GovCMS Content Administration Manual
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GovCMS Content Administration Training Manual
Contributing and Feedback Guide
Introduction to GovCMS
Introduction to GovCMS
Overview of user roles
Training Videos
GovCMS how-to videos
Unit 1: Intro to the Admin Backend
How to login to GovCMS
How to log out from your site
The Frontend Homepage Layout
How to access the content management area
Overview of content management area
Content management - filters overview
Administration menu overview
Unit 2: More about GovCMS
Content types overview
Overview of content create/edit form
Form fields and form widgets
Fields and properties
Structured content in GovCMS
Overview of Rich text editor
Embedding media files
Text format
Content references in GovCMS
UNIT 3: MANAGING CONTENT IN GOVCMS
Creating Content
Optional Exercise 3.2: Create a Blog Article
Editing content
Archiving content
How content changes can affect the site
UNIT 4: MANAGING CONTENT REVISIONS
Managing content revisions
UNIT 5: CONTENT MODERATION IN GOVCMS
Content moderation in GovCMS
UNIT 6: Files and media assets
Managing files and media assets in GovCMS
UNIT 7: MANAGING URL ALIASES AND REDIRECTS
Managing URL aliases and redirects
About URL aliases
About redirects
UNIT 8: META TAGS AND SEO
Meta tags and SEO
How tokens are used to populate default meta tags
UNIT 9: USING TAXONOMY TO CATEGORIZE CONTENT AND MEDIA
About taxonomy
Overview of Taxonomy form widgets
UNIT 10: MANAGING SITE NAVIGATIONS AND BREADCRUMBS
About site navigation
About breadcrumbs
Restrictions for adding content to the site navigation
UNIT 11: CAPTURING DATA WITH FORMS
Capturing data with forms
Webform components
UNIT 12: ADVANCED CONTENT EDITING
Advanced content editing
Using Components for rich layout options
Advanced - content bulk operations
Appendix A - Glossary
Glossary
About Salsa Digital
Who is Salsa Digital?
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About URL aliases
About URL aliases
A URL alias is when you create a specific, descriptive URL for a page you’ve created. There are three main benefits of using a URL alias:
1.
You can create a more descriptive and meaningful URL for users
2.
The URL alias is read by search engines, as such it is an important part of search engine optimisation (SEO)
3.
Your website will look more professional
Exercise 7.1: Updating a page’s URL alias
In this exercise you’ll learn how to update a page’s URL alias.
1.
Add a Standard Page: go to
Content
→
Add content
→
Standard Page
2.
Fill out the required fields, such as Title and Body, then in the right-hand side of the form, click to expand the
URL Alias
section
3.
Uncheck
Generate automatic URL Alias
4.
Make sure the "URL alias" field is empty
5.
Mark the content to be Published
6.
Save the page
7.
Navigate to the page you saved - note the URL
Your content should have a URL something like http://example.com/node/100. In this example “node/100” is the
Drupal path
for the page.
Exercise 7.2: Create a URL Alias
In this exercise you’ll learn how to create a URL alias.
1.
Return to edit the page from the previous exercise
2.
Set a custom URL alias, such as
/important-content-page
(you may create your own)
3.
Save
the page. What’s the new URL for your page? Does the node/100 path still work? (The node ID number - 100 - will differ for you.)
4.
Next, return to Edit the page from step 1
5.
Under the
URL Alias
section on the right-hand side, check the
Generate automatic URL alias box
6.
Save
the page - compare the results
7.
Check if the internal path (such as node/100) still works
8.
Check if the manually entered URL alias from step 2 is still functional
9.
Ask your trainer any questions
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