Transcript Jadu Training - Messiah College

Jadu Training
Homepages & Widgets
A little about Jadu
• Jadu (Sanskrit). Pronounced: Jar-doo
• Means: To control by the use of magic.
• Jadu is a website content management system
(CMS)
• Jadu is a UK based company
What is a Content Management
System?
• A Content Management System, or a CMS
enables non-technical content contributors to
easily publish information in a web-based
environment, that offers workflow control and
collaboration
• A CMS’ strength is providing a consistent look
and user experience site-wide with the use of
feature rich ‘components’ or ‘widgets’
What are Jadu Homepages?
• We typically consider homepages as landing
pages. This is not the case with Jadu.
• A Jadu homepage is a feature rich webpage
which uses pre-built ‘widgets’ to add form
and function.
• Your entire site may be built using only
homepages.
What is a Widget?
• An application, or a component of an
interface, that enables a user to perform a
function or access a service
• Widgets control each element of content and
functionality on a homepage
• Jadu provides 14 standard widgets; ITS and
Web Services currently offer over 17 custom
widgets for your use.
And now…
the meat and bones of it all
Editing Homepages
• Log into Jadu: http://www.messiah.edu/jadu
• MC Username / PW: Training14
• You will see this screen prompting to change password:
** Your password has to include numbers & upper and lower case letters **
Editing Homepages
• Click the
Publishing link
in the top nav
click Homepages:
Editing Homepages
• If you have not created any homepages, or you do not ‘own’
any homepages, you will see this:
Editing Homepages
• To locate homepages that you don’t own, but have access
to edit, click View: “All Homepages” and you will see a list of
homepages that you are authorized to edit.
Editing Homepages
• In this case, the user only has been assigned the ‘About’
category of pages, so those are the only ones they will see.
• Here we are editing the first page, “About”. Mouse over the
page you need to edit and click.
Editing Homepages
• If it says “you can’t edit this page” go back to the listing and in the
column “Owned by” select the page you need to edit and click the check
box and then “Change” button. Change to your name.
Editing Homepages
Editing Homepages
• Select the pages to edit, click on the name. The page opens for editing.
Click on the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the widget you want
to edit.
Editing Homepages
• That area will open up, click in the text area to activate the text editor:
Tips for Editing Homepages
• To create a single space after a line, click Shift+Enter
• The text editor looks different from the actual page
• Save your page and click “Preview” to see what the
page will look like live.
• Review the list of widgets before laying out your
page, then sketch it out. It will be easier to add
widgets after the page is planned out.
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• You can save your work along the way and preview your page.
To do so, simply click “Save Homepage” and then preview.
You do not submit for approval.
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• Once you’ve made your changes, click Continue. Click “Save Homepage”
• If you are ready to push the change live, select “Yes” where it says
“Submit for approval”, then click “Save Homepage” (only an option if you
have the webmaster role)
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• If you are authorized to publish pages, you will see a button to Approve or
Reject the homepage:
• If you are not authorized to publish pages, you will receive a notice that
your page has been submitted for proofing:
For more information on editing
your homepages, adding images or
using widgets, please visit:
http://www.messiah.edu/cms-support