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3 PyAMS User's Guide |
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6 Users or Site Managers |
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7 Individuals who use PyAMS features to create a custom application or website. |
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10 To Begin |
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11 -------- |
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13 Login |
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14 ^^^^^ |
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16 Begin by logging into the “administration area” or the back end of your website. |
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17 Now log into PyAMS using your username and password. |
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19 .. image:: _static/pyams-login.png |
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22 Dashboard |
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23 ^^^^^^^^^ |
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25 After logging in you are on the main Administration Screen called the Dashboard. This is the starting point to create page and article |
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26 also settings your workspace. If you are lost click on "Home" to come back on the Dashboard. |
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28 .. image:: _static/pyams-dashboard.png |
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32 At the top of the screen is the “toolbar”, this navigation menu is to create new publication content (site , article, view...) |
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33 On the left side of the screen is the main navigation menu detailing each of the administrative functions you can perform. |
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36 Article - The shared contents |
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40 Articles are sorted by category news, topic or long read, each category have different attributes, and they can quickly |
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41 identify the type of content. |
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43 The News are a short article to spotlight an information. This is typically the type of content used for blog posts or news feeds |
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46 Create a News |
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47 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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49 To create a News, click on the "Shared contents" on the top bar and select "News" then click on **+ Add news topic** |
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51 .. image:: _static/add_newtopic.png |
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53 (*) The progress bar below the title is an indicator to optimize for indexation by search engines. |
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55 When you are completed the form you will be redirected and invited to complete the properties of the article |
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58 Manage a News |
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59 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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61 .. image:: _static/content_properties.png |
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64 On this page you can modify the title and the url display, content description and write an unpublish note |
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66 In Addition you can wrapped the articles with custom feature like: |
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67 |
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68 - A header or main illustration placed on the top of your article |
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69 - An illustration for the links that targets the article. |
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72 The interface also allows you to perform additional actions such as publishing and versioning but, we will come back to it later |
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76 Edit the content of an article |
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77 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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79 PyAMS offers a user-friendly interface for editing the content of an article, to do that, move on the side bar |
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80 and the section **Composition** and click on **Contents...** |
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82 .. image:: _static/select_paragraph.png |
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84 An article is composed of many paragraphs or blocks. Depending on the configuration of the shared tool, |
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85 one or more paragraphs may already be present when creating a new article to help the author structure his document. |
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87 Each paragraph corresponds to a type of media and will facilitate the modification the articulation of an article. |
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88 To add a new block, click **Add ..** |
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90 .. image:: _static/content_paragraph.png |
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92 (*) The list of available paragraph varies depending on the nature of the article and the configuration of the shared tools |
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95 Paragraph |
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98 Header |
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101 Rich Text |
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102 ^^^^^^^^^ |
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104 Illustration |
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105 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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107 Media Gallery |
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110 Video |
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111 ^^^^^ |
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113 External video |
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116 Audio |
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117 ^^^^^ |
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119 Associations |
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120 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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122 Contact |
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125 Framed Text |
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128 Image Maps |
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129 ^^^^^^^^^^ |
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131 Key number |
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132 ^^^^^^^^^^ |
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134 Key point |
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137 Location number |
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138 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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140 Logos |
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141 ^^^^^ |
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143 Milestones |
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144 ^^^^^^^^^^ |
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146 Pictogram |
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149 Verbatim |
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150 ^^^^^^^^ |
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152 Raw HTML |
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153 ^^^^^^^^ |
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155 Verify the content |
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158 Audit |
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161 Preview |
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162 ^^^^^^^ |
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165 Publishing an Article |
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168 When you are writing an article, it's not already visible for the visitors, but when the content is ready the editor |
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169 has the possibility to make a request by clicking on the button **Change status**. |
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172 .. image:: _static/content_publish_toolbar.png |
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175 You will be asked to validate the date of publication and check if the content corresponds to your expectations, |
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177 .. image:: _static/content_publication_form.png |
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180 If you work alone the validated content will be put online. |
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183 If you have collaborators, you have the possibility to used a publication workflow that include reviewers. The editor |
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184 make a **Request of publication** to the review for the validation of the request. Then, the reviewer receives a |
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185 notification inviting him to consult the article in question. |
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187 The reviewer has the choice to accept or refuse the publication or also create a new version of the article. |
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192 **Important**: Once published the content can not be erased, |
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193 However you can always unpublish it to remove the access to visitors. |
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196 Web site Page / Blog |
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199 To create a new page for your website click on `Site tree` |
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202 .. image:: _static/select_sitetree.png |
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205 A blog or weblog is a simple editorial structure where news and topics are stacked in a chronological order. |
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207 Click on **+ Add...** and choose the to create a `blog` or a `site manager` |
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210 .. image:: _static/select_website_content.png |
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214 How to link a shared content in the site ? |
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215 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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218 Once the article is created, you will need to appear in your site or blog |
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220 To link an article to a site or blog. |
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222 - Click on "Rent content" |
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224 .. image:: _static/site_add_content.png |
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226 - Fill in the article internal reference. |
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228 .. image:: _static/site_link_content.png |
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230 - Article linked |
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232 .. image:: _static/site_linked_content.png |
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235 Website Design - Portal Templates |
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238 You can create a generic template shared for all users, to do that you need to have some webdesign privilege. |
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241 On the `Control panel`, click on `Portal Templates` |
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243 .. image:: _static/select_portlet.png |
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245 For example In the Portal Templates menu |
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247 .. image:: _static/user_create_template.png |
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249 1) Click on **+add template** |
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250 2) Name your new template |
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251 3) Add a new **slot** |
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252 4) Drag and drop a new portlet **image**. |
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254 5) Click right on the portlet to **edit properties** or **delete** this elements. |
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258 Apply a Template |
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259 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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261 When you have defined a shared template, you can use it for your website |
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263 .. image:: _static/nav_site_management.png |
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266 If you choose to inherit from a template, select the template that you want to apply |
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269 .. image:: _static/template_edit_config.png |
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271 If you won't inherit from a shared template, you can create a local template. |
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