You need to then activate which content region you want to appear on that page by clicking on “set current content”.
This type of content region is used when you want a standard content region to randomly rotate (with each page reload) on your page. You can rotate any standard content that you already have on your site.
To add a random content region, click “add” above the area where you want to put the content. Then select “random content region” and follow the same steps as to add a standard content region
To activate which content regions you want to randomly change on that page by clicking on “set current content”.
Check the boxes next to the content that you want to randomly change on your page. Click on “save changes” at the bottom of the screen.
Hit the blue back button to go back to the page you were working on.
The rotating content region is similar to the random content region with the exception that you can control the rotation of the piece of information. Rotating content may look like Flash, an animation, or a slide show, but it is just images rotating through. Some Photoshop experience is needed to get a more complicated animation.
The first step to adding a rotating content region to your page is to click “add” above the area where you want to put the content. Then select “rotating content region”. Click on the “edit icon” (little piece of paper and pen) and click on “new content item”. Enter a content name in the box and make sure you know what the name means. Then enter your information in the editor box below. Hit “save changes”. You can add as many content items as you would like by repeating these steps.
You need to then activate which content regions you want to rotate on that page by clicking on “set current content”. Check the boxes next to the content that you want to rotate on your page. Click on “save changes” at the bottom of the screen.
You also need to set up the properties for the rotation. Click on the “properties” link.
The “width” and the “height” boxes are for the area that is uses on the page. You will want to set it up to match the original images size. For instance, if you are going to rotate five different photos and the photos are 120 pixels wide and 70 pixels high, you will want to set the “width” and “height” to 120 and 70 pixels. If you enter a percentage, it will use that percentage; along with it will stretch your image, to the size of the column where this content region is located. It will push the remaining columns out and your website will “explode".
The transition type needs to be chosen to either Slide Show or Scrolling. The transition effect can be used for the Slide Show only and it is how the images rotate through.
Frame timeout is how long the image is shown before it rotates and changes. It is in milliseconds, so 3000 ms equals 3 seconds.
The scroll direction can only be used for the scrolling transition type. You can choose to make it scroll up, down, left or right.
The scrolling speed is how long it takes in milliseconds to scroll. Again, 500 milliseconds equal a half a second.
The smooth scroll makes the images scroll smoothly, and not quickly jump to the next image.
The smooth scroll delay is how long it takes in milliseconds to smoothly scroll.
The pause on mouse over is where the rotating content pauses when the mouse is over the content.
The use random slide makes the images randomly rotate through. Otherwise, if it is not checked, it will automatically rotate through the list you checked.
The Tool Tip box is where you enter any description that will show up everytime someone mouse over the rotating content region.
The CSS Class allow you to set up a style sheet for the text on the region.
Hit the blue back button to go back to the page you were working on.
Something to keep in mind is that the photos or text should be put in a table so they are always the same size and look consistent. (To fix the table size, right click on the table and select “table properties” and enter in the width box the width that you want the table to be.)
