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Step-By-Step

To access the drag and drop tab click the second icon on the left hand side:

From here you can drag any element onto the page. Just hover over the relevant item, hold down your left mouse button and drag the item onto the page:

When you drag an item over the page, containing elements like boxes and strips will be highlighted in yellow.

The horizontal pink dotted line indicates where the element will be placed when you release the mouse button.

Nested Containers

You can drop Content Cards inside Containers but it is not possible to drop Containers inside other Containers.

Creating a New Column With Drag and Drop

If you have a Column Group on a page, you can create a new column by dragging a content card in between the existing columns.

The pink dotted line will turn vertical when your mouse is in a position between two columns.

Video Overview

Step-By-Step

Most pages within Beacon have a fixed height – once you reach the end of the page you can’t add any more content.

With ‘continuous’ pages, a new sub page will be added when you reach the end of the current page.

This is perfect when copying and pasting lots of content.

To add a ‘continuous’ page, just click the ‘Add New Page’ button:

And then select ‘continuous’

Restricted Functionality
The following functionality is not available in continuous pages:

• Container elements – you cannot drag boxes, columns or strips onto a continuous page

• Header & Footer editing – you cannot edit headers and footers on continuous pages. You should navigate to a normal page and make any changes to the headers and footers there.

You can convert any page within a Beacon document into a reusable template. Perfect for when you need to save time in future projects.

Please note that this is a premium feature and only available in paid accounts

To get started, first navigate to the page that you want to convert into a template

Next, click the ‘Page Settings’ tab.

In the Page Settings tab you will see a section titled “Convert this page into a template”. Click that button:

A new screen will appear:

Here you have two options:

1. Create a new template

To create a new template, type the name of your template in the box and click ‘save’.

Your template has now been created. To return to your document and keep editing as normal click the ‘close’ button.

2. Replace an existing template

You can replace any existing templates that you have previously created by selecting the template that you want to replace from this list:

When you click an option from this list you will be asked to confirm your choice:

Click ‘yes’ to confirm that you want to overwrite your previous template and click ‘cancel’ to return to the previous screen.

Changes made in the Document Settings will be applied to every page in the publication. To access the Document Settings, click the last icon on the left hand side.

The Document Settings tab contains the following options:

Document Title
This is the name of your document – it is also the name that will be used in the URL for your Smart PDF.

More information about Smart PDFs

Default Styles
Every Beacon template has a set of colors that have been used throughout the document – these are known as the Default Styles. If you make a change to a color in the Default Styles section, that color will be updated throughout the entire document.

More information on Default Styles.

Convert Into Template
If you want to save time when creating future publications you can convert this document into a reusable template. When you do this, your new document template will be available when you next create a new publication.

Please note that this is a premium feature that is only available on paid accounts.

You can make changes to any of the templates that you have previously created via the Template Manager.

Click on the ‘Lead Magnet Templates’ tab in the top left hand corner of your Beacon dashboard:

From here you will see all the templates that you have previously created:

If you have lots of templates you can use the 2 filter options to refine which templates are listed:

1. Search – Search for a specific template by adding keywords here

2. Tags – You can tag individual templates to make them easier to find (see below for information on adding tags)

Edit Template

Click on the ‘edit’ button to make changes to the design of an individual template:

Edit Options

There are various edit options for each template shown. To access the edit options, click the arrow on the edit button:

Rename
Change the name of this template

Manage Tags
Tags make it easy to group and categorise common templates together. Click on this option to add new tags or remove existing tags.

Delete
Permanently delete this template. Please note that this action cannot be undone.

You can convert any document within a Beacon into a reusable template. This is perfect for when you need to save time in future projects.

Please note that this is a premium feature and is only available in paid accounts

To get started, first navigate to the ‘Document Settings’ tab.

In the Document Settings tab you will see a section titled “Convert this document into a template”. Click that button:

A new screen will appear:

Here you have two options:

1. Create a new template

To create a new template, type the name of your template in the box and click ‘save’.

Your template has now been created. To return to your document and keep editing as normal click the ‘close’ button.

2. Replace an existing template

You can replace any existing templates that you have previously created by selecting the template that you want to replace from this list:

When you click an option from this list you will be asked to confirm your choice:

Click ‘yes’ to confirm that you want to overwrite your previous template and click ‘cancel’ to return to the previous screen.

You can reorder pages in a Beacon document via the pages tab:

To reorder a page, place your cursor over the title of the page that you want to reorder.

Then, hold down your left mouse button and drag the page to its new position in the page list:

When the page is in the correct position, release the mouse button and your pages will have been reordered:

To adjust the Smart PDF Settings, first click ‘publish’ in the editor screen:

The Smart PDF settings will initially be hidden from view so just click the text shown below to expand the options:

The Smart PDF Settings contain 6 options:

1. Enable Download

When people access your Smart PDF link you can give them the option to also download the Traditional PDF version of your document. If you do not want to give people this option you should check this box.

Please note that this feature is only available on paid accounts.

2. Disable social media share buttons
By default, all Smart PDFs will also contain various buttons to help people share your publication on their preferred social network. If you do not want these buttons to appear you should check this box.

3. Disable web version
If you only plan on sharing the Traditional PDF version of your publication and do not want people to access the Smart PDF version then you should check this box.

4. Third Party Scripts
This is the place to add code snippets from third-party services. Things like chatbot embed codes, Facebook Pixels, Google Tag Manager etc work well here. Paste as many code snippets as you want.

5. Google Analytics ID
If you want to record analytics for how people read your content you can use your own Google Analytics code so this information is available in your own Analytics account. 

6. Password
If you want to make sure that only certain people can access your Smart PDF document then you can set a password here. Readers will be prompted to enter the password when you share the Smart PDF link with them.

Save Changes

If you make any changes to the Smart PDF settings you will need to click either the ‘Publish’ or the ‘Update’ button at the bottom of the screen to save the changes: