Please use the Explorer Flexible Footer Long component on your Bento site.

What is the Explorer Flexible Footer?

The Explorer Flexible Footer is a customizable footer that is placed at the bottom of your website pages and can hold:

  • copyright information
  • attributions
  • up to nine (9) custom links to other pages on your site or external sites.  

The flexible footer adjusts to appear correctly on all devices.

Presentation

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Variables

VariableDescription
copyright_after Type the word Copyright and the years or year span (i.e.: 1995-2014) in this field. The copyright symbol is automatically added for you. 
copyright_extra Extra copyright information such as the name of your station or program or text such as "All rights reserved." 
 link_text_max_12_charsLink text that users click to go to the assigned webpage. 
 link_urlThe full URL of the footer link. Example: http://www.pbs.org
* A total of nine footer links and URLs can be added to this custom component. 

How to implement the Explorer Flexible Footer

  • From the Bento administration dashboard, click Pages (Figure 1).

Figure 1

  • Click the Master page (Figure 2).

Figure 2

  • In the Footer section of the page, click the Available Components dropdown menu and click Custom Component (Figure 3.1).
  • Click Add Component (Figure 3.2).

Figure 3

  • Click the component dropdown menu and click Explorer Flexible Footer (Figure 4).

Figure 4

  • A copyright symbol ( © ) is automatically added for you.  Type copyright year information in the copyright_after textbox (Figure 6.1). This text appears at the very bottom of your website pages.
  • Type additional copyright information in the copyright_extra textbox (Figure 6.2).  (info) A divider line separates copyright_after and copyright_extra text.
  • In the link_text textboxes, type the text that represents each link you type in the link_url textboxes (Figure 6.3).  (warning) A maximum of 12 characters is allowed in the link_text textboxes.
  • Click Save (Figure 6.4).
  • A copyright symbol ( © ) is automatically added for you and can be seen when the custom component is previewed.
  • You can add up to nine links, however, this custom component can be used without adding any links.

Figure 6

  • The custom component has saved successfully (Figure 7.1).
  • Click View on site in the upper right side of the page to view your footer in a browser (Figure 7.2).

Figure 7

  • Your Flexible Footer appears at the bottom of the page (Figure 8).

The Flexible Footer appears on your page in the order you have placed it with other components in the Footer section.

Figure 8