Creating and Editing Content [Pages, Navigation]

Wysiwyg Editor + Copy/Paste

Before we get started learning how to add new content, it's important to mention one very important thing. The body sections of any content type requires that you style the content you enter to make it look its best. You do this using the editor, which looks similar to Microsoft Word. However, it is NOT the same. You can learn more about proper styling later but the most important points to remember are:

​Creating & Editing Content

Below you'll find information on how to create most content. This guide is a work in progress so check back regularly as we update it and add new instruction.

Make sure you read the information above on the Wysiwyg Editor + Copy/Paste.

• ​Editing any content
• Creating a Web Page
• Creating and Editing a Navigational Link
• Creating and Editing Content [Events & Announcements]
• Style Guide
• Images & Files In Content

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Editing Any Content

You can access content that is part of your site to edit it in 2 ways.

1) From the Content

Click the EDIT button at the top of the page of the content itself.

2) From Content List

Navigate to the home page, click on Group Content, and then you will see a list of all of your site content. Clicking on a link will bring you to the content where you can then click on the edit button to edit it. Click on the image below for visual reference.

Creating a Web Page

The Web Page content type is what you'll use to show your static content, like about page, resources/useful links. It should be used judiciously as it does not appear on the homepage feed. Consider using Site Announcement or AIChE Entity Site Event. If you are going to create a webpage and you want it to link to it from the navigation, you need to create a navigation link separately.

• Click on Post Content

You'll find this below the navigation on your site, on any page.

• Click on Web page

Complete Fields

Once you click on the web page content type, add content to the following fields:

• Title - This appears at the top of the content.
• Content Visibility - The default setting is public, which is desired most of the time, especially if you have a navigational link. If you want the content to be seen only be members of your entity site, select Private - accessible only to Group Members.
• Tags (optional) - Adding tags to content may allow for the content to be accessed via tag at a later date. It's a way of organizing content by label.
• Page Content - This is where the bulk of your content will be added. You can type directly into the field (recommended) or paste using the text paste icon.
• Images & Files (optional) - You can add images and files to a page as well.

Anatomy of Adding a Web Page

Click on the image below to see what you'll see when creating a new web page.

• Click Save

Click the save button at the end to save the content. 

Creating and Editing a Navigational Link

When you create a page, you often may want to have a navigational menu link. Note that not every page has to have a menu link. You may choose to show links on a page itself. Here's an example of that. When you do want to create a menu link, here's how you do it. Click on the image below to see the difference between the page and the menu link.

• First, make sure the page that you want to link to has been created.
• Then, click Post Content again and select Site Navigational Link.

• Give the Navigation Link a title (it's usually the same as the page title but doesn't have to be)
• Determine the Parent Menu. Hint: In most cases, you'll leave this alone, i.e. "None" is selected. If you leave this alone, the nav link will appear in the menu navigation as a main navigation link. AIChE Entity Sites allow menu links to go one level deep. If you want an item to appear under another navigational link, you would select that link. See example

• Determine where you want the menu item to link to. If you're linking to a page on your site (most cases), you'll find all the pages in a drop down under "Link to - a page on the Site". In this case, we'll select About as we want to create a menu link to go to the about page. If you want to link to another site, you can do that as well. You're encouraged to use navigational links mainly for pages on your own site.

• Display Order. You can add a number to the Display Order field (negative or positive), which will determine the order of the menu item. Hint: You can leave this blank for now and adjust it later. If you leave it blank, it will display in alphabetical order.
• Save. Save the menu item. When you click save, you'll land on the menu item itelf (not the page). To get to the page, itself, click it in the nav. See example

User Guide

Go back to the Main User Guide Page to learn about how to create events, announcements, and more.