages found in a segment of a website.
A Child Pages tab will automatically appear. Click the magnifying glass icon to the right of the Parent Page field to select a folder from which to display pages in your list. (If you build your list with child pages you do not have the option of displaying them in the order of your choice.)
Curated list: Build a list with selected choices. Requires you to manually add pages to the list (and maintain).
A Curated List tab will automatically appear. Click the magnifying glass icons to select Web pages to be displayed.
Use the Up and Down buttons to specify the order that the web pages will be displayed in the list. The minus (-) buttons allow you to delete web pages while the + button enables you to add Web pages.
New window: Select so each clicked page is displayed in a new browser window.
Link Label Icons
When New Window is selected, an additional icon will follow the linked text, to alert visitors that they will be taken to a new browser window, or even leave the current website.
And if the hyperlink goes to a downloadable file, an document icon will instead be shown as well as the file size if the file is on the same server. (Read more about link labels.)
The component opened for editing, displaying the options on the List tab.
Order by: There are several ways in which you can order your list. Not all appear in the dropdown.
(blank): By default, the leaving the setting blank will sort the list by its natural arrangement in the folder.
cq:lastModified: The list will be ordered by the date of modification. The page most recently edited will appear on top.
cq:template: The order will be established according to its arrangement in the Page Tree, sorted by template type used on each page.
jcr:created: Order the list by the date of creation, with the earliest date of creation beginning the list.This setting can be confusing. Author and live pages often will not match because your live site order is determined by the first activation date for each page on the publishers, not their original creation date in author. Subsequent reactivations have no impact, but a page that is deactivated and then reactivated will receive that latest activation date.
jcr:title: The list is ordered alphabetically by title.
navTitle: The list will be ordered alphabetically based on the Navigation Title in each page's Page Properties (see Page Properties Basic tab settings).
postDate: Arrange the list items by the date the pages were created for pages created using the News Article Template or for pages that include the Date Created component. Using postDate for other pages will result in a randomized order.
random: Each time someone views the page, they will see a random order to the list.
Reverse order: Check the box to select whether you would like to inverse the order selected in the Order by field.
Start at: Select how many items you would like to skip at the beginning of the list (example: '5' will skip the first four items and begin the list at the fifth item). Left blank, the default value of '1' will result in the list displaying every item in your list. This setting can be useful if you wish to feature several items in one group, perhaps at the top of your news page, or on your homepage, and NOT have them repeated with the rest of your list displayed elsewhere on your site.
Limit: Choose a maximum number of entries (optional).
If left blank, the default value is 100; for example, if you leave it blank, no more than 100 items will be available.
If you set the Limit value smaller than the Paginate after value, users will never see the next page navigation!
If you want all items to appear in the list, do not leave the Limit field blank. Instead, enter a value that you anticipate will meet your needs; for example, 200, 500, etc. (The News Center has used 9999 as a 'very large number' because their archives date to 1990.)
Exclude current page - Do not display any entries that link to the page on which the list is shown (optional).
Enable Scheduling: Select to enable shared content Scheduling.
Scheduling can be used to automatically change the content in a list over time.
When scheduling is enabled, only pages whose Feature Time (as set in each page’s Page Properties) will be shown in the list.
Scheduled lists can be previewed for a given date and time by right-clicking the list and choosing “Schedule Preview”.
Unlike Delayed Activation or Scheduled On/Off Time, Feature Time does not affect the page’s visibility elsewhere on the site; it is still visible in navigation or by direct link.
Pages with Feature Time set must still be activated.
Examples of uses for list scheduling:
Push select 'hot' items into a special featured list on your main page.
Hide an application link after a deadline has passed.
Switch from one featured image to another in a slideshow each day (set the start time of one item to the end time of another).
Best Practices
This component is best placed towards the end of the page, to reinforce key items once people get farther down the page.
Advanced Use - Google Analytics Tags
Use this Google Analytics tag to track 'Events' for usage of the Call to Action Button Bar component.