Modules Introduction Documentation

Introduction

Group Package 1 websites contain a mix of default verbiage and imagery, with your group's details. This is managed for you by Scouts Online. There is no ability change the settings.

If you'd like to upgrade to a higher package level, please contact us.

Scouts Online web pages use modules to present text, images, information, videos and more.

The website modules are initially setup to present Default content. The Default text, images and videos present on-brand Scout Association material, and are managed centrally by Scouts Online, for you, to deliver up-to-date material and maximise new Scouts Online features.

However, you may want to override the default settings for your requirements. Once overridden, the contents will no longer be managed for you.

Use Cases

The following panels show specific tasks. Click on a panel to see the procedures.

Override Default Content

Here are instructions on editing the default Scouts Online page content.

Change text, photos, links, contact forms, and much more.

You can change the settings of any module on your website.

To edit a module, follow these steps:

Login with a Site Admin username and password
Open Members/My Profile and ensure that the Content Edit Mode field is ticked (See Fig. 1), so that you can see the settings below each module
Open the page you want to edit and look for the settings bar below modules. See Fig. 2 and Fig. 3
The grey bar indicates that the module is using the Scouts Online default settings.
The salmon-coloured bar shows that the module has been personalised for your website.
To edit the module, click the settings
The Use/Edit field controls whether the module uses the Scouts Online default settings or your settings
In order to edit the settings, change the Use/Edit field to your Group's District's County's name
You will see that the Use/Edit field turns salmon-coloured and the button will appear
Click the button to use the default settings as the basis for your own settings
Now you may change the settings as required
Click to keep your changes or to abandon your changes
You will notice that the settings bar is now displayed with a salmon colour to indicate that you have edited it. See Fig. 3

NB. If you make a mistake, you may reverse the change in the Admin/Admin Audit Trail or change the Use/Edit field back to the Scouts Online Default

Fig. 1: Content Edit Mode field ticked

Fig. 2: Settings Bar - Using default settings

Fig. 3: Settings Bar - Using edited settings

Override Per Scout Section

Set content on a within a Scout section.

When you open a page within a Scout section, you will see content which may be for all sections, or for the specific sections that you're viewing.

You can override the module's settings with Group District County wide settings, and/or override it for a specific sections

To set a default and then override for a section, follow these steps:

Follow the steps to Override Default Content
Re-edit the module and change the Use/Edit field to your section specific name. See Fig. 1
You will see that the Use/Edit field turns salmon-coloured (Fig. 2) and a button appears
Click to use your website wide settings as the basis for your own settings
Now you may change the settings as required, just for the specific section
Click to keep your changes or to abandon your changes

Fig. 1: Use/Edit field for sections

Fig. 2: Section selected

Revert to Default Content

Change a module's settings back to the Scouts Online default.

You can change the settings of a module back to the Scouts Online default.

To this, follow these steps:

Login with a Site Admin username and password
Open Members/My Profile and ensure that the Content Edit Mode field is ticked.
Open the page you want to edit and look for the salmon-coloured settings bar below the module that you want to changes. See Fig. 1
To edit the module, click the settings
Change the Use/Edit field back to 'Scouts Online Default'. See Fig. 2
The module's settings fields will revert back to the Scouts Online default
Click the button to save the changes and confirm the change

Fig. 1: Settings Bar - Using edited settings

Fig. 2: Use/Edit field for sections

Set Module Animation

Animate a module when it appears on the browser

All modules include the ability to draw the attention of website visitors by animating their appearance.

You can set the animation type, a delay before animating, the speed of animation and any repeat of the animation.

To setup animation for a module, follow these steps:

Click the settings below the module and override the default settings. See here.
Set the Animation type
Set a Delay if you don't want the animation to start immediately
Set the Speed of the animation
Set the number of Repeats
Click to keep your changes or to abandon your changes