Implementing Custom Sections

Using the custom sections

There are two areas in your Beacon Classic app that you can customize. You can add content to the HTML <div> sections and style these areas using CSS.

Beacon details mid page

The following image shows an example of the implementation for the beacon_details_mid_page_section section:

Beacon web app overflow

Also, the following image shows an example of one of the implementations for the beacon-web-app-overflow section:

Use cases

The following are appropriate use cases for the custom sections.

• The midpage section for the details page can be used to place custom content like a short description.
• The overflow section can be used to add a chat-bot or a help-chat to the bottom of each page.

ID selectors

The following selectors can be used in your plugin code to control the custom <div> tags.

Module implementation

The following shows how functions using the custom HTML <div> sections are implemented using JavaScript and CSS modules. Of course, you may implement your JavaScript in the manner of your choice.

The following code contains these functions. A brief descriptions is provided for each:

index.js

Below is the JavaScript code used for beacon_details_mid_page_section example:

const populateMidPageDiv = () => {
    var midPage = document.getElementById('beacon_details_mid_page_section');
    var para1 = document.createElement("P");
    var t1 = document.createTextNode("This is div-mid-page")
    para1.appendChild(t1);
    midPage.appendChild(para1);   
};
 
const clearMidPageDiv = () => {
    var midPage = document.getElementById('beacon_details_mid_page_section');
    midPage.innerHTML = '';
};
  
export { populateMidPageDiv, clearMidPageDiv };

Here is the CSS code used for this example:

#beacon_details_mid_page_section {
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    font-size: medium;
}

index.js

Below is the JavaScript code used for beacon-web-app-overflow example:

const populateAppOverflowDiv = () => { 
    var webAppOverflow = document.getElementById('beacon-web-app-overflow');
    var para2 = document.createElement("P");
    var t2 = document.createTextNode("This is beacon-web-app-overflow.");
    para2.appendChild(t2);
    webAppOverflow.appendChild(para2);
};

const clearAppOverflowDiv = () => {
    var webAppOverflow = document.getElementById('beacon-web-app-overflow');
    webAppOverflow.innerHTML = '';
};

export { populateAppOverflowDiv, clearAppOverflowDiv };

Here is the CSS code used for this example:

#beacon-web-app-overflow {
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    font-size: large;
}