Raginʼ CMS Beginner Guide
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Raginʼ CMS Beginner Guide Raginʼ CMS is the official content management system for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This guide provides you with the tools you need to develop the basic structure of your website and begin migrating content. For more information, visit http://web.louisiana/edu. Contents Get started ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Log in .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Change your password ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Screen overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Create your main menu links/pages (buckets) ................................................................................................................. 2 Reorder the links in the main menu ................................................................................................................................... 3 Add a secondary menu link in a main menu topic ............................................................................................................. 3 Edit page text ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Format text ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Filter your content ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Edit the footer ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Add hyperlinks ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 URL link ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Email link ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Use the Linkit tool .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Add a link to a document ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Part one: Upload the document ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Part two: Link the document .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Prepare documents to transition from the test site to live site ........................................................................................... 7 Add a page within a section without it showing up as a secondary menu link ................................................................... 7 Add a link inside of a sidebar menu ................................................................................................................................... 8 Add News & Events ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Add News ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Add Events ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Congratulations on being selected to start your new website! Your site is a representation of the University, your department or office, and you. It is often your first opportunity to make a positive, lasting impression. When creating your site, remember that you are not designing this site for you. It should be built in a way that best serves your audience—potential and current students, prospective and current employees, donors, and community members. You should view the task of building this site as an opportunity to set yourself, your department or office, and our University apart and show the world just what an exceptional place it is. Get started “Oh my goodness, I have to build an entire website! There is no way I have time to do that! That sounds incredibly complicated! I havenʼt even started and Iʼm overwhelmed!” Take a deep breath. If you can click two buttons, you can create a page. If you use Microsoft Word, you can add content. If you can click a checkbox, you can add a menu link. Most of your page will already be completed for you. All you will have to do is add the content. Log in Your URL will be the name of your office/department plus test.louisiana.edu. To log in, you will add /user to the end. Example: http://mysite.test.louisiana.edu/user Change your password You will need to change your initial password to a more secure password when logging in for the first time. You may also want to change your password periodically to maintain the security of your account. 1. Log in to your site. 2. Click the Edit tab on the main screen. 3. Enter your current password, and then type your new password twice to confirm it. 4. Click Save. Raginʼ CMS | Beginner Guide Page 1 Screen overview Admin toolbar Main menu Page admin tabs Secondary menu Body/Content Create your main menu links/pages (buckets) The key to a functional site is organization. Information should be categorized into no more than five categories, or “buckets.” These categories will be the links in your main menu. You will need to put some thought into naming and developing these categories so that the location of information makes sense to the target audience. 1. In the admin toolbar, hover your cursor over Content. 2. Pull your cursor down, and place it over Add content. 3. Click on Page. 4. Type the name of the page in the Title box. 5. Type or copy and paste your content in the Body box. 6. Scroll down to Provide a menu link and click in the box. A check mark will appear. Raginʼ CMS | Beginner Guide Page 2 7. Ensure that the Parent item is <Main menu> 8. Click Save at the bottom of the window. Repeat this step for all desired main menu links (no more than five). Reorder the links in the main menu 1. Hover your cursor over the far left side of the main menu bar. 2. Click on the sprocket icon that appears. 3. Select List Links. 4. Click on the compass arrow to the right of the link title and drag it to your desired location. 5. Click Save configuration at the bottom of the window. Add a secondary menu link in a main menu topic Each main category should serve as an umbrella for the content you will be adding. Under those topics, you will probably have subtopics. They will appear in the sidebar menu and under the main topic in the drop down menu. These subtopics need to be highly related to the main topic you place them under. 1. In the admin toolbar, hover your cursor over Content. 2. Pull your cursor down, and place it over Add content. 3. Click on Page. 4. Type the name of the page in the Title box. 5. Type or copy and paste your content in the Body box. 6. Scroll down to Provide a menu link and click in the box. A check mark will appear. 7. Ensure that the Parent item is your main menu topic, such as About Us. 8. Click Save at the bottom of the window. Repeat this step for all desired secondary menu links (no more than ten). Edit page text Content will need to be updated regularly. There are two basic ways to update pages. The Edit tab 1. Using the main menu, go to the page you want to edit. Raginʼ CMS | Beginner Guide Page 3 2. Click the Edit tab above the content window in the page admin tabs. 3. Make your changes and press Save at the bottom of the screen. The edit content operation 1. Click Content in the admin toolbar at the top of the page. 2. Browse through the content until you find your page. 3. Click edit next to the page title in the operations column. 4. Make your changes and press Save at the bottom of the screen. Format text In the edit page window, you will find some of the most common formatting tools available to you in most word processing programs. There are some important tools to note. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. Paste from Word: Click this button before pasting from Microsoft Word and some of the formatting will be cleaned up for you. 2. Spell check: Correct spelling is crucial for any website, especially a Universityʼs site. Always spell check your work and have another person proof it before you publish the content. 3. Spell check while typing: Clicking on this will allow you to view misspelled