From Tuesday 16th December you will notice slight changes to your generic templates. When you edit a generic page you will see that we have included a section for related links and documents. This means that you can present your visitors with additional pages and documents you feel are relevant to the page.
There is nothing you need to do. If you have already used the existing user templates to create links to other Canterbury Christ Church University pages and documents, we will transfer these for you into the new format.
The Web Team has created a training manual to explain how to use this new facility, and this is available on the CMSAuthors share.
The reason why we have implemented this change is that we want to improve the way content is managed and connected on the web. By using this new feature it will be easier for you to manage links across your sites. Just by adding a link onto PAGE 1, pointing at PAGE 2 it will automatically create a return link on PAGE 2. It will also automatically remove links to pages and documents that have been deleted from the CMS.
We hope that you will find this new addition helpful and easy to use.
If you have any questions, or comments, please do not hesitate to contact the Web Team or leave a comment.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
Brilliant new image galleries for your webpages!
CIS and the Web Team have now completed the development and testing of a new, exciting Contensis CMS web control. The Image Gallery.
Although the control was out-of-the-box, meaning already built by Contensis for all its users, the Web Team have done substantial work on turning it into a CCCU branded image gallery that fits into the current look and feel of the web site.
The way it works, is that the web author creates the image gallery control on his/her chosen page and "points" it at a specific image folder. The control then looks at that folder and automatically creates thumbnails, which are smaller versions of the images. When you then click on the thumbnail, it displays a bigger version of the image.
Not only have the Web Team implemented this control, but they also provide you with a choice of two gallery types. The Advanced Gallery and the Simple Gallery. And you will be able to simply switch in between them with a few easy clicks in the CMS. This new template will be released to you before the Christmas break.
There is a user manual available upon request from the Web Team. Just leave a comment or email us at cis[dot]support[at]canterbury[dot]ac[dot]uk.
Although the control was out-of-the-box, meaning already built by Contensis for all its users, the Web Team have done substantial work on turning it into a CCCU branded image gallery that fits into the current look and feel of the web site.
The way it works, is that the web author creates the image gallery control on his/her chosen page and "points" it at a specific image folder. The control then looks at that folder and automatically creates thumbnails, which are smaller versions of the images. When you then click on the thumbnail, it displays a bigger version of the image.
Not only have the Web Team implemented this control, but they also provide you with a choice of two gallery types. The Advanced Gallery and the Simple Gallery. And you will be able to simply switch in between them with a few easy clicks in the CMS. This new template will be released to you before the Christmas break.
There is a user manual available upon request from the Web Team. Just leave a comment or email us at cis[dot]support[at]canterbury[dot]ac[dot]uk.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Changes to CMS folder permissions
From Wednesday 3rd December we will be giving you access to view all CMS pages for the Canterbury website in your navigation tree. When you log on to the CMS you will see your navigation tree now contains more folders and files.
The reason we have done this is to help improve the way you create web links to other Canterbury web pages. It also means that those web links are less likely to get broken, as they will be managed by the CMS. The CMS will remove the link automatically if the page it links to is removed.
Currently if you want to link to a CMS web page on the Canterbury site, which is outside of your own website, then you need to create this as an external link. By giving you access to view all pages in the CMS you can now “Insert CMS WebPage” as a link.
You will not be able to edit these additional pages in any way, they are just visible so that you can link to them if you need to.
If you have any questions regarding this change, please let the web team know and we will answer them for you.
The reason we have done this is to help improve the way you create web links to other Canterbury web pages. It also means that those web links are less likely to get broken, as they will be managed by the CMS. The CMS will remove the link automatically if the page it links to is removed.
Currently if you want to link to a CMS web page on the Canterbury site, which is outside of your own website, then you need to create this as an external link. By giving you access to view all pages in the CMS you can now “Insert CMS WebPage” as a link.
You will not be able to edit these additional pages in any way, they are just visible so that you can link to them if you need to.
If you have any questions regarding this change, please let the web team know and we will answer them for you.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
New CMS templates available!
We've created new templates for your sites!
You may now use a full width template, which means the page without the right-hand column to display wide tables. This new templates is called Generic - NoImageFullWidth
There is also a new flash template, Generic - Flash, which allows you to drag and drop flash media onto the page. Due to a few small "quirks" within the CMS, you might need to resize the file once it is on the page. We will be distributing some quick instructions soon. Watch this space!
And last, but certainly not least, we developed a new user template that can be dropped into the right - hand column of the generic pages. This user template, which is called AssociatedLogos and can be found within the SiteElements/userTemplates/ImageTemplate folder in the CMS folder tree. As the name suggests, this templates is to be used when you have partner logos that you would like to display on the page. You may add logo images and include a caption underneath it.
We hope you find these new templates useful! ENJOY!
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