The home page banner module allows you to put a graphic on your home page and link it to a URL. It is a nice solution for placing banners to social networking sites, ENews sign up, Kindergarten registrations, etc.

The placement of the banners depends on your design template. A bank of default graphics is available for you use or you can upload your own custom graphic.

Add a home page banner:

1. Click on the Home Page Banners link in the admin area.
2. Title - Enter in a Title for the home page banner (optional). This will not display on the front end but will help in organizing/editing the banner in the admin area.
3. Link to URL - Enter in a URL for the banner to link to. Note: this can link to an internal page or an external website.
4. Image - Choose from one of the default banner choices by clicking on 'Use this link to add a Default Banner' link or upload your own image by clicking the Browse button. Please note the recommended sizing listed above the field.
5. Start/Stop Showing - Use the Start Showing and Stop Showing fields to determine when it will be accessible. The Stop Showing field is optional.
6. Page Location - select the column the banner should display in (only available for certain template designs).
   
7. Click Save. 
8. Banner Locations - upon hitting save, you can select which location(s) the home page banner applies to, if applicable.
9. Hit Save.

Edit a home page banner:

1. Click on the Home Page Banners link in the admin area.
2. Click on the link - edit existing.
3. Select the edit link under the banner you would like to edit. 
4. Make your edits. 
5. Hit Save.

To sort home page banners:

1. Click on the Home Page Banners link.
2. Select the sort existing link. 
3. In the sort column, enter the number of the order you wish the home page banners to display. Entering in 0 for all will sort alphabetically. Integers can be entered such as 1.1 or 3.1.
4. Hit Sort when finished.

To delete a home page banner:

1. Click on the Home Page Banners link in the admin area.
2. Click on the link - edit existing.
3. Select the edit link under the banner you would like to delete. 
4. Select the checkbox next to Delete Banner. 
5. Hit Delete.
6. Please note: deleted banners cannot be recovered.