In addition to editing existing pages, you also have the ability to create new pages and upload documents and images on your own. To create a new page, you will use an Asset Factory. Asset factories provide an easy way to create a specific type of asset or specially configured page. The asset factory is made available by clicking on New in the top navigation menu. Default asset factory elements included in Cascade Server are Block, External Link, File, Folder, Page, Style-sheet, and Template. Your user access rights determine which asset factory elements are available to you, and your administrator determines your access rights. Let’s go through the process of creating new content.
1. Click on the New button on the top navigation menu to display the different types of assets you are allowed to create.
2. Click on the type of page you would like to create.
3. For Display Name, type the title of the page. Display Name is used throughout the site for navigation and menus. For this reason, your Display Name should be short, but descriptive.
4. For Title, type “SJU: ” plus the title of the page. The title element is similar to display name, however, title is what is displayed at the top of your browser bar.
5. Depending on the site template you have been given, there will be 2-3 following text fields. Typically, these are Division-School Heading, Department Heading, Document Heading. These elements are used as headlines on the top of the page. Division-School Heading should be the school or division above you, such as "Erivan K. Haub School of Business" or "Office of Student Life". Department Heading is the title of your actual department, such as "Department of Marketing". Document Heading can be the title of the content displayed on this page. It is placed in bold, right above your content.
6. The next section is Page Body. This is the content of the page, what is edited from within a WYSIWYG editor, which functions just like a word processor. Type and add any content you would like to be displayed on the page. Styles and formatting may be added via the toolbar above. The toolbar can also be used to add images, tables, check your spelling, and other items to your content. If you are more advanced user and have HTML experience, you may also code your own html via the "html" button on the tool bar. This will open a separate window in which html code may be placed, press update when done adding html code.
7. Depending on the site template you have been given, there may be some more fields below. This are typically links that can be added to the upper right of the page. They are referred to as Related Links. These links should be related to your page content and are included as extra references. For example, say you mention the library in your content, one of your related links could send the user to the library home page. Related Links can be created in the following way. First fill in the Optional Label Override, this overrides the title of the page you're linking to as what you want it to be called, such as "Drexel Library". Next there are three ways to specify the hyperlink to the page: System Page, System Link, and URL. System Page is a dynamic link to a page, like the one your currently working on, within your web site or the CMS. Just click on the page icon and find the page you wish to link to and press "Confirm". System Page is the most recommended version of linking as if the page you link to is moved, the link from your page will be automatically updated on its next publish. System Link is similar to a System Page but instead it links to a link file that specifies the location to link to. System Link is best used when you reuse an eternal link, such as "msn.com", over and over through the site and wish to be able to only have to modify it in one spot. Lastly, there is the URL field. This field should only be used for external sites, outside of the SJU sites that are within CMS. To use this, just simply specify the full hyperlink path to that page, such as "http://www.msn.com".
8. If you haven't specified one already, you should choose the System Name for the page. System Name can be found under the EDIT->SYSTEM tab. This is different from Display Name in that it is the filename of the file on the server, such as "contactus.html" or "mypictures.html". This is the name used to link to this page. The name should be short, sensible and all in lower case. Also no spaces or special characters should be added as they will make it difficult to link to. Also you do not need to specify a file type(like ".html") in the System Name, as the CMS will add this for you when you publish.
9. When you are finished, scroll down to the bottom and click the Submit button to record your changes.
10. You should now see the new page in your web browser. To make any more changes just simply click on the Edit tab.
