WEBSITE AND EKTRON 9.1 TRAINING AND REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION Created by Hendrix College 1 Last updated September 18, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Your role in the Hendrix website ............................................................................................................................... 7 Orientation .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Parts of a web page ................................................................................................................................................... 8 Page Content ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Section Menu ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Header and Footer ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Types of Content........................................................................................................................................................ 8 Content .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Forms ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Assets ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Smartforms ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Library Items .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Hyperlinks .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Groups of Content ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Menus .................................................................................................................................................................. 10 Collections ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Taxonomies .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Accessing Ektron ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Username and Password ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Logging In ............................................................................................................................................................. 11 The Ektron Dashboard ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Search Filters ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Saving Searches ................................................................................................................................................... 13 The Ektron Workarea ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Content Tab ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Created by Hendrix College 2 Last updated September 18, 2014 Library Tab ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 Reports Tab .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Help Tab ............................................................................................................................................................... 15 Working with Content ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Creating Content...................................................................................................................................................... 16 The Content Editor .................................................................................................................................................. 16 Content Title Field ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Content Property Tabs ......................................................................................................................................... 17 The Content Editor .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Publishing Content ................................................................................................................................................... 29 Content States ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 Saving and Publishing Your Content .................................................................................................................... 30 Approval Chains ................................................................................................................................................... 30 Viewing Content on the Website ............................................................................................................................. 31 Uploading Images and Files ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Difference between assets and library items ...................................................................................................... 31 Using the Asset Manager ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Using the Library .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Editing a Content Block ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Working with Forms .................................................................................................................................................... 34 Creating Form Blocks ............................................................................................................................................... 34 New Form Wizard ................................................................................................................................................ 34 Using the Form Editor .............................................................................................................................................. 34 Text Field ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Choices Field ........................................................................................................................................................ 36 Checkbox ............................................................................................................................................................. 37 Calendar ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 Created by Hendrix College 3 Last updated September 18, 2014 Buttons ................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Editing Form Fields .............................................................................................................................................. 38 Editing the Post back Message ...........................................................................................................................