3. Make Your Home Page
A page is the basic unit of a Scalar project. Each page can bring together text and media.
To begin, we'll open the home page:
Navigate to the home page using the drop-down menu in the upper left corner
Select the edit icon (pencil) from the upper right hand corner to edit the home page
Update the Title and Description:
- Title: [Song Name]
- Description: [Describe the page, ie “Music video featuring [musician name]
Next, add text to the page:
- Type the title followed by the performer
- Write a sentence or two underneath the song title describing the song.
- Copy and paste the song lyrics into the page
Next, integrate some media into your page:
Embed the video
We want the video to be embedded directly into the page at the very top. First, create a blank line at the top where you want to insert the video. Then, to insert media directly into the page, use the “insert inline scalar media link” tab from the text editor menu.
- Choose the youtube video that you uploaded.
- size “medium”;
- align “center”;
- caption “title and description”
- Note: to edit these choices later, you’ll need to go into the html editor, using the “source” button.
Link a photo
- Highlight the singer’s name and choose the “insert scalar media link” button. (It's the first green triangle button, just to the right of the globe) Select the photo of the singer that you imported.
- Size: medium
- Align: right
- caption: title and description
- Add the other photos creatively!
Link a pdf file
- Find an appropriate place to link in the PDF file following the instructions above. The brief paragraph describing the video may be a good place!
Update styling
- from the bottom menu, choose styling
- Select “key image”
- Choose the album cover as your “key image”
