slate HOW-TOs & Tips

slate HOW-TOs
This set of HOW-TOs covers basics for using slate and provides step-by-step instructions on how to get certain tasks done. This is a supplement to our help system.

• Managing Users
  • Assign/Add/Register a User To Your Site
  • Remove/Delete/Unregister a User From Your Site
  • Update Your Personal Details
  • Assign a Role to a User
  • Remove a Role from a User

• Managing Roles
  • Create a Role
  • Manage/Edit a Role
  • Delete a Role

• Managing Resources
  • Upload Files
    
  • Organize Files
    
  • Delete Files
    
  • Create a Set
    
  • Add Files to a Set
    
  • Remove Files from a Set
    
  • Track File Downloads
    
  • Link to a File (e.g. a PDF)
    
  • Include an Image On Your Page

• Managing Pages
  • Create a Page
    
  • Edit a Page
    
  • Delete a Page
    
  • Reorganize Pages

• Managing Content Areas/Editable Regions
  • Edit a Content Area
    
  • Publish Changes in a Content Area
    
  • Format Content in a Content Area

• Using Snippets
  • Link to Other Pages In Site
    
  • Quickly Link to Child Pages (aka sub-menu)
    
  • Link to a File (e.g. a PDF)
    
  • Include an Image On Your Page

• Managing Versions
  • Compare Two Different Versions
    
  • Limit Number of Versions for a Content Area

• Administrative tasks
  These HOW-TOs are for Web Services and describe how we manage the system.
  • Set-up a New Site
    
    • Set-up a New Space do this for testing purposes and to put in content
    • Put a Site in Production do this once a site is ready to go
    • Set-up Google Analytics for all sites
    • Set-up Feedburner for blogs only

Tips
The tips will cover general information to make your life easier when creating pages and using Slate.

• When creating your home page make sure you do two things.
  1. Name it 'Home'
  2. Make sure it's set as the default page for your site.

The former will insure that the link for your home page shows up correctly in both your breadcrumbs and your main navigation. The latter makes sure that when someone visits your site the page they see is that one. Important Note: Home pages DO NOT have children pages. Your home page is just another top-level page.

• Textile quick reference can be found at http://hobix.com/textile/quick.html

Page Last Modified: 2007-03-10