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Description of Additional Template 4 Features

If you decide to use Template 4, but do not want to use two lines for your home page title, you may delete the text from either of the two labeled windows at the bottom of your TNG Admin Setup >> Configuration >> Template Settings page that are labeled Header title, part 1: or Header title, part 2:

With Template 4 you have the option of showing a second image in the top right corner of your home page, which will also be shown on every public page on your site.  To do this, go to the label Header image: and follow the steps, above, for Adding an Image:

The four Feature Articles available on Template 4 offer the ability to provide additional information to your visitors.  This can take the form of text with or without links to outside websites or else links to pages or Media on your site.  Follow the instructions elsewhere in this tutorial for adding and formatting text and links.  Remember to click the Save button at the bottom of this page if you decide to create one or more Feature Articles. 
Points to note: Template 4 offers default icons for the four Feature Articles.  You have the option of uploading your own icons for any of these Feature Articles.  These need to be thumbnail images no larger than about 50 by 50 pixels.  Follow the steps for Adding an Image: to do this.

Point to note: 
Now that you have completed an initial home page setup, you might want to think about whether or not you want to make a copy of any of the text you have created for your home page.  This is because, whilst the TNG Team has set up an automatic backup process for your data, which occurs every weekend, your home page settings are not part of this backup.  Thus, if something should go wrong, it might be impossible to recover the formatted text you have entered into your home page.  One way to accomplish this backup of home page text might be to copy the text to a text file to store on your home computer.