❖ Heads up! Only Site Managers can create and manage Spotlights. This article is intended for Site Managers. If you're an Advanced Program Manager looking for information about managing your Programs, click here. If you're a Program Facilitator looking for information about reviewing your Programs, click here.
You can use Spotlights to call attention to important areas on your site! These are great for customizing your site and placing important content in front of your volunteers when they first sign in. In this article, we cover:
How to make your Spotlights interactive!
If you want to bring attention to important areas on your site, then a Spotlight is one great way to do that! Spotlights can be used to:
- Share links to custom pages you've created and want volunteers to visit
- Highlight upcoming important events or Opportunities you want your volunteers aware of
- Add buttons for special areas on your site to the main navigation menu for volunteers
- Showcase specific Programs to encourage volunteer engagement with them
- Direct volunteers to training materials and resources
- Share a Contact Us link
How your Spotlights are customized is important since they're some of the first things volunteers see when they access your site!
How to add links to Spotlights
1. Go to Settings > Spotlights. 
2. Click on the Spotlight you want to add a button or link for from the table.
3. Scroll down to the Target URL field and paste the URL you want volunteers to be taken to. 
- You must fill out the Link Text Field if you include a URL in the Target URL field.
- You can use the Link Text as an action button—e.g. Click Here, Volunteer Now, Learn More, etc.
✏️ Quick tip: Click Submit Spotlight before leaving the page. You can always return to add a URL after creating the Spotlight.
- If you want to include a link to a Custom Page you've created:
- Navigate to Content > Custom Pages from your Site Manager panel.
- In the table, click the Page Name for the Custom Page you want the URL for.
- The URL is located under the Page Name field:
- If you want to include a link to a Program on your site:
- Navigate to Volunteerism > Programs from your Site Manager panel.
- In the table, click the Program Name for the Program you want the URL for.
- The URL is located under Basic Info > Customize Link on the Edit Program page:
- If you want to include a link to an Opportunity on your site:
- Navigate to Volunteerism > Opportunities from your Site Manager panel.
- In the table, click the Opportunity Title for the Opportunity you want the URL for.
- The URL is located on the right-hand side of the page beside the field that says Opportunity Link:
4. Remember to click Submit Spotlight to save your changes!
Add Spotlights to the main navigation for volunteers
You can also have your Spotlights appear as buttons on the main navigation menu for volunteers. This can be set up from the same area where you add the URL.
- To have them show as a button, select Show in Navigation from the dropdown beside Show In Navigation.
- If you want to remove a Spotlight from the navigation, change the selection to Disabled.
- The Navigation Title is the title for the button in the navigation:
- Here's what that button looks like on the front end to volunteers:
- Remember to click Submit Spotlight to save your changes!
Examples of Spotlights
The first three Spotlights appear on the front end of your site when a volunteer signs in. You can always re-order your Spotlights as necessary. The first Spotlight appears as a stretched banner and the second and third appear as cards:
- In this example, the first Spotlight listed includes a link to the organization's privacy policy:
- If you've got an important volunteer Opportunity you want to showcase, you can make it the first Spotlight. This makes it appear as a banner:
- Do you have important training materials or resources that you want volunteers to review? You create a Spotlight to direct them to that content:
- The next two Spotlights appear as cards on the front end of your site:
- You can share important volunteer Opportunities:
- You can also use Spotlights to share a Contact Us link:
- After you've set up your Spotlights to Show in Navigation, they appear like this in the main navigation for volunteers:
These are just a few ways you can use this great tool to share important content with your volunteers!