| New User Guide
Welcome to CMS. We've put together below some simple instructions to get you started. We hope you will find CMS easy and enjoyable to use. If you need more detailed information on a specific topic please refer to the main Reference Help Menu .
To get access to your website, enter your User Name and Password when prompted. Your username and password are case sensitive, so remember to type them in carefully.
You will then see your website and how it is constructed, page by page.
To make changes to a page, click onto the appropriate page on the tree on the left hand side of the screen to access that page.
Text
To edit text, click into the body text of that page and change the text as necessary, using the text controls on the menu bar. You will find they are very similar to Word controls. You can delete and insert text as necessary, highlight areas of text and add bold, italics or underline. You can align your text left, right or centre and organise it in numbered or bulletted lists by clicking on the appropriate icon on the menu bar. You can also use the cut, copy and paste controls to move text around the pages of your site.
To change the font size and style of a section of text, highlight it, click Select Font and choose the appropriate font. You can add additional font styles into your personal library. See Site Styles.
To add large amounts of text you can cut and paste from a Word document.
Site
To create a new site,click New.assign a new site name,site URL, Ftp Location, Ftp User, Ftp Password, Ftp Directory, Default Page Extension.This site may be connected to servers. These server information such as IPaddress, username, password and directory need to be entered in the Server FTP Info field and click Save.The new site is created under the newly assigned site name You can modify or edit the site details at any time by clicking on Edit . You can delete the site details at any time by clicking on Delete . You can assign users to the site by clicking on User . To Create Departments For The Site
Go to Site menu and click Site Property.Then Click New to create departments for the site. Enter the site name,site URL, Ftp Location, Ftp User, Ftp Password, Ftp Directory, Default Page Extension and select department from Ftp Refer and click Save.
Publish File Settings
Select All or Modified/New files and click Show . The Files will be displayed.Select the version that you want to publish and click Show .Then go to Site menu and click on the department that you want to publish to Publish To Prod or Publish To UAT
Published Files Report
To view the report of the published files.Click Admin .Then click Published File Report . Select the department and select the from date and to date, between which time period, you want to view the published files and click Submit.The report is displayed along with the published date and its timings.We can retrieve the print-out for this report by clickin Submit . We can even retrieve the excel format of this file by clicking Excel .
Unpublished Files
To view the details of all the unpublished files, Click Admin .Then click Unpublished Files .Then we can view the required information such as sitename,filename,department,production servers and unpublished version.
Images
To delete an image, just click on it and press delete. To add an image, you first need to upload that image from your computer files onto CMS. Click on Site and then Edit Site Media. Use the Browse button to locate the image in your computer files and click Upload. To add this new image to the site, click in the site where you want the image to appear, click on Insert and then Image and select the image from the list, or you can use the insert image
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You can format the image once it is added to the site by clicking Format and Image. You can add borders and spacing, change the dimensions of the image and also choose how the text wraps around the image. Please note that the position relates to the image not the text, eg right wrap means that the image appears to the right of the text.
Flash
To add a flash,select the flash file that you want to insert and place the cursor where you want the flash file to appear and click Insert. You can upload the flash file. First, browse the file by clicking Browse and then click Upload.
Program
To add a program,select the program file that you want to insert and place the cursor where you want the program to appear and click Insert. You can upload the program file. First, browse the file by clicking Browse and then click Upload. You can modify the program properties like Program Name and Extension and save them by clicking Save Changes. You can perform operations such as new, edit and delete on the program files. You can create a new file by clicking New. Assign a name to your new file and type the program and click Save to save that file or click Cancel to cancel the file. You can modify or edit a program file at any time by clicking on Edit .
You can delete the program file at any time by clicking on Delete . Document
You can upload the document. First, browse the file by clicking Browse and then click Upload. You can modify the document properties like Document Name and save them by clicking Save Changes. You can delete the document file at any time by clicking on Delete . File Extensions
You can create extensions for the file other than the already created file extensions.To create an extension for a file, click on Admin and then File Extension. Enter the extension and click Save .The extension will be created so that it can be used on files in the Page Property
Links
To add a link, highlight the text that you want to link and click Insert and then Insert Link or click on the insert link icon
You can link to another page in your website, to an external website (make sure you enter the whole url starting http://) or a media file.
Tables
Tables can easily be added. Click on Table and then Insert Table or click on the insert table
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Select the number of rows and columns you require. You can then change the width and height of the rows and columns by clicking in the table and then clicking Table and then Properties. You can also add background and border colour by using the Table Properties controls.
Forms
Add a form by clicking on Form and then Insert Form. Insert the e-mail address that you want the form to be sent to. You can give the form a title and also define the page of the website that is shown to your "visitor" when they have completed the form, eg you might want to return them to the Home Page or you might like to create a page that says something like "thank you for completing the form, we will be contacting you with the information you require".
Click in your blank form and then click Form and then Insert to insert text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, drop down menus and send/submit buttons. Double click on the item once it is added to your form to define its properties. When assigning a name to an item, ensure that you leave no space eg "email" or "firstname".
Saving Changes
You can save the changes you make to a page at any time by clicking on Page and then Save this Page or by clicking on the save page icon
Each time you move to edit a different page in your website, a dialog box will appear asking you whether you wish to save the changes to the page you have been working on before you leave that page. Click OK to save the changes you have made or Cancel to cancel the changes you
have made since you last clicked on Save. Adding Pages
Extra pages can be added by clicking on Insert and then Insert New Page or by clicking on the new page icon
Then simply select where you want this page to appear in your site and what you want to call it. When you add a page, you can also incorporate information for search engines eg meta tags, keywords etc. For more details see Page Properties.
Pages can be deleted by clicking on Page and then Delete this Page or by clicking on the delete
page icon Please take care when deleting pages, as this command will delete not only the selected page and its content but all "child" pages which appear under it.
Adding Templates
Default templates can be added to the page by clicking on Enable Template or we can create new templates for the page by clicking on Create Template.
Templates can be deleted by clicking on Delete Template.
To add templates to the page, Click on Page Property icon
Adding Page Banner
Page Banners can be inserted into the selected page by clicking on Template and then click on Insert Page Banner. The Page banner will be inserted into the page.
To insert the text for that banner,Click on Page Property icon
Adding Page Hyperlinks
Page Hyperlinks can be inserted into the selected page by clicking on Template and then click on Insert Page Hyperlink. The Page hyperlink will be inserted into the page.
To insert the text for that hyperlink,Click on Page Property icon
Adding Page Content
Page Content can be inserted into the selected page by clicking on Template and then Insert Page Content. The Page Content will be inserted into the page.
Publishing your Changes
Although you are working on a "live" site over the internet, any changes you make will only appear on your actual published website if you save those changes and publish the site. Click on Site and then Publish Entire Site. Wait for the line in the web dialog box turns blue and moves from left to right, indicating the progress of the publishing operation. When publishing is finished, click OK to view your newly published site, which will appear in a new window. Close this window to return to the CMS editing screen. | ||||
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