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- Click on the navigation item above callend "Login"
- This page will ask for an username and password. Type your user name and password in their respective boxes and click the 'Login' button.
- You're now at the control screen featuring all of your available control options.
- After you login to the Site Management section of this website, the first screen will be the Manager Menu screen. There might be several options in the left hand bar, each under a bold faced heading describing what they control.
- One of the headings will be "Content Management" and under there will be two options - Add New Content and Edit/Delete Existing Content.
- Click on the Add New Content option.
- After clicking on the Add New Content option, you will be brought to the Add/Edit/Delete page. Changes made in this screen will be reflected on the actual web page.
- See the section called "What are the input sections of the Content Manager?" for information on what each section does.
- Fill your information into the corresponding boxes. Scroll to the bottom of the page and press the submit button to place the text on the website.
- After you login to the Site Management section of this website, the first screen will be have two options in the left hand bar - Add New Content and Edit/Delete Existing Content.
- Click on the Edit/Delete Existing Content option.
- You will be brought to a screen featuring a list of items already in the Content Management System listed in descending order from their entry date.
- Find the section you wish to modify in the listing and click on the name.
- After finding the section you wish to modify and clicking on the name, you will be brought to the Add/Edit/Delete page. Changes made in this screen will be reflected on the actual web page. See the section called "What are the sections on the Add/Edit/Delete page?" for information on what each section does.
- After you select the section of text you want to modify, the name column at the top of the page contains a name that directs where the text in the manager is displayed on the page.
- Down the left hand side of the page runs a list of bold face headings indicating the section of the web page to be modified like the headline or intro.
- The center boxes contain the text that will be displayed on the web page, and the pull-down menus on the right format the text in the center boxes.
- Enter the text you wish to have displayed into the corresponding boxes.
- Use the format menus to the right to select the correct font size type, color, size, and alignment.
- When all the text you wish to have displayed on the page is in the correct boxes click the "Submit This Record" button
- Active/Inactive
Clicking the 'Active' button will allow the text be seen on the web page. Clicking the 'Inactive' button will store the text but prevent it from being seen on the web page. - Name
The name entered in this box identifies the section of text. This name should not change because has corresponding names within the web page. - Date
The date serves two purposes. This date can be displayed on the web page. Secondly, the date can be set to a forward time to have certain content appear automatically in the future. The date function also can also be turned on and off with the Display option under the date menus. Clicking the 'Yes' button will display the day; clicking 'No' will leave the date off. - Headline
The headline is the first piece of text placed on the screen and should be the title of the text. - Subhead
The subhead is the text featured directly under the headline on the screen and features a sub headline for the text. - Caption 1
The caption is the text featured underneath the image on the introduction page. - Caption 2
The second caption is the text featured underneath the image on the expanded story page. - Author
The author text is featured underneath the subhead on the web page. The author text can also be turned into a link for either another web page or e-mail address by using the Link box directly underneath the author box. To make the author text a link to another web page, type in the full web site address into the Link box. To make the author text a link to the person's e-mail address, type in "mailto:" followed directly by the person's full e-mail address. - Intro
The text typed into this box will be featured on the first page, or home section, of the web site. The text placed into this box should amount to between an eighth to a quarter of the full text depending on length. The intro text can be the beginning of the full text or a summary of the full text. - More
The text placed in the more will appear as a link at the bottom of the intro text. This link will direct people to the rest of the text. The Link box underneath the More box is where the link to the full story is placed. The Link box should not need to be changed. - Intro Repeat
Clicking the 'Yes' option will repeat the text of the intro before the rest of the body. Clicking the 'No' option will place the body text on the page without the preceding intro that was featured on the home page. Simple HTML commands can be entered into this box to change the look of individual words or phrases. - Body
This box features the remaining text not placed in the intro box. Simple HTML commands can be entered into this box to change the look of individual words or phrases. - Related Link 1
Text placed in this box will appear at the box will appear as a link at the bottom of the body text. In the Link box, place the address of the link that you wish for the text to point to. - Related Link 2
Text placed in this box will appear at the box will appear as a second link at the bottom of the body text, underneath Related Link 1. In the Link box, place the address of the link that you wish for the text to point to. - Image 1
Placing a picture address in the box will place a picture within the text intro text. - Image 2
Placing a picture address in the box will place a picture within the body text. - Upload Image 1
A specific image can be uploaded directly to the server through this box. Click the browse button to bring up a Choose File dialog box. After finding your file, click the open button. This will place a file name in the upload image box. Click the "Upload Now" button to upload the picture to the server. This image can now be placed within the text using the Image 1 box. - Upload Image 1
A specific image can be uploaded directly to the server through this box. Click the browse button to bring up a Choose File dialog box. After finding your file, click the open button. This will place a file name in the upload image box. Click the "Upload Now" button to upload the picture to the server. This image can now be placed within the text using the Image 2 box.
The content manager has the ability to easily accept HTML coding in the intro and body sections. These commands are used to create affects on text above what the content manager allows you to do.
Using HTML Codes to Change Text
HTML coding consists of an opening and closing command and the text placed between the opening and closing command is affected (ex.1).Ex. 1 - Text Coding
If you type the following sentence in the content manager:
The following <b>word</b> will be bold.
It will appear on the web page as:
The following word will be bold.
Following are some of the more popular HTML commands that can be used.
Effect -- Opening Command -- Closing Command
Bold -- <b> -- </b>
Italic -- <i> -- </i>
Underline -- <u> -- </u>
Using HTML Codes to Space Text
HTML provides for two different methods of spacing text. The first is a line break, which places the following text on the next line. The line break does not use a closing command; instead the opening command (<br />) is simply placed in front of the line you wish to position at the start of a new line (ex. 2).
Ex. 2 - Line Breaks
If you type the following sentences in the content manager:
This is the end of the first paragraph.<br>And the beginning of the second.
It will appear on the web page as:
This is the end of the first paragraph.
And the beginning of the second.
The second method of spacing text is to use a paragraph break. The paragraph break acts like the text commands, with an opening (<p>) and closing (</p>) command. The paragraph break differs from the line break in that it places a blank line between the two lines of text (ex. 3).
Ex. 3 - Paragraph Breaks
If you type the following sentences in the content manager:
This is the end of the first paragraph.<p>And the beginning of the second.</p>
It will appear on the web page as:
This is the end of the first paragraph.
And the beginning of the second.
Using HTML to Create Links
Links can be used to direct people on your site to other pages on your site, to pages other than ones on your site, or to have users send you e-mail. All three purposes use the same basic HTML code. The code to create a link consists of an opening (<a href="****">) and a closing (</a>) command. However, when creating a link you also need to know where you are sending your visitors to. This information will be placed where the stars are now in the above example.
To send someone to a page of your own, or to a page not located on your site, you have to put the address of the page inside the quotation marks of the code (ex. 4). The address of the page is displayed by your web browser, generally at the top of the browser in a field labeled "address". This can simply be copied from the browser to the content manager.
Ex. 4 - Links
If you type the following sentences in the content manager:
The following <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">word</a> will be a link.
It will appear on the web page as:
The following word will be a link.
If the user clicks on "word" they will be taken from your site to Yahoo!
Links are also used to be able to send someone e-mail. It uses the same structure as the link command, but changes the information inside the quotation marks (ex. 5). In example 5, replace youremail@yoursite.com with your actual e-mail address. If you wish to have the text the user clicks on be your e-mail address, replace "word" with your e-mail address as well.
Ex. 5 - E-Mail Links
If you type the following sentences in the content manager:
The following <a href="mailto:youremail@yoursite.com">word</a> will send e-mail.
It will appear on the web page as:
The following word will send e-mail.
If the user clicks on "word", the user can send an e-mail to "youremail@yoursite.com"
