Brightspot CMS User Guide

Creating an action bar


This guide explains how to make an action bar, which is a list of social media icons that hyperlink off to their respective sites.

To create an action bar:

  1. Click menu > Admin > Sites & Settings.
  2. In the Sites widget, click the site for which you want to create an action bar, or click Global to create an action bar for all sites.
  3. Click search, located to the left of more_horiz, and type Action Bar.
  4. To create a default action bar, do the following:
    1. From the Default Action Bar list, select Set.
    2. Under Items, click add_circle_outline and select an action, such as a social networking share. Repeat to select additional actions. Your form looks similar to the following:
      action bar social networking action bar social networking
  5. To create a type-specific action bar, do the following:
    1. Under Type Specific Overrides, click add_circle_outline.
    2. Under Items, click add_circle_outline and select a social networking share. Your form looks similar to the following:
      action bar type specific action bar type specific
    3. From the Types list, select the content types to which this action bar applies.
    4. Repeat steps a–c to create additional type-specific action bars.
  6. Click Save.
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