The document/page can serve as a guide to get started, as well as links to walkthroughs. Once you are logged in, you will be able to edit these features of your website. Follow the links included in these content sections for more detailed information.
Homepage
The first thing you see when you look over your website will be the homepage. Your homepage shouldn’t be too long and should highlight certain information contained on your website. You can use the sections to link to other pages on your site. The template provides formatting that you can edit by selecting the Enable Visual Builder button. You can edit the sections the template provides.
If you are uncertain as to what to put on your website, it may be best to work on your pages first to get ideas for what to include.
Pages
The bulk of your website will be built of pages. You can edit the pages provided by the sandbox template or create new pages. You can rename the existing pages by overwriting the title. Various other aspects of a page can be adjusted in righthand menu, such as the url of a page can be updated in the “Slug” section, or a page can be made into a subpage of another page using the “Parent” section.
Once pages are created, you can organize your pages in a menu. You can also change page visibility to limit which visitors can see certain pages, as well as hide pages from visitors entirely.
News
You can use the posts feature for a news or blog section. Your template will come with a news page that you can remove from the menu if you do not think you will use it. When you create a post, it will populate to this news page. You can edit posts once they’ve been created.
Sidebar & Footer
On most pages you will see a block on the right side with an image and some text, and at the bottom of the website you will see a footer with address information. Both sections can be edited on the widgets page.
Events
We recommend posting your events to the University Events Calendar. Please follow the guidelines for the calendar, and put in a request for training if you need a calendar unit or group set up. If you need to post announcements, deadlines, or have another use, the Calendar+ plugin is available in CampusPress.
Images
Images can be added to your pages for additional information and context. Images and documents can be added to your Media Library. However, it is important that text embedded in images should be avoided for the following reasons:
- Not accessible/ADA compliant, cannot be read by visitors using screen readers.
- Does not scale to mobile devices.
- Undermines the site’s graphic theme and reduces the overall usability, professionalism, and quality of the user experience.
In the Media Library you will be able to add alt text to the images you upload. Adding short descriptions of the images in this section will contribute to the accessibility of your website.
Additional Information
This was a simple walkthrough of the features of a CampusPress website and links to basic information. For more detailed information and options you can look through the CampusPress Guide. More information on best practices can be found at Web Publishing Best Practices.