The Page Layout Helper lets
you easily make changes to global attributes (logo, fonts,
header, and footer), and to the look of the Search Box
and Search Results.
The Page Layout Helper has three sections:
You can have one section open, two, or all three
at the same time. Click the right arrow in front of the section you want
to open. When you click the Save Page Layout Code
button, the changes you made in any open section are saved to the Stylesheet. All changes are optional.
Global Attributes
In the Global Attributes section, you can quickly
put your logo on the pages, specify the fonts to use, and add the HTML
header and the HTML footer code used on your web site. The
Preview button opens a browser window to let you see
the actual look of each page with each change as you make it, but the
changes are not saved until you click the Save Page Layout Code button. A new window
opens each time you click Preview. You can close
these windows as you finish looking at them.
To change the Global attributes:
- Click the right arrow next to Global Attributes to display the contents.
- Enter the location and name of your company logo. You may have to
type the complete URL.
- Enter the width and height in pixels of your logo image.
- Click the Preview button. A browser window opens to show your change. Close the
browser window.
- Enter the name of the font family that your web site uses, such
as "Times Roman,serif." The font face is case insensitive. If you enter a font that is not recognized, it
defaults to "Times." (Continue previewing each change.)
- Paste your web site's header code in the Header area.
- Paste your web site's footer code in the Footer area.
- When finished, click the Save Page Layout Code button.
You can enable Google Analytics on the search appliance to track your search
pages. You can then use web-based reporting tools to study visitor behavior,
evaluate your AdWords and marketing campaigns, and optimize content and market
strategies. You can determine which keywords are most effective by tracking
searches performed on the search appliance, as well as navigation to and from
the search results page.
To set up Analytics reporting:
When you enable Analytics reporting in your search appliance, the search appliance
automatically adds the Analytics code block to the Front End.
- If you do not have an account with Google Analytics, go to https://www.google.com/analytics/ to create a new account.
Google Analytics provides you a code block to attach to your web page.
- Copy just the account number of the code block. For example, in the following code block, the account number is:
UA-123456-1.
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_uacct = "UA-123456-1";
urchinTracker();
</script>
- Log in to the Admin Console and navigate to the Serving > Front Ends > Output Format page.
- Under Page Layout Helper, click the arrow next to Global Attributes.
- In the Google Analytics Account Number text box, paste the Analytics account number that you copied.
- Click the Save Page Layout Code button.
To track another Front End, click Front Ends under the main menu on the left, and then select the Edit link adjacent to the the Front End you want to integrate with Google Analytics. Enter your Analytics account number in the Page Layout Helper.
In the Search Box section, you can affect
changes to the Search text box and button, to the language and encoding,
and select which collections are available to your users to
search.
To change the Search Box attributes:
- Click Search Box to display the contents.
- To lengthen or shorten the Search Box from 32 characters, type another number.
- Click the Preview button. A
browser window opens to show your change. Close the browser window.
- To replace the phrase Google Search on the button, type another word in the Use Text box. To use
another image to replace the gray rectangular button, click the Use Image option and enter the complete
URL to the image. (Continue previewing each change.)
- Click the Collections checkbox to display a menu of your collections
so that your users can select which one to search.
- If you purchased the secure search package, the Secure Search option is enabled, letting your users choose to search over public documents or both public and secure documents. Click the checkbox to disable the display of the Secure Search option.
- When finished, click the Save Page Layout Code button.
Search Results
As you select check boxes in each Search Results
area, the sample page on the right shows your changes dynamically (for
some browsers). Other browsers display a Quick Preview
button.
To change the Search Results attributes:
- Click the right arrow next to Search Results to display the contents.
- Click the check boxes to show or hide the named component.
- Review the changes in the dynamic window (or
by clicking Quick Preview, depending on
your browser.)
- Select option buttons to choose the style of the components.
- When finished, click the Save Page Layout Code button.
Note: After you finish making and saving changes in
the Page Layout Helper, you can, if you wish, make further changes in
the XSLT Stylesheet Editor. You must make all Page Layout changes in the boxes provided before
editing the Stylesheet directly. These changes are saved in the
Stylesheet when you click Save Page Layout Code.
You cannot go back to the Page Layout Helper after you manually edit
the Stylesheet, unless you start over completely by clicking the
Restore Default button. Restore Default does not restore your Page Layout
Helper changes, but rather it restores the stylesheet provided with the
software.
If you want to do more editing, you can do so in
the XSLT Stylesheet Editor.
Caution: Remember that
you cannot go back to the Page Layout Helper after you work in
the XSLT Stylesheet Editor unless you restore the default stylesheet.
