Page elements and navigation

The term navigation describes how the customer moves around the Web site and how he opens individual pages or calls functions. You can configure navigation for your Web site individually. This is done by defining the distribution and arrangement of the individual functions on the pages of your Web site. These functions include:
A corresponding page element exists for every available function. This element is used to display and call the function on the page. Place the page elements respectively on the page.
In addition to this, you can create user-defined page elements; see User-defined page elements.
All page elements are available for every area shown in Figure 8 except for the content area. Due to the way they work and their design, certain functions are best used in specific areas. They function in other areas, but are out of place and disturb the design or do not fit in the defined area. With your design you decide which page elements are assigned to which areas so that they are completely visible and can be used.
If you move the mouse over a page element in the quick design or advanced design, the functions are shown with which you can edit the design. The following functions are available:
Table 12: Functions for page elements

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You can move the page elements to different areas or within an area by using drag & drop. Click the icon for the corresponding page element, keep the mouse button pressed down and drag the mouse pointer over the target area. A red dashed border indicates the position at which you can deposit the page element. Now release the left mouse button. The page element is displayed at the corresponding location.
This deletes a page element from the area.
Details can be edited for some page elements. These include all user-defined page elements. Click the icon to call up and edit the details.

This is how to add a page element:
  1. In the area in which you wish to place the page element, click Insert page element.
  2. Select the desired page element from the list.
  3. Click Insert to apply the page element for this area.
Page elements that are marked in the list with an asterisk (*) are already on the web site.
Page elements that are shown in grey are not available at the moment. Either the corresponding feature has not yet been activated or the maximum amount has already been reached.
Browser title of the page page element
This page element shows the title of the current web site as it is shown in the title row of your browser. If you put this page element as the last thing on your web site, in the footer, you increase the ranking of your page for search engines.
Page elements for search on the web site
A search function on the Web site is provided to allow visitors to find information directly. You can offer your customers a product search or a general search function.
There is a separate page element for each of these searches. You must place this element on your Web page in order for the function to be made available to your visitors.
When searching for products, the system looks for the search term in all product data. The search function can be offered as a simple search box, or with more advanced options. Customers can only search for visible products; see Visibility. This search is faster than the general search. For the product search, use the page elements Product search with link “Advanced search” or Product search with entry field.
The general search function includes all types of page and product. If the search term appears in both product descriptions and in pages such as categories, blogs and forums, then all these objects are displayed in the hit list. For the general search, use the page element General search as an entry field.
The search field allows the visitor to enter several search terms. These terms are linked by the AND operator during the search. In other words the search function shows objects that contain all terms.