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Our site is built in Drupal, an open-source content management system that Technology Services selected in part for its flexibility and breadth. It is a complex system with lots of possibilities. Let us tell you about them before you go forth to make changes! :D

Video Training Modules

Please take these in order. The videos total just under 3 hours, plus time to take the assessment. It's fine to take the assessment with your notes or even review pertinent videos to remind yourself of the answer. The intention is that you remember where you can find answers, not that you have everything memorized. :D

After you have submitted the assessment, please allow three business days for processing before you inquire about your account status. We should contact you within that time with your account information, but reminders after that time are welcome!

  1. Drupal Basics (4 minutes)
  2. Logging In + Content orientation (5 minutes)
  3. About the Hero/Header Section [Banner Image/Contact Block/Strip CTAs] (18 minutes)
  4. Basic Page Options (8 minutes)
  5. WYSIWYG Formatting (21 minutes)
  6. Column Callouts, Column Layout, Page Preview, Horizontal Slider (24 minutes)
  7. Full-width Image with Callout, Brand Message, Facts with Image, Call-to-Action (12 minutes)
  8. Media Gallery, Video Embed, Image with Caption (5 minutes)
  9. Person Carousel, Sample Courses, Accordion, Quick Tabs (10 minutes)
  10. Flexible CTA Blocks, Flexible BG Image Blocks, Gridder (10 minutes)
  11. Side-by-Side Media and Text, Image with Links, Group of Links, Related Links (10 minutes)
  12. Featured Stories, Events, Article + Event Submission (10 minutes)
  13. Reusable Components (7.5 minutes)
  14. Uploading Files (5 minutes)
  15. Creating New Pages within Your Permission Group (4 minutes)
  16. Last Notes: Publish Status + Search (8 minutes)

 

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Notes About Editing the University Website in Drupal

  • Content editors will be set up with permissions to their internally focused site content. There may be some cases where externally focused site content may be added to individual content editor access as we refine editing permissions and roles.
  • Not all content editors will have access to create reusable paragraphs, but any editor should be able to use them! If you don't have access to create reusable paragraphs, you can easily request to have the Office of Marketing & Communications create it for your use or update an existing reusable component.
  • Content editors will only have access to edit page content, not create/modify menus. There may be additional training in the future which may allow some editors to have access to some menu controls.
  • If you have questions about editing content in Drupal within your permission area, contact Barbara Weist directly. If you have website content requests outside your permission level/area (including menu corrections, form editing, incorrect links or site performance outside your area), please submit those items through our Lytho project management system. (If you don't have Lytho access, please contact Barbara to get you added to that request system.)
Sample Elements

Need to see what the elements available on pages look like without watching the videos again? Try this sample page that showcases a wide variety, if not all, the possible layout elements (paragraphs). We also use this space for testing, so you may occasionally see odd test content pop up on this page. :D

Sample Elements Test Page
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