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It is one of the main administration toolbars. You will be able to change the structure of the main page menu, create, edit, and delete menu items. In the main page you can see the menu tree. In order to change language i.e. into English, click on “En” button.
By clicking the left mouse button on any item, you will see contextual menu with certain commands. You can “Edit”, “Delete”, “Hide”, “Up”, “Down” every item.
| Delete | Deletes a menu item. |
| Disable | A menu item is hidden from the website visitors, previously hidden menu items has a command “Enable”. |
| Up | Moves a menu item up. |
| Down | Moves a menu item down. |
Some menu items have other commands.
| Create submenu item | Ability to create a sub-item (a new menu item). |
| Edit | Switches to the editing mode. |
| Create article | Quick switch to a composition form of a new article. |
In order to create a first level menu item, click “Create menu item” button (see below)
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Choose the “Structure” button (it appears as soon as you open CMS) and click “Create a menu item” link.
While creating a new item, it is necessary to choose an appropriate type of the data structure. A few possible options (depends on the solution):
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| Catalog | It is a specific module of the catalog (functionality depends on the solution). | |
| Layers | It is a module, that may have slides, footnotes and free text zones. | |
| Articles and media lists | Articles consist of introduction, main text ant the picture | |
| Article | Simple text menu item | |
| Web Form | Web form with a field for textual information or a map | |
| Link | Menu item – website link. | |
While creating a new menu item, it is necessary to include a name; some information types suggest to insert additional values, so it is necessary to read the entire displayed information (in case of any questions, please contact our customer service)
Textual menu items have text editor.
Basic functions:
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Each button has an information balloon (tooltip), which will help to understand which command responds to what. While editing information in the internet is like editing a document with Word or OpenOffice software, but online editing has some specifics.
IMPORTANT If you copy a text from “Microsoft Word” or websites, it is necessary to inset the text by using “Paste from Word” button (in some cases, “Paste from Word” dialog can be opened automatically)
In the menu tree, click on the menu item, which needs to be edited, and select “Edit”
command from the contextual menu.
IMPORTANT If you copy a text from “Microsoft Word” or websites, it is necessary to inset the text by using “Paste from Word” button (in some cases, “Paste from Word” dialog can be opened automatically)
In the menu tree, click on the menu item, which needs to be edited, and select
“Up” or
“Down” command from the contextual menu.
1. A new photo
In the text editor window, it is necessary to place the cursor on the area, where you will insert a photo. In order to insert the photo in the description, it is necessary to upload it on the online server. In order to do so, click “Insert/edit image” button. In the pop-up box, click “Browse server”. In the pop-up window of server files, you will see “Upload” button, and after you click it, the photo will be upload from the computer and will appear in the list. Check the photo and click on “Select”. In next window, you can adjust alignment and other parameters, and when you will click “OK”, the photo will be placed in the area, where you have placed the cursor.
2. Already uploaded photo
In the text editor window, click on the photo, which needs to be edited, in order to select it. By clicking “Insert/edit image” you will be able to change parameters of this photo (alignment, frame, etc.).
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In the text editor window, select the current word (phrase) or write this word (phrase)
- Click a button on the toolbar of the editor
- In the pop-up box click “Browse server”, to see a list of files (upload file from the computer if needed)
- Check the file and click on “Select” then click "OK"
- In the text editor window, place the cursor on the area, where you will insert a link or select a word (phrase), which will be converted into the link, or you can firstly write and select a word (phrase).
- Click a button on the toolbar of the editor
- In the pop-up window, write a link or usually, copy/paste link in the URL field that will lead to the desired website.
- If you want that the link would be opened in the new window, in the window’s tab “Destination”, choose New Window (_blank). If you want that the link would not be opened in the new window, you do not need to change settings.
- Click “OK”
In the text editor window, place the cursor on the area, where you will insert a table, and click
“Insert/Edit table” In the pop-up box, you can specify the number of table
Rows and
Columns, border size (0 means without borders), and other parameters. Click
“OK”, when you will finish editing.
- In the text editor window, place the cursor on the area (cell), where you will insert a row or column.
- Click the right mouse button, and you will see the contextual menu, which will allow choosing “Row” or “Column”, depending on what you want to insert.
- In the contextual menu, select:
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“Insert (Row / Column) after” – it will insert a row or column after the cell, where you placed the cursor.
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or “Insert (Row / Column) before” - it will insert a row or column before the cell, where you placed the cursor.
While creating “Article”, you need to enter its name and text.
While creating an item of articles, you can insert a short description, which will be seen by the visitors before the list of articles. When you have created menu item of the articles, you can create new articles without having to return to “Structure”. Click on a certain item in the scheme and contextual menu.
IMPORTANT If you copy a text from “Microsoft Word” or websites, it is necessary to inset the text by using “Paste from Word” button (in some cases, “Paste from Word” dialog can be opened automatically)
Most video sharing websites (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.) generates EMBED code for the videos. Use their video size editor to generate the EMBED code according to your needs.
Usually website width is about 900 - 1200px so if you want o have 2 videos in the row - use about 450 - 600px width for the video.