Business User Introduction
Welcome to Cascade Server web content management system (CMS)! The next few pages will serve as a guide for you to consult as you see how easy it is to manage your website right from within Cascade Server. We’ll show you how to create and update your content quickly and easily without having to learn an array of new skills. Inserting new images, creating hyperlinks, and adding visual styles to text are all easy to do in Cascade Server. If you are comfortable with using simple, web-based email such as Hotmail and Yahoo, you have all of the necessary skills to manage your content.
A CMS allows specific content to be maintained by the people who create it – no more sending information off to be put online by a different person or department. Cascade Server is easy to use and accessible from any standard web browser – letting you focus on what’s really important – actually creating and managing the content.
Please use the following credentials for this introduction:
- Username: producer
- Password: producer
The producer user is the manager of an intranet site in the CMS.
Please note that the following examples assume you have a standard installation of Cascade Server that has not yet been customized. If your organization has customized the software, the following concepts will be useful for your understanding but could vary from the steps contained herein.
- Getting Started
Getting started in the CMS - Opening a Page
We have an example site created within the system that we may browse. - Editing a Page
Editing page content, inserting links and images, and managing metadata. - Editing a Page
The word processor, also called the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, that is integrated in the CMS system has the same functionality and features you are most likely accustomed to using in a standard editor. - Inserting an Image
Images may be intereted anywhere in the WYSIWYG editor. - Inserting a Hyperlink
Cascade Server makes it easy to add hyperlinks directly in the word processor. - Changing Metadata
Metadata is information that describes the asset, and includes a summary, title, keywords, author, and other items that are used for a variety of tasks in a CMS. - Saving Content
The CMS makes it simple to save content. - Viewing History
As you’re working within the system, there is an easy way to return to content you were working on earlier. - Creating a Page
Walk through the steps of creating a new page - Starting a Workflow
To ensure that content has gone through the necessary approvals before publishing, many organizations take advantage of Cascade Server’s Workflow options. - Sending a Message
As you use the system, you may also find yourself needing to send a message to another user. - Locking an Asset
There may be times when you will need to edit an asset, while preventing other users from making changes to the same asset, for an extended period of time.