Composer Home
The
Composer homepage gives access to all the sections available to users.
These options may change depending on the access rights granted to
certain users. For example, users may be given the right to only edit
pages, but not to upload images, so the uploading options would not
appear on the list.
Page Manager
The Page Manager lists the options available for adding and editing pages, with a description of what each option does.
Adding Links & Meta Data
In
this part, you add text for navigation links, the browser titlebar and
for the actual title shown on the page itself. You can choose where
the page sits in relation to the other pages with the Parent Page
selector, making it very easy to move pages to other sections if
necessary. Finally you can add metatags and keywords for the page, for
use in search-engine optimisation.
Selecting & Adding Images to your page
You
can upload images to display in pages on the site. The image is
uploaded by selecting it from a folder on your local machine. Images
already uploaded and available to use are listed below, along with the
name of the page where they are used. You can view or delete any of
these images.
Write Content Now, Publish at a later date
You
can enter a date here, and the page will not appear on the website
until that date. This is useful for press-releases or news, and the
feature can be extended to include a time. You can also choose to make
the page visible or hide it from view, and likewise make it appear on
the sitemap.
The Rich Text Editor
The
Rich Text Editor allows you to add and change text on your website with
all the flexibility of a word processor. Highlight single words or
blocks of text and use the controls to make it bold, italic or
underlined, add links to pages or documents, or link to external
website urls.
Select Template for Layout
Composer
Templates are designed to give you a range of layouts for your text and
images. You can have the text and images in separate columns on either
side of the page, or have the text wrapped around the images.
Uploading Files & Images
The files and images manager allows you to upload and manage images and documents for your website.
Images
can be uploaded to your website, then you can display them on your
site. The image manager allows you to upload the image, view it or
delete it, and also indicates where on the site the image is displayed
so that you don't delete it and leave a dead link.
Documents
can be uploaded to your website, then you can link to them from within
text using the controls on the Rich Text Editor. The document manager
allows you to upload the file, view it or delete it, and also indicates
where on the site the file is referenced so that you don't delete a
file and leave a dead link.
Admin Manager
The
admin manager allows you to add or change permissions for people in
your organisation who use the Content Management System to edit your
site.