E KTRON B ASICS

T ODAY ’ S A GENDA What Ektron is Normal log in procedure The silver bullet: editing existing html content Links Adding images Creating new content Editing menus Key work area information

W HAT IS E KTRON ?

E KTRON IS A C ONTENT M ANAGEMENT S YSTEM (CMS) A CMS allows non-technical individuals to create, edit, manage, and publish web content. Using Ektron allows us to simultaneously maintain professional and consistent site design while allowing many individuals to create content. Ektron is a web-based application.

B ROWSER R EQUIREMENTS Internet Explorer 7 or higher or Firefox 2 or higher Firefox 2 or higher (Safari is not supported) PC Mac Enable Popups.

L OGGING IN

N ORMAL L OGIN : HTTP :// WWW 2. SEATTLEU. EDU / LOGIN. ASPX Normal Login Procedure 1. Type attleu.edu/login.aspx in your web browser’s address bar and hit enter. attleu.edu/login.aspx 2. You will get a pop-up window asking you for your username and password. Use your standard SU credentials. 3. Refresh your browser.

R EFRESHED L OGIN P AGE

T HE S ILVER B ULLET Editing Existing HTML Content

T ODAY ' S P RACTICE L OGIN : HTTP :// CMSTRAINING. SEATTLEU. EDU / LOGIN. ASPX HTTP :// CMSTRAINING. SEATTLEU. EDU / LOGIN. ASPX Log in to Today’s Practice Site 1. Type ng.seattleu.edu /login.aspx in your web browser’s address bar and hit enter. ng.seattleu.edu /login.aspx 2. You will get a pop-up window asking you for your username and password. Use your standard SU credentials. 3. Your login page will automatically refresh.

R EFRESHED P RACTICE L OGIN P AGE

O PEN N EW T AB

P RACTICE S ITE : HTTP :// CMSTRAINING. SEATTLEU. EDU / ARTSCI / DEPARTMENTS /

T HE S ILVER B ULLET Silver bullets indicate areas you can edit. You cannot edit other areas. This combination maintains design consistency while allowing you to easily create and edit pages.

T HE E ASY W AY TO E DIT E XISTING C ONTENT

C LICK ON A D EPARTMENT & F IND A S ILVER B ULLET

M OUSE O VER S ILVER B ULLET & C LICK E DIT If your menu does not include Edit, browse to another page until you find one that does.

E DIT You edit one content block at a time.

S TYLE A style set has been designed to make your pages attractive and consistent with the overall site.

T OP T OOLBAR Mouse over icons for descriptions

S AVE Save only saves to a temporary server file. Publish or check in to permanently save your work.

C HECK I N O PTIONS Ektron’s Publish, Checkin, and Cancel icons will all check in your work. Closing your browser window will leave your work checked out.

P UBLISHING I MMEDIATELY C HANGES C ONTENT

T RY I T O UT Apply different styles. Publish your content and look at your published changes. Explore other editing possibilities.

O THER C ONTENT E DITING T OOLS

S TYLE Avoid using fonts and formatting outside the set styles.

B ASIC E DITING C OMMANDS Select All Cut Paste Paste Plain Text Find and Replace Print Undo Redo Spell Check

P ASTING P LAIN T EXT When copying text from other programs (such as Word) use Paste Plain Text to avoid problems with the way browsers display formatting. Paste from Word may not strip formatting adequately

B ULLETED & N UMBERED L ISTS Numbered List Bulleted List Outdent (decrease indent) Indent (increase indent)

I NSERTING H ORIZONTAL L INES & S YMBOLS Horizontal Line Insert Symbol

T ABLE T OOLS

HTML TAB

L INKS

C REATING A L INK TO AN E XTERNAL S ITE

E MAIL L INK

Q UICKLINKS A Quicklink is an internal link.

Q UICKLINKS Quicklinks are in the “library,” but the library may open to the wrong file type.

Q UICKLINKS Change your file type to Quicklinks and click on the link you want. The link will appear in the URL box.

R EMOVE L INK : R IGHT C LICK ON L INK OR C LICK R EMOVE L INK I CON

R IGHT C LICK TO C HANGE L INK ( OR C LICK H YPERLINK M ANGER A GAIN )

T RY I T O UT Try adding and editing external links and internal “Quicklinks.”

A DDING I MAGES

I NSERTING I MAGES

I MAGE F ORMATTING

A DDING I MAGES TO THE L IBRARY Give your image a descriptive title for accessibility.

T RY I T O UT Try adding images to the library, inserting them in your page, and formatting them (sample image at C:Ektron Practice Files).

C REATING N EW C ONTENT

E NTER THE W ORK A REA FROM THE L OGIN P AGE OR FROM A S ILVER B ULLET

T HE W ORK A REA Navigating the Work Area is similar to navigating Outlook. The Work Area may not open in an intuitive place.

Y OUR W EB P AGES A RE L OCATED IN C ONTENT

E DITING C ONTENT FROM THE W ORK A REA

C REATING N EW C ONTENT

N EW HTML CONTENT

F OLDERS You can create folders but you can’t delete them.

N EW DMS D OCUMENT : U PLOADING O THER F ILES (PDFS, W ORD D OCUMENTS, E TC.)

T RY I T O UT Create a new HTML page. Upload a “DMS” document (sample files at C:Ektron Practice Files).

E DITING M ENUS

You go to View to edit menus.

E DITING M ENUS

Mouse over for editing options.

A DDING N EW M ENU I TEM

Adding an item to the menu publishes it immediately.

A DDING N EW M ENU I TEM You may need to refresh to see new menu item.

T RY I T O UT Try editing a menu.

K EY W ORK A REA I NFORMATION

ID (C ONTENT )

C ONTENT S TATUS (C ONTENT ) A: Published I: Checked in but not published O: Checked out to last editor

T HE W ORK A REA : S MART D ESKTOP

C HECK E VERYTHING I N

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