Add content blocks to your Page layout

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With Showpad's Pages, you can design beautiful Pages to showcase content. Prepare your sellers by providing a guide to the information they need in one convenient, navigable location. By presenting engaging and contextually relevant Pages, sales reps can improve the overall buyer experience.

Pages are visually appealing and versatile. For that reason, you may add numerous types of content blocks to the sections of your Page. Below is a step by step guide on how to add different types of content to your Page.

See how it works

You need this to succeed

• Showpad Plus or Ultimate package
• A Showpad admin account or a Promoted Member account with permission to manage content
• A Page with a selected layout

Note: Customers with the Plus package cannot edit or add to the templated section of the Page but can add and edit sections underneath it.
When using Pages on the Plus package, the headers will be fixed for whichever template you choose, and you will not be able to add additional gallery blocks.

The quick way

1. Select Heading, Table of Contents, Text, Gallery, Assets, Pages, Experiences, Courses, Spacers, Buttons and Videos blocks to add
2. Drag and drop them to your layout
3. Edit the blocks to add content

Do this step by step

While working on your Page, remember to click Save to retain your changes. On Pages already distributed to users, Saved changes will be automatically available to them.

Select the content block you would like to learn more about.

• Heading
• Table Of Contents
• Text
• Gallery
• Assets
• Pages
• Experiences
• Courses
• Spacer
• Button
• Video

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Heading

Add headings to the sections of your Page to help your sellers identify the content they need. You can link to a heading from a button, gallery image, and text. Adding headings is the first step in creating a clickable table of contents for your Page.

1. Drag the Heading block onto the Page canvas and add it to the content section you wish to highlight. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. Give the heading a title in the Heading Text field.
3. To choose to add an Icon to the Heading block, toggle the setting on, then drag and drop or browse for your icon to upload. The icon is positioned to the left of the heading text.
   
4. Customize the heading style by setting the Level, Text color, Font type, Font size, and Alignment. Your admin defines the available font types.
5. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the heading block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and style as needed.

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Table of Contents

Make your Page navigable and engaging by adding one or more tables of content. The Table Of Contents block is a clickable list of the headings on your Page. Clicking on a heading in the table of contents will scroll to the designated section on the Page.

1. Drag the Table Of Contents block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. 
2. A list of the Heading blocks appears as a table of contents. The list is in the order in which the headings appear on the Page from top to bottom. The Level style you set when you edit a heading determines its list level (indentation) in the table of contents.
3. Click the eye next to a heading to hide it from the table of contents.
4. Customize the Link style. When displaying the table of contents vertically, you can decide to show or hide bullet points. If you display it horizontally, you can show or hide separators between the links.
5. Enhance the appearance by setting the Text color, Font type, and Font size. Your admin defines the available font types.
6. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Table of Contents block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and style as needed.

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Text

1. To add written content, drag the Text block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. In the editor, type what you want to include in your Text block. It will automatically populate on the Page.
3. Use the rich text editor to enhance the appearance. Choose the Font type, Font size, style, color, and alignment. You can also create bulleted or numbered lists and remove the formatting. Your admin defines the available font types.
   
4. To add a text link, highlight the desired text and click the link icon. Set the Display Text and select the Link Type.
   • URL: Select the protocol and enter the URL
   • E-mail: Enter the E-Mail Address, Message Subject, and Message Body
   • Heading: Select a Heading block on the Page.
   
5. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Text block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and style as needed.

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Gallery

Customers on the Ultimate package can add additional Gallery blocks to their Pages.

1. Drag the Gallery block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. In the Content section, drag and drop or browse to upload images to the gallery. 
3. In the Design section, check Fit to block if you want your images to zoom in to fit the block. Depending on the image block size and the size of the image, it may be cropped when selecting Fit to block.
4. Choose if want margins around the images. Remember that the image gallery will not expand beyond the Page's maximum width of 1100px, even if No margins is selected.
5. You can choose to Show Thumbnails if you upload multiple images. If selected, users can navigate between thumbnails of the images in the gallery. Drag and drop the images in the Content section to set their thumbnail order.
6. To display the gallery images as a slideshow, check Automatically transition from one image to the next. Select the duration between transitions in seconds on the slider.
7. To edit or delete an image from the gallery, click the edit or trash icon on the image in the Content section.
8. To change the focal point of an image, hover over the image and click the edit icon. Drag the box to your desired focal point. The image to the right will preview how this changes the image's appearance.
9. To add a link to your image, hover over the image and click the edit icon. You can link an image to an Asset, Page, URL asset, Experience, or Heading. Select the type of content you want to link to from the drop-down menu, then search for and select the content. You can filter your search for an Experience by selecting a Type. You can link to any Heading block on your Page.

   Note: On a shareable Page, links to Pages, Experiences, or non-sharable assets will not work.

   
10. To delete an image from the gallery, hover over the image and click the trash icon.
11. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Gallery block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and design as needed.

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Assets

Note: On a shareable Page, non-shareable assets are not displayed. 

1. Drag the Assets block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. Add a Title to the block if you'd like. 
3. To choose to add an Icon to the asset block, toggle the setting on, then drag and drop or browse for your icon to upload. 
4. Under the Content section, you can add content Manually by searching for assets or Dynamically. If you choose Manually, search for the asset you want to include, then select it from the list. It will be added to the section.
5. You can also browse and select assets using various filters by clicking Advanced. Choose to filter based on selected File Types, asset properties, Tags, Locale, Author, or Source. You can use the search function here or apply a saved filter.
   Select the assets you wish to add to the Page block, then click Insert items.
6. Alternatively, choose to Dynamically filter content by File Type, Property, Tags, Locale, and Source.
   • To fill the content block with only certain file types or asset properties, Click File Type or Property and select them from the list.
   • To Include assets with specific Tags, specify the parameters.
     • Match ALL of these tags: Exclude content that doesn’t have all tags.
     • Match ANY of these tags:  Add results that match any single tag.
     • Match NONE of these tags: Choose which content tags to exclude.
   • To Include assets mapped to specific Locales, specify the parameters.
     • Match ALL of these languages and countries: Exclude content that doesn’t include all these locale properties.
     • Match ANY of these languages and countries:  Add results that match any single locale property.
     • Match NONE of these languages and countries: Choose which locale properties to exclude.
   • Use the Source filter to narrow the asset sources. Specify All Libraries, Other Libraries, or the Division Library of your Page.
   

7. To ensure a seamless experience with the Page, Limit the number of files per block. Type a number in the box to set the maximum number of assets you wish to populate. Up to 20 files offer the best viewing experience. When left blank, the number of files is limited to 250.

   Remember, if more assets match the dynamic filter than the limit set, the additional assets will not be available to the user. To see which assets are unavailable at your limit, click the number of more results below the content list.

   
8. The list of the content included in your block can be sorted in Ascending or Descending order by the attributes: Name, Added, Uploaded, Updates, Views, or Manually if you added content manually.

   Note: When users view the assets sorted by Name, the order in which assets are displayed is case-insensitive, shows characters and symbols first before filenames that start with a digit, and groups digits together. For example, “a”=“A”, “Asset.PDF” will be displayed before “1Asset.PDF”, and “1Asset.PDF”, “2Asset.PDF” will be displayed before “10Asset.PDF”.

   
9. In the Settings section, customize how the assets are displayed in the block.
   
   • View mode: You can display the files in a Grid or List view. Depending on the view mode you choose, different display settings are available.
     • With either Grid or List view selected, you can choose to:
       • Show block when empty: Show the block and title even if content is unavailable. Disable this option to hide the block and title when empty, please note that it may affect the layout. For example, if multiple blocks are next to each other.
       • Enable item selection: Show checkboxes to let users select multiple items for actions like Share, Add to Collection, or Add to Shared Space. Disable this option to hide checkboxes and turn off bulk actions.
       • Paginate items: Set the number of files displayed in the block. Users can view all files using the page navigation at the bottom. You can set a maximum of 50 items per page.
     • With List view selected, you can choose to:
       
       • Show description: Display each asset’s description below the filename. If a description is longer than space allows, a Show more button will let users see the full text. Disable this option to hide descriptions. 

         Note: Descriptions are displayed on shareable assets on shareable Pages.

       • Show content type: Show each asset's icon and content type above the filename. Disable this option to hide icons and content types.
       • Show thumbnail: Show the thumbnail of each asset. Disable this option to hide thumbnails
   
10. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Assets block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and settings as needed.

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Pages

Note: On a shareable Page, Pages in a Page block are not displayed.

1. Drag the Pages block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. You have the same options to set up the Pages block as the Asset block. However, you will be adding Pages. You can add Pages with Dynamic filtering using Tags, Locale, and Source. See asset directions above.

Adding an Experience or Page to an existing Page does not mean the user can access that content automatically.

Grant users access to all Pages when using nested Pages. Access is not inherited from the top level. Instead, it must be explicitly granted by adding all Pages to an Experience your users can access.

For example, a user can only open a Page nested in another Page on an Advanced Experience if they already have access to the nested Page in the same or another Experience.

Verify that users already have access to a nested Page in an existing Experience. If not, add the Page to a Classic Experience the user can access, and they will also be able to open it in the Advanced Experience.

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Experiences

Note: On a shareable Page, Experiences are not displayed.  

1. Drag the Experiences block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. Add a Title to the block if you'd like. 
3. To choose to add an Icon to the asset block, toggle the setting on, then drag and drop or browse for your icon to upload.
4. In the Content section, select the Type of Experiences you would like to add to the Page. This can help filter the available options.
5. Add Experiences by searching and selecting them from the dropdown menu. Then, search and select the Experience folder to display. Choose Root to show the Experience's main folder.
6. In the Settings section, customize how the Experiences are displayed in the block.
   • View mode: You can display the Experiences in a Grid or List view. Depending on the view mode you choose, different display settings are available.
     • With either Grid or List view selected, you can choose to:
       
       • Paginate items: Set the number of Experiences displayed in the block. Users can view all Experiences using the page navigation at the bottom. You can set a maximum of 50 items per page.
     • With List view selected, you can choose to:
       • Show description: Display each Experience’s description below the name. If a description is longer than the space allows, a Show more button will let users see the full text. Disable this option to hide descriptions.
       • Show content type: Show each Exprience's icon and content type (folder or Experience) above the name. Disable this option to hide icons and content types.
       • Show thumbnail: Show the thumbnail of each Exprience. Disable this option to hide thumbnails.
   
7. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Experiences block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and settings as needed.

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Courses

Notes:   - On a shareable Page, Courses are not displayed.
               - Sellers can only see Courses assigned to them from the Coach Library.
               - Promoted Users must have the 'Manage Content' and 'Manage Courses & Paths' permissions enabled to add Courses blocks to a Page.

1. Drag the Courses block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. Add a Title to the block if you'd like.
3. To choose to add an Icon to the asset block, toggle the setting on, then drag and drop or browse for your icon to upload.
4. Next, add Courses by searching and selecting them from the dropdown menu.
   
5. Alternatively, click Advanced to browse and select Courses using filters based on Owners, Groups, and Status. Select the Courses you wish to add to the Page, then click Insert items.
   
6. In the Settings section, customize how the Courses are displayed in the block:
   • View mode: Display the files in a grid or list view. 
   • Show block when empty: Show the block and title even if content is unavailable. Disable this option to hide the block and title when empty, but note that it may affect the layout. For example, if multiple blocks are next to each other.
   • Paginate items: Set the number of Courses displayed in the block. Users can view all Courses using the page navigation at the bottom. You can set a maximum of 50 Courses per page.
7. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Courses block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and settings as needed.

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Spacer

Add spacers to create white space between content blocks.

1. Drag the Spacer block to where you would like to improve the spacing on the Page.
2. Click on the spacer and use the adjuster to change the height. On mobile, spacers are intentionally removed to avoid layout issues.
3. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Spacer block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the height as needed.

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Button

Note: On a shareable Page, links to Pages, Experiences, or non-sharable assets will not work.

Use Button blocks to create buttons on the Page that link to assets, Pages, URL assets, headings, or Experiences.

1. Drag the Button block to where you would like it to appear on the Page. If it is already on the Page, click the block to open the edit panel.
2. Type the words that appear on the button in the Button Text field. A short text is preferable to avoid getting cut off when the window width is reduced.
3. Next, link the button to an Asset, Page, URL asset, Experience, or Heading. Select None if you don't want to link the button to anything.
4. Choose the type of content you want to link to from the drop-down menu, then search for and select the content. You can filter your search for an Experience by selecting a Type. You can link to any Heading block on your Page.
5. In the Button style section, use the slider to make the button's corners more or less round. 
6. Select a Background color, Text color, Font type, and Font size. Your admin defines the available font types.
7. Set the Button size. You can choose to:
   • Fit the button to the block.
   • Fit the button to text. To widen the button, set the Minimum width. The button can’t be smaller than the text.
   
8. Select an alignment of Left, Center, or Right.
9. To save time, click Duplicate to copy the Button block. Drag and drop the duplicated block to another section of your Page. Adjust the content and style as needed.