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Overview of Working with Content Items

  • Navigate to Content types
  • Search
  • Create New item
  • Explanation of different fields
  • Setting Publish or unpublish date
  • Using Revision history

 

In-depth training on Uploading Images into Sitefinity

  • Proper file names
  • Establishing a folder structure: Go wide, not deep. Keep names short.
  • Upload the image (Caroline recommends the Old interface)
  • Cropping or Resizing the image
  • Adding Alternative Text - don't skip this step!
  • Where to change the URL if you want to

 

Session 1. July 7, 2021: Content Contributor

 

Session 2. July 8- part 1: Page Editor

 

Session 2. July 8- part 2: Page Creator

 

Session 3. July 12, 2021: Forms

Session 3. July 12, 2021: Permissions on Content blocks and on Pages

Session 3. July 12, 2021: Advanced page builder, Homepage

Post-Launch - October 21, 2021: 404 Redirect tool

 

Prerequisite videos

Video 1: [7:22 minutes] Login, Sitefinity Licenses, and Navigating in the CMS Sitefinity

Video 2: [5:49 minutes] Content Re-usability.
See examples of how a content item is entered once, and is displayed on several lists: Events are shown on the homepage, Events list, and on the Volunteer page. News items are shown on separate audience lists. Enter a news story and add categories.
See the admin area of Sitefinity to create a content item by entering the information to fields and adding a category of 'volunteer'. See how the item now shows on the homepage, events list, and volunteer page.

Video 3: [9:25 minutes] Pages vs Content items. Pages differ from Content Types in these main ways:
A. Choosing where information shows: Pages are added to specific areas in the navigation. And although Lists of content items are added to specific pages, the individual content items are listed on pages (not listed in navigation).
B. How information is entered and how information is displayed. Pages have much flexibility. See the editing of a page and changing the layout to include 3 columns. See the different widgets available for page builds. But Content items are stamped into their templates to give a uniform display. See examples of those different display templates. See the editing of a content item's fields.

Training Sessions

Session 1. July 7, 2021: Content Contributor

Session 2. July 8, 2021: Page Editor, Page Creator

Session 3. July 12, 2021:  Advanced Page Creator, Administrator

Training Objectives, per role

Content Contributor
  • Learn about specific Content Types created
  • Find, Edit, and Create Content items
  • Use the WYSIWYG editor for styles, bullets, links, and files
  • Use the WYSIWYG editor for inserting images
  • Set publish and unpublish dates for items
  • Manage Categories. Tip: Keep Categories 2 levels (Parent with child.)
  • Manage Files and Images
  • Resize Images using the Sitefinity Tools
Page Editor
  • Introduction to the Pages area and group folders
  • Use search to find a specific page
  • Edit content in content blocks on pages
  • Use the WYSIWYG editor for styles, bullets, links, and files
  • Advanced WYSIWYG: inserting images and HTML view
  • Use page Revision history
  • Edit a content List widget to change the category filter
  • Create new pages using Duplicate
  • Use Title & Properties to change the title, URL, and SEO description
  • Use Title & Properties to add Additional URLS (short URLs)
Page Creator
  • Manage website navigation
  • Use Content widgets on the pages
  • Manage Content List Settings
  • Create Forms and drag form widgets to pages
  • Create and use Shared content blocks in pages
  • Use Permissions on Content blocks for content restricted to ‘Members’
Advanced Page Creator
  • Create new pages, choosing a template
  • Use Layout options on the pages
  • Managing the homepage elements
  • Managing security for redirects
Administrator
  • Manage Users
  • Use the Admin tools for 404 redirects