Login
1. Open Internet Browser
2. Type your URL followed by ‘/administrator’
3. Enter your username and password
Add Pages / Content
1. Click on Content Items Manager
2. Click ‘New’ (top right corner)
3. Give the page a title and title alias
4. Select a section and category from the drop-down box (choose content for general pages)
5. Enter all content for the page (text/images/links) in the ‘Intro text’ section.
a. To add and format text:
i.) Select the size of your text from the ‘format’ drop down box (Headings and paragraph the most common)
ii.) Similar to Microsoft Word, you can Bold, Italic or Underline the text, change the alignment (left, right centre, fully justified), as well as add bullet / numbered points. Select the text by clicking and dragging to highlight and format as needed by clicking the buttons above the intro text box.
b. To insert an image:
i.) Click on ‘insert/edit image’ button (bottom row of toolbar, 3rd icon).
ii.) The middle column displays the images you have in your ‘stories’ folder. iii.) Find the image from the middle column at the bottom and click it once.
iv.) Change the properties of the image according to what you need.
c. To link to a page
i.) Highlight the word you want to link by clicking and dragging.
ii.) Click the ‘Insert/edit link’ button in the toolbar just above the text area.
iii.) Add the link (web address of the page) in the 1st (Link URL) text box OR choose the page from the drop down boxes at the bottom (for links to pages within your site)
iv.) Click the “insert” button to save this link.
6. Add a menu item for created pages
a. Hover over Menu and click on ‘mainmenu’.
b. Click the ‘New’ button in the top right hand corner.
c. Click ‘Link – Content Item’ if this is the case.
d. Type the name of the menu item in the yellow text box.
e. Choose (click on) the page you want to link to.
f. Click the save button – top right corner.
Uploading items (images, .pdf’s etc)
a. To add and format text:
i.) Select the size of your text from the ‘format’ drop down box (Headings and paragraph the most common)
ii.) Similar to Microsoft Word, you can Bold, Italic or Underline the text, change the alignment (left, right centre, fully justified), as well as add bullet / numbered points. Select the text by clicking and dragging to highlight and format as needed by clicking the buttons above the intro text box.
b. To insert an image:
i.) Click on ‘insert/edit image’ button (bottom row of toolbar, 3rd icon).
ii.) The middle column displays the images you have in your ‘stories’ folder. iii.) Find the image from the middle column at the bottom and click it once.
iv.) Change the properties of the image according to what you need.
c. To link to a page
i.) Highlight the word you want to link by clicking and dragging.
ii.) Click the ‘Insert/edit link’ button in the toolbar just above the text area.
iii.) Add the link (web address of the page) in the 1st (Link URL) text box OR choose the page from the drop down boxes at the bottom (for links to pages within your site)
iv.) Click the “insert” button to save this link.
6. Add a menu item for created pages
a. Hover over Menu and click on ‘mainmenu’.
b. Click the ‘New’ button in the top right hand corner.
c. Click ‘Link – Content Item’ if this is the case.
d. Type the name of the menu item in the yellow text box.
e. Choose (click on) the page you want to link to.
f. Click the save button – top right corner.
Uploading items (images, .pdf’s etc)
Option 1
1. Open a NEW or edit an existing page (through Content Items Manager)
2. Click the UPLOAD button – in the top-right hand buttons
3. Browse your hard drive and find the image you want to upload. Select it.
4. Click UPLOAD
Option 2
1. Open a NEW or edit an existing page (through Content Items Manager)
2. Click the Insert/Edit Image icon from the format bar
3. Click the grey hard drive icon from the roght hand lower side of the image manager
3. Browse your hard drive and find the image you want to upload. Select it.
4. Tick the box to Select after uploading, then click UPLOAD
5. Format the properties of the image as you see fit
6. Click Insert
Option 3 (Media Manager)
1. Go back to the HOME area, by clicking home in the menu.
2. Click on ‘Media Manager’.
3. Click on stories folder.
4. Click on the ‘Browse…’ button in the right upper side
5. Choose the file (should be saved somewhere on hard drive or other disk) and click open
6. Click the ‘Upload’ button. This will save the file to the /stories folder. If it is an image it will appear in the image list when you go to create/edit a web page (see ‘To insert an image’).
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