Getting Started with Arizona Faculty Sites

Topics Covered:

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• How to log-in
• How to edit a Page
• How to add a page
• Page visibility
• Menu
• User roles
• Add users & assign them roles
• Block Editor
• How to add images
• Editing Images: Title, Size, Captions, & Settings
• How to add and link to documents
• How to embed a video using url
• How to add a table
• How to ask for help

How to log-in to your Faculty Site

How to edit a page:

How to add a page:

You can control who can read a page using the Visibility area on the Publish module. Public means the page is visible to anyone.

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Using the Visibility options you can:

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• Password Protect a Page – The page is protected with a password you set. Any reader that has the password can view a protected page.

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• Make a page private – Pages marked as private are only visible to users who are logged into their account; and have been assigned the role of Editors and Administrators. Logged out users don’t see private pages.

Page Visibility:

2. Select the pages you want to add to your menu.

3. Click Add to Menu.

4. Drag and drop the items you’ve added to the menu structure

to change their order in your menu.

5. Click Save Menu

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Menu:

1. On your website’s dashboard, click on Appearance > Menus

User Roles:

The four roles a user can be assigned are:

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• Administrator – can do everything including complete power over posts, pages, plugins, imports, settings, assign user roles and are even able to delete the blog.

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• Editor – is able to publish posts/pages, manage posts/pages, upload files, as well as manage other people’s posts/pages.

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• Author – can upload files plus write and publish own posts.

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• Contributor – can write own posts but can’t publish them; instead they are submitted for review. An administrator or editor then reviews and publishes their posts.

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How to add users and assign them roles:

Click on Add New User and add the username (NetID), university email address, select user role and click�Create Users.

Admin Dashboard → Users → Site & User Creator

NOTE- Your Faculty Sites website is set up to use SSO (Single Sign On) so you can add new users to your website using their University of Arizona email.

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Detailed instructions on adding users can be found here: https://docs.campuspress.com/en/articles/720

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The Block Editor, also known as Gutenberg, uses a totally different method by moving to a block-based approach and each item you add to your post or page is a block. You can add blocks for each paragraph, images, galleries, videos, audio, list, tables, and more. It allows you to build more complex designs than those achievable with the Classic Editor.

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Each block is its own entity that you can manipulate, move and edit. Since each block is separate you can add things like custom backgrounds or text to specific blocks.

Block Editor:

How to add images:

You can add an image to a post or page using several options:

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Image block - aAllows you to quickly add an image.

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Cover block – Allows you to add text and cover overlay to your cover image to create sections in your articles in a more visually appealing way rather than using heading text.

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Gallery block – for creating image galleries.

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Media & Text block – Used to place image, or video, side by side with text.

Editing Images: Title, Size, Captions, & Settings

The following image settings can be changed:

• Title – Image title to be displayed when the image attachment page is viewed.
• Alternative text – displayed when images don’t load.
• Caption – displayed when a caption is added.
• Description – information you want displayed when an image is viewed on it’s attachment page.

The following image settings can’t be changed:

• File name – name of your file. If you want this changed you need to rename the file on your computer before uploading.
• File type – Automatically displayed based on the file type you uploaded.
• Upload date – date the image was uploaded.
• Dimensions – width and height of the original image.

How to add and link to documents:

Add documents, PDF and PowerPoints to a post or page using a file block.

The file block has two options:

• Upload: upload a new file from your computer.
• Media Library: select a file that is already uploaded to your site’s media library.

Once the file has been uploaded or you’ve selected the file from your media library it is added with the title of your file and a download link.

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The title of the file and the download link text can

both be changed by clicking on the text and editing.

How to embed a video using url:

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Copy the video’s URL from your web browser’s address bar while viewing the video and pasting URL on a line by itself in your post/page editor where you want the video to appear. The link will automatically convert into an embed and provide a live preview in your editor.

�For YouTube use the video URL from “Share this video” under the Share option. Only public and “unlisted” videos and playlists can be embedded.

If the content can’t be embedded using the URL it loads the embed block in the block editor where you are given an option to try again or convert to a link.

How to add a table:

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Use a Table Block, to create tables in any post or page.

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NOTE: Ideally tables or used for structured tabular data and not page design. If columns are preferred then it would be better to use the Columns Block.

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To add a Table Block, click on the Block Inserter icon and type table in the search field to find it under Formatting. You can also type /table directly into a new paragraph block to quickly find the block and hit enter.

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How to ask for help:

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Request help using one of the following three ways:

1. Email CampusPress directly at contact@campuspress.com
2. Use the Need Help button in the dashboard of your website
3. Submit a ticket here: https://campuspress.com/docs/support-ticket

THANK YOU

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