Working with Modules

There are two types of modules you can configure in Plesk Sitebuilder Wizard:

• Page modules, or special pages. These modules are added to your site as separate web pages on the Pages step of the Wizard. There are the following special pages in Plesk Sitebuilder:
  • Blog
  • Image Gallery
  • eShop
  • File Download
  • Flash Intro
  • Forum
  • Guestbook
  • Registration
  • External Page

  All page modules available in Plesk Sitebuilder are described in section Types of Pages. For instructions on how to include special pages in your site structure, see section Structuring Your Site.

• Block modules. These modules do not require dedicated site pages: they are inserted into ordinary HTML pages, and work as embedded functional blocks. There are the following block modules in Plesk Sitebuilder:
  • Area Map. Allows you to insert fragments of geographical maps into site pages. You can choose between two third-party GIS engines: Google Maps API and Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.
  • Feedback. Allows you to include a feedback form into the page.
  • RSS Reader. Allows you to automatically load favorite news and information to you site from RSS news feeds (also called "channels").
  • Script. Allows you to add custom PHP, Perl/CGI, JavaScript, DHTML or any other code to your web pages.
  • Voting. Allows conducting polls and online surveys.
  • Online Status Indicator. Allows you to place an icon showing your ICQ or Skype status on your site.
  • SitePal. Allows adding SitePal speaking animated characters to your site.
  • Site Map. Allows displaying a hierarchical visual model of the site structure to visitors.

Block modules are added and configured on the Edit step of the Wizard.

General rules for working with block modules are the following:

• You can add any number of block modules to a page.
• To insert a block module into the page, select the module icon in the Modules area on the right, click and drag it to the desired location on the page.

  To insert a block module in the beginning of the page, double click the module title in the Modules area.

• Block modules cannot be viewed directly on the Edit step. You can only configure block modules there. To preview block modules as they are displayed on your site, click Preview.
• To delete a block module from the page, click Remove Module on the block module dialog box.

For details on configuring each particular module, see the corresponding sections further in this guide.

For information on how to operate with lists of objects appearing on module management screens, refer to section Working with Lists.