ETOMITE - Content Manager - close page when done

NOTICE: INSTRUCTIONS CHANGED 10/09 - TO ** NEW ** PAGE EDITOR, ALL ACCOUNTS WILL BE UPDATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - MUCH EASIER TO USE AND LESS ICON BUTTONS PLUS ARRANGED SO YOU CAN FIND THEM.

CHANGE PASSWORD: USE ONLY NUMBERS AND LETTERS (uppercase or lower case sensitive) ** NO ** SPECIAL CHARACTERS!!!!!! IT WILL CHANGE IT AND NOT LET YOU BACK IN.

If you are familiar with "Word Processor" programs like Microsoft Word, Publisher, etc.  you won't have a problem, if you are not familiar we suggest you work WITH someone who is.

Remember "we" will add content for you, make changes, anything you need including personal training - just because you CAN do it yourself does not mean that you have to.  We can also add new templates, headers, change the colors, etc. for you which can damage your entire site if not done properly.

When you add a new page or edit a page, the things you do are SAFE as it will only screw up "that page" and is not visible to the public until it is "published", but in Configuration, Templates, etc. it can screw up your entire site.

NOTE: on the pop up windows to insert tables, images, etc. you might have to grab the lower right corner and make it larger to see all the options and the "save" button.

Suggestion: do the stuff below at the same time you are reading it so it makes more sense.

GETTING STARTED

We suggest to open your editor and another page with your site so you can "SEE EXACTLY" the page after you hit the "save" button - don't forget to "refresh/reload" to see the changes.  You can just go back and forth as you work.

Under the "identification tab" the "description" is what shows up in search engines and on your "site map" page as what the page is about so be descriptive.

****  VERY IMPORTANT **** - when you copy and paste from a word document or ANY document or from a web site PASTE IT INTO "NOTEPAD" FIRST then copy and paste it from NOTEPAD into the editor, this removes all the harmful code and things you DO NOT want on your webpage.  If you do not do this your page will probably be screwed up and can also be screwed up later, all on its own, depending on what kinds of code is embedded.

CAN'T EDIT - SOMEONE ELSE IS EDITING THAT PAGE: If etomite tells you someone else is editing a document and you don't think so - click on Home then Online Users tab - if no one is actually working on that document click on Remove locks - this will reset the data base as sometimes people don't log out and just close their browsers.

LEAVE SITE STATISTICS "OFF" IN THE CONFIGURATION - it slows down the page loading and you have FULL much more accurate statistics in your CPANEL - access link on your admin page.

IF YOUR EDITOR GETS SCREWY - CLOSE OUT - SHUT DOWN YOUR BROWSER AND RESTART - sometimes your connection gets screwed up.  ALSO SOME POP UP BLOCKERS, FIRE WALL PROGRAMS, ANTI VIRUS, SPYWARE PROGRAMS DEPENDING ON THERE SETTINGS WILL SLOW DOWN OR STOP YOUR EDITOR - EXPERIMENT BY TURNING THEM OFF IF IT BECOMES A PROBLEM!

PUBLISHED OR NOT? On the left / bottom are all the pages in your site, items in GREEN are published pages for the public to see. Items in red or with an X are things the public does NOT SEE or in short NOT included in your Navigation Section. But these pages can be linked to within your pages.

KEEP THE TEXT STYLE OR CHANGE IT:  if you go to the end of your text and just hit the "enter" key starts a new paragraph and it will allow you to "change" the text style, if you hold the "ctrl" key as you hit the "enter" key, (once new line - twice  space line then new line) your new paragraph will continue with the same text style.

FIRST!!!!!! TURN YOUR POP UP BLOCKER ** OFF ** FOR "YOUR SITE" OR THE EDITOR WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY!

THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF YOUR WEB SITE IS 760 PIXELS - WHY? TO FIT ON AN 800x600 MONITOR

TOPICS LISTED BELOW

EDIT EXISTING PAGE:

At the Left - bottom - click on the page you want to edit, It will appear on the right side - don't see it - click on the "folders" which are the main nav links across the top of the page.  The pages below the main links are in these folders.

Click anywhere inside the body of the page and all the editor tools will light up and be active, sometimes depending on your connection this can take a few seconds.

First make the editor full size - click on 3rd button from left at top (page with green arrow) you can also click on the divider bar and drag it to the left to make your page area bigger - this makes the editor more stable and gives you a max view

Place your mouse over the different icons at the top part of the page and a pop up window will tell you what they do.

Place mouse where to want to edit text or drag mouse over text you want to change - type in text

Font style and color

New style if you hit the "enter" key before and after the selection of text you can change the style, it also ads a space at the bottom automatically

Continue with same style - hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the "enter" key. - to add a space just hit the "enter" key again

Fonts- Times Roman and Arial are the only fonts that are guaranteed to be on your viewers computer - if you select a font that the viewer does not have it on their computer the "default font" on their browser will be used and you have no idea what the text or your site will look like.

Make your changes or adds, click on the make full size button again to see the main controls and then click on "save" at the top

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ADD PAGE

At the Left - top - click on "new document" and a blank page will show up on the right side.

Click anywhere inside the body of the page and all the editor tools will light up and be active, sometimes depending on your connection this can take a few seconds.

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ADD OR EDIT TEXT

Place mouse where you want to add text - type in text - if you want to do it in columns - see columns or tables on the previous page

New style if you hit the "enter" key at the point your mouse is at you can change the style, it also ads a space at the bottom automatically.

Continue with same style - hold down the "ctrl" key and hit the "enter" key. - to add a space just hit the "enter" key again

Fonts- Times Roman and Arial are the only fonts that are guaranteed to be on your viewers computer - if you select a font that the viewer does not have it on their computer the "default font" on their browser will be used and you have no idea what the text or your site will look like.

COLOR: select the text then click on the "font color" icon and select your color.

BACKGROUND COLOR: select the text then click on "background color" and select your color, remember to add spaces before and after your text to continue the background.

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IDENTIFICATION TAB

Click on "identification tab"   ( click on ? at right of items for description )

Title - this is what shows up in the navigation bar - keep as short as possible

Long Title - use if want - helps in search engines and you can set up automatic page titles using this

Description - THIS IS WHAT SHOWS UP IN SEARCH ENGINES AND ON YOUR "SITE MAP PAGE" IMPORTANT

Alias - ONE WORD PREFERRED - LOWER CASE - TEXT OR NUMBERS ONLY - *** NO OTHER CHARACTERS ***

Document parent - THIS IS IMPORTANT - click on the page on the lower left of the screen that you want this page "under" in the nav link bar - if you want this page on the "main" nav link bar click on your site name at the top of the column.

Note: you can create a folder like we have "bin" and mark it as "not published" and all the pages that you put inside it will NOT show up on the nav link bar but you can link to them direct from your pages - example if you had several products that you wanted to list on a page but not take up space in the nav link bar set up a folder called "products" make it the document parent and just put links to them on your new pages.

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PUBLICATION TAB

Click on "publishing" tab

Folder - is checked if you are going to add pages below it in the nav links

Rich text - is always checked unless you want to write a page in html, if you do you have to edit it in html

Published - check it and it shows up to the public - don't and it does not till you do check it

Published Date - here you can set a date where the page will be viewable to the public

Un-publish Date - here you can set a date where the page will be NO LONGER be viewable to the public

Menu index - THIS IS IMPORTANT - this number specifies the sort of this page on the nav link bars - if the page is in the main nav link bar lower numbers are to the left, if it is in a drop down list the lower numbers are at the top.  We suggest to use numbers like 100 150 etc. so that you can add pages in between with out having to renumber all the pages.

Searchable - checked

Cacheable - un checked

Empty Cache - checked

Uses template - here you can select the "template" which will provide different colors - we provide you will several that will work with your site - very advanced users can create their own but keep in mind if not correct they will destroy ALL PAGES that use that template - we will be happy to make any changes or even create new templates for you.  Leave this on "default" unless you want a different look for this page only.

Content type - text/html

Keywords - we suggest not to use this feature and leave blank as most search engines no longer use them and if they do and you do not have the keyword on the page they will black list your site. -  See more on your admin page under "search engines"

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ADD IMAGES

NAME your images  DO NOT HAVE SPACES IN YOUR NAMES USE - OR _ BETWEEN WORDS or you will see the name%20and%20such.jpg in the image name.

FOR ANIMATED GIF IMAGES SEE BOTTOM! DO NOT UPLOAD WITH IBROWSER OR IT WILL CORRUPT IT!

"Ibrowser" will automatically resize your images and add the size to the end of the file name.

You can select as many sizes as you want and it will create separate images automatically for you.  In other words if you want to make a small image and a large image so you can use the "pop up feature" just select both sized and upload the image.

You can upload up to 5 images at a time but remember they ALL will be resized to the sizes you pick.  If you need this increased just tell us.

Put the mouse and click where you want to put a image  ( If you want text next to it or another image see TABLES then come back here )

Click on the "Ibrowser" button, looks like a page with a green dot on it and a pop up page will come up.

Click on "insert" sometimes you have to click on it twice.

Click on the "page with the green arrow" toward the bottom of the pop up window - "Upload Image" - find the image on your computer. Check the size or sizes you want  Click on the green arrow next to the "Browse" button and this will upload the image or images.

Click on the name of the image you want and it will highlight, then click on "Insert" at the bottom.

We suggest for "on the page images" to be not more than 400 size  300 / 200 / 150 your choice

Pop up images select the 600 size.

Header / Footer images select the 760 size.

You CANNOT just resize it in the picture properties section as this does NOT change the file size, only the way it is displayed on the page.  Small adjustments however CAN be made this way.

ANIMATED GIFS ONLY

click on "insert/edit link"

click on "browse server"

select top left "resource type" - image

bottom click on browse

find file

click on upload

close window by clicking cancel

open "ibrowser"

click on insert

click on image

click on insert at bottom

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POP UP LARGE IMAGE

If you want to use a large "pop up" image - click on the image then on the "Ibrowser" button, looks like a page with a green dot on it.

click on "pop up" - select the image you want to display when the smaller image is clicked on in the list and hit "insert"

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DELETE IMAGE

click on "ibrowser"

click on insert

click on file you want to delete

click on icon with X through it

click on green box with arrow bottom end of file box

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USERS. PERMISSIONS & GROUPS

Etomite allows you to set up groups and specific pages that each person can modify - also what each person is allowed to do

Each page must be assigned to the group you want to edit it,  if you don't they can't, and each user is assigned to a group and also a "role"

NOTE: if you are working on permissions and are an administrator sometimes you have to log back in to be able to edit a page if it tells you that you are not allowed access - administrators can do ANYTHING so be careful.

In Etomite config: make sure the following is checked yes - check NO if you don't need it

Use access permissions: - set this to yes if you want people to only have access to certain pages

ROLL MANAGEMENT: - ACCESS TO WHAT TYPES OF THINGS ( ACTUAL DOCUMENT GROUPS ARE SET LATER )

1st set up role management

admin - can do anything

EXAMPLE ROLE: editor - only edit the site but not the configuration

general
x request frames
x request manager
x view & send
x log out
x view help
x view action
x view editor
x view about
x view credits
x change password
x save password
xxxxxxxxxx
content mana
x view doc
x new
x edit
x save
x delete
empty
xxxxxxxxxx

nothing x below this is checked

SET UP GROUPS: - add groups so one or more people in these groups can edit specified pages

Example - news group - can edit the news

then edit and assign each page to a group

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INSERT A FILE - pdf or other document file

We suggest to make a folder inside the "assets" folder for  pdf - flash - etc. to upload you files into. Should be already there.

First "rename" the file on your computer no spaces use _ or - between words otherwise "%20" will be inserted as spaces.

Type text you want for link to open file

Select the text
Click on "insert/edit link"
protocol - select "other"
click on "browse server"
select top left "resource type" - file
bottom - click on browse
find file
click on upload
click on file name - will close window
click on target tab
select "new window _blank"
click on ok
done

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TABLES

If you want to type text next to an image or do multiple images side by side or multiple columns of text you need to insert a "table" first, this will allow you  to align the images or images and text where you want them to be. Place cursor where you want the table, click on the "Insert Table" icon - looks like a spread sheet.

You can change the table later by clicking on the "Table Properties" icon or the table and "right click"

To be able to see the tables better click on the icon "toggle guide lines and invisible elements" as it will turn on and off the table outlines.

Rows and columns just like word or excell
Width - set at 100%
Fixed width columns - check - you can change later
Alignment - not needed if 100%
Border thickness - set to 0 (unless you want a border)
Cell Spacing - set to 0 (unless you want spacing between the cells)
Cell Padding - set to 5 or more as this keeps the text or images away from the edges.
Click OK
Now you can place text or images inside the "cells" by placing your cursor there.

THIS IS THE WAY YOU CREATE COLORED BACKGROUND COLUMS AND TABLES TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY OR DISPLAY - YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE

To modify the cell or table all you have to do is "right click" inside the cell or table and a menu pops up and here you can change the table in any way you want.

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LINKS

LINK: Drag cursor over the words you want to "underline" as the link - click on the icon that looks like a chain link

URL: type in the full address as "http://rushg.com"

Title: not needed but this is the "pop up" title when you move your mouse over the link

Target: for ALL OFF SITE LINKS select "new window" as this will open a new page and your viewer will not get lost and can't find their way back.

LINK - E-mail - this is a little tricky copy and paste the below into the above pop up window in the URL: box, Target set to NONE as it does not matter.

mailto:test99@4everblessed.com?subject=Request.from.web.site

where test99... is your e-mail address and the subject is what you want it to be - put "." periods between the words or the will not all show up and stop at the first space.

We suggest you also select "under line" on the font style to make links easier to identify.

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MANAGE KEY WORDS

note if you click on "manage key words" you will loose your changes - save it first and you can come back to it. WE SUGGEST TO ** NOT ** EVEN USE THESE AS SEARCH ENGINES WILL PENALIZE YOU IF THE KEY WORDS YOU SELECT ARE NOT IN THE PAGE.  LET THE TEXT IN THE PAGE WHEN THE SEARCH ENGINE SPIDERS YOUR SITE FIND THERE OWN KEY WORDS. ADD AS MUCH TEXT AS YOU CAN.

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MANAGE RESOURCES

top/left under Resources

here is were you can edit templates, snippets, chunks, keywords for your site

chunks - is where you can edit your TEMPLATE style sheets - THIS IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN ENTER HTML CODE AS IT IS "STRIPPED" FROM YOUR PAGES WHEN YOU SAVE THEM - THIS WOULD BE FOR PAY PAL BUTTONS, PULL IN ARTICLES FROM OTHER SITES, FORM HANDLERS, ETC.

snipplets - add edit calendar news ets. PHP CODE - THAT DO THINGS.

TEMPLATES - EDITING THESE WILL CHANGE ALL PAGES AUTOMATICALLY and can screw it up your entire site so DON'T do this unless you are SURE of what you are doing. We will be happy to do this for you.

If you want to play and try this - select our template - select all and copy - then select NEW TEMPLATE and paste our template into it and call it another name and save it - then you can "change" the template of a page or a new page to your template and see what it does when you modify the template - without screwing up your entire site.

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CHANGE ENTIRE SITE COLORS

we will do it for you N/C for standard colors

go to www.4everblessed.com and pick a template color and tell us which one you want

or we can do custom colors for you - charge is usually 1/2 hour.

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HINTS AND HELP

At any time you can click on Help ? icon and it will bring up a page with links to the Etomite site forums with all types of answers about Etomite.

IF YOUR POP UP BLOCKER STOPS THE NEW PAGE FROM OPENING

Right Click over the link and select "Copy Shortcut" then open New Browser Windows, drag your mouse over the entire address in the address bar and right click and select "paste" then go or return.

or you can just click below

Etomite Forums

Etomite Wiki

NEW EDITOR

FCKEDITOR

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SUGGESTIONS OR NEED HELP???

Problems or questions? - Contact Rush Graphics - click here  just close new window when done



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