Subpage Monklets

Overview

Monklets are predefined code snippets that allow you to bring other module content into your pages (sermons, articles, etc.) . You can use a monklet inside a section by placing your cursor in the content area and selecting:

Insert > Monklet > "Desired Monklet"

Some monklets allow inline parameters to be added into the monklet tag to pull items from a specific group, category, etc.

Note: For additional information about using monklets, check out our help article here. For help with inline parameters, check our help article here.

Types of Monklets

The folllowing monklets can be used with your subpages:

  • Sidebar Monklets: these have "Sidebar" in the title should only be used in the "Sidebar" sections of your Subpage Default template, which will display down the right-hand side of the page.
  • Section Monklets: these monklets have "Section Monklet" in the title and can be inserted in the page content area or in a section. They can be used with the following templates: Subpage Default, Subpage Fullwidth and INDEX (homepage) and will display fullwidth in your page/section.
  • Specialty Monklets: additonal monklets are included for a photo gallery and staff list. These can be inserted in the page content area of a Subpage Default or Subpage Fullwidth template.

There are also monklets used for the footer sections, and you can see more info HERE >>

Note: if you purchase any custom layouts (ie: ministry, new here, etc), you will see some additional monklets listed; however, these are only used with the respective layouts.

These monklets are have "Sidebar" included in the title and should only be used in the "Sidebar" sections of your Subpage Default template.

Sidebar Monklet - Latest Post

Latest Blog Post

This monklet displays the latest blog post. Note: you must use the "name" inline parameter to define which blog to pull from.

Here is an example of what this would look like: {{sidebar-monklet-latest-post|name="our-blog"}}

Section Monklets

These monklets have "Section Monklet" in the title and can be inserted in the page content area or in a section. Section Monklets can be used with the Subpage Default or Subpage Fullwidth templates, as well as your INDEX template.

NOTE: The section monklets included with the default homepage sections (Index template) can also be used for your subpage sections (ie: Featured Events, Latest Sermon, Next Steps, etc.)

CLICK HERE FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOMEPAGE MONKLETS

The additional section monkets available with the Trotter theme are listed below:

Section Monklet - Accordions

Accordion Menus

Note: Accordions can also be setup using the snippets tool in the content editor. See more info here >>

The "Section Monklet - Accordions" monklet is an alternate way to setup accordions within a page or section. This option allows you to use a link list to power your accordions instead of using the Snippets tools in the content editor. You would need to create a new link list, and then each accordion menu would be setup as an item in the list. The "name" and  "description" fields are used with this setup.

Once you create a link list, you can insert this monklet into the desired section or content area and then use the "find" tag to define which link list to use with the monklet. The "find" tag should be the name of the link list in lowercase with dashes in place of spaces (ie: the slug title).

Example with a link list  "Accordions Example" - {{section-monklet-accordions|find="accordions-example"}}

NOTE - The description field for each item will display as plain paragraph text. If you would like to have a full html section content for a specific accordion menu, you can do so by creating a section with the desired content. Once created, you will place the slug of the section title in the description field for the cooresponding link list item. Curly braces will also need to be included around the title. For example, if you create a section labeled "My Accordion Section", the link description field should contain the slug as {{my-accordion-section}}.

Slug titles are all lowercase and contain dashes instead of spaces - see help article

Section Monklet - Callout

Callout Text

Note: Callouts can also be setup using the snippets tool in the content editor. See more info here >>

This monklet displays content from a link list (Content > Link Lists). Within the link list, the following field are used for each item:

  • "Name" is the heading
  • "Link" is for the button link
  • "Description" is the summary/description text
  • "Button Text" is required to with the url (link) for the button to show

When using the monklet, you'll need to use the "find" parameter to specify which link list to display: {{section-monklet-callout|find="link-list-name"}}

Section Monklet - Content Rotator

Image Rotator

With this monklet, you can display a rotator in the content area of a page or section, and the images will automatically cyle through.

The rotator needs to be setup under Media > Rotators. Within each rotator item, the following fields are used:

  • Image/Video: controls the image or video
  • Title: adds a title overtop of the image (optional)
  • Caption: adds a description overtop of the image (optional)
  • Link: add a link to the image or button (optional). If the "button text" field is populated, the button will display as the link. If not, the image will be linked.
  • Button Text: adds a button overtop of the image (optional).
  • Sub Heading: add a styled blue heading above the title (optional)

When using this monklet, the rotator title needs to be included in the tag with the "find" parameter.

Example: {{section-monklet-rotator|find="home-rotator"}}

Section Monklet - Latest Events

Latest Events

This monklet displays the latest 6 events (managed under Events > Events). If you want to only show events from a specific group or category, you can use the "find_group" and "find_category" inline parameters as needed. 

Here is an example of the monklet setup if you wanted to display events from the "Children's Ministry" category:  {{section-monklet-latest-events|find_category="childrens-ministry"}}

Section Monklet - Tabs

Tabbed Content

Note: Tabs can also be setup using the snippets tool in the content editor. See more info here >>

The "Section Monklet - Tabs" monklet is an alternate way to setup tabs within a page or section. This option allows you to use a link list to power your tabs instead of using the Snippets tools in the content editor. You would need to create a new link list, and then each tab would be setup as an item in the list. The "name" and  "description" fields are used with this setup.

Once you create a link list, you can insert this monklet into the desired section or content area and then use the "find" tag to define which link list to use with the monklet. The "find" tag should be the name of the link list in lowercase with dashes in place of spaces (ie: the slug title).

Example with a link list "Tabs Example" - {{section-monklet-tabs|find="tabs-example"}}

NOTE - The description field for each item will display as plain paragraph text. If you would like to have a full html section content for a specific tab, you can do so by creating a section with the desired content. Once created, you will place the slug of the section title in the description field for the cooresponding link list item. Curly braces will also need to be included around the title. For example, if you create a section labeled "My Tab Section", the link description field should contain the slug as {{my-tab-section}}.

Slug titles are all lowercase and contain dashes instead of spaces - see help article

Specialty Monklets

NOTE - These specialty monklets can be inserted in the page content area of a Subpage Default or Subpage Fullwidth template.

Staff Monklet

Staff Monklet

The "Staff Monklet" can be inserted into the content area of a page to display a list of staff members.  This monklet displays all members assigned to the group "Staff".