Website Redesign

Editing Interface

The Page Actions toolbar contains options for editing your page:

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Preview: View how the page will look on your website.

Edit: Start editing the content of the page.

Source: Edit the source code of the page. 

Properties: Edit title, tags, access, layout options, navigation etc.


Main Content Section

The "Main Content" section should contain content for pages that use the side menu navigation type. (all migrated pages use the side menu navigation type by default). The main content section may also be useful on pages that use the banner navigation type with content that must be full width.

To edit Main Content:

1.     Select the green editable Main Content button.

        main content

2.    Add any desired content. The content could be a combination of texts, snippets, tables, images, etc.

3.    Click on Save at the top right of the page.

4.    Publish to make the change to the production webpage.


Additional Content Section

The "Additional Content" section should contain the page content on pages that use banner navigation.

The "Additional Content" section can also be used to on pages that use side menu navigation to add full width content under the side menu.

To edit Additional Content:

1.    Select the green editable Additional Content button.

      additional content

2.    Add any desired content. The content could be a combination of texts, snippets, tables, images, etc.

3.    Click on Save at the top right of the page.

4.    Publish to make the change to the production webpage.


Toolbar

Toolbar is located at the top of the CMS editor after you choose to edit content.

Toolbar menu

Some of the features that toolbar offers are described below:

Tool Icon Description
Find and Replace   find and replace icon Search for text in the editable region then replace with other text.
Spellcheck   spell icon check

Check the spelling within the editable region.

Insert/Edit Links link icon Create or edit a link from the selected content to other content.
Anchor  anchor icon Create or edit a page marker that can link to other content.
Snippets snippet icon Add preexisting snippets of formatted content to the page.
Assets assets icon Add preconfigured assets of formatted content to the page.
Components components icon Add preconfigured components of form-based content to the page.
Tables table icon Insert and modify a table.
Insert Image insert image icon Insert or edit an image.
Source code   source code icon View and edit the HTML code in the editable region.
Insert/Edit MailTo Link Mail icon Create a link from the selected content that prompts an email client to open a new email.
Buttons styles Click on the styles tab for a dropdown menu with a list of all available buttons.

Save and Publish

  • When you edit a web page in the CMS the system will "check out" the web page so that no one other than you can edit it.
  • After you finish editing the web page content use the "Save" button save button to save your changes to the CMS without publishing them to the production web server.
    • This is a change from the previous CMS which only allowed you to save by publishing changes to the server.
    • Saving a page will not "check-in" the web page to allow others to edit. To "check-in" use the lightbulb icon check in icon or use the Publish button to check the page back in.
  • The "Publish" button publish button will save and publish any content changes to the production web server.
    • When you "Publish" a file be sure to run "Final Check" to check for broken links, spelling errors, and accessibility issues.
      • Publish box
    • Once you "Publish" the web page file will be checked in which will allow other users to edit the file.
  • If another user checks out file, you will see a lock icon as the file status. That means the page is not accessible to any other user. If you would need to unlock any such file, contact webmaster@lsuhsc.edu.
  • The video below goes over the process of checking in and out a file: