BCMS Version 3.5 User Guide
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1. BCMS Web Chemistry BCMS Version 3 5 User Guide Revision 3 September 2005 2004 2005 Web Chemistry all rights reserved Welcome to the BCMS User Guide In this guide you will find a brief description on using BCMS and more detailed information on the functions accessible to end users System Requirements Editor s Computer e MS Windows 95 or better recommended Windows 2000 XP e Internet Explorer 6 or better e 800x600 screen resolution 1024x768 recommended e Internet connection preferably broadband Web Server e PHP version 4 3 2 or better with built in GD libraries e MySQL version 3 x e Apache web server e Linux platform Logging in You can log in at http www yourdomain ext bcms BC_LhisS Enter your password and click the log in button to Enika year OMS pasword ta Lap Ws continue You can optionally select the period your login usce remains valid T arap tag n ara an ares cee oo IF ae Log In 1 Server sofware is typically provided by your hosting company Most linux based hosting companies offer the required serverside software BC PA S Web Chemistry Web Content After logging in you will see a list of the E EA n Pa pages within your website beak DDD ee ir Gees SS ab St Ajina rary eea meatal reg aA Camo Peia g Pages placed under Web Pages are BEMS BCMS gt generally available to your visitors Web Content in seas i we2. Line breaks amp Paragraphs Pressing enter will result in a new paragraph pressing shift enter will result in a line break Use shift enter to avoid the whitespace between texts Dragging Pasting Images Do not drag images from applications on your PC to the editor window Although these may show up properly on your system they are not uploaded and therefor not available to website visitors To include an image from your computer select upload image in the image dialog and proceed from there on Resizing images Try not to resize images in the wysiwig editor by dragging their control box anchors This will work but will result in grainy images Use the thumbnail feature to resize images in web pages Importing pasting text from a word processor Layout features can not be pasted in web pages directly When pasting content from a word processor only the plain text and paragraph Spacing is preserved
3. image icon to insert an image at the current cursor position A dialog window will appear listing all images stored in the EXR niESios CMS To insert an image from the list select it and click insert image Chose Image amb ig Wrap fe es oe 7 fois besi gg i i r Border ae ee ii There are some optional parameters of images Ea mire e Border Width of the border around the image in pixels iiaa Wrap Text The position of the text relative to the image If you choose to wrap text you can also use these additional parameters Hspace and Vspace The horizontal and vertical margin between the image and wrapped text in pixels Inserting thumbnails LEETE aps Choose image Fert abel TE j Wrap Text No T Left O Right BCMS allows you to create thumbnails that are clickable for a larger version in just a few simple steps In the image Thumbnail Width p Hoight pu popup window click Thumbnail Dorder 0 px Hapoem pi v pacai pa nee Thumbeed F Click to enlarge Bey e th ee ey ee ee Choose the image you wish to insert from the list You can specify the thumbnails width and or height in pixels If you specify only one value the other will be scaled automatically conserving aspect ratio Un tick the Click to enlarge option to simply insert a smaller version of the image This feature offers smooth image resizing and can be very useful if
4. ag dx Select the text you wish to link and choose internal in the add link menu A dialog window will appear listing all the pages in the CMS Choose the page you wish to link to and click insert link Pre enw etic fab riia Shp ene Linking to pages on other websites Weh Page Deala E xi han fives harea al I Select the text you wish to link and choose external in the Opan in add link menu A dialog window will appear in which you can enter the address URL of the external page Usually external pages are opened in a new window but you can choose to open the link in your website window as well Pe ewww atiera arlora reiia ahpa ere Linking to a document Web Page Enako Cr Chome Dearnent Select the text you wish to link and choose document in CEEP the add link menu tnis A dialog window will appear listing all documents stored in the CMS You can link to a document that is currently on your computer by uploading it first To do so click upload a document You can now select the file on your computer press upload and link it Pe imiy atier tebe reiia ga gg ee Working with tables Tables are an important layout feature in website design BCMS offers basic table adding and editing features that allow you to create tables easily Creating a new table a poe ff ewe e wta Equa will appear where you can enter some of the table s po
5. b pean a Web Pages TY n p s Pipe F New Web Page ec ee N Pages under Protected Web Pages Can B sssmems oa Mo muan EEEE only be accessed by users after logging in Or gummy _ Scemscros om man SERIES your website z viaa aom maan EEEE i El Route so oe Ee Pages under Trash Can are not available aati Rong Sy ee das oe Adee Pra id or to visitors They can however be restored ae by moving them to Web Pages or Protected a ae SS oe Web Pages Empty Trash D Wek kasar All 5g E g ppa a Next to each listed web page some details are listed as well as 4 buttons Creates a new web pages located below the current one in tree view Deletes the web page moves the page directly under trash Move the web page below another page also used to move pages to from protected Edit the web page using the built in WYSIWYG editor Other left menu items under Web Content Images Displays a list of images currently in your CMS You can delete existing or upload new images here Documents Displays a list of documents currently in your CMS You can delete existing or upload new documents here 2 These pages are only available on websites that feature a log in system 3 Documents and images can also be managed while using the WYSIWYG editor BCMS Web Chemistry Using the WYSIWYG editor Web pages are edited using the built in WYSIWYG editor The editor provides a simple environment that allo
6. ing the html area press show page to update the WYSIWYG view NOTE The save changes button will store what is currently displayed in the WYSIWYG view If you make changes in HTML directly you must press show page before saving the page otherwise HTML changes will be lost Be PA gt Web Chemistry Additional BCMS functions Protected pages Users If your website features a log in system user login accounts can be managed by clicking the users link in the left menu bar After clicking the users link a list of current users will be displayed To create a new user account click add user Enter a login name and password for the new user To remove users from the system simply click the delete button next to the user name in the user list Website Statistics Statistics Click the statistics link in the left menu bar to view numerical and graphical statistics about your website visitors Available statistics include the number of visitors and page views per day and month top lists of referring domains and visitor countries and detailed statistics on the last 30 visitors Mailing list Mailing If your website has the mailing list feature installed click on the mailing list button in the menu on the left A list of all subscribed mail addresses will be displayed To remove an address from the mailing database simply click the delete button next to the address Click on send mailing t
7. o send your newsletter Enter a topic and the message you wish to send to your subscribers Click the send mailing button to begin sending your newsletter to all addresses in the list Leave Add unsubscribe link to e mail ticked if you want to enable the recipients to remove themselves from the list a link is added to each email which will directly remove the recipient from the system BCMS Web Chemistry Working with backups The backup system in BCMS allows in and export of both database contents and files The database backup contains all text entered through the online editor usernames and passwords for protected users statistics and collected mailing addresses The binary backup contains images and documents uploaded through the CMS By clicking on the download backup buttons a backup file is created which can be stored on your local computer To restore a backup click the restore a backup button and upload a backup file Restoring a backup will delete the current CMS content and all changes since downloading the backup file will be lost If a partial restoration is required please contact Web Chemistry It is advised to make regular backups of the database These backups can be used to recover from both system damage and user errors Binary files are usually backed up by hosting companies and can grow very large if your website contains many images and documents Tips amp Tricks WYSIWIG Editor
8. re E je properties Crese Tobie Prue ewww tiir fab reiia Shp iene Rows Columns The number of rows and columns your new table should have Border The width of the table cell borders in pixels Spacing The distance between adjacent cells in pixels Margin The margin between a cell s border and its contents Cell width Equal or automatic Automatic mode scales the column width according to its contents Alignment The vertical position of the content of each celf 4 The horizontal alignment of cell contents can be controlled using the align menu after the table is created BCMS Web Chemistry Modifying existing tables Once a table is inserted some of its properties can be modified directly in the WYSIWYG editor Position your cursor in the cell or at the position you want to alter From the menu you can choose to add or delete both column and rows Adding a row or column will insert the new row or column after the one your cursor is positioned in The equal width option allows you to create columns of equal width in tables that were initially built with automatic column widths The Align options allow you to control the vertical alignment of the content of the current cell Clicking the show element borders icon will display the outline of tables and paragraphs This feature can be very helpful to visualize the structure of borderless tables you are working on Working with images Click the add
9. the same image is used in different sizes throughout the website Options for text wrappings border and margins work identical to non thumbnail images 5 Using the resize feature is only preferred if the image is needed in multiple sizes Images uploaded in the correct size will generally load faster for your visitors BCMS Web Chemistry Additional editor features Insert a symbol After clicking this button a popup widow will appear listing a number of symbols you can insert These symbols are inserted as proper html codes preventing problems that can arise when copy pasting symbols from for example a word processor Insert a prebuilt element Prebuilt elements include html page components such as anchors buttons and horizontal lines rulers CopyPage Template These buttons replace the current page with another CMS page and a template respectively After clicking either button a popup window will appear with a list of pages or templates to choose from Please note that any current page content will be overwritten Undo Changes Reloads the page as it is currently stored in the CMS Entering HTML directly E Show Code O Show Page The WYSIWYG editor also allows direct entry of html code The HTML source code is visible in the gray area below the WYSIWYG editing area If you make changes in the WYSIWYG field press show code to update the gray HTML area to reflect these changes If you make any changes us
10. ws inserting and editing contents common layout features and links between your pages documents and images Editor features and functions B Wu These buttons make the selected text bold italics style or underlined These layout features can be combined Clicking this button allows you to change the text color of the selection Colors can be picked from the examples in the dialog window or be entered manually as HTML color codes Text Style od MumberList Add Link Internal Exteral Document Change paragraph style Choose a predefined text style to format the selected text in the style chosen Text styles can be applied to table cells as well Change paragraph alignment Align the paragraph text to the center left or right of the web page Alignments can be applied to table cells as well Choosing bullet list or numbered list will automatically convert the selected lines of text to a list The numbered list will automatically create numbers Starting at 1 Add a link Choose to link a CMS page internal page on another website external or directly link to a document in your CMS You can also use this feature to link to images which should be uploaded as documents to do so After choosing one of the options a small window will open see next page BCMS Web Chemistry Working with Links Linking to other CMS pages Web Rage Da
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