Basic Web Editing

1. Click  to go to the site structure.
2. Find the section under which you wish to add a page.
3. Hover over that section’s yellow button  and click on ‘Add Section’.
4. Give it a name (spaces are allowed).
5. In ‘Output URI’, enter a unique directory name (e.g. ‘about’).
   (This tells the CMS to publish this page to http://www.nuigalway.ie/yoursite/about/)
   Note: No spaces allowed - use the hyphen instead (e,g. 'about-us')
6. If you don’t want a link to this page in your site's side navigation , then uncheck ‘Show in Navigation’.
7. Click

This adds a new blank page into the CMS.  The next step is to add content to that page.  When this content is approved (by you), the page will publish to your site automatically.

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1. Ensure the filename does not contain any spaces, and don't use any characters that are reserved for web addresses in its filename ( ! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? % # [ ] ) or you may not be able to load the image. 
2. Edit some content.
3. Click  to go to the media library.
4. Search the image library for the image to use.
5. Hover over the image and click 

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1. Click  to go to the site structure.
2. Find the section for the page to edit.
3. Hover over that section’s yellow button  and click on ‘Add Content’.
4. Choose the type of content to add from the list. ‘Content (Rich Text)’ is the most common choice (for adding text & images).
5. Fill in all fields.
6. Hover over the arrow beside ‘Add’ and then click on ‘Add & Approve’.
   

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Step 1: Prepare your image (~3 minutes)
First, know which content type you want to add it to.
Then size the image for that content type and web-optimise it by following these instructions: Creating Web Ready Images 

Ensure the filename does not contain any spaces, and don't use any characters that are reserved for web addresses in its filename ( ! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? % # [ ] ) or you may not be able to load the image.

Step 2: Upload it to Site Manager's Media Library (~2 minutes)
Because your image doesn’t need to be resized, adding it via the media library is a straightforward task:
Edit your content as ususal.  When you wish to add an image:

1. Click the link to go into the media library - This is either  (if the field has the WYSIWYG editor) or else Select
2. On the left hand side, click into the category you want to upload to
3. Click 
4. Fill in the name, description and keywords for the new image. Then click the first  button.
5. Select the web-ready version (on your hard disk) that you want to upload and click ‘Open’
6. Set the media type to ‘Image (foreground)’ or ‘Image Path (CSS)’
    Tip: 'Image (foreground)' is for when you want to include an image via the WYSIWYG editor.  E.g. when using a  'Content', 'Content (no title)', or 'Course template 1' (or 2) content type.  Most other content types require a background image - aka 'Image Path (CSS)'.
7. Click
8. You’re brought to the page of the media library that contains your new image.  Simply hover over it and click – your image is then included in your content type.

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1. Click  to go to the site structure.
2. Find the section for the page to delete.
3. Hover over that section’s yellow button  and click on ‘Delete Section’

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1. Click  to go to the site structure.
2. Find the section for the page to edit.
3. Hover over that section’s yellow button  and click on ‘Modify Content’.
4. Click on the name of the content type to edit.
5. Make your changes.
6. Hover over the arrow beside ’Update’ and click ‘Update & Approve’.
   

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1. Edit some content.
2. Place the cursor where you want the link to appear.
3. Click on
4. Search the image library for the document to include.
5. Click on the document’s name.
6. Hover over the document icon and click (icon view)
   or Click on the document name (list view)
7. Double-click the link that appears to rename it.cartoon man

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Many conent types have a rich text editor with lots of editing icons in its top bar.  This allows you to add text and images, and turn specific words/images into links.
If you want to add an link inside this editor, simply:

1. Edit some content.
2. Highlight the text (or click on the image) you'd like to turn into a link.
3. To link to another page in Site Manager, use
   To link to page on an external website. use

Other content types always have a link feature built into them - in this case, they'll specifically ask you to select the section (page) in site manager you want to link to OR type in the web address to link to.  Only fill in one of these and leave the other field blank.

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While editing your content, you can click  but this won’t show complicated pages correctly. The best way to preview a page is to:

1. Find the page’s section in the site structure
2. Hover over the section’s yellow button and click ‘Preview’.
Note: Preview shows all content types (even unapproved ones) but only approved content will be included in published pages.

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If you have mulitple sections or content which you no longer need and your site structure is looking cluttered. 

 Create a section called 'TRASH' or 'DELETED' and set the section status to 'Pending'.  As per the image above, once set to pending it will be highlighted in Yellow and will not publish.

• Select the content you no longer want on your site and Select Delete from the dropdown menu. 
• Once you have deleted a content item the status will be 'inactive', if you delete a section it will be highlighted in red.   
• You can now move the deleted content into the newly created 'TRASH' or 'DELETED' section so that it is not cluttering up your view.

At intervals the system will be purged of any content within sections labelled 'TRASH' or 'DELETED' and your unwanted content will be permanently deleted.

Do not place items which you might want to use again in the future into the 'TRASH' or 'DELETED' sections.  Content can not be retrieved once permanently deleted from the system. 

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Warning:The filename of the document you are uploading must have no spaces in it. Documents with spaces will not appear on the live website as the space confuses the uploader. So rename your document first, using underscores or hyphens instead of spaces. E.g. my_file_to_upload.docx

1. If you are editing content, click  to go to the media library.
   Otherwise, hover over ‘Content’ and click on ‘Media Library’.
2. In the left bar, click on your ‘files’ category (you can’t upload to someone else’s).
3. Click on  
4. To the right of ‘Media’, click on
5. Select your file to upload, then click ‘Open’.
   
   Tip: Make sure the filename does not contain any spaces or it might not upload.
   Also, remove any characters in the filename that are reserved for web addresses ( ! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? % # [ ] ) or you may not be able to browse to the file once it's uploaded.  
6. Fill out its name, description, and keywords and click 

Note: Any document you add to the media library won't actually be uploaded by t4 until you add a link to it in a published page (see how).

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