Excursion Maintenance - Web bar

Use the Web bar to define the parameters for excursions that you want to display on your organisation's web site. You can select:

when the details about the excursions will appear on the web site
an email address for queries
a merchant identifier for financial transactions
the content and design of the information you want to display.

Opening the Web bar

To open the Web bar:

Select Students > Excursion Maintenance from the SynWeb main menu.
The Set Excursion Search Criteria window is displayed.
Search for excursions. See Searching for excursions.
Click the Web bar.

Tip: You can click anywhere on a navigation bar other than the caption to open it.

The Web bar of Excursion Maintenance is displayed.

Excursion Maintenance - Web bar key fields, tabs and buttons

Fields

Field	Description
Show in Community Portal	Select to show information about the selected excursion on the Excursions tab of your organisation's Community Portal.
Publish Date From	Date the excursion information is published on your organisation's website.
Publish Date To	Date the excursion information is removed from your organisation's website.
Return Email	Email address for queries.
Payment Option	Payment option for the excursion.
Merchant ID	Merchant identifier for financial transactions. Note: This field is automatically populated when a Payment Option is selected.
External Reference	A free-form external reference number for the excursion.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Community Portal

Used to define content displayed to users on the Excursion tab of the Community Portal.

You can define the content using either:

Design view to create content using the rich text editor
HTML view to create content using HTML.

Once you have defined your content you can view your content using the Preview view.

Note: Formatting fields are not available in either the HTML or Preview views.

Tab fields and icons

Tab fields

Field	Description
	Used to define the paragraph style. For example, Heading 1.
	Used to define the font style. For example, Verdana.
	Used to define the point size of the font.

Tab icons

Icon	Description
	Cut, Copy and Paste icons. Important: These icons are not functional. You can only cut, copy and paste using keyboard shortcuts.
	Used to paste text from Microsoft Word. To paste text from Word: Click . The Paste from Word window is displayed. Select Remove font family to remove the font family applied in Word. Click .
	Used to remove formatting from selected imported text.
	Used to make the selected text superscript.
	Used to make the selected text sub-script
	Used to create a numbered list
	Used to created a bulleted list.
	Used to insert a single text indent.
	Used to remove a single text indent.
	Used to insert a hyperlink. To insert a hyperlink: Click . The Insert link window is displayed. Select either: • URL • E-mail address Populate the required fields. Click .
	Used to remove the selected hyperlink.
	Used to insert an image. Important: You must use this icon to insert images. To insert an image: Click . The Insert Image window is displayed. Select either: • From the web (URL) to insert an online image • From your computer to insert a image on your local hard drive. Tip: You can click More options to view additional options for sizing, positioning, and describing the image. Click .
	Used to insert tables. To insert a table: Click . The Insert Table window is displayed. Use the Table size area fields to define the number of columns and rows. Use the Layout area fields to define the alignment, padding, and spacing of the table. Use the Appearance area fields to customise the colours and border of the table. Tip: You can enter hexadecimal colour codes directly into the colour fields to define custom colours. Tip: You can select the Accessibility field to define accessibility settings. Click .
	Used to switch to full-screen mode.
	Used to make the selected text bold.
	Used to make the selected text italic.
	Used to underline the selected text.
	Used to strike through the selected text.
	Used to change alignment.
	Used to change the text highlight.
	Used to change the text colour.

Common fields

Field	Description
Search Filter	The Search Filter field is located at the top of the Excursion Selector. This field can be used to filter excursions by any of the information displayed in the Excursion Selector. For example, type ski to only view excursions with the word ski in the excursion code or description.

Common buttons

Button	Description
	Create a new excursion. See Creating new excursions.
	Copy the selected excursion. See Copying excursions.
	Delete the currently selected excursion.
	Display the Set Excursion Search Criteria window. See Searching for excursions.
	Customise how the bars are displayed. See Customising navigation bars in the Introduction manual.
	Click to refresh information for the selected excursion.