In FranConnect's new Hub update, we’ve focused on the Spaces feature to help you better organize and share information across your network. Now, it's easier to create Spaces for specific teams and projects, making sure everyone gets the content they need. Plus, you can add videos and images right from the Hub Library to your Spaces, making your communication more engaging. Let’s get started on simplifying and enhancing how your team shares information.
Note: Spaces come with pre-configured templates that FranConnect has provided to help you build out your Spaces pages. To learn more about them, please check out this article.
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Spaces in The Hub
Spaces are customizable pages designed to help you organize your essential documents and resources into distinct, single-page presentations, ensuring your most important information is both accessible and neatly arranged. The icons on the Spaces box are served from the Spaces you have configured in The Hub. An example Spaces page looks like this:
These pages are great resources to provide to your franchisees to help them succeed in their business. Let's take a look at how to build a Spaces page.
Building a Spaces Page
To build a page in Spaces, first log into your FranConnect environment. Click the Hub New button on the left-hand sidebar.
From The Hub, click Library at the top of the page.
On the next page, click the +NEW button, and then select Space from the ensuing drop-down menu.
You will be taken to the following page:
Give your space a name, icon, and an accessibility level. You can either use a default icon or select the "Custom" option to upload your own icon to use. To select the summary format you wish to use, hover over the box with the corresponding format and click Customize.
This will take you to the following page editor:
Note: To add a new element, you must create a space for it to exist so the layout must be inserted first.
From here, you can drag layouts and elements from the left-hand side of the screen into the template. You can also edit all of the layouts and elements that you have added to your page. If you want to see the best practices for element sizing, please see the graphic below for one, two, and three column sizing.
Once you have set up your page exactly the way you want it, click the SAVE button at the top-right portion of the page. Click ADD on the following page once you have confirmed that the new Space is set up the way you want it to be.
Your new Spaces page will now be displayed in The Hub.
Building a Subcategory Page
To build a Subcategory page, navigate to the Spaces page on which you wish to create the Subcategory. On the top of the Spaces page, click the +SUBCATEGORY button.
You will be taken to the following page:
To create your Subcategory, proceed through the steps detailed in the previous section.
Each Subcategory you create will be nested under the parent Spaces page on which you create the Subcategory.
Conclusion
Having read this article, you should now be able to create and navigate Spaces pages in FranConnect.