- Step 1 - Click "Pages"
- Step 2 - Content Elements
- Step 3 - Add Your Content
- Step 4 - Positioning your Content
- Optional - Editing Existing Content
- Optional - Adjust Settings
- Step 1 - Click "Pages"
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Begin by clicking the "Pages" link, located in the menu at the top of your Digital Bell Dashboard. This will bring you to a list of your pages. Next, locate the page you will be updating and click the Edit button (pencil icon) to the left of the page title.
The list below contains a short description of each Content Element, as well as links to in-depth tutorials. - Step 2 - Content Elements
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The Content Elements are listed under the "Add Content" section in the right sidebar. Clicking on one of the Content Elements will add a Content Group to the page (ex. "Text Block Group").
- Text Blocks - This option will add a Text Block Group to the page. In addition to text, images and links can also be added to Text Blocks.
- Links - This option allows you to add list of links to your page.
- FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions sections are added and managed with this element. This element displays a list of questions at the top, with anchor links leading to the answers.
- Audio - This feature is not currently supported by The Digital Bell.
- Forms - This element allows you to add an existing form to your page. View Create a Form for more information.
- Photo Gallery - This element adds a scrollable gallery to the page.
- Videos - This feature is not currently supported by The Digital Bell, however you can use YouTube to embed a video within a Text Block, Post, or FAQ.
- Files - Add a list of downloadable files (.pdf, .doc, etc.) to your page.
- Post Types - Add a Post Type Group to your page. A Post Type Group allows you to select a Post Type (ex. School News or a class calendar), and display the Posts on your page.
For more information on creating Posts and Post Types, see Posts. - Developer Actions - This element is used by developers to add custom features to a page.
- Text Blocks - This option will add a Text Block Group to the page. In addition to text, images and links can also be added to Text Blocks.
- Step 3 - Add Your Content
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After you have selected a Content Element, a Content Group will appear on your page. The image below provides an example of the Content Group that appears when selecting the "Text Block" element.
Content Groups include buttons for both adding new content (ex. "+New Text Block"), or adding existing content from your Warehouse (ex. "+Existing Text Block"). Adding new content will present a form specific to the Content Element, where new content can be created. Adding existing content presents you with a search option for selecting content from the Warehouse.
To learn more about the available options for creating and editing text-based content (Text Blocks/FAQs), see Using the WYSIWYG Toolbar.
- Step 4 - Positioning your Content
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Content Groups can be repositioned by clicking on the Move button ("four arrows" icon), located in the upper-left corner of the group, and dragging up or down. Once you have repositioned the group, the public-facing page will automatically reflect the change.
For Content Groups with multiple elements (ex. a Text Block Group with multiple, individual Text Blocks), each element within the group can also be re-ordered. By mousing over the individual Content Elements within the group, the Move button ("four arrows" icon) will appear in the upper left corner. Click the icon, then drag the element up or down to reposition it.
To further customize the look of your page with columns and rows, see Page Layouts.
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If you would like to edit content that has been added to the page, click directly on any existing content to open the respective editor. For example, clicking on the title or text in a Text Block will open the Text Block editor, and allow you to make changes . FAQ Groups work in the same way - clicking the question or answer section will open the FAQ editor.
File Groups and Link Groups work similarly, where clicking on the file or link will allow you to make changes (ex. update the link URL or choose a different file). Note, clicking directly on a link may redirect you - clicking directly to the left or right of the link title/URL text is preferable.
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Each Content Element will include a link to its "Settings" panel, which allows you to make adjustments to how the element is displayed - and, in some cases, what content is shown. The "Settings" link is located in the upper, right-hand corner of each element, next to the "Remove" link.
The list of settngs will differ, depending on the Content Element. The tutorials for each element, linked in Step 2, include information on the settings available to the specific Content Element.
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Finish - Click Submit
When you have finished adding your content, click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the element window.
To edit an existing Content Element, click on the respective element's Content Group to bring up the WYSIWYG toolbar.
To delete a Content Element, click on the element's Content Group, then click the "minus sign" icon that appears when mousing over the individual element.
To delete a Content Group, click within the group, then click the "X" icon, located in the upper right-hand corner. Deleting a Content Group will delete the individual Content Elements, contained within.