Destiny® Library Manager™
Customizing Your Home Page
Customizing your Home page is a great way to welcome your patrons to the online catalog, highlight available resources, announce events, and
encourage patrons to use their library regularly.
Customizing the Home Page
To add formatted text, images, and links, you need either a working knowledge of HTML or a commercial HTML editor. Use the following steps to
customize your welcome page:
1. Select Home > Edit Page >
.
2. In the Title field, enter a title in plain text.
3. In the Body field, enter plain text or HTML.
Note: Plain text will appear as plain text on your Home page. You must use HTML to format text.
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4. To add an image, use the following suggested instructions:
a. In the \FSC-Destiny\fsc\districtResources\images directory, create a \homepage folder.
b. Add the graphics files to the folder.
c. Then, add the following HTML to the Introductory Text to point to the file, such as:
<img src=”/imagestore/homepage/picture.jpg”>.
Note: Make sure to use “/imagestore” and not “/images”. If you do not have access to the Destiny server, you can also use a public server.
5. Click Save.
Creating a Group
You can use groups to provide organized lists of URLs to your patrons. For example, you can create a group called ‘Reference Links’ and add the
URLs of different online dictionaries and encyclopedias. Use the following steps to create a group:
1. Select Home > Edit Page >
.
2. In the Group Name field, enter the name of the group.
3. Enter the sort order in the Sort Order field.
4. Click Save.
Repeat these steps for each desired group.
Adding Links to a Group
1. Select Home > Edit Page >
.
2. In the Display Text field, enter the text you want to
display on your Home page.
3. In the URL field, enter the URL.
4. In the Group drop-down, select the group for the link.
5. Click Save.
Note: Links appear in alphabetical order within a group.
When you are finished customizing the Home page, creating
groups, and adding links to groups, click Close.
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