While the below fundamentals refer to the SuperSite, the same concepts apply to your Partnersite as well -

1. Each SuperSite page is built from multiple HTML files (known as HTML Templates), images and CSS files which are completely customizable.

2. The SuperSite allows you to create Themes and apply them to your SuperSite content to make your SuperSite visually unique. A Theme consists of Images, CSS and Javascript that you may modify and associate with your website.

3. You can customize the Text, the Images, the Style or the structure of each HTML template. You can also add your own HTML templates to extend the capabilities of the SuperSite, and link these HTML templates from various existing sections. All of these can be achieved by using separate tools.

4. You can see the various templates that any SuperSite page is made up of by browsing to that SuperSite page and clicking on “View Source” in your browser

5. Inside the source you will see various tags of this type denoting various html templates that the page is built from -

<!– ### Supersite Template root.html starts here ### –>
<!– ### Supersite Template common/header/header.html starts here ### –>
<!– ### Supersite Template common/header/header.html ends here ### –>

6. As mentioned these HTML Templates and images are provided by us. Apart from these pre-existing templates you can further add your own templates too. The SuperSite Admin Area makes a clear distinction between the HTML Templates and Images that we supply to you by default and the HTML Templates and images that you have added separately (MyUploadedPages, MyUploadedImages).

Default SuperSite Content

• These are the HTML templates and Theme files in the SuperSite which we provide you. While you can make modifications to the default HTML templates immediately, to modify the Images, CSS and Javascript, you need to first add a new theme and then go on to customize it. Both these modifications can be accomplished from the “Add/Modify Content and Themes” section of the SuperSite Admin Area.
   
• Any changes you make to these files will override the default files.
   
• To make any changes to these files at anytime you will always use the “Add/Modify Content and Themes” section of the SuperSite Admin area.
   
• Note: Whenever we make any changes to the default files, those changes will not be directly visible on your SuperSite if you have made any modifications to those files. You will have to copy those modifications over. We will separately explain how you can do that.

Your Own Content

• SuperSite allows you to add your own HTML templates and images apart from the ones we provide.
   
• These files are stored in separate folders (MyUploadedPages, MyUploadedImages) and can be added and modified from the “Add/Modify Content and Themes” section of the SuperSite Admin Area.

Each SuperSite/PartnerSite page is built from multiple HTML files (known as HTML Templates), images and CSS files which are completely customizable. You can customize the Text, the Images, the Style or the structure of each HTML template. You can also add your own HTML templates to extend the capabilities of the SuperSite, and link these HTML templates from various existing sections.

Reference: How do I customize the Content, Theme (CSS, Images, Javascript) HTML Structure of the SuperSite and PartnerSite >>
 

If you edit the Textual Content and/or the HTML Structure of one or more files and/or edit the JavaScript Menu, changes made from our end will not be available in such files. For instance, if we add a new product (and you decided to sell that product) or a new button or some new functionality to that page in future, the same will not appear in your edited HTML page/edited JavaScript Menu. This is because Gossimer will not know in what manner you would like to present the new information on your SuperSite/PartnerSite. At that point you will need to manually make those modifications/add any new links by comparing your file with the source file.

How to recognize that your SuperSite/PartnerSite Content needs Synchronization?

Anytime Gossimer modifies the content or structure of a SuperSite/PartnerSite page, you would need to login to your SuperSite/PartnerSite Admin Area and review if the affected files need to be edited/retranslated. You can recognize the affected files as follows:

1. Immediately upon login, you would notice these files under the heading Recently Updated By Us, on the right hand side of your SuperSite/PartnerSite Admin Area. You can then click on each link and you would be allowed to edit these files. Once you save your changes, this file will no longer be displayed in the Recently Updated By Us section.
    
2. While browsing the list of HTML files, the affected pages would appear with the File Status as Modified by you  This File needs your Attention.

Upon opening this file (that needs to be edited/retranslated), you would notice two blocks of text on the top of the page with the background color as red. The left hand side box (in red background color) would display the Content in your Default Language, while the right hand side box (in red background color) would display your previously translated text.

Follow the process explained below to synchronize the Textual Content and HTML Structure edited by you with the updated information:

I.

1. Login to the SuperSite/PartnerSite Admin Area. Click here to know how >>
    
2. In the Admin area, click on Add/Modify Content and Themes link to open this section. Here, click on Browse next to the Website Content folder.
    
3. Click on Browse link next to the language for which you wish to make the modification.
    
4. Browse through the directory listing to the template you wish to edit the text within.
    
5. Some templates may in turn further contain other templates. You will be able to see this within the template itself. You may therefore have to make modifications within multiple templates.
    
6. Notice the files with the status Modified by you  This File needs your Attention. These files may require synchronization. Click on the Edit link next to such a template.
    
7. Here, you would notice two blocks of text on the top of the page with the background color as red. The left hand side box (in red background color) would display the Content in your Default Language, while the right hand side box (in red background color) would display your previously translated text.If you don’t perceive any modification/retranslation requirement -> just copy-paste the text from the right hand side box (in red background color) to the right hand side box(es) underneath

   OR

   If you perceive any modification/translation required to the text in the right hand side box (in red background color) -> make the modifications/translation in the right hand side box(es) underneath

   AND

   then only click on the Save Changes button.
    

   IMPORTANT 

   It is important to note here, that if you do not intend to edit/retranslate ALL the text in the right hand side box, do NOT save your changes, or else some text would get saved in English itself.

    

II.

1. Login to the SuperSite/PartnerSite Admin Area. Click here to know how >>
    
2. In the Admin area, click on Add/Modify Content and Themes link to open this section.
    
3. Click on Browse link next to the JavaScript Menu folder.
    
4. Click on Browse link next to the language for which you wish to make the modification.
    
5. If the File Status is Modified by you  This File needs your Attention, then this file needs synchronization. Click on the Edit link next to this file.
    
6. Here, you would notice two blocks of text on the top of the page with the background color as red. The left hand side box (in red background color) would display the Content in your Default Language, while the right hand side box (in red background color) would display your previously translated text.If you don’t perceive any modification/retranslation requirement -> just copy-paste the text from the right hand side box (in red background color) to the right hand side box(es) underneath

   OR

   If you perceive any modification/translation required to the text in the right hand side box (in red background color) -> make the modifications/translation in the right hand side box(es) underneath

   AND

   then only click on the Save Changes button.
    

   IMPORTANT 

   It is important to note here, that if you do not intend to edit/retranslate ALL the text in the right hand side box, do NOT save your changes, or else some text would get saved in English itself.