Create Custom Home Page Components
- From Setup, enter Home Page Components in the QuickFind box, then select Home Page Components.
- Click New.
- Enter a name for the component. For custom links, this name is displayed as the section heading in the sidebar on the Home tab.
- Choose the type of component.
- Click Next, and then complete one or more of these steps.For links, select the appropriate custom links, and then click Add.For images, click Insert an image, choose the document folder, and then select the image file. The image file must be in a public folder and Externally Available must be enabled on the document’s properties so that users can view the image.Tip Keep your image size smaller than 20 KB for optimum performance.For an HTML Area component, choose where to display it—in the wide or narrow column—and then enter your content in the box below.Note HTML Area home page components don’t support JavaScript, CSS, iframes, and some other advanced markup. To use JavaScript or other advanced HTML elements in your home page component, we recommend that you use a Visualforce Area component instead.For a Visualforce Area component, choose where to display it—in the wide or narrow column—then select the Visualforce page, and assign it a height.
- For links, select the appropriate custom links, and then click Add.
- For images, click Insert an image, choose the document folder, and then select the image file. The image file must be in a public folder and Externally Available must be enabled on the document’s properties so that users can view the image.Tip Keep your image size smaller than 20 KB for optimum performance.
- For an HTML Area component, choose where to display it—in the wide or narrow column—and then enter your content in the box below.Note HTML Area home page components don’t support JavaScript, CSS, iframes, and some other advanced markup. To use JavaScript or other advanced HTML elements in your home page component, we recommend that you use a Visualforce Area component instead.
- For a Visualforce Area component, choose where to display it—in the wide or narrow column—then select the Visualforce page, and assign it a height.
- Click Save.