The Document download button can be used on all pages with either a sidebar (on the left) or a highlight box (aligned within text on the right). These instructions are for adding a download button to a sidebar. There are separate instructions for adding a document ocument download button to the highlight box area.
It provides a clickable button for important documents that you wish to highlight on your page. You can see a live example on the right of this page.
Instructions
Before continuing, make sure the section (page) you are working on has a Sidebar (or Shared Sidebar) hidden folder so you can add the Document download button. If not please see the instructions for adding a Sidebar folder.
- Find the hidden Sidebar (or Shared Sidebar) section for your page in your site structure;
- Click on the blue Actions button and click Create content;
- A list of content will appear. Select the item called 'Download button - HighlightBox, Sidebar'; (Find out how to add a Content type)
- A form will appear. Complete the form as follows:
NB: There are six fields, the first two are compulsory and one of the two link options should always be used.
Download button content type fields
| Field title | What should I do? | Is it compulsory? |
| Name* | Name the button and give it a concise description e.g. Download button - training page | Yes |
| Link text* | This is the text that appears in the button (Max 128 characters) | Yes |
| File type | Add the file type, for example, PDF, DOCX, TXT, WORD (always use CAPITAL LETTERS) | No |
| File size | Add the size of the file, for example, 25MB, 2KB (always use CAPITAL LETTERS and no space) | No |
| Link Media Library | Click Select media to Add a document (pdf, Word, Powerpoint etc.,) from the Media Library OR | No, but buttons must link to somewhere |
| Link external file | Copy and paste a file URL from external website, the URL must be hosted outside the CMS (max 640 characters) | No, but buttons must link to somewhere |
| Highlight |
Select 'Highlighted' for a navy button Select 'Not highlighted' for a white button |
No, it will default to highlighted which will create a navy button |
Select Save and approve to save your changes.
