Feature Pack 5 or later

Working with page layouts for static pages

You can assign different layouts to specific static pages such as the Help page. You can also schedule the layouts for each page. For example, for Halloween you might want to pre-schedule the layout to use for a particular static page.

Procedure

  1. Open the Page Layout tool.
  2. Find the static page you want to change the layout for, and open the page to display the properties view.

    The Default Page Layout information contains the layout the static page defaults to.

  3. In the Page Layout section, assign the layout you want to use for the particular catalog entry page.

    In the case of an Extended Site, two Page Layout Assignment lists are displayed; one for the Storefront Asset store, and the other for the Extended Site store.

    1. Browse the Page Layout folder for available page layouts.
    2. In the Page layout assignments table, drag and drop the page layout you want to assign to the page.
    3. Optional: Specify the start and end dates.
      Note:
      • If you do not specify the start date, the page layout takes effect immediately.
      • If you do not specify the end date, the page layout is used in the storefront until another layout assignment is made.
    4. Optional: Specify the priority of the page layout assignment.

      The priority number determines which page layout assignment to use on the storefront when conflicts arise, such as when the schedules overlap for two different page layout assignments. The page layout assignment with the highest priority is used on the storefront. When multiple conflicting page layout assignments have the same priority, one is randomly selected. Specify a number from 0 (lowest priority) to 1000 (highest priority).

  4. Click Save; then click Close.

What to do next

You can preview your store to see which page layout takes effect in different time periods. Follow the steps in Previewing a store.