Kentico - Changing Site Contacts, Info & Alerts

This document details how to change information settings throughout the site in Kentico. These settings include contact information for the site, navigation options and an alert bar. These changes are all made under the Content tab. Site social media, top bar call to action, and site alert are all set on the main page of each site. The priority nav is set on each individual page.

Edit Sites and Social Media Links
Edit the Priority Nav Menu
Edit the Topbar Call to Action
Activate the Alert Bar


Screenshot of Site Settings Circled in UWGB Financial Aid Page


Edit Sites and Social Media Links

Screenshot of Site Contact Links in Nav Menu

Add social media icons to the site navigation menu using the following steps:

  • Open the Pages application.
  • In the content tree, click to select the homepage of the subsite that you want to edit.
  • Switch to the Content tab and expand the Social Media section.
  • Enter the appropriate email, phone number, and urls for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Linked In. If you leave these blank, nothing will show.
  • Click Save to apply the changes.

Edit the Priority Nav Menu

The priority navigation is a short list of links that appear on the top right of every page in the sub-site along with a “More” link that expands the complete navigation for the site. It serves to elevate 2-3 key pages that users will need most, while drawing attention to the rest of the navigation. You must add pages to the priority navigation in each site. To do so, complete the following steps.

  • Open the Pages application.
  • In the content tree, click to select a page that you want to add to the priority nav.
  • Switch to the Content tab and expand the Navigation section.
  • Enable the Show in Priority Nav Menu checkbox.
  • Click Save to apply the change.

Edit the Topbar Call to Action

Each subsite has the option to edit the Apply link and grad cap icon in the dark green header at the top of every page. By default, this links to the Admissions Apply page and uses a grad cap. In most cases this is appropriate, and nothing needs to be changed. In rare cases, the target audience may be a prospective employee (on the UW-Green Bay Career Opportunities site) or a prospective graduate student (on master’s program pages) and it would make more sense to use a different icon and link. To change this, complete the following steps.

  • Open the Pages application.
  • In the content tree, click to select the homepage of the subsite that you want to edit.
  • Switch to the Content tab and expand the Navigation section.
  • Edit the Topbar Call to Action text.
  • Edit the Topbar Call to Action link by entering a relative path or clicking the Select button to select a page in the Kentico site tree.
  • Select an icon under the Topbar Call to Action Icon drop-down menu.
  • Click Save to apply the changes.

Activate the Alert Bar

Each subsite has the option to activate a textual alert bar that appears at the bottom of the screen. Follow the steps below to activate the alert.

  • Open the Pages application.
  • In the content tree, click to select the homepage of the subsite where you want to enable the alert bar.
  • Switch to the Content tab and expand the Alerts section.
  • Enable the Display Alert checkbox.
  • Select the Alert Style.
  • Enter brief text in the Alert Message. Keep this very brief or it will take up much of the screen on mobile. You can insert a link to more information, if needed.
  • Click Save to apply the change.

There is a 2-minute delay in having your site alert appear. This is due to a cache that is set to make Kentico run as fast as possible. If you don’t see your alert right away, just wait a couple of minutes and check again.



Keywordscontact, information, Kentico, changing   Doc ID82609
OwnerStudent W.GroupUW Green Bay
Created2018-06-01 13:21:56Updated2023-12-22 12:59:58
SitesUW Green Bay
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