❖ Heads up! This article is only intended for Site Managers.
Your site offers a range of customization options to align with your organization's mission and purpose. One such feature is the Spotlight tool, which allows you to highlight key areas of your site or display clickable banners and buttons for volunteers to engage with.
Spotlights are an excellent way to personalize your site and draw attention to key content you want to share with your volunteers. Spotlights are perfect for:
Sharing links to custom pages you'd like volunteers to explore
Highlighting important upcoming events or volunteer Needs or Opportunities
Adding buttons to the main navigation menu for logged-in volunteers
Showcasing specific Agencies or Programs on your site's front end
ℹ️ So you know: Some sites have language overrides in place. This means you might see Needs in place of Opportunities, Agencies in place of Programs, or Prerequisites in place of Qualifications.
Creating Spotlights
Click Settings > Spotlights.
Select Add Spotlight.
Set up the Spotlight with the fields on the Edit Spotlight form.
Icon: Icons appear in the banner, card, and navigation buttons.
Color: This is the background color for the banner and card.
Text Color: This is the text color for the banner and card.
Title: The title appears centered on the card.
Sub-title: The sub-title appears below the title, centered on the card.
255-character max.
Target URL: Insert a URL if you wish to make the Spotlight interactive.
You can link to other pages on the site, Custom Pages you've created, or external sites, etc.
Link Text: Include text for the Target URL—e.g., you could use action phrases like Click Me, Let's Go, or Learn More.
Show in Navigation: Select Show in Navigation if you want to add a button to the volunteer's navigation menu for the Spotlight, like so:
If you wish to remove a Spotlight from the navigation, you can change this setting to Disabled.
Navigation Title: This is the title of the button you added to the volunteer's navigation menu.
Click Submit Spotlight to finish.
Re-Ordering Spotlights
The first Spotlight listed in the Manage Spotlights table appears as the stretched banner on the front end of your site. The next two Spotlights listed appear as cards. Spotlights in the fourth spot and on, won't appear on the site unless you select Show in Navigation for them.
You can always reorder Spotlights to change which ones fall in the first three spots.
Go to Settings > Spotlights.
On the Manage Spotlights page, click and drag the hamburger icon to rearrange them.
