How to add a standard page All pages on the web site are created by adding a standard page. You can either create a standard page and add all content or create several pages and go back and add content. These instructions show you how to create one standard page and add content. 1. Click the New button in the top left of the menu bar. 2. In the Asset Creation Wizard, select Standard Page under the Pages category. 3. In the Name box enter the name of your page. For consistency, always use sentence case when naming your pages. Page names should appear in navigation as follows Research collaboration NOT Research Collaboration Page names must be succinct and descriptive of the content on the page 1
4. Select whether you want your page to Show in menu or not. 5. Click on the Select New Location button. The Show in menu option is simply asking if you would like your page to show in your site s navigation. As a rule most pages should be marked as Show in menu and images, news items, events etc should not. 6. Navigate to where you would like your page saved. All new pages should sit under University of Newcastle > relevant Level 2 location within the site eg Newcastle >Research and so on. You must create higher level pages before you can create lower level ones. You can either create these pages and menu structure first then add content or complete one whole page at a time. For ease, this guide steps you through the process of completing one entire page. 7. Click this and then the Select button in the bottom corner. You can create several pages at once by clicking on the Add more button at the left of the Standard page pop up once you have completed step 7. You can add up to 10 pages at once. For ease these instructions outline how to create one page at a time. 2
8. Click Create. If the location is incorrect, simply click on the red minus icon and browse the Asset Finder again for the correct location. 9. Your page has been created. Click the Edit button. 10. Click on the Content screen. 11. Click on the editable content area and the WYSIWYG toolbar will enable. Click in this space 3
12. Add your content into this space. If you are copying content from Microsoft Word, ensure that you format the document using the correct Headings. All images copied over within a Word document must be saved in the CMS as an asset in order for them to display in the web content. Squiz will automatically spellcheck your document, however, you will need to ensure that your Firefox web browser has the correct Australian dictionary installed. You will find instructions on how to do this in the support portal. 13. Click on a heading and then click the Heading button in the toolbar to format your headings. All headings should follow a logical sequence from H1 and so on. Please note that your page title will automatically display on your page as a H1 so the first content heading should be a H2. 14. If you have a list of information you can either insert an Unordered List (bullet points) or Ordered List (numbered) by selecting your list and clicking on either of the list icons in the toolbar. 15. For detailed information about other formattting fuctions such as inserting tables, images and hyperlinks see page 18. 16. Click the Save button in the top right corner. 4
17. Click on the Metadata screen. 18. Scroll down to the Page Background section and click Select. 19. The asset finder will automatically open up to asset 20534 Default Background. Navigate to the folder for your area and select the correct background for your page. 5
Example: If your page sits under Current Students> Learning you should navigate to the selected background image for that area. If you are not sure which background to select you should contact your content area manager or alternatively you can request further help at web.newcastle.edu.au 20. Scroll up to the Dublin Core Basic section. 6
21. Under dcterms.subject unclick the Use default button. Enter the page title and breadcrumb followed by The University of Newcastle, Australia eg for the Career and teaching assistance page your subject is Career and teaching assistance, Research careers, Research, The University of Newcastle, Australia. 22. Under dcterms.description unclick the Use default button and enter a relevant description with your keyword/s. You shouldn t need to change any other items on this page. The subject and the description fields are critical for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and must be filled out. SEO is the process of getting the highest possible page rank for a web page on search engines. The higher a page rank, the higher number of potential visitors to a website. 23. Click the Save button in the top right. 22. To see what the content will look like within the design of your site, click Preview in the Mode Switcher. 7
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