I'm not just an editor. I'm a trainer with technical skills. This is a PowerPoint presentation I created to teach people how to use our content management system, Hannon Hill Cascade Server, so that they could start creating their own content for the campus intranet.
36. Tips for Getting Started Use Firefox or IE version 7 or 8 (Firefox/Safari for Mac) Have two tabs/windows open (Ctrl + t) (Ctrl + n) Name folders and pages in all lowercase and use dashes instead of spaces (keep names as short as possible)
37. Creating an Article Page Most informational pages in Blink use the article template Log in Create folder Exercise–Create a new article page
38. Creating a Drawer Page How-to pages, checklists, FAQs, and menu pages use the drawer template Exercise–Create a new drawer page
49. Lines Dress Rehearsal Showtime!Contact portalhelp@ucsd.edu first to plan new pages and get feedback After working with the writer, submit the new page(s) to workflow via portalhelp@ucsd.edu Editor will review the page and either contact you with questions or launch
50. Viewing/Sharing the Stage Site Follow this formula: http://stage-blink.ucsd.edu + /draft/your-folder/system-name + .html = http://stage-blink.ucsd.edu/draft/allisa-becker/article.html
51. Images We will host images We don’t host files (.doc, .pdf) Use .gif or .jpg Upload an image Use an existing image from: /Blink/_images General Guidelines 2 Ways to Add Images
52. Understanding the Site Structure 1. The URL is your “map” to finding a page in the CMS: http://blink.ucsd.edu/HR/supervising/index.html 1. 2. 3. 4. 2. 3. 4.
53. Editing an Existing Page Minor changes (e.g., typos, date changes) just e-mail portalhelp@ucsd.edu with the requested change for faster service Bigger changes (e.g., a paragraph, an entire table, content overhaul) copy the page into your draft folder and make the necessary changes Exercise–Copy live page into draft folder
House rules: Bathrooms, turn off cell phones, break during exercises
The CMS new and this class is new so we appreciate any feedback you might have.
What is a CMS? URL? Taxonomy? WYSIWYG?Just to give you a little bit of background:Hannon Hill: geared towards university clientsDashboard: customize viewing preferences, easy access to recently viewed itemsMessages: Notifications on publishing or broken linksVersions: Automatic content archival every time you save, easily reverts to older or newer versions of contentWYSIWYG: you either love it or hate it. Works a lot like Word or Outlook—buttons on a toolbar that help you format content without having to know HTMLUsed to use a system called V6 but as more content poured in, we outgrew our system.After testing out a series of new content management systems, we landed on HH
The basic goal of today is to get you to produce Blink pages—whether that’s an article page or a drawer template. By the end of class, we’d like you to have produced something that mirrors one of these pages.
Hand out diagram
Display name through mediaDiagram is 3 slides-because the template is longThe display name actually shows up in 2 spots—in the breadcrumb (which you can see on this page), and in the left-hand nav (which isn’t shown here)
Content, more information (contacts), other, disclaimer
Department links, related links, summary (search)
Pass out hand-outsURLs are case-sensitive
Show how to add contacts, see also links.Submit=save. Be careful moving from edit to view tab.
“Drawers” are one of the design components used in Blink. When you click on a drawer, you open it’s contents. You can also “expand all” or “collapse all”.Get to this page by going to Human Resources-> Supervising & Management.Show how to add, delete, reorder drawers.
Show class how to change publishing queue preferences:My Settings in top, right-hand navClick “Go to publish status page” checkboxThere is only one publishing queue for all of UCSD (there is only one “runway”). Go through how to publish
Note: URLs are case sensitive so always use lowercase and dashes instead of spacesFor now we’re just using the generic term “article” for the system name but when the page actually launches it will have a more meaningful name.
So when you name your new page, it’s good to keep in mind a one-word topic that fits into the map