Web Page Help
Web Page Help
CMS Conventions and Rules
- DELETE IS FOREVER! (Use unpublish and versions. If you delete there is no versioning back)
- Only delete when you are certain the file is not needed. The file can not be retrieved very easily if it is deleted
- If you wish to remove a file from the public web site (www.bowdoin.edu) but still have it available in the CMS:
- Go to the Publish tab for that file
- Select the destination(s) from which you wish to un-publish
- Under the Publish Options section of the screen select "Un-publish" and click Submit
- SUBMIT = SAVE.
- Some links from content IT moved into the CMS will render properly when published to draft or www, but will not work in the CMS
- e.g. <a href="/visual-arts/gallery/2007/students.shtml">
- Test the link on draft if you are unsure
- The CMS doesn't allow inline style markup. (No font tags, colors, style rules etc...)
- Some basic styling is available in the edit screen, colors and highlights for text and some basic box styles.
- Files/folders must be uniquely named if they are in the same folder. You can't have a directory called 'forms' and a page called 'forms'
- the system will automatically increment the name, i.e. forms1
- Make sure links have been correctly assigned using internal or external link
- Verify all files are set to (or not to) publish
- Editing HTML: Clicking the Update button in the Edit HTML window does not save your changes.
- Make your change in the html editing window, click UPDATE (which updates the WYSIWYG content window), AND click SUBMIT to save your changes!
- Forms:
- Be careful not to keep a version of incoming.txt or other containers for form data in the cms. Doing so may result in accidental loss of valuable web form data.
- Seek assistance via webmaster@bowdoin.edu if you want to modify anything in your forms directory.
- The _internal folder is used by the cms to help render your site. Permissions to this directory will be removed in the near future