Making edits within the CES Website

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Website Dashboard

The website dashboard is the first page you are directed to when you log into the back-end of the CES website.

  • The home icon located at the top left of the dashboard (next to the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European title) is how you can always return to this page. You can all this the Back-end homepage.
  • The four option boxes below:

Create - Disregard this section as it is only visible to Super Admins (It should be) and it is not feature that we are looking to incorporate anytime soon.

Edit - This dropdown menu displays the 17 Channel sections that makeup the CES Website. If you are looking to work on any section of the website (for example: Entering an event) you will find the particular channel you are looking to work on in this dropdown menu.

File-

Members-

  • The Other four shortcuts:

Events Calendar-

Events Report-

Newsletter-

People Ordering-

  • The Channels description box to the left center of the dashboard displays the number of current channels.
  • The members description box right center of the dashboard is where you find the directory of current CES Website backend members (Member account modifications only allowed by Super User)
  • The Content description box below the Channels section shows you the number of overall entries throughout the back-end channels. When clicking the entries section, you will see the latest entry that has been created.
  • The Admin Developer drop down tab (Top right of the dashboard page. specific to those with admin credentials) displays the following admin manageable sections:

-Categories

-Add-Ons

Event Request Form

  • Events submitted by Faculty and Affiliates will then appear as "drafts" in the events channel.
  • Super admin gets notified when an event request form is submitted

Adding Shortcuts to top bar of the back-end page

  • Click the Settings tab top right of the screen, next to the Developer tab
  • On the side menu bar under Content & Design, click Menu Manager
  • Click the pencil icon box option under Manage
  • Click Add Menu Item under Menu Items to add a shortcut section to the top bar
  • Save and close

Constant Contact subscribe form integration

  • The Constant Contact Subscription form is embedded in the Subscribe entry within the About US Channel section
  • You can copy the form source code from the "Intro" entry within the Subscribe section located in the About Us Channel
  • Click Developer Dropdown Menu
  • Click Templates
  • Select Template Variables
  • Edit the social media links within the Header and Footer section of the source code

The following section details the back-end channels that make up the front-end of the CES Website.

About Us

  • Our Building- The content in this section is usually static. If we want to create a new template, you can duplicate this entry and create a different structure
  • Subscribe
  • A Tribute to Stanley Hoffmann
  • Aileen Mindel de Gunzburg
  • History
  • CES at a glance
  • About us

Agenda

Event Series

In the event Series Channel. All Past Study Groups and current Seminars are hosted as well as created and editable in this section. The Following make up an Event Series entry

  • Title
  • Specified Category (Seminar, Webinar, Past Study Group) Usually it is a Seminar Category
  • Copy Only Block Content - The Seminar description
  • Primary Image
  • Insert YT tutorial video here*

Events

In the Events channel you can create, Event webinars/seminars (public or private), Event Conferences and classes. The Following make up a calendar event:

  • Title
  • Date
  • Start and end time
  • Event series type (Ex. Directors Seminar/ Jews in Modern Europe Seminar)
  • Event Description
  • Event type is normally set as Seminar if not Annual Lecture
  • Event Featured image
  • Event Hero image - Banner image for the event
  • Event Location entered or set under "Location - Other" (Ex. Virtual/Webinar RSVP)
  • Event Speaker/s and Chair/s
  • Happening Now?-Yes Display on Calendar?-Yes Display on Signage?-Yes
  • Event Calendar set to Public

HOW TO CREATE AN EVENT

The Following make up a conference event A Conference event consists of a main Event shell which states the Conference title and overview of the segments the Conference will feature. Each individual event gets created as a stand alone event. Which then under the main Event Conference shell. The stand alone event gets entered as an Event Children'

  • Title
  • Date
  • Start and end time
  • Event series type (If Applicable Ex. Directors Seminar/ Jews in Modern Europe Seminar)
  • Event Description
  • Event type is set as Conference Since you first create the Main conference event Shell

The Following make up a class event

Exhibit

General Pages

Home

News

Opportunities

People

People Directory

Publications

Research

Sponsors

Text Snippets

Video

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