SIMS User Guide
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How to Edit a Page
To edit a page:
- Navigate to Content -> Pages in the admin panel.
- Click on the title of a page (you can also click on the edit symbol at the right on each line).
- Edit as you wish.
- Click Submit (which will save and redirect you to Content -> Pages) or Apply (which simply saves the changes without redirecting). If you click Preview you get to see how the changes will look, but it is only when you click Submit or Apply that the changes are saved.
When you are in Content / Pages in 'edit' mode, you will see three sections, or tabs, above the first typing field. The 3 tabs are described below.
Main Tab
- Content Type: Select the content type for this page, leave this as "content".
- Menu Text: The Text that will be shown in the Menu
- Parent: Select the Parent Page to this page, this allows you to have a hierarchy of sub-pages.
- Template: Select the Template that you would like to use to format the content entered below, leave this as it is.
- Content: Here's where you can fill in the content of the page, add pictures, etc.
Options Tab
- Active: Uncheck this box if you would NOT like the page to be displayed, this might be if the page is a work-in-progress.
- Show in Menu: Do you want this page to be shown in the menu, generally you will.
- Cachable: Leaving this checked will make pages load faster.
- Page Alias: This is used to generate the URL (website address) for the page, you can change this if you would like to simplify it.
- Metadata: This is where you need to put meta tags as described below, these will help your page rank higher in search engines and make sure your page gets an accurate description:
To add Meta data, copy and paste the following into the Meta data field and replace the content tag with appropriate information:
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Type a description of your website in here - this will appear in search engine results">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Type a list of keywords in here, separated by commas.">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="Type a list of keywords in here, separated by commas.">
- Description (Title Attribute): Leave this blank.
- Tab Index: N/A
- Access Key: N/A
- Owner: Who owns this page and can dictate editors
- Additional Editors: Who can edit this page, page owners or administrators can grant access to others.
