Transcript Red Dot Training - Ozarks Technical Community College

January 14, 2011
Introducing RedDot
 Allows you to edit pages in the system.
 Provides greater flexibility and control over your
content.
 Allows the reuse of content, maintaining a more upto-date site.
 Includes restrictions that help ensure consistency
across the site.
Logging On
 Log in with your username and password.
 http://red.otc.edu
Getting Familiar with the Home Menu
 The “Home” Menu is the RedDot menu
located on the left-hand side of the
screen.
 Homepage
 Asset Manager
 Search
 Tasks
 Log Off
Homepage
 Allows you to get a snapshot on the pages you’re
working on.
 Provides access to Asset Manager.
 Manually submit tasks from this page.
Asset Manager
 Asset Manager allows you to add files to your folder
that you can link to from your web pages.
Search
 Search for pages.
 Is not case sensitive.
 Is spelling sensitive.
Search
 It’s possible to have multiple choices with the same
name. There are ways to determine which one is the
correct option.
Tasks
 You must submit your tasks to the system in order
for them to appear on the live site when it is
published.
Tasks
Log off
 After you’ve made all your edits and submitted your
tasks, you may log off the system.
Understanding the Interface
 Editable regions are denoted by red dots.
 Foundation
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Teaser Text
Elements via form
Body Content
Open Foundation
 Make changes at the page level.
 Add elements (paragraph text, lists, external lists, etc).
 Add teaser text that will appear on other pages.
 Add an image that displays at the top of the page.
Edit Teaser Text
 Click on the red dot next to Edit Teaser Text to add
text that identifies the purpose of this page.
 Displayed in a bulleted list on a separate page.
Edit Elements via Form
 Allows you to edit several elements in one location.
Add/Remove Body Elements
 This dot is used to add elements to the page.
 Connect to existing pages, create new pages, edit page
order, and disconnect page from lists.
Content Classes
 Your list of content classes will depend on your
permissions.
Popular Content Classes
 You’ll use the following content classes the most:
 Links – File Download List
 Links – Large Bulleted Link List
 Links – Small Bulleted Link List
 Text H3 (Main) Heading and Paragraph
 Text H4 (Sub) Heading and Paragraph
 FAQs – List of FAQs
Understanding the Text Editor
 The RedDot text editor is not a WYSIWYG.
 Can copy and paste from Microsoft Word.
 Will need to reformat bullets, numbers, and
apostrophes.
Text Editor Limitations
 Allows very basic functions.
 Right or left justification – do not center.
 Choices in bullet styles.
 Bold or italics; no underlining.
 Right click does not work. Must use shortcuts or icons.
 May create tables and links.
Creating Tables
 Inserting tables is easy but limited.
 You can add and remove rows and columns.
 You cannot control the look of the table.
 You can adjust the width percentage. Defaults to
75%.
 You’ll usually want to increase to 100%.
Creating Tables
Using Hyperlinks
 Use hyperlinks to link to email addresses, internal
document and pages, and external sites.
 When inserting an email address, always put mailto in
front of the email address. Example:
mailto:[email protected].
 To insert a hyperlink, click the hyperlink icon.
The Insert/Edit Link Box
 If connecting to an
external site or
document, paste the url
in the href box.
 If connecting to an
internal page, click the
page icon.
 If connecting to an
internal document, click
the image icon.
Best Practices
 Determine the layout of your page prior to putting it
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in RedDot.
Unless you plan to use teaser text, use the small
bullets.
When possible, use two column lists.
Chunk your information, which will make it easier
for others to use.
Use headings to show a hierarchy.
Best Practices
 Avoid ALL CAPS if at all possible.
 Avoid underlining in the text. People associate
underlined text with links.
 If you’re going to insert an image in the space
provided, make sure it’s of high quality. We will
remove it if it is not.
Questions?
 If you have any issues with the system, please send
them to the helpdesk at [email protected]. In the
subject line, it’s helpful to put WebServices: [Issue].