CMS How To

CMS Training Manual

Whistle stop tour of the CMS V8 Interface

Learn about Sections

The following demos show you the steps involved with creating a basic page or section on your website.

Working with sections (pages):

Help Google find your page

Working with Content

Content: the stuff on your page, e.g. Text, images, links. The videos below will show you how to add basic content to a page/section of your site. 

Dealing with long pages

The new style has resulted in many much longer pages. The guide below details how to handle them. 

Image Sizes and the CMS

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Allow Pop Ups

The first time you preview a section on your PC a pop-up blocker might prevent the preview from being displayed.

Chrome

  • Look for the red X - the top right-hand side of your browser window

  • Click this and choose always allow
  • Click Done

allow popups

  • Refresh the page using F5
  • Then preview the section again.

Note:

Pop-up blockers display differently in different browsers. The instructions above are for Google Chrome. If you are using Internet Explorer (blue E icon), or Firefox, or Safari, do a google search to make sure you recognise the pop-up blocker when it displays.

Webshots - Supplementary Information for CMS Moderators

The ongoing webshot learning series covers a wide variety of topics that are of use to CMS moderators. Each session is recorded, past webshots can be viewed online. 

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