Support Information

Full support documentation for the CMS is provided.

For your convenience, below are a few simple step by step instructions / guides for the most used of the CMS features: adding a new page, editing an existing page, adding images and files and changing members passwords.

ADD A NEW PAGE

Choose 'Add New Page' from the members menu at the bottom of the page.

Fill in the page title for your page.
Add a title tag. This is used for the title meta tag (important for SEO). If you leave this tag free the CMS uses the page title instead.
Assign your new page to a section. The default section is Home. If required, further section choices can be added by via the 'Manage Sections' link.
Add a text area 1 and/or text area 2 if your site has additional areas where content is to be added over and above the main content area.
Fill in the main content for your new page, including appropriate HTML.
Add some keywords that relate to the subject of the page. These will be used in the meta keywords tag.
Enter your page filename/URL. Must be lowercase, can contain text, numbers and hyphens.
Tick the 'Include in Index page' box if you want the link for this page to appear in the navigation bar.
Select a Parent Category. The CMS will allow you to associate a page (child page) of a top level parent page.
Click the submit button, to add your new page.

The feedback page contains:

The HTML for the link to your new page, to cut and paste into any existing page. The link uses the text you added in 'Navigation text' field in the form.
A link to your new page.
If you would like to now edit your new page do not click the back button, instead, load your new page into your browser window, and click the 'Edit This Page' link at the bottom of the page.

EDIT AN EXISTING PAGE

When you login to the CMS, all pages you have access rights to will have a 'Edit This Page' link at the bottom left hand corner of the page. When you click 'Edit This Page', you are presented with a form allowing you to change the text of the page, the category that it is assigned to, and the navigation bar associated with the page.

Delay making changes public?

You are also given the choice to 'Make changes public now', or to make your changes public at a later date. By unchecking the 'Make changes public now' checkbox, your changes will not appear on the site after you click the submit button. When you want your changes to go live, click the 'Edit This Page' button, check the 'Make changes public now' checkbox, and and hit the submit button.

ADD IMAGES TO PAGES

Image upload features:

You can upload .gif, .jpg and .png images via a web form - no need for an ftp program.
You can resize .jpgs. Real resizing not just width and height attribute changes.
You can upload thumb nails and larger images and have them linked automatically.

Upload images instructions:

Click the 'Add New Image' link from the administration menu at the bottom of any page.
Click the browse button to find and open your image on your computer hard disk.
Fill in a short description of your image - this will be used as the label shown to users who are using text only browsers or screen readers (i.e., this is the alt attribute).
Fill in the title field. This can be a slightly longer description of your image. In standard compliant browsers this will be the text that appears when users hover their mouse pointer over the image on the web page.
Alignment, padding and borders can be added using the checkboxes.
If you do not wish to resize the image you are uploading, now click the submit button. Your image will be uploaded to the web server and a page will appear with the html code for copying and pasting into your web page.
Select and copy all of the html presented to you in the form.
Browse to the page you wish to add the image to and click the 'Edit this page' link at the bottom of the page.
If you are using the WYSIWYG toolbar, click the source button and paste your image into the page at the appropriate point.
If you are not using the WYSIWYG paste the markup into the appropriate place in the page.
Click the Submit button.

If you wish to resize the image you are uploading:

After you have provided all of the above information on the form (description, title, alignment, padding, border), click the 'resize image' checkbox.

Type a number (representing the size in pixels) into either the height or width boxes. Just fill in one box, not both, as the image will be resized while retaining the existing height to width ratios.
Click the submit button and your image will be uploaded and resized.

Using the advanced options:

The advanced options page is found by clicking 'More options' at the top of the page.

From this page you can upload both a thumbnail and a larger image, and have them linked automatically. You can choose to have CSS formatting (or turn it off) and choose between HTML 4.1 or XHTML 1 for the resulting markup.

The choices at the top of the page related to the thumbnail image. Those further down - under the heading, 'Add image to link to' related to the large image linked from the thumbnail.

The process for uploading an image is the same as for the default page.

UPLOAD A FILE

Click the 'Upload a file' link from the members menu.
Click the form browse button, and choose the file you want to upload from your hard disk.
Add a description to the 'Description' field.
Click the submit button.

Do not use the file upload facility to upload images; to upload an image, choose 'Add New Image' from the members menu.

HOW DO I CHANGE MY PASSWORD?

The administration menu at the bottom of each page contains a link to a form to allow you to pick your own password. You must be logged in to access this facility. When you change your password you will receive an e-mail containing your new password as a reminder.

Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.

MODIFY MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

To modify your membership details, click the 'Member details' link on the members navigation at the bottom of any page. You will be presented with a form with your existing details. Modify the form and click the submit button.

Administrators can modify all members details:

List all members by clicking the 'List all members' link on the admin menu, and the click the person name to be edit as explained above.