Training Workshop: The New Basics - Web Team

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The New Basics: Training for New Web Maintainers

June 3, 2013
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
IT Support Center Training Lab (Delaney Hall, Room G41)

To register, visit Web Training Workshop Registration Form.

This training session is oriented toward those who are new to Ektron, or those who need a refresher.

In this session, you will be introduced to Ektron (the content management system), and learn the basics of how to use it to maintain your site, from updating pages to creating a news post or calendar event. The list of topics covered includes:

What Ektron Is
Logging In
Working with Workflow
Posting News
Posting Events
Following Best Practices
Web Maintainer Responsibilities

We cover some of the more advanced topics —adding new pages, collections, menus, adding new sections to a website—in intermediate-level training.

Dates and Registration

All training dates are listed on the Web Team Events page.

Register for “The New Basics” by filling out our training registration form. (Seating at each session is limited; seats will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.)

Help and How-To's

Demonstration Videos

Making a News Post

Adding an Event to Your Website Calendar

Basic How-To's

Below are selected how-to pages that will help you through the topics covered in The New Basics. To see the full selection, go to the How To section.

Log in to Staging Server and Go to Workarea: Find out how to log into the content management system and enter the Workarea.
Find Content in the Workarea: Reasons you can't find your content, and a quick trick to find it.
Preview Content: You should view your content in preview mode before submitting it for approval.
Workflow: Before it is published, all website content flows through an approval chain, called workflow.
Get Content Published: How to preview content and use the workflow.
CMS Editor: The Basics: Web-based editing tool eWebEditPro provides features similar to word-processing programs.
Change a Page’s Summary: Summaries are displayed in collections, tables of contents, search results, and possibly other locations.
Edit Content Through the Workarea: Edit existing content using the Workarea.

Add IUP Stock Photography to Your Page: Use the Library feature to insert images into a content block.
Insert an Image: Place an image from the Ektron Library into your content.
Hyperlinks: You can add a link from your content to another website.
Link to Other IUP Web Content (Quicklinks): How to make links to other pages in the content management system
Add Events to a Calendar: You can add events of interest to your unit’s calendar.
Post a News Item: Learn how to post news on your website.
Writing an Effective News Post: These simple pointers can help you to communicate your message more quickly and clearly and draw more traffic to your website.