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How to add and manage Promotional items

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  1. From the Administration bar, select My Workbench.

  2. Click on the Create/Manage Content tab.

  3. Click on the Promotional item button.

  4. Select Add Promotional item link.

  5. Insert an appropriate heading for the item. You can choose to not have this heading display above the promotional item by clicking on the Do not display heading checkbox.

  6. Add the desired Body content.

  7. Set the Promotional item Visibility. This dictates on which pages the item will appear.


    Visibility is dictated by inserting the URL paths of the specific pages on which the item should appear. See the notes on promotional item visibility below.

  8. If desired, enter a Randomization group.


    Entering a Randomization group allows the promotional item to change
    to a different item from that group every time the page is refreshed.
    See the notes on Randomization groups below.

  9. If desired, check the Sticky at top of lists checkbox.


    Checking this box will force this Promotional item to appear at the
    very top of the sidebar no matter the existing content on the page.

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Visibility

If left blank, the Promotional item will appear on the sidebar of every page in the website.

To limit where the Promotional item will appear, first select the page you want it to appear on. Copy the URL path (after the domain name) for that page and paste it in to the Visibility text box. Paste as many URL paths as you would like in to the Visibility text box, one path per line.

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To re-arrange Promotional items, go to My Workbench and click on Create/Manage Content. Select Promotional item. To rearrange non-sticky items click on Rearrange promotional non-sticky items. To rearrange sticky items, click on Rearrange promotional sticky items. Use cross arrows to arrange order of items and Save.

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Randomization groups

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If left blank, the Promotional item will behave as normal.

If a Randomization group is added, the Promotional item will change to any of the Promotional items placed in this group every time a page is refreshed or re-entered. The Randomization group name can be any meaningful term and does not appear on or with the Promotional item on the user end. In order for Promotional Items to cycle between each other upon refresh the Randomization group name must be the same.

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