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Creating a short url or redirect page in SiteManager

Create your short url section Change the Page Layout to 'ASP Redirect' on the 'Marjon 2013 Channel' Duplicate the Code Only content type entitled 'redirect code' from ' Home » Marjon » Home » shakespeare2015'  on SiteManager into your new short url section Modify the content and update the url to the page you want to redirect to - the url is enclosed by " " (this could be the normal url or a Google Campaign url if you want to gather statistics) Update and approve your new content Publish the new section and check that the redirect works correctly

Adding News Stories to the website - where they are used, styling and how fields are output

To add a news item to the website use the 'Press Release' content type: Title - Title of News Item Date released - Date of News Item Release Intro - Introduction Text for Homepage, Landing Page News and News Listing Page Main Body - Main Text of News Story for Full Text Version Abstract Image - ***NO LONGER USED**** Inner Image - Image used for Full Text of News Story Image Alt text - ***NO LONGER USED**** Homepage Image - Homepage, Landing Page News and News Listing Page Image Size=  280x185px Category - Category (which category landing pages News Item appears on) - current options are: Keywords - Keywords Styles and how the fields are used 1. University Homepage (and Landing Page News Item using Category field) Where Used? http://www.marjon.ac.uk/ (if selected as category) Any category selected eg http://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/courses/education-and-teacher-training/ 2. News Listing Page and Search Results Where Used?

How do courses appear as courses within a Subject Area page (list)?

Add a 'Bring back courses' content type if not already on page. For courses to appear on a subject are page as listed above they must: Be a child of the Subject Area Section Have a valid 'Course Level' field completed on the CourseVer2 content type for the course

How do courses appear as 'Similar courses' on a course page?

The 'Similar Course' of the Course Ver2 content type field needs to be the same for any courses to appear as similar courses on a course page: For example, course A and course B tagged both tagged with a code '100XXX' would appear as similar courses on each course page. The image used is the 'ProfilePhoto' field and need to be 280x185 as shown on: http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/headscape-designs/coursedetails.htm

How do courses appear as 'Featured courses' at the bottom of the Course A-Z search page (currently http://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/) ?

For courses to appear as a featured course on the A-Z search page they must have the 'Features Course' field ticked on the CourseVer2 content type for the course. The image used is the 'ProfilePhoto' field and need to be 280x185 as shown on: http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/headscape-designs/courselisting.htm

How do courses appear on the course A-Z search page (currently http://www.marjon.ac.uk/courses/)

They need to appear as approved content under the  Home » Marjon » Home » Courses » Courses section in SiteManager They need to be tagged as either Full Time or Part Time in the CourseVer2 content type of the course

Courses In Clearing - A to Z Search Page

For courses to appear in the 'Clearing Course A-Z Search Page' the 'In Clearing' field must be selected in the Course Ver2 content type of that course.

New 'Staff Tag' Content Type

A new content type has been created in SiteManager that uses the existing content on the Staff List and returns any staff member by department. For Example:   http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/staff-tag/faculty-of-education-and-social-sciences/   http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/staff-tag/faculty-of-sport--health-sciences/   http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/staff-tag/faculty-of-culture--language-sciences/ All you have to do is add a piece of content using the ‘Staff Tag’ content type and then select the Department that you want to output (it can be multiple): I know that there has been a lot of issues that the staff list is long and contains all staff. With this you could create child pages based around departments anywhere on the site and re-use the existing content. For example, on the Management Page, anyone tagged with Vice Chancellors Office - http://t4.net.marjon.ac.uk/webdev/staff-tag/     Let me know if you need any further information on how to use this new f