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Spanglefish 3 Manual

Blocks

There are lots of different types of blocks you can add to your page. This one is the default one - simply a text block. It allows you to add as much text as you want, and the text can be formatted into headings or lists, set as bold or italic etc, and you can choose the font colour and text alignment if you wish. You can also do more complicated things like embed images or tables within the text.

The block immediately below this one is a page navigation block. Quite simply if you add one of these it will create links or buttons to all the other blocks below it.

Right down at the bottom of this page is a page last updated block which shows when the last time an update was made on the page.

The Text & Image Block

This allows you to add an image beside a block of text in a reliably responsive way.

When viewed on a mobile phone the image will appear above (or below) the text, whilst on desktop you can choose if the image is shown on the right or left. You can also set the proportion of text to image - this one is set to 60% text / 40% image.

If you're viewing this on your phone try turning it vertical and horizontal and you may see the different layouts.

Simple Table Block

This allows you to create a simple table of data, such as a price list or opening hours.

This also shows how you can reduce the width of most block types - in this case to 80%.

Spanglefish Site Price
With your own domain registered elsewhere £78 per year
With your own domain registered by us £103 per year

FAQ Block

This block allows you to add a set of Frequently Asked Questions which open and close as people click on them.

What is an FAQ?

It's a question which people frequently ask. Websites often use these blocks to provide information which might otherwise result in a telephone enquiry.

Why are the answers hidden?

If all the answers show at once the page can be very long and difficult to navigate. This helps users find the info they need.

Image Background Block

This block allows you to use an image as the background to the section and then (optionally) overlay text on top of it.

You should take care to ensure the text is legible and meets your accessibility requirements. You can do this by giving the text box a contrasting background colour which can be partially transparent.

You can adjust the margins of the text box to choose which part of the image it sits over on desktop layout.

If you don't add any text at all the block can be used as a visual break between the blocks above and below. You'll see an example if you scroll down past the next block.

Embedded Media Block

Although you can't host video or audio files on Spanglefish you can easily embed them on your site from sites like YouTube, Vimeo or Soundcloud.

You can choose whether the text goes above, below or to either side of the video.

Contact Form Block

This is a simple form but site admins can add all sorts of fields to it. Anything entered into it will be emailed to you. We have built in spam prevention tools which are working pretty well, so (for now at least) we don't need a Captcha.

Contact Form

Document Folder Block

This shows a list of the files in a folder on your site to allow visitors to download them.

They can be shown alphabetically or in date order, and you can show or hide columns like the file size.

File NameLast ModifiedFile Size
▶ Archive
File NameLast ModifiedFile Size
Test Copy.pdf10 October 202293kB
Test.pdf04 September 201993kB
Test.png03 September 2020122kB

Testimonials

This shows a random testimonial from your collection, changing each time the page loads.

Scelerisque tortor amet congue quisque enim leo dolor eros quisque phasellus eu pellentesque condimentum maximus erat phasellus eu congue phasellus et felis nunc quis euismod.

Consectetur lorem erat varius ipsum erat eget tortor tincidunt elit ut ex tortor quam enim sem portaest maecenas dolor elit quis nisl maximus interdum condimentum.

Jane Doe

Availability Calendar

You might use this for a self-catering cottage, or to show days when the village hall is available. Weeks can start on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
You can edit the styles to set the colours for Booked and Available. You can also set it to diagonally indicate start/end dates.

There's an optional extra add-on which will synchronise this calendar to one hosted on a separate service like AirBnB.

« March 2023 »
S M T W T F S
1 March 20232 March 20233 March 20234 March 20235 March 20236 March 20237 March 20238 March 20239 March 202310 March 202311 March 202312 March 202313 March 202314 March 202315 March 202316 March 202317 March 202318 March 202319 March 202320 March 202321 March 202322 March 202323 March 202324 March 202325 March 202326 March 202327 March 202328 March 202329 March 202330 March 202331 March 2023
« April 2023 »
S M T W T F S
1 April 20232 April 20233 April 20234 April 20235 April 20236 April 20237 April 20238 April 20239 April 202310 April 202311 April 202312 April 202313 April 202314 April 202315 April 202316 April 202317 April 202318 April 202319 April 202320 April 202321 April 202322 April 202323 April 202324 April 202325 April 202326 April 202327 April 202328 April 202329 April 202330 April 2023
« May 2023 »
S M T W T F S
1 May 20232 May 20233 May 20234 May 20235 May 20236 May 20237 May 20238 May 20239 May 202310 May 202311 May 202312 May 202313 May 202314 May 202315 May 202316 May 202317 May 202318 May 202319 May 202320 May 202321 May 202322 May 202323 May 202324 May 202325 May 202326 May 202327 May 202328 May 202329 May 202330 May 202331 May 2023
Booked Available

Subpage Menu

This block automatically builds a list of child pages of this page, using the Page Image as an illustration for each one. Some blocks (such as the ones below) are largely better on a page by themselves.

Countdown Block

This allows you to show a digital clock counting down to a date and time you specify. It's this long until Christmas!

  • 00

    Days

  • :
  • 00

    Hours

  • :
  • 00

    Minutes

  • :
  • 00

    Seconds

Sponsors Module

This allows you to create a nicely formatted set of logos which can optionally link to external websites. You might use this to highlight your sponsors or to show the organisations you belong to etc. See the footer of this site for an example.

Two Column Block

The two column block allows you to add text and content in two separate columns which will be shown side by side on a desktop but one above each other on a smaller mobile device.

You could use this to present text along with a translation. You're able to indicate that the second column is a different language to the first. By doing this the browser knows to display the text as right-to-left if appropriate and will use the correct punctuation and hyphenation.

دو کالم بلاک

دو کالم بلاک آپ کو متن اور مواد کو دو الگ الگ کالموں میں شامل کرنے کی اجازت دیتا ہے جو ڈیسک ٹاپ پر ایک دوسرے کے ساتھ ساتھ دکھائے جائیں گے لیکن چھوٹے موبائل ڈیوائس پر ایک دوسرے کے اوپر۔

آپ اسے ترجمہ کے ساتھ متن پیش کرنے کے لیے استعمال کر سکتے ہیں۔ آپ یہ بتانے کے قابل ہیں کہ دوسرا کالم پہلے سے مختلف زبان ہے۔ ایسا کرنے سے براؤزر متن کو دائیں سے بائیں کے طور پر ظاہر کرنا جانتا ہے اگر مناسب ہو اور صحیح اوقاف اور ہائفنیشن کا استعمال کرے گا۔

Twenty-Twenty

This allows you to compare two images one on top of each other. You might show Before and After photos for instance.

Users can drag the slider to left and right to hide or reveal the bottom image.

Page Last Updated: 10 March 2023

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