Schoolwires Staff Website Reference Guide

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1 CONTENTS Signing In... 2 Changing Your Web Account Password... 3 Adding a New Page... 7 Updating A Web Page Schoolwires Staff Website Reference Guide Inserting an Link Inserting a Web Link Posting a File Inserting a Picture Adding Other Types of Pages Organizing Pages Linking a Page to Another Site.. 32

2 SIGNING IN 1. Go to or your school s website. 2. In the upper right corner, click the Sign In link. 3. Enter your Web Account username and password, and click the Sign In button.! Your Web Account username is the same as your Novell username, but your password may not be the same. If you can t remember your password or would like to change it, please refer to the section on Changing your Web Account password. Return to top

3 CHANGING YOUR WEB ACCOUNT PASSWORD 1. Go to 2. Hover over the Staff tab and select the Web Account option in the bottom right of the Toolbox area. 3. Select the Employee option.

4 4. Under Web Account, click the Next button. 5. Fill out the form and click the Next button when you re finished.

5 6. Verify that your address is correct. If it is not correct, please contact If it is correct, click the Send Confirmation button. 7. Check your (this may take as many as 5 minutes to arrive). 8. Click the Click Here to Confirm link in your .

6 9. Enter your new password, enter it one more time, and then press the Next button. 10. Your password has been changed! You can now try Signing In again. If it does not work immediately, please wait a few minutes and try again. If you still cannot sign in, please contact WebHelp@spokaneschools.org for assistance. Return to top

7 ADDING A NEW PAGE 1. Sign in to Schoolwires and go to your website.! Before clicking the Sign In link, make sure you are on either the District home page, or your staff website. If you try to sign in using the link on the Web Account page, it will not work. 2. Click on the Site Manager link in the upper left area of the page! If you do not see the Site Manager link, contact your office manager or data secretary, or WebHelp@spokaneschools.org and request that you be added as an Editor to your website.

8 3. Click on the New Page button. 4. Scroll down the list and choose Flex Editor.

9 5. Name the page. 6. Click the Save button. Return to top

10 UPDATING A WEB PAGE 1. In Site Manager, click on the page you want to edit 2. Use the editor to change the content of your site s Overview page.! It is best to avoid pasting in content from MS Word, because it usually does not retain proper formatting. If you must paste from Word, use the Paste from Word feature of the editor: 3. You can insert content into your page by using the corresponding button the toolbox. For example: Insert an image: Insert a file: Insert a table: 4. To turn text into a hyperlink, input the text, highlight it with your mouse, and then click the hyperlink icon:. You can then specify a URL for this link in the window that popped up.

11 5. When you are finished, press the Save button. Return to top

12 INSERTING AN LINK 1. Click in the editor at the position where you want to insert the address. Your cursor should be blinking in that location. 2. Click on the Insert Link button.

13 3. Select the Address option in the left panel. 4. Enter in the address and click the Insert Link button. Return to top

14 INSERTING A WEB LINK 1. Click in the editor at the position where you want to insert the link. Your cursor should be blinking in that location. 2. Type in the text you want to turn into a link, and highlight it with your cursor. 3. Click on the Insert Link button.

15 4. Select the Web Address option in the left panel. 5. Enter in the web address and click the Insert Link button. Return to top

16 POSTING A FILE 1. Click in the editor at the position where you want to insert the file. Your cursor should be blinking in that location. 2. Click the Insert File Link button on the editor toolbar. 3. In the left panel of the wizard, select the option of your choice.

17 4. Fill in the right panel options according to the option you selected. 5. Click the Continue button.

18 6. Enter a name for your link. 7. If your file is a PDF, select Open link in a new window for the Target value.

19 8. Click the Insert File button. 9. Now that the link has been inserted, you can further format the text as you wish.

20 10. When you are finished, click the Save button to publish your changes. Return to top

21 INSERTING A PICTURE 1. Click in the editor at the position where you want to insert a picture. Your cursor should be blinking in that location. 2. Click on the Insert Image button. 3. In the left panel of the wizard, select the photo option of your choice.

22 4. Fill in the right panel options according to the option you selected. 5. Click the Continue button.

23 6. Specify Alternative Text for the image.! This text appears as a tooltip when a visitor holds their mouse over the image, and should contain a simple and short description of the picture. This text is required and is used by screen-readers for the visually impaired.

24 7. You may also change the size of the picture by specifying a new height or width, change the alignment, or add a border to the image. When you are finished, click the Insert Image button. Alignment Options: Default: The picture will be placed in line, right where you left your cursor. If on its own line, the editor can be used to left, center, or right justify it. Left: The picture will appear in the upper left of where you left your cursor, and text will wrap around it. Right: The picture will appear in the upper right of where you left your cursor, and text will wrap around it.

25 8. To change the image after it has already been inserted, simply double-click on it. This will bring up a window that allows you to change the URL (web address), alternative text, alignment, border, height, and width of the image. Additionally, you may set a border color, or add a spacing buffer between the image and surrounding text. Return to top

26 ADDING OTHER TYPES OF PAGES In addition to adding a basic, Flex Editor webpage, you may want to create a page using one of the other Schoolwires Page Types. 1. To insert a new page, click on the New Page button in Site Manager.

27 2. Choose from one of the available page types.

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29 3. Click on the new page in Site Manager. 4. Fill in the editor as necessary. 5. Click the Save button when you are finished. Return to top

30 ORGANIZING PAGES 1. In Site Manager, click on the Organize Pages button. 2. Drag and drop the links into the desired order.

31 3. Links can be nested by dragging them on top of their parent item. 4. Click the green Save button when you are finished.! Nested pages can be displayed always (not just when the parent page is clicked) by clicking the Actions button next to the parent page, in Site Manager, and checking the Always show pages nested under this page option. Return to top

32 LINKING A PAGE TO ANOTHER SITE 1. Create a new Flex Editor page, and give it a name. 2. In Site Manager, click the Actions button to the right of the new page. 3. Choose Page Options.

33 4. Enter the URL to the page you wish to link to, under Map Page to a Web Address.! You can also link to other pages on your website. Simply grab the URL for the page you want to link to, and enter it into the Address box (as pictured above). One way to grab the URL: In Site Manager, click the Actions button next to the page and choose Get Link. 5. Click the Save button. Return to top