Editing a Page
Editing a Page
Editing a page in the CMS is very similar to editing a Microsoft Word® document on your hard drive.
1. Start by locating the page in the asset tree and clicking on the page you would like to edit. In this case, we are editing the page /intranet/news/content.
2. Once the page has loaded, click on the Edit tab located above the page next to the active View tab.
3. From here you are able to edit all the content of the designated region. Make the desired changes to the document just as you would using a standard word processor. Please keep the word processor open as we continue with the getting started guide.
Using the Word Processor
The word processor, also called the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, 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
4. Now we want to insert an image. Place your mouse cursor in the area desired for the image and click on the insert image icon on the toolbar.
5. The insert image window offers two tabs – one for internal images and one for external. We are going to insert an image that is already in the system, so we’ll stay on the default Internal tab.
6. Next to Image, you will see two icons – a red cancel/delete icon, and an image icon. Click on the image to open a new window that will allow you to select an image to insert.
7. In the new image chooser window, click on the select intranet on the left asset tree follow by the folder files and then the folder images and finally the image file logo.gif.
8. With the image selected, click Confirm to close the window.
9. The image path will appear in the insert image window. In the Alternate Text field, type in the text representation of the image “Company Logo.”
10. Now click Insert for the image to be placed in the word processor.
Inserting a Hyperlink
11. With our image inserted we now want to put in a hyperlink.
12. Highlight the word or words you wish to turn into a hyperlink. We highlighted the word “good.”
13. Click the insert web link icon on the toolbar. The insert link window will now open, and you will again see two tabs – one for internal links, and one for external. We’re inserting a link to another page of our site, so we’ll stay on the default Internal tab.
14. Next to Link you will see two icons – a red cancel/delete icon, and a page icon. Click on the page icon to open a new window that will allow you to select the page you wish to link to.
15. Select intranet on the asset tree followed by the page default. With the page selected, click Confirm to close the window.
16. Now, back on the insert link window, click the Insert button. The window will close, and the hyperlink will be placed around the selected word processor text.
Changing Metadata
17. With our image and hyperlink inserted, we now need to update the metadata about the page. Metadata is information that describes the asset, and includes a summary, title, keywords, author, and other items which are used for a variety of tasks in a CMS. Metadata is particularly important in creating dynamic navigation menus such as site maps and context navigation. To edit the page metadata, please click on the Metadata pane directly above the word processor toolbar.
18. For the Display Name metadata field, type in “My” in front of the existing value. The display name field, also known as the short name field, is most often used for dynamic navigation menus.
19. For the Title metadata field, type in “My” in front of the existing value. The title field is a longer version of the display name and it is often used for the page heading and title bar of the browser.
20. With the two metadata fields changed, click back on the Content pane again to continue editing the page in the word processor.
Saving Content
21. With our example changes complete, it is now time to save our content. To save your changes click the Submit button below the word processor.
Congratulations! You’ve just edited your first web page in the CMS. You should see the changes you made reflected throughout the page including the main content region (word processor), left context navigation menu (metadata), and page heading (metadata). Updating information and metadata in CMS provides for a consistent look-and-feel throughout your website making it easy to navigate for visitors.