Ektron Basics
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EKTRON BASICS
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TODAY’S AGENDA What Ektron is Normal log in
procedure The silver bullet:
editing existing html content
Links
Adding images Creating new
content Editing menus Key work area
information
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WHAT IS EKTRON?
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EKTRON IS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CMS) A CMS allows non-technical individuals to
create, edit, manage, and publish web content.
Using Ektron allows us to simultaneously maintain professional and consistent site design while allowing many individuals to create content.
Ektron is a web-based application.
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BROWSER REQUIREMENTS
Internet Explorer 7 or higher or
Firefox 2 or higher
Firefox 2 or higher(Safari is not supported)
PC Mac
Enable Popups.
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LOGGING IN
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NORMAL LOGIN:HTTP://WWW2.SEATTLEU.EDU/LOGIN.ASPX
Normal Login Procedure1. Type
http://www2.seattleu.edu/login.aspx in your web browser’s address bar and hit enter.
2. You will get a pop-up window asking you for your username and password. Use your standard SU credentials.
3. Refresh your browser .
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REFRESHED LOGIN PAGE
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THE SILVER BULLETEditing Existing HTML Content
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TODAY'S PRACTICE LOGIN:HTTP://CMSTRAINING.SEATTLEU.EDU/LOGIN.ASPX
Log in to Today’s Practice Site1. Type http://
cmstraining.seattleu.edu/login.aspx in your web browser’s address bar and hit enter.
2. You will get a pop-up window asking you for your username and password. Use your standard SU credentials.
3. Your login page will automatically refresh.
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REFRESHED PRACTICE LOGIN PAGE
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OPEN NEW TAB
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PRACTICE SITE:HTTP://CMSTRAINING.SEATTLEU.EDU/ARTSCI/DEPARTMENTS/
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THE SILVER BU
LLET
•Silver bullets indicate areas you can edit.•You cannot edit other areas.•This combination maintains design consistency while allowing you to easily create and edit pages.
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THE EASY WAY TO EDIT EXISTING CONTENT
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CLICK ON A DEPARTMENT & FIND A SILVER BULLET
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MOUSE OVER SILVER BULLET & CLICK EDIT
If your menu does not
include Edit, browse to
another page until you find
one that does.
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EDITYou edit
one content
block at a time.
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STYLE
A style set has been designed to make your
pages attractive and consistent with the overall site.
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TOP TO
OLBAR
Mouse over icons for
descriptions
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SAVE
Save only saves to a temporary server file.
Publish or check in to permanently save your work.
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CHECK IN
OPTIO
NS
•Ektron’s Publish, Checkin, and Cancel icons will all check in your work.•Closing your browser window will leave your work checked out.
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PUBLISHING IMMEDIATELY CHANGES CONTENT
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TRY IT OUT
Apply different styles. Publish your content and look at your
published changes. Explore other editing possibilities.
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OTHER CONTENT EDITING TOOLS
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STYLE
Avoid using fonts and formatting outside the set styles.
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BASIC EDITIN
G CO
MM
AND
S
Select All Cut Paste Paste Plain Text Find and Replace Print Undo Redo Spell Check
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PASTING PLAIN TEXT
When copying text from other programs (such as Word) use Paste Plain Text to avoid problems with the way browsers display formatting.
Paste from Word may not strip formatting adequately
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BULLETED
& N
UM
BERED LISTS
Numbered List Bulleted List Outdent (decrease indent) Indent (increase indent)
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INSERTIN
G H
ORIZO
NTAL LIN
ES &
SYMBO
LS
Horizontal Line Insert Symbol
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TABLE TOO
LS
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HTM
L TAB
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LINKS
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CREATING
A LINK TO
AN EXTERN
AL SITE
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EMAIL LIN
K
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EMAIL LIN
K
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QU
ICKLINKS
A Quicklink is an
internal link.
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QU
ICKLINKS
Quicklinks are in the
“library,” but the library may
open to the wrong file
type.
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QU
ICKLINKS
Change your file type to
Quicklinks and click on the link you want. The link will appear in the URL box.
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REMOVE LINK: RIGHT CLICK ON LINK OR CLICK REMOVE LINK ICON
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RIGHT CLICK TO CHANGE LINK (OR CLICK HYPERLINK MANGER AGAIN)
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TRY IT OUT
Try adding and editing external links and internal “Quicklinks.”
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ADDING IMAGES
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INSERTIN
G IM
AGES
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IMAGE FORMATTING
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ADD
ING
IMAG
ES TO TH
E LIBRARY
Give your image a
descriptive title for
accessibility.
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TRY IT OUT
Try adding images to the library, inserting them in your page, and formatting them (sample image at C:Ektron Practice Files).
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CREATING NEW CONTENT
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ENTER THE WORK AREA FROM THE LOGIN PAGE OR FROM A SILVER BULLET
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THE WORK AREA Navigating the Work Area is
similar to navigating Outlook.
The Work Area may
not open in an intuitive
place.
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YOUR WEB PAGES ARE LOCATED IN CONTENT
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EDITING CONTENT FROM THE WORK AREA
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EDITIN
G CO
NTEN
T FROM
THE W
ORK AREA
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CREATING NEW CONTENT
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NEW HTML CONTENT
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FOLDERS
You can create
folders but you can’t
delete them.
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NEW DMS DOCUMENT: UPLOADING OTHER FILES (PDFS, WORD DOCUMENTS, ETC.)
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NEW DMS DOCUMENT: UPLOADING OTHER FILES (PDFS, WORD DOCUMENTS, ETC.)
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TRY IT OUT
Create a new HTML page. Upload a “DMS” document (sample files at
C:Ektron Practice Files).
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EDITING MENUS
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EDITIN
G M
ENU
S
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EDITING MENUS
You go to View to
edit menus.
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EDITIN
G M
ENU
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EDITIN
G M
ENU
SMouse
over for editing options.
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ADD
ING
NEW
MEN
U ITEM
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ADD
ING
NEW
MEN
U ITEM
Adding an item to the
menu publishes it
immediately.
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ADD
ING
NEW
MEN
U ITEM
You may need to
refresh to see new
menu item.
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TRY IT OUT
Try editing a menu.
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KEY WORK AREA INFORMATION
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ID (CONTENT)
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CONTENT STATUS (CONTENT)
A: Published I: Checked in but not published O: Checked out to last editor
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THE WORK AREA: SMART DESKTOP
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CHECK EVERYTHING IN
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EKTRON SUPPORTHelpDesk Engineering Building, Room 313(206) [email protected]