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Below are a list of instructions on how to do various things on the site
In this video, we review how to edit the slider on your school's homepage. Giving you tips and recommendations for ADA compliance and keeping a consistent look throughout the slides.
To edit the slider on the homepage of your school's website navigate to the page ( links to each of the homepages can be found below) and click on Edit Page located in the black bar at the top of the window.
Now when you position the cursor over the slider a green bar will appear. Click on Edit to start editing the widget.
- If you are wanting to add a new slide click on the +Slide located at the top right-hand side of the screen and a new slide will be added at the bottom of the slider list which you can then update with the image you would like to show.
- If you are wanting to update one of the slides with a new image you can easily do this by clicking on the image of the slide that is already there.
Navigate to where the image that you want to show is being stored or if needed upload a new image. Click on Select Size to the right of the image that you want to show and select Full (Optimized) from the options given.
Before clicking on UPDATE located at the bottom of the page remember to enter a small description of the image in the ALT text field for ADA compliance followed by Publish in the sidebar. Finally ,click Publish in the side navigation.
For more information on using this widget please visit the article that reviews the Owl Slider widget. There you will find additional instructions on how to hide, delete and change the order of the slides.
Links to the home/index page for each school
In this video, we show you how to quickly get the dimensions of any image on your website in Chrome and Firefox, then use the free online image editor www.pixlr.com to size and crop your images to the needed sizes before uploading them.
To edit the newsletter page of your school's website navigate to your school's department and click on Shared Content in the asset manager/module list that is displayed under the department's name. On the following screen click on the pencil icon to the right of School Newsletter to begin editing the shared content, which can be edited like any page on your school's website.
While creating/editing the link please do the following steps for ADA compliance.
- Click on the Target tab in the link wizard and switch the target to New Window (_blank). This will open the link in a new window and allow visitors to the site to return to it easier when they are done reading the newsletter by simply closing the window or tab that the link opened.
- Click on the Advanced tab and locate the Advisory Title field, there enter the title for the newsletter, for example, Golden Gazette October 2019 Newsletter and then (opens in new window) after that. So for this example, the Advisory Title field will have Golden Gazette October 2019 Newsletter (opens in new window) in it. This will let anyone using an assistive device that reads to them know what will happen if they click on the link.
Links to each to the shared content sections for each school
To find where the Staff List/Profiles are stored for your school go to the school's department and click on People in the asset filet/module list. If you are previewing the site click on School Directory in the side navigation followed by the downfacing arrow at the top of the window in the black bar. There select View Profiles to be taken to where the profiles are stored for that school/department.