Web Guide

Welcome to our Web User Guide put together by the Web Team in the Office of Marketing and Communications. This guide will help you edit your website on Drupal with instructions on posting, style guidelines, SEO, and more. 

This guide will be updated regularly with new tips, tricks, and instructions. We encourage you to check back here when you are editing your website and please do not hesitate to reach out to our team if any questions arise.

What Is Drupal?

Drupal is a powerful, flexible content management system (CMS) used to build and manage websites. It allows users to create, edit, and organize content through a web-based interface — no coding required. Known for its scalability and customization options, Drupal is widely used in higher ed. Penn, Princeton, Oxford, and Cambridge are just a few of the hundreds of university sites that use it.

• How do I get website access?
• How can I get training?
• How do I log into the site?
• What if I forget my password?
• Do I have to know any code?
• What will I actually be editing?
• Where can I see all the available components for my site?
• Are there different types of pages I will be editing?
• What do I need to know about page types?

Learn how to access your sites and login, plus understand how pages are structured

• What sites can I access?
• What content can I edit?
• How do I find the page I need to edit?
• How do I get into the page editor to make my changes?
• Is there anything I should do prior to editing?
• How do I change the navigation menu on my site?

Find out how to get to the content you want to edit

• What do I need to know about the page editor?
• What is the WYSIWYG editor and how do I use it?
• How do I log revisions?
• How do I get approval to publish a page if I need it?
• How do I publish a page to the live site?
• How do I schedule a draft to publish in the future?
• How can I revert the page back to before I made changes?

Learn How to Edit Pages

• How do I use the landing page editor?
• How can I identify what component I need to edit?
• How do I edit a component?
• How do I add a component?
• How do I remove a component?
• What do I need to know about the chaptered page editor?
• How do I edit a chaptered page?
• How do I edit components other than the WYSIWYG component? 
• How do I add a chapter?
• How do I reorder chapters?
• How do I remove a chapter?
• How do I add a component to a page chapter?
• What's a basic page?
• How do I edit it?

Learn how to edit landing pages

Learn how to edit chaptered pages

Learn How to Edit a Basic Page

• How do I create a new page?
• What content type should I use?
• How do I set my page's URL?
• How do I configure SEO settings?
• How do I set my Minisite/School theme?
• How do I add components to my new page?
• How do I add a new page to my navigation menu?
• What are some recommendations for creating new pages?

Discover how to add a new page to your site

• Can you give me a quick overview of SEO?
• When do I need to concern myself with SEO?
• What are the meta tags elements I need to possibly edit?

Learn About SEO and Meta Tags

• How do I add or replace images on my page?
• How can I use an image from the site's library?
• How can I use my own image on the site?
• How can I use an image from the SJU Digital Asset Manager library?
• What's the right way to link to and store documents?
• How can I use video on the site?

Learn how to work with files

• How can I get my faculty or staff profile updated?
• How can I access my profile and make updates myself?

See how to make changes to your profile

• How can I get an event on my website?
• How can I follow accessibility standards?
• How can I get monthly reports on my site's performance?
• How do I stay on brand?

Learn how to get an event listed, plus see tips and useful links