Making edits within the CES Website

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

• Event requests can be made by visiting: http://harvardstage.sgfclients.com/events/createhttp://harvardstage.sgfclients.com/events/create

• 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 dashboard

• 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"

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

Editing the footer and Social media links

• 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.