Mission Statement 1 Instructions

The ’Mission Statement’ panel displays a short introduction to your school or district’s unique mission. It consists of a large title, a succinct text area and an optional CTA button. This panel is powered by a single Content Element. inside a Container element.

To update the title of the ‘Mission Statement’ panel:

1. Go to the ’Pages’ panel and select the homepage.
2. Turn on the ‘Compose’ toggle in the bar at the bottom of the page interface.
3. Refresh the page in your web browser.
4. Scroll to the ‘Mission Statement’ panel.
5. Hover over the Container element displaying the panel content and click on the ‘gear’ icon in the top-right corner.
6. Click into the ‘Title’ field in the ‘Edit Container Element Settings’ window.
7. Update the title text or alternatively click on the blue toggle to the right of the ‘Title’ field to hide the panel title.
8. Click on the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the ‘Edit Container Element Settings’ window.

The text area in the ‘Mission Statement’ panel consists of one or more short paragraphs. The first paragraph is also formatted as a ‘lead-in’. This gives it a bold presentation, which is designed to draw the visitor’s attention and ‘lead in’ to the content that follows.

 To update the mission statement text:

1. Go to the ’Pages’ panel and select the homepage.
2. Turn on the ‘Compose’ toggle in the bar at the bottom of the page interface.
3. Refresh the page in your web browser.
4. Scroll to the ‘Mission Statement’ panel.
5. Hover over the new Content Element displaying the panel content and click on the ‘Edit Content’ button.
6. Update the lead-in text, making sure not to remove the ‘lead-in’ formatting applied to it. We recommend a single short paragraph for the lead-in to maintain consistency with the original design.
7. Next, update the regular copy below the lead-in text. We recommend a maximum of one or two short paragraphs to maintain consistency with the original design.
8. Click on the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the content editor.

Note: To remove the ‘lead-in’ formatting from the first paragraph, highlight this text with your cursor and click on the ‘Remove Format’ icon in the content editor toolbar. If the ‘lead-in’ formatting has been removed previously and you want to reinstate it, highlight the text with your cursor and select ‘lead-in’ from the ‘Styles’ dropdown list in the content editor toolbar.

To update the optional CTA button at the bottom of the ‘Mission Statement’ panel:

1. Go to the Pages panel and select the homepage.
2. Turn on the ‘Compose’ toggle in the bar at the bottom of the page interface.
3. Refresh the page in your web browser.
4. Scroll to the ‘Mission Statement’ panel.
5. Hover over the Container element and click on the ‘gear’ icon in the top-right corner.
6. Click on ‘+ Design’ at the bottom of the ‘Edit Container Element Settings’ window.
7. Click into the ‘Footer Content’ content editor.
8. Update the existing link text, making sure not to remove the link applied to it.
9. Right-click on the link and choose ‘Edit Link’ from the action menu.
10. Select a link type from the top of the ‘Link’ properties window.
11. Update the link settings and make sure that the ‘Open link in a new tab’ checkbox is only ticked if the link opens a page on an external website.
12. Make sure the ‘button-1’ class is still applied in the ‘Class’ field.
13. Click on the ‘OK’ button at the bottom of the ‘Link’ properties window.
14. Click on the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the ‘Edit Container Element Settings’ window.

Note: To remove the optional button, delete the existing link in the ‘Footer Content’ content editor as part of step 8. If the button has been removed previously and you would like to add a new one, follow the instructions above up to step 8 and then follow the normal steps to ‘Add a Button’ which can be found within the ‘Interior Pages & Content Formatting’ section on this ‘Instructions’ page.