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From: Dan1ell <dstrijdhaftig@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 16:23:37 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Short tutorial on how to add a static page to the sidebar
 (#188)

* Create Add A Static Page To The Sidebar

Short tutorial on adding a static page to the sidebar.
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+## How To Add A Static Page To The Sidebar
+
+### 1. Create your html page in templates/cms/ 
+e.g. duplicate and rename about.html
+```
+sudo cp templates/cms/about.html templates/cms/volunteer.html
+```
+
+### 2. Create your css file in static/css/ 
+```
+touch static/css/volunteer.css
+```
+
+### 3. In your html file, update block headermeta to reflect your new page
+```
+{% block headermeta %}
+<meta property="og:title" content="Volunteer - {{PORTAL_NAME}}">
+<meta property="og:type" content="website">
+<meta property="og:description" content="">
+<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+	"@context": "https://schema.org",
+	"@type": "BreadcrumbList",
+	"itemListElement": [{
+		"@type": "ListItem",
+		"position": 1,
+        "name": "{{PORTAL_NAME}}",
+        "item": {
+			"@type": "WebPage",
+	        "@id": "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}"
+	    }
+    },
+    {
+		"@type": "ListItem",
+		"position": 2,
+        "name": "Volunteer",
+        "item": {
+			"@type": "VolunteerPage",
+	        "@id": "{{FRONTEND_HOST}}/volunteer"
+	    }
+    }]
+}
+</script>
+<link href="{% static "css/volunteer.css" %}" rel="stylesheet"/>
+{% endblock headermeta %}
+```
+
+### 4. In your html file, update block innercontent to reflect your actual content
+Write whatever you like.
+
+### 5. In your css file, write matching styles for you html file.
+Write whatever you like.
+
+### 6. Add your view to files/views.py
+```
+def volunteer(request):
+    """Volunteer view"""
+    context = {}
+    return render(request, "cms/volunteer.html", context)
+```
+
+### 7. Add your url pattern to files/urls.py
+```
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r"^$", views.index),
+    url(r"^about", views.about, name="about"),
+    url(r"^volunteer", views.volunteer, name="volunteer"),
+```
+
+### 8. Add your page to the left sidebar
+To add a link to your page as a menu item in the left sidebar,
+add the following code after the last line in _commons.js   
+```
+/* Checks that a given selector has loaded. */
+const checkElement = async selector => {
+    while ( document.querySelector(selector) === null) {
+      await new Promise( resolve =>  requestAnimationFrame(resolve) )
+    }
+    return document.querySelector(selector); 
+  };
+
+/* Checks that sidebar nav menu has loaded, then adds menu item. */
+checkElement('.nav-menu')
+.then((element) => {
+     (function(){    
+        var a = document.createElement('a');        
+        a.href = "/volunteer";
+        a.title = "Volunteer";
+       
+        var s = document.createElement('span');
+        s.className = "menu-item-icon";
+
+        var icon = document.createElement('i');
+        icon.className = "material-icons";
+        icon.setAttribute("data-icon", "people");
+
+        s.appendChild(icon);
+        a.appendChild(s);
+    
+        var linkText = document.createTextNode("Volunteer");
+        var t = document.createElement('span');
+
+        t.appendChild(linkText);
+        a.appendChild(t);
+
+        var listItem = document.createElement('li');
+        listItem.className = "link-item";
+        listItem.appendChild(a);
+
+        //if signed out use 3rd nav-menu
+        var elem = document.querySelector(".nav-menu:nth-child(3) nav ul"); 
+        var loc = elem.innerText;
+        if (loc.includes("About")){
+          elem.insertBefore(listItem, elem.children[2]);
+        } else { //if signed in use 4th nav-menu
+          elem = document.querySelector(".nav-menu:nth-child(4) nav ul");
+          elem.insertBefore(listItem, elem.children[2]);
+        }       
+    })();
+});
+```
+
+### 9. Restart the mediacms web server
+On docker:
+```
+sudo docker stop mediacms_web_1 && sudo docker start mediacms_web_1
+```
+
+Otherwise
+```
+sudo systemctl restart mediacms
+```