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Cascade Server CMS
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When you log in, you are initially brought to your
Dashboard, which contains any current
Workflows and any Messages from
the administrators. On the left side of the window is the
document tree, where you can access the pages you
are able to edit.
EDITING CONTENT
Once you have chosen a page to edit, mouse over the document
icon in the content section of the page and select Edit
Page.
In the Edit mode, use the editor to make
changes to your page. You can insert images, links, tables and
format text in the editor.
Once you have completed your edits, hit Submit
at the bottom of the page. This will save the page into the system.
Once you are ready for the page to appear live on your site, hit
Publish toward the top of the screen.
CREATING NEW CONTENT
At the top of the window you can select New
> (Your Department) and choose
the type of new content you would like to create
(File, Folder,
Image, Page).
Creating a New Page
- Select New > (Your
Department) > Page and you will open
the editor with a standard page template.
- Select the System tab and give the page a name
(this name will become the actual file name, so avoid spaces and
keep it short as a rule of thumb). You can also select a different
Folder for the new page to be created in (by default it will be
created in the root folder).
- Select the Metadata tab and give the page a
Display Name and Title. The
Display Name will be the actual name of the link
to the page as it will appear in the menu and the
Title will appear in the browser title bar.
Copying an Existing Page
- Select the page you would like to make a copy of.
- Select Copy in the blue bar at the top.
- Give the page copy a name, and select which folder you would
like it to be copied to.
- Once copied, the CMS will bring you to the preview of the
copied page. Edit this page (by selecting the document icon in the
content section of the page or selecting Edit in
the blue bar at the top). Remember to select the Metadata tab and
give this new page a Display Name and
Title.
NOTES
- The system will time you out after 30 minutes of inactivity, so
be sure to submit changes as you make them - if you are in edit
mode for 30 minutes without hitting submit you might lose your
changes.
- Images should not exceed 416 pixels in width or they may break
the template.
- The system automatically indexes pages and folders and creates
menus from these. If you create a folder in the root and place
files in it, the name of the folder will become the main menu item
while the files within the folder will become submenu items.
- Versions can be a great way to correct
mistakes. You can always pull up a page in the system and select
the Versions tab to review and Preview and
Activate previous versions of that page.
- Be careful when deleting. Versioning cannot
restore deleted files, so be certain you know which file you have
highlighted in the document tree before you delete it.
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