Find and select a question below, click on the question to review the answer.
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How do I add new content or articles to my web site? |
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Log into your Content Manager administration application. (Refer to the instructions or Welcome email you received when you signed up for services to find out how to log into your Content Manager)
View an Online Tutorial on this subject here!
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Can I cut and paste a Word document into my web site? |
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Yes! You can use existing Word documents or create new ones and then Cut and Paste into a new or existing content article through your Content Manager. Once you have pasted from your Word document you should select all of the area pasted and click on the W button from the Tool bar within your editor in the Content Manager application.
See the online tutorial for Cut and Paste from Word here!
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What are Components in the Content Manager? |
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Components are core capabilities within your Content Manager as well as addons that allow you to perform certain functions. For example, Banner ads are a component, Polls and Newsletters are a few of the other components that you can use in your Content Manager.
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What are Modules in the Content Manager? |
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Modules extend the capabilities of the Content Manager giving the software additional functionality. Modules generally display giving your site some additional function like Stock Tickers, Scrolling News, Virus Updates and many others.
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How can I add an image to my content page? |
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From within the Content Manager application content editor you can use the Insert Image button from the editor toolbar. This will allow you to insert an image or upload and insert and image if needed.
View an Online Tutorial on this subject here!
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How do I upload images to add to my web site? |
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This can be accomplished through the Content Managers Media Manager. After logging into the Content Manager select the Site/Media Manager menu option from the application menu bar. The Media Manager window will open in your browser. Here you can organize your images by creating new directories (or folders) to store images for your web site. Once you have your directories you can upload your images using the Media Manager to accomplish this. Click on the Browse button within the Media Manager window. This will open a standard File selection window which you should be familiar with from you computer. Locate the image file using this File selection window and enter the filename or click on the file to select it. Then select the Save or Open button, the filename is inserted into the Media Manager automatically. Now select the Upload button in the Media Manager window to upload the file you have just selected. The file will be uploaded to the current directory. If you click on a folder icon it will open that directory of folder it becomes the current directory so that you can upload an image to it. Once the file is uploaded it becomes available for you to use in your web site.
View an Online Tutorial on this subject here!
For another option see the Online Tutorial on using the Media Manager here!
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How do I control Modules in the Content Manager? |
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You can easily turn any Module on (Published) or off (Unpublished) through the Content Manager Administrator. The easiest way is to locate the module you wish to publish or unpublish after logging into the Content Manager Administrator and select the Modules/Site Modules menu option. Once the list of Modules displays look for the Module you wish to change and click on the Green Checkmark (in the Publish column) to Unpublish it of the Red X to Publish it.
View the online tutorial for Publishing and Unpublishing Modules here!
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What are Sections and Categories in the Content Manager? |
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Sections and Categories are a way to organize your content. Your content or article must have a Section and Category selected for it to reside in. That is an overall Section is selected and then within that Section a Category is selected for each content article.
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I can't delete a Section or Category, what's wrong? |
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If an active content article is still using a Section and Category then you will be unable to delete that Category. If a Category contains an active content article the Section that holds that Category cannot be deleted. You should remember to check the Trash Manager from within your Content Manager Administration, if the Trash contains these articles you will need to empty or delete the item from the Trash Manager before being able to delete the Category and Section that contains that article. |
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In the Content Manager administration what is the difference between Frontend and Backend user roles? |
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Backend users can access the Content Manager Administration application. Frontend users are registered users that can login to your web site to make submissions or use and access other features of the site. Depending on the level of access that you give a user the following will apply:
There are two basic User Groups, one for access to the Frontend (so users can log in to the web site and view designated sections and pages as well as make submissions) and one for Backend Administration access. Backend access gives the user a greater degree of control and access to the site and its content.
The default groups provided are:
Public Frontend
| Registered
| Author
| Editor
| Publisher
Public Backend
| Manager
| Administrator
| Super Administrator
The Public Frontend and Public Backend groups are not used yet, but are included to allow for creating more granular access control rules in future versions.
Users in the Registered Group are able to login to the Frontend web site. Additional information (sections and pages) may be available to a user once logged in.
Users in the Author Group are given access to submit new content and edit their own content.
Users in the Editor Group are given access to submit and edit any content.
Users in the Publisher Group are given access to submit, edit and publish any content.
Content items, menu items, module and components can be assigned an access control parameter. At this stage there are only two available: Public and Registered. This means that anything assigned with Public access can be viewed or accessed by the anonymous web visitor. Anything assigned with Registered access can be view or accessed by anyone who has logged into the web site and is in either the Registered user group or one of it's children (for example, Author or Publisher). A future version will include the ability for additional special granularity.
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