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Revision as of 15:19, 1 September 2009
This page contains materials to help you edit content in Drupal. Information can be found on adding content, editing existing content, creating new pages, setting permissions, etc.
Contents
Logging On
Before you can begin creating or editing content, you must first log on to the appropriate server.
- Navigate to your department's main page
- Scroll to the bottom and click the "Log On" link.
- You are now at the "Middlebury College Central Authentication Service." Your NetID and password are the same as for you Middlebury email account. Type them in the appropriate fields.
- Click the "LOGIN" button
- You are returned to your departmental main page. You may begin editing.
Creating New Pages
Every department has a main page, but each subsequent page must be created. Where a page should appear within your architecture determines where it needs to be created. 2nd tier pages should be created from your main page, and 3rd tier pages should be created from the 2nd tier page they supplement. If done properly, your new page will appear in the proper section of your navigation bar.
Adding a Page
- Make sure you are logged on.
- Navigate to the parent of the page you are creating.
- Find the "Edit Console" in the top left of your window. Click the "Settings" tab.
- A new list of options appears. Click the "Add sub-page" tab.
- Enter a name for you page in the "Page name" field. The title should be descriptive because:
- The page name is what appears at the top of your window.
- The page name appears in the navigation bar.
- The page name is used in compiling search results.
- Enter a URL in the "URL" field.
- The URL determines the web address for the page.
- Scroll down and click the "Create sub-page" button.
- The screen now shows your blank page and asks you to add content
Page Settings
Page Settings refers to a page's properties. These include the name, URL, permissions, appearance, and location in the navigation bar.
Page Name and URL
If at any time you wish to improve upon your choices for the page name and URL, you are able to do so.
- Make sure you are logged on.
- Navigate to the page who's name and/or URL you wish to change.
- Find the "Edit Console" in the top left of your window. Click the "Settings" tab.
- The screen now shows the page's current name an URL. To change them, simply modify the text in the appropriate fields.
- Scroll down and click the "Save settings" button.
- Above the text fields, a message appears to notify you that the settings have been saved. To return to viewing the page, go to the "Edit Console" and click the "Contents" tab.
Permissions
Permissions determine what access users have to the page. These range from not even being able to access the page, all the way to full editing privileges.
Hierarchy
This information can be found at Monster Menus Permissions.
How to Change
- Make sure you are logged on.
- Navigate to the page who's permissions you wish to edit.
- Find the "Edit Console" in the top left of your window. Click the "Settings" tab.
- The screen now shows 3 text fields. Below these, click the "Permissions" link.
- The page owner's name and 4 new links appear. Click the link of the permissions level you wish to edit
- There are 3 ways to add users to this permissions set. You can:
- Add everyone.
- Click the "Everyone" checkbox.
- Add individuals.
- Use the text field to search for a user. As you type, matches will appear below.
- Click on a person's name to add them to the list.
- Add groups.
- learn how to do this
- To change another permissions level, click its link and repeat the previous step.
- When you are done, scroll down and click the "Save settings" button.
- All the menus close and above the text fields, a message appears to notify you that the settings have been saved. To return to viewing the page, go to the "Edit Console" and click the "Contents" tab.
Appearance
What does it look like?
Theme
General appearance
Menu Appearance
Does it show up in the nav bar?
Menu Order
Control nav bar order
Adding Content to Existing Pages
There are 4 content types you can add to your page: Basic Content, File upload, RSS feed, and Story.
Basic Content
Description of Basic Content and where things appear.
Creating
How to actually make it.
Links
How to make links.
Images
How to add images and edit settings.
File upload
What file uploads appear as.
Creating
How to do it.
RSS feed
How RSS feeds appear on a page.
Creating
How to make it.
Settings
What control do you have over appearance?
Story
Description of Story and where things appear.
Creating
How to actually make it.
Links
How to make links.
Images
How to add images and edit settings.
Editing Content on Existing Pages
Click edit below each content type
Edit Content
What can you control?
Permissions
This information can be found at Monster Menus Permissions.
Scheduling
When published?
Reordering
What order does content appear in?
