Content Manager Help / Instructions

How to add / delete / modify pages

Manage Pages using Content Manager (CMS)

0.) Compose your pages OFFLINE using WORD, and of course review, proof and spell check before you add or modify pages using this system.

With the page(s) proofed and approved we upload it…

Please note the preferred browser for this programming is Firefox (Mozilla Firefox), and this will have best results. A free download, and a good browser.

Please note also that it is recommended to use 2 DIFFERENT browsers;
one to login to the /TOOLS/ (ie. Firefox),
and the other to review the changes (ie. IE, etc.).

If viewing the front-end website, while at the same time logged into the /TOOLS/ back-end interface, the browser operates like the Visual Editor, and gives unexpected results for viewing.
Or simply LOG OUT of the /TOOLS/ before viewing the front-end website.

1.) For /TOOLS/ go to www.[YourDomain].com/tools
It drops you into the 3.0 admin tools.
Login with username/passwd provided you.

2.) Click into CONTENT MANAGER, then MANAGE WEBSITE.

3.) (If needed) Click open the YELLOW FOLDER icon, this reveals the sub-pages within that page ("child" pages under its "Parent" page).

1.) For the target page, click open the "V" menu and go to EDITING FORM.
The editing form opens in the right window.

2.) Please DO NOT CHANGE the TEMPLATE on a main page found on the main menu navigation. The Templates control how the page is displayed on the front-end website, and if the wrong Template, page may not display correctly to the viewer.

3.) Modify and fill in all appropriate fields for that page.

a. Typically TITLE is the short version of the page name. Try to keep these short.

b. Typically HEADING is either the same as the Title, or the longer version.

c. SUMMARY is a brief shortened version of the main BODY CONTENT. Does not offer paragraph breaks, etc.
Copy/paste the text in from MS WORD (however, double check the final display as MS WORD inserts special characters not read by the browser such as quotes (""), etc.).

d. TEXT (the main BODY CONTENT or "PAGE BODY") can be as long as needed. Copy/paste the text in from MS WORD (however, double check the final display as MS WORD inserts special characters not read by the browser such as quotes (""), etc.). If paragraph breaks are not working, use the Advanced tab and select PLAIN.

e. Within the TEXT (the main BODY CONTENT) there can be HTML code, offering a lot of formatting possibilities and things like inserting IMAGES, and even 3rd Party CODE such as embedded VIDEOS, etc.
See more info in the ADVANCED CMS HELP.
(NO IFRAME code is permitted.)

f. IMAGE becomes automatically sized down to fit the website, preset by the designer. Click to choose and upload the IMAGE, also using the help box at the upper right.

4.) SAVE the page.

5.) Using other TABS (Basic / Publish / Modules / Search / Advanced / Access), offers even more options.

6.) Click the PUBLISH tab and select ALWAYS to make your page live and open to the public for viewing.
Pages can be published by DATE if desired.
Please DO NOT UNPUBLISH a main page found on the main menu navigation. The menu link will be broken and give an error to the viewer.

7.) SAVE the page.

8.) Click the ADVANCED tab and to SORT your page in sequence with others, in the SORT NAME field, enter either a number (ie. 001, 002, 003, etc.) or a letter (ie. A, B, C, etc.).

Please note that if you want to SORT pages in a given section of the website, ALL pages in that section must have an entry in the SORT NAME field. Otherwise page without an entry will float to the top of the sequence.

9.) SAVE the page.

10.) Click the SEARCH tab to insert KEYWORDS and DESCRIPTIONS into a page to better attract and improve listings on Search Engines.
Try not to insert too many Keywords, as this will be regarded by the Search Engines as spam.

11.) SAVE the page.

12.) Click the ACCESS tab to control and limit the access of a given page from certain users/viewers.
Please note this is an advanced function, and could prevent viewers from seeing the website correctly. Please consult the designer for more info on how to use this functionality.

13.) SAVE the page.

Please note that we DO NOT recommend using the Visual Editor or the "Browse and Edit" function to make page modifications.

Although the Visual Editor works well, and is often very convenient for making changes and working in a visual environment to see the changes made, the down-side is that it uses and inserts certain html code that sometimes conflicts with the overall code used to create the website originally. It also may lessen the overall Search Engine Optimization the designer constructed into the original website, lowering Search Engine listings.

For these reasons, we recommend you favor the EDITING FORM over the Visual Editor.

1.) Click the LINK of THAT page in the list of pages.
That brings up the page in the Visual Editor in the right window.

2.) Modify and fill in all appropriate fields for that page.

a. Click on the HEADING to make a change. With the field "active" you see the little YELLOW MENU above the field, giving you options for formatting. Not usually needed on the HEADING field. Click SAVE on the yellow menu bar.

b. Click on the TEXT (the main BODY CONTENT) to make a change. With the field "active" you see the little YELLOW MENU above the field, giving you options for formatting. Click and drag to SELECT the text for which you want to FORMAT.
Select:
- B for bold
- I for italic
- U for Underline (not recommended in any website)
- FONT to change type style
- SIZE to change font size - COLOR to change text color
- LINK to insert a link (then click OK) - IMAGE to insert a floating image (not the main image)

Copy/paste the text in from MS WORD (however, double check the final display as MS WORD inserts special characters not read by the browser such as quotes (""), etc.).

When done, click SAVE on the yellow menu bar.

c. Within the TEXT (the main BODY CONTENT) there can be HTML code, offering a lot of possibilities like 3rd Party CODE such as embedded VIDEOS, etc.
See more info in the ADVANCED CMS HELP.
(NO IFRAME code is permitted.)

d. Click on the IMAGE to make a change. (This is the "main image" as opposed to flown-in images covered above.) With the field "active" you see the little YELLOW MENU above the field. Browse to choose an image, and once uploaded, then click CONFIRM. The image becomes automatically sized down to fit the website, preset by the designer.

3.) SAVE the page using the yellow button upper left.

1.) For the target page, click open the "V" menu and go to DELETE.

Please DO NOT DELETE a main page found on the main menu navigation. The menu link will be broken and give an error to the viewer.

1.) For the target page, click open the "V" menu and go to MOVE.

2.) Click on the new "PARENT" page, under which the target page will be moved.

Please DO NOT MOVE a main page found on the main menu navigation. The menu link could be broken as a result and give an error to the viewer.

Please note that you can always add a new page to the website. But, at the top level, the main navigation menu may not be programmed to automatically include that new page, and therefore the main navigation menu will need to be modified by the designer/developer to include it.

Adding a "child" page under a "parent" page that is already programmed to list ANY "child" pages found underneath it, will of course recognize and list that new "child" page in the list.

Please note also that it is recommend using the MANAGE WEBSITE tree view to ADD a new page, over the Add Web Page wizard built into the programming.

0.) Compose your pages OFFLINE using WORD, and of course review, proof and spell check.

1.) Click "V" menu for the "PARENT" page, under which the NEW target page will be added, and select ADD.

2.) The system creates a generic new page and offers the TITLE "New Item."

3.) Change the tmp TITLE from "New Item" to the correct TITLE for that new page. Then click the little "x" to the left, or simple hit the enter key on your keyboard.

4.) Click open the "V" menu and go to EDITING FORM.
The editing form opens in the right window.

5.) IMPORTANT - if needed, CHANGE the TEMPLATE on new page. The Templates control how the page is displayed on the front-end website, and if the wrong Template, page may not display correctly to the viewer.

6.) Follow the steps above to MODIFY the new page, and fill in all appropriate fields for that page.

0.) Once you've modified or added a page as above, review the page to ensure all looks correct.

1.) It's handy to preview the page by simply clicking the LINK of THAT PAGE in the list of pages (in the Manage Website tree view).

That brings up the page in the Visual Editor (which you do NOT want to use to make edits) which here acts as a browser, and gives a quick preview of the page.
Review the page top to bottom and ensure all looks good.

2.) However, the real test is in your local browser once you have LOGGED OUT of the /TOOLS/ back-end interface.
Again review the page top to bottom and ensure all looks good, and that ALL LINKS WORK and arrive to correct locations.

More about the CMS

More info and instructions are found in the HELP section, top menu of the /TOOLS/ back-end interface.