EKTRON BASICS

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

WHAT IS EKTRON?

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.

BROWSER REQUIREMENTS

Internet Explorer 7 or higher or

Firefox 2 or higher

Firefox 2 or higher(Safari is not supported)

PC Mac

Enable Popups.

LOGGING IN

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 .

REFRESHED LOGIN PAGE

THE SILVER BULLETEditing Existing HTML Content

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.

REFRESHED PRACTICE LOGIN PAGE

OPEN NEW TAB

PRACTICE SITE:HTTP://CMSTRAINING.SEATTLEU.EDU/ARTSCI/DEPARTMENTS/

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.

THE EASY WAY TO EDIT EXISTING CONTENT

CLICK ON A DEPARTMENT & FIND A SILVER BULLET

MOUSE OVER SILVER BULLET & CLICK EDIT

If your menu does not

include Edit, browse to

another page until you find

one that does.

EDITYou edit

one content

block at a time.

STYLE

A style set has been designed to make your

pages attractive and consistent with the overall site.

TOP TO

OLBAR

Mouse over icons for

descriptions

SAVE

Save only saves to a temporary server file.

Publish or check in to permanently save your work.

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.

PUBLISHING IMMEDIATELY CHANGES CONTENT

TRY IT OUT

Apply different styles. Publish your content and look at your

published changes. Explore other editing possibilities.

OTHER CONTENT EDITING TOOLS

STYLE

Avoid using fonts and formatting outside the set styles.

BASIC EDITIN

G CO

MM

AND

S

Select All Cut Paste Paste Plain Text Find and Replace Print Undo Redo Spell Check

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

BULLETED

& N

UM

BERED LISTS

Numbered List Bulleted List Outdent (decrease indent) Indent (increase indent)

INSERTIN

G H

ORIZO

NTAL LIN

ES &

SYMBO

LS

Horizontal Line Insert Symbol

TABLE TOO

LS

HTM

L TAB

LINKS

CREATING

A LINK TO

AN EXTERN

AL SITE

EMAIL LIN

K

EMAIL LIN

K

QU

ICKLINKS

A Quicklink is an

internal link.

QU

ICKLINKS

Quicklinks are in the

“library,” but the library may

open to the wrong file

type.

QU

ICKLINKS

Change your file type to

Quicklinks and click on the link you want. The link will appear in the URL box.

REMOVE LINK: RIGHT CLICK ON LINK OR CLICK REMOVE LINK ICON

RIGHT CLICK TO CHANGE LINK (OR CLICK HYPERLINK MANGER AGAIN)

TRY IT OUT

Try adding and editing external links and internal “Quicklinks.”

ADDING IMAGES

INSERTIN

G IM

AGES

IMAGE FORMATTING

ADD

ING

IMAG

ES TO TH

E LIBRARY

Give your image a

descriptive title for

accessibility.

TRY IT OUT

Try adding images to the library, inserting them in your page, and formatting them (sample image at C:Ektron Practice Files).

CREATING NEW CONTENT

ENTER THE WORK AREA FROM THE LOGIN PAGE OR FROM A SILVER BULLET

THE WORK AREA Navigating the Work Area is

similar to navigating Outlook.

The Work Area may

not open in an intuitive

place.

YOUR WEB PAGES ARE LOCATED IN CONTENT

EDITING CONTENT FROM THE WORK AREA

EDITIN

G CO

NTEN

T FROM

THE W

ORK AREA

CREATING NEW CONTENT

NEW HTML CONTENT

FOLDERS

You can create

folders but you can’t

delete them.

NEW DMS DOCUMENT: UPLOADING OTHER FILES (PDFS, WORD DOCUMENTS, ETC.)

NEW DMS DOCUMENT: UPLOADING OTHER FILES (PDFS, WORD DOCUMENTS, ETC.)

TRY IT OUT

Create a new HTML page. Upload a “DMS” document (sample files at

C:Ektron Practice Files).

EDITING MENUS

EDITIN

G M

ENU

S

EDITING MENUS

You go to View to

edit menus.

EDITIN

G M

ENU

S

EDITIN

G M

ENU

SMouse

over for editing options.

ADD

ING

NEW

MEN

U ITEM

ADD

ING

NEW

MEN

U ITEM

Adding an item to the

menu publishes it

immediately.

ADD

ING

NEW

MEN

U ITEM

You may need to

refresh to see new

menu item.

TRY IT OUT

Try editing a menu.

KEY WORK AREA INFORMATION

ID (CONTENT)

CONTENT STATUS (CONTENT)

A: Published I: Checked in but not published O: Checked out to last editor

THE WORK AREA: SMART DESKTOP

CHECK EVERYTHING IN

EKTRON SUPPORTHelpDesk Engineering Building, Room 313(206) 296-5571helpdesk@seattleu.edu