Cascade User Manual - Feinberg School of Medicine
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1. is necessary for any re ordering to work 3 Click and drag each folder file to the desired position or use the arrows at right to move them up or down in the order Your changes will be saved automatically when you navigate away from the folder NOTE In order for these changes to take place on your live or development site you must re publish the folder you ve re ordered Creating Folders oince Cascade generates your site s navigation from folders and their names it s important to name them properly This begins when you create a folder 1 Navigate to the folder where you want to create a subfolder For this example we ll create a folder within the images folder 2 In the Menu bar click New and then click Folder 3 Enter the folder name in System Name field a Do not include spaces b use only letters and numbers Example faculty or programs c dashes and underscores are acceptable Example member profiles or contact us 4 PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine How do Hide an Asset To keep a Cascade asset from appearing in the left navigation of your site 1 2 3 4 Open the asset in Cascade s editor Remove any text in the Display Name field leaving it empty Click the Metadata tab and look for a drop down menu next to the words Show page in navigation Select No Save the page Re publish the entire directory in which your asset2. Re ax redu 14 BOS Prae onsite dien Meubles dudar I PD INIT MD qe to dra EU ME 14 COD VINO and astfit incedo auta leo E eir baden dia tieu e ert udnnsien E 15 Fasting FOM ioo m 15 Pasino From zdP i e EU D UU LU S NM 15 VII CR ETE ET T LT TTEET 16 Irisertnd and EGNING Issue cendo pitt ue pau m Eun tesa et ao ees estan eau aod adve Sites Rud 17 IRISH mini REIN deer 17 INSSME AM MNMAG E Tm 18 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Inserting a Photo Into a Web Page ccccccccecececeseeseseceeeceeeceeeeeeseeseeeeueeaeeseeens 20 Creatine New T See ssrin en ober Mcr c ulum aad SR DNE erede HN SERE Ios UR 22 Guidelines Tor New Conten suscite ona eta olea pea eR RU RO ii db uad ex tpe eutees 22 Creanga New I ades iacit stub os tem et Dips cd eir iate diat onu etudiant 22 Creating and Uploading Files seseessesesesseeeseeneeennnnnennennnnnn nnn 23 Upload a New Non Image File cc cccecceccseeee eee eete cece eeeeeseeeseeeseeeseeseeeseeeseeeeeeaeess 23 uploada New Mage dll e ESTEE 25 Aligning image leitor TIG ecrini wr ipsade Gute mate ROO oue veke sas pta ces Eu ope atte taces 26 Recommended Image Sizes sssesssssssssssesseee senes nnns nsa anser sensns ana nnn 2f SHOSSNOW PNOWOS me m DEN 2f ejleisier ginieo Ne 28 mise TING RETRO 29 Publishing Your Edited Pages cccccssccssccseceeeceeeceeeseeseecuseseeceeseueseeseeeeeesa
3. a Heading 1 should be more important than that of a Heading 2 or 3 Q x x B Z U s X naaal Wel Developing Scientific Talents Styles Heading 3 ES CREAGAN E a Hl ane IM wun The mission of the Scientific Careers Research and Development Group Careers R amp D Group is to develop new approaches to the training of young scientists that more effectively bring their talents to the scientific enterprise In so doing our goal is to contribute to the National mission of maximally stimulating creative problem solving through inclusion of the widest possible range of individuals and the perspectives they bring in research and teaching To achieve this goal requires much greater participation in the research enterprise by individuals from underrepresented groups Rethinking the training of scientists as a science itself Research training has historically emphasized an apprenticeship approach which has been effective from many perspectives but it can inadvertently exclude individuals who have markedly different life experiences from mentors and potentially inhibit creativity Discoveries and insights from the social an behavioral sciences now make it possible to propose and empirically test new theories and models of scientific training to fill in the gaps and limitations of mentoring without losing its strengths Path h3 4 Best Practice Use Headings and Subheadings Frequently Web usability studies have re
4. folder in which the updated items appear to see those changes reflected on the live site To publish a folder navigate to the folder you want to publish then follow exactly the steps listed above What to Publish and When If at all possible avoid publishing your entire site for the simple reason that it s not necessary It also consumes a limited amount of bandwidth in the University s publishing queue Even if you ve made significant changes to the left navigation throughout your site it s only necessary to select the folders to which you ve made changes and publish them rather than the numerous additional unseen files that exist throughout your site If You Change Publish the Following The display name of a left top navigation item The folder containing the item or add an item to the left top navigation A page by adding a photo or PDF link to it The changed page only New assets linked 30 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine to from a page are automatically uploaded when the page is published Resources e Copyright guidelines Northwestern University Northwestern University Web Style Guide Northwestern University Photo Release Northwestern University e Browser support Northwestern University e How to write for the web Northwestern University e Additional training options Northwestern University e Jakob Nielsen s web site useit com e Prioritizing Web Usabil
5. important steps related to resizing images as you upload them E New File Content Metadata System System Name derm docs Parent Folder a images Edit Image Width Height a st sf e 0 a 1 In the Menu Bar select New gt Images 2 When choosing the destination folder choose your site s images folder rather than its docs folder 3 As with non image files Cascade will automatically use your photo s original filename as the system name a If this filename is non descriptive such as DSC 20110608 005 jpg enter a descriptive system name so you ll be able to identify the file when browsing your image folder b Make sure there are no capital letters or spaces in your photo s filename 4 f you re uploading a full size or similarly large image e g 1 500 pixels by 2 400 pixels you must reduce the size of your image by doing the following PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine a In the New File window change the dimensions of the longer side of the photo to 900 pixels or fewer If you re not sure what size your image will be this allows you to use it at a large size if needed but at a greatly reduced file size If the lockll icon shows as above changing the length of one side will proportionally change the length of the other b Click the Resizell button to resize the photo 5 Click Submit Aligning Image left or right Use the
6. is placed This will update your site s left navigation NOTE After publishing you may need to refresh your browser more than once to see the updated page Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Editing Existing Pages Editor Toolbar EE B ZUsc E E mmlI Styles Heading 3 a X Ga Ge 23 Vy its i z b LHA yo Basic Formatting Formatting text as bold italic underlined subscript superscript and setting its alignment to left right or justified works the same in Cascade as it does in any word processor Simply select the appropriate text then apply the formatting you want it to have NOTE When the editor is blank the format drop down menu will just say Format To make sure the text automatically gets formatted to the Paragraph format hit Enter before typing anything or select the format Paragraph in the drop down menu If you do not do this the text you type will display larger than normal ALSO NOTE Cascade is currently configured to remove the centered formatting available in the WYSIWYG editor Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Headings and Subheadings To create a heading or subheading in Cascade simply click on the text you wish to use as a header then in the Cascade Editor window click the Format drop down menu and select Heading 1 Heading 2 or Heading 3 The importance of a heading descends as its number ascends information used as
7. sized at 200px wide by 220 high to match up with the slideshow If the photo is on the right sidebar on any of the subpages we recommend 180px wide 200px wide maximum 220px high M Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Profile Directory Photos If the photo is on a resident alumni or staff directory not faculty profiles you will want to size the image to be 130 pixels wide by 160 pixels high if possible This size may vary site to site due to the size of the original photo you get Publishing Publishing Your Edited Pages Once you ve made edits to a page you ll still click Submit at the bottom of the page yourre editing but you will still need to publish your edited page The publishing process is simple 1 After clicking Submit you should see a green bar at the top of the Cascade window that reads Edit Successful Confirm this is present then a click the Publish tab at the top of the page preview window or b click the context menu next to the asset in the navigation pane 2 Youll see three areas of the screen where you ll configure the publishing process for your pages a Page Configuration Refers to the type of page you re publishing there is no need to alter this area b Destination This area shows to which servers you ll be publishing your edits Two servers should show one with the word dev in its name this is your site s development server which basically means a
8. test server and another with the PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine word live in its name this is the live server that s viewable by the public If you only want the changes you re making to show up on the development server for example you might want to show someone a set of proposed changes to the live site make sure only the box next to dev is checked If you want your changes to go live immediately make sure both boxes are checked C Options i Generate a publish report message if checked means that you ll receive a message within Cascade s internal messaging system viewable from your Dashboard or from the Messages link in the Quick Links menu confirming that your page was published and what errors if any occurred during publication This is good to have but not absolutely necessary li Publish and Un publish mean exactly what they seem to Publish updates the page you ve altered on the server and Un publish removes the page from the server entirely 3 Once you ve selected the configuration you want click Submit to publish your page You ll get a confirmation message in a green bar at the top of the page VERY IMPORTANT If you ve made updates to the order of the navigation in any way this includes adding a new page changing the order in which the pages appear or changing the display name of any pages that appear in the left navigation you must re publish the entire
9. them Folders and Dynamic Navigation Your site s navigation is built from the structure and order of the folders within its main directory folder Base Folder and the subfolders contained within This type of navigation is called Dynamic Navigation because it s automatically generated and updated by how you build your site s folder structure The text that appears in the top navigation and footer links depends on the Display Name you specify for the assets that appear in it read on for information on how to change it Cascade Manual for Site Owners Top Navigation Feinberg School of Medicine This example shows the top navigation of the Center for Global Health web site Folder order in Cascade creates the top navigation footer navigation and left side navigation ial Health nv Projects v Countries Hea Ith The order of the folders in Cascade determines what order the top navigation is displayed in E i Name 5 index E what is 2 E uni_role 3 I resources 3 un 3 publications Eg 00g 3 contact us her E faculty staff 7 lam 3 3 collaborations y Nag Ss Aa ww Ye A ey Left Navigation Events v AboutUs v Whatis Global Health NU s Role in Global Heal Resources Support Us Fac amp Staff Robert L Murphy D Caroly Raer ad Achenbach MD MPH Baiba Berzins Jocelyn Brown Annc l Coll
10. work in Firefox or Chrome Internet Explorer also works but Firefox generally performs better Mac users are also advised to use Firefox or Chrome Safari works well enough but can be problematic The Home Screen The first thing you ll see upon logging in is the Home Screen which serves as a sort of home base for your work while logged into Cascade Cascade Server Global TOOLBAR Quick Links gt My Settings Help 7 Give Us Feedback Log Out Administration B j Base Folder amp Dashboard Learn More Dashboard Messages Workflows Locked Assets NAVIGATION PANEL Create Manage Content Outstanding Items Current Activity 2 Recycle Bin 0 assets C Workflows ae Locked Assets You have no active workflove FSM MAIN xSite DAS H BOARD G Messages Manager MAIN PANEL Publish of 0 issue s J Drafts Publish of 0 issue s E FSM Admissi ety Publish of 0 issue s 2012 png Publish of 0 issue s Q Recent History View all 40 messages e Dashboard Overview The Home Screen consists of three main areas The navigation panel which runs along the left side is used to locate and select assets The toolbar which runs across the top of the screen allows you to perform a set of actions such as creating an asset e The dashboard main panel which takes up the majority of the screen changes according to the task you are performing PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Fein
11. Last updated June 17 2014 Cascade User Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Office of Communications Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Contents LOGO ING bre Y OU ONG saipa Cota bte adn eie aceseaen cance esas aon dca ssi aienul 3 POOGING IMO Cascade EIE EE UU LIUIIMEETTER 3 ROWS CIS E 4 Br Xmeni belei Re e EET T PUE 4 elc sedeo EE TE D E EIE D Setting Yolr Deratlt VVeDSIIG 2 mod ecoute dose Mei apte u dais Slo code ib Un Me uaque dd ud 5 TIS INA VIGATION RP T Germ T M 8 Recent wo ERR EE ULL E 8 Folders and Navigation ccccccecceecceeeseeeeeeeeeeceeeeeseeeseeeseeeseeseesseeeseeseeeseesaeeaeeseeseeeges 9 Creating Content In Cascade cuiu ce o E e Nu NEU E Marque M cM Mn MD boeeatnte 9 Folgers and Dynamic Naviga serosa E ve es iR On eua obe tu det ade Bae boa ad 9 MOP INAVIG AON TT 10 MET zierie mete m LE 10 molernigi m 11 Creating FOldG S oie asti ie popa a pta du aveo esse pactus AEE d mcer TR 11 How do Hide an Asset ssssssssssesssssseessenh nennen nne nnne nnn sanas n sane ananas ana nna 12 Editing Exisliig Tages 5d aite mto tac al sera setae oue a sedeat iva pis anser qam adip usada idera iues 13 EKO TOODO T et a I LT C 13 BASIC FOMA PN o ETE 13 Headings and SUDNEACINGS ecdesiae dene otentalia e eren dtes uini dus Oud LM Ho RU
12. Preferences Language Item List Size After Publishing Assets E Go to publish status page Un publish on Delete P un publish checked by default on entity delete screen Simple Interface E po not show asset tree on log in May require deletion of browser cookies Default Chooser Width 700 pixels Default Chooser Height 450 pixels Number of search results 8 v per type in type ahead search Default Site 3 Click Submit Your changes will be saved Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine The Navigation Panel The navigation panel uses the tree structure that will be familiar to any user of Windows A listing of folders is visible and the user clicks on the small next to each folder to view its contents Your site contains a Base Folder which is where all its contents should be placed including any new content you create 3 Base Folder Jj J Base Folder internal 3j internal Jj about 3 about 3J 3 eM m mls 3j docs index images Closed m integration Open member profile folder 9 consulting folder a projects J E docs publications a images styles member profile m 3J J projects E robots txt 3j publications 3J J styles cmm robots txt To begin browsing your site in Cascade click on a folder in the navigation panel to expand the folder tree Once the folder expands the sub folders and page assets are di
13. Styles drop down menu to apply formatting to your images while inside of the WYSIWYG editor The styles configured on your website will vary somewhat but in general the following styles should be available e fitift Applied only to images aligns image to the left and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it e fltrt Applied only to images aligns image to the right and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it 26 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Recommended Image Sizes Slideshow Photo Sizes Depending on which slideshow you have the size can vary If you have a full image slideshow the width is 700px wide and 220px high Dermatology Research Discovering novel approaches to conditions and treatments iu y X pw EN Er If you have a slideshow with copy to the right the slide is 550px wide and 220px high If the slideshow isn t in responsive design it needs to be 435 x 220 e O Immune Response to Tuberculosis Members of the Wang Lab focus on CD1 MHC molecules and their ability to recognize specific lipids produced by Mycobactenum tuberculosis Learn more If you have a subpage with a slideshow the image needs to be 680px wide and 300px high See next page for sample Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Right Sidebar Photos If the photo is of a chair or director on the home page it should be
14. aborations Papa Salif Sow MD Volunt Emmanuel Oni Idigbe PhD Global Dr Mark Huffman MD MPH Appro Kara M Palamountain MBA Global AMocthis Publications Contact Us Kim Scarsi Pharm D MS BCPS Babafemi Taiwo M B B S Diana Carandang Kristin Darin Pharm D Shannon Galvin MD Claudia Hawkins MD MPH DTM amp H Byron Yip Adela Mizrachi Lauren Peterson Daniel Young Souleymane Mboup PhD Anatole Tounkara MD Isaac Adewole MBBS Dr David Olaleye Robert F Breiman MD Dr Ceppie Merry Phyllis J Kanki DVM John Alechenu Idoko MD Below shows the footer navigation of the Center for Global Health web site Center for Global Health Home Medical Education v Projects v Countries Events v About Us The order of the folders in Cascade About Us determines what order the left navigation Abou What is Global Health NU s Role in Global Health Resources m m B w al Ex Ex Publications Contact Us Faculty amp Staff Collaborations Support Us is displayed in E Name index 1 what is 2 uni role 3 resources 4 publications 5 contact us 6 faculty staff 7 collaborations 8 1 in March 2009 as Northwestern o AboutUs v Center for Global Health Informational Brochure Email Updates Sign up for email updates from Global Health University s Feinberg School of Medicine recognized a need for such a Ce
15. at could interfere with the formatting of many web pages Now however it s possible to reduce the time you spend formatting text in Cascade by using the corresponding functions in Word nearly all of which translate seamlessly from Word to Cascade Following is a list of formatting that carries over from Word to Cascade during the cut and paste process e Headings Heading 1 Heading 2 and Heading 3 formats from word translate into the corresponding HTML header tags h1 lt h2 gt lt h3 gt Basic formatting Bold and italic formatting translates perfectly Links Any links to external websites made in Word will remain intact and functional when pasted into Cascade o However Users should not create internal links links between pages of the same website in Word Create these after pasting from Word o Since Word doesn t have the ability to specify whether a link opens in a new window or the same window you ll have to configure this after pasting your text into Cascade o Link titles called tool tips in Word do translate from Word to Cascade and must be filled in to meet ADA accessibility standards E mail Links As with web links these translate perfectly e Bulleted and Numbered Lists these cause no problems though please note that heavily nested lists often do not translate successfully Pasting From PDFs Unfortunately for Cascade users text copied and pasted from PDF files does not translate well a
16. berg School of Medicine Select Your Site You ll notice a drop down menu at the top of your screen toward the left Clicking it reveals all of Feinberg s sites hosted in Cascade please note however that you ll only be able to edit the Feinberg site for which you ve been given permission crs453 Quick Links My Settings Help gt Give Us Feedback Log Out 3j 5 Base Folder FSM Admissions Learn More FSM CareersResearch FSM Dept Common FSM GlobalHealth FSM MAIN Outstanding Items Current Activity FSM Obesity FSM Sandbox 0 assets IC Workflows E Locked Assets FSM SCRD UNIVREL Search You have no active workflows FSM MAIN xSite WCMS Commons 3 Messages Manager The menu displays Global by default use it to select the Feinberg website you want to update Setting Your Default Website With few exceptions most Cascade users spend most or all of their time working on the same website If this is the case for you it s possible to select a default website so you won t have to select your site every time you log in To set your default site 1 Click My Settings near the top right corner of your browser window crs453 Quick Links elp Give Us Feedback Log Out Search MEME amp Learn More Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine 2 Click the link next to Default Site then select your preferred site from the left panel of the window that opens User
17. docs 3 images d i homepage End feature largei thu E feature large2 jpg il feature large2 thu isi feature large3 jpg El feature large3_thu E feature large4 jpg E feature large4_thu and sidebar feature1 jr B slideshow 4 scripts 4 oelect an image from your images folder or sub folder and then click on confirm InservEdit Image Basic Advance Internal External Image Ei images homepage feature large1 jpg Alternate Text M1 Classroom Width Height x Be sure to give the image an Alternate Text name then click on Insert Use the Styles drop down menu to apply formatting to your images while inside of the WYSIWYG editor PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine The styles configured on your website will vary somewhat but in general the following styles should be available e fitift Applied only to images aligns image to the left and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it e fitrt Applied only to images aligns image to the right and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it Creating a New Page Guidelines for New Content If you find that there s information your office or department needs to publish and that this new information doesn t fit with your existing pages it is of course a fine idea to create a new page For best results though consider the following when
18. eeseeess 29 Whatto Publish and VVIIGris seis sect absurdo iani pado iete snis rc soRla eR EROR SPERO TRLA IUE 30 IREO 8 aac EREE D rU 30 mlelsmini umele jo B 30 RO COCOS oa T ee ere ere er ee 31 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Logging in amp Your Site Logging into Cascade 1 Open a browser and enter the following URL or click this link http mordac itcs northwestern edu OR http www northwestern edu cms You will be redirected to the NU Online Passport Single Sign On page 2 Enter your NetID and password Then press Enter or click Log In NU Online Passport Your single sign on access to University systems d Help Neto NUIT Support Center Password Please note e To use Online Passport your browser must be setto accept cookies e When you finish your session close your browser to log out 3 Click Continue when the security warning message pops up Security Warning Although this page is encrypted the information you have entered is to be sent over an unencrypted connection and could easily be read by a third party Are you sure you want to continue sending this information NOTE This security warning is not an indicator of an actual security threat it can safely be ignored while using Cascade J1 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Browsers On the PC Cascade users
19. erg School of Medicine InserveEdit Link x Internal External Link mailto youremailgnorthwestern edu Target Same Window w ass Styles iw Below are examples of further MailTo options One Recipient mailto sample northwestern edu Multiple Recipients mailto sample northwestern edu sample2 northwestern edu with Subject mailto sample northwestern edu subject Comments from Feedback Form with a Copy CC mailto sample northwestern edu cc sample2 northwestern edu with a Blind Copy BCC mailto sample northwestern edu bcc sample2 northwestern edu with Subject a Recipient a Copy and a Blind Copy mailto sample northwestern edu subject Comments from Feedback Form amp cc sample2 northwestern edu amp bcc sample3 northwestern edu Insert an Image The Office of Communications encourages you to use photos and videos to enhance your web pages whenever possible as this significantly enhances a page s visual appeal F PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine However the addition of photos increases the time a page requires to load properly which makes it critical to keep a close eye on file sizes and dimensions As such there are specific preset dimensions for web photos which you must be familiar with before inserting photos into your web pages Please see Use the Styles drop down menu to apply formatting to your images while inside of the WYSIWYG editor The styles confi
20. gured on your website will vary somewhat but in general the following styles should be available e fitift Applied only to images aligns image to the left and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it e fitrt Applied only to images aligns image to the right and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Recommended Image Sizes and Upload a New Image File for additional information Inserting a Photo Into a Web Page 1 Place your mouse cursor in the area of the copy where you want to place an image and click on the Insert Image icon the tree picture in the toolbar B f U Jar or Pd re 4 2 Choose whether you want to create an internal or an external image An internal image default option is a file that is already in the system or one that you upload An external image is one that you link to using a URL 3 Next to Image you will see two icons a red cancel delete icon and an image icon Click on the image icon Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine images homepage feature largel jpg Cascade Server Mozilla Firefox G x C http mordac itcs northwestern edu choose act id 0262cbf481697738011 d3edd39e58930 amp type file amp filter file amp choos 5 E Please choose a File FSM Sandbox Learn More Choose Brovee 4 _internal 3j about j
21. ill vary somewhat but in general the following styles should be available e fitlft Applied only to images aligns image to the left and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it e fltrt Applied only to images aligns image to the right and applies a float area around it to keep text from running into it Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine NOTE When changing styles for example if you are trying to see whether an image looks better when floated to the left or to the right you must remove formatting first using the Remove Formatting tool noted above Inserting and Editing Links To link an image or text select the text or image you d like to link or unlink and click the link button Insert Edit Link m Internal External Link http www northwestern edu Target Same Window w Title Class Styles i From there you will be able to specify the following whether the link target is an internal page within your site or an external URL whether the link will open in the same window or in a new window o Rule of thumb always open links within the same window unless you have a very compelling reason e what the link s title which appears as the floating tool tip when a user hovers over link text will be Insert an Email Link Follow the same instructions as inserting a link and select External radio button Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinb
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23. ntact ii dashes and underscores are acceptable Example contact us or contact us iv you do not need to include the file extension index htm b Display Name used in the site navigation so keep it short and descriptive Contact Us C Title used for page title at the top of the content area and also the browser window title Again be descriptive and brief 5 In the Metadata field select whether or not you want the page to appear in the left navigation NOTE There are few cases in which a page should not appear in the left navigation use this function sparingly 6 Click Submit NOTE Your site will not automatically publish to the live site you ll need to manually publish your changes see below for more information on publishing pages Creating and Uploading Files To use or link to a photo PDF Word document or Excel spreadsheet in Cascade you ll first need to upload it to the CMS By doing this you ll be creating what s called an Asset Upload a New Non Image File 1 In the Menu Bar select New gt Document or New gt File 2 he main panel will change to the New File panel At the bottom of the area labeled Data you ll see a field marked File Upload with a Browse button next to it Click Browse 3 Afile browsing window will open allowing you to navigate to and select the file you wish to upload do so and click OK 4 On the System tab of the New File panel a Name Unless yo
24. nter to coordinate all of the global health activities that had been undertaken at the university Inin Ile p PR Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Folder Order In this example we ll be changing the top navigation in the main directory of your site 1 In the navigation panel click on the Base Folder folder of your site Click the folder link not the sign next to it bU EE Edit Publish Workflows More b Contents Gallery Properties v Name Order Last Modified Last Modified By Actions O E internal 10 Jun 28 2011 6 09 PM amp mkk256 TAvz2o E about 4 Jun 30 2011 1 54 PM amp mkk256 TAv22o E consulting 6 Jun 30 2011 4 11 PM amp mkk256 TAvEgjOQ E docs 8 Jun 28 2011 6 11 PM amp mkk256 TAvx2og 3 images 5 Jun 28 2011 6 10 PM amp mkk256 TAvExJ 3 member profile Jul 5 2011 5 47 PM amp mkk256 UE Aw X P Q E E projects 5 Jun 30 2011 4 54 PM amp mkk256 Z2AYV P Q U E publications 7 Jun 30 2011 4 26 PM amp mkk256 a Aw P Q 7 E styles 11 Jun 30 2011 3 18 PM amp mkk256 TAvEjgoQ _ index 3 Jul 18 2011 11 45 AM amp crs453 TAvEzJj E robots txt 2 Jul 5 2011 8 54 AM amp mkk256 TAvEx2OQ Select All None With Selected Select One v Displaying 1 11 of 11 2 Click the column header marked Order The assets should reorder from lowest to highest If they don t click Order again to reverse the sort order Note that this sorting
25. peatedly shown that users scan web pages rather than setting out to read them top to bottom as one would a textbook or novel This means that concise copy and frequent but judicious use of subheadings is vital to making your pages useful to your readers Proper use of headings improves search results Google and thus Northwestern s internal search engine which is supplied by Google and uses the same search algorithms notes information contained in header tags and gives more weight in search results to pages containing search terms in header tags Headings and subheadings are important to building ADA compliant pages ocreen readers used by blind people detect the HTML code that indicates headers lt h1 gt lt h2 gt h3 and pay more attention to them than they do to ordinary paragraph copy even if paragraph copy is set bold or italic 14 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Copying and Pasting In maintaining a Cascade website it s highly likely you ll frequently be copying and pasting content from Microsoft Word documents and Adobe PDF files Following are a few important considerations when doing this Pasting from Word Recent updates to Cascade s editor software have made this a far easier proposition than it previously was Using the Paste function in Cascade now automatically removes the superfluous code that is often a by product of pasting from Word code th
26. reate Manage Content Outstanding Items Current Activity a images a E member profile amp New Content Wizards o Workflows Locked Assets 3j projects ml Template You have no active workflovs You have no checked out assets zs P Format 3 Messages 5 Drafts LEE E File 7 Publish of 0 issue s Jan pen nes ER amp robots txt p Page J Publish of 0 issue s Q9 Recent History Block J Publish of 0 issue s 3 index External Link E7 Publish of 0 issue s Show 1 more View all 40 messages 2 Recycle Bin 18 assets Recent History is displayed on the Dashboard you can also view it by clicking the History button located in the Toolbar Note Your history is cleared each time you log out of the system so you ll only see assets that you ve viewed during the current session Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Folders and Navigation Creating Content in Cascade Building a website in Cascade starts with creating a folder structure A collection of folders containing specifically arranged assets Cascade takes this structure applies design templates to it and generates your website As you build your site in Cascade you ll work with folders and files PDFs Word documents images text files and web pages extensively Before you learn how to create and manage folders it s important to understand how Cascade uses the information you provide when creating and modifying
27. splayed in the same directory structure that exists when published Clicking the name of a page in the folder such as index will bring up a preview of the web page in the main system window just as it would appear online Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Context Menu Ex publications A new context menu has been added that appears _ index when hovering over asset links in Cascade You are resou 4 View presented with links to specific asset tabs for faster suppq d Edit navigation To use this move your mouse over a uni re 38 folder or page and you will see a small arrow on the C x what ili Copy right side of the word When you click on it a context l FA announce Ga Publish menu will appear 3j J countries 4J Delete 3j docs uy Access 3 events F Audits 3 images ra Reference dj MedEd 7 Versions a mreiecke Recent History Often as you re working within the system you ll want an easy way to return to content you were working on earlier The History function lets you see a list of your most recently viewed or edited assets Cascade Server FSM CareersResearch v crs453 Quick Links My Settings Help gt Give Us Feedback Log Out Cc y Home New History Tools 8 9 Base Folder y Dashboard Learn More 3j j internal a G about Dashboard Messages Workflows Locked Assets Drafts Recycle Bin aE consulting 3j E docs C
28. t all in terms of formatting Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Copying and pasting an entire PDF document more or less guarantees you a colossal headache e No formatting carries over Not even bold and italic generally Links do not carry over Instead they create baffling line breaks e Paragraph returns do not carry over Not the ones you want anyway instead a paragraph return or line break appears at the end of every line which makes things look strange and sloppy after pasting If you need to copy and paste from a PDF please follow these steps 1 Open PDF 2 Select All Ctrl A Copy Ctrl C 3 Windows Users Open Notepad Start Menu Programs Accessories and create a new document Mac Users Open a new TextEdit document go to the Format menu and select Make Plain Text 4 Paste into Notepad TextEdit In Notepad go to Format gt Word Wrap if you want to see more of the document 5 In Notepad Select All Copy 6 Paste into Cascade editor 7 Select all 8 Select Paragraph from pull down menu You ll now need to re apply all necessary formatting to your content Unfortunately there s no quick work around to this but ultimately its easier than removing untold line breaks from your page while in Cascade Styles The Styles drop down menu applies more complex formatting to text and images than Cascade s WYSIWYG editor The styles configured on your website w
29. u specify a new filename Cascade will use the original name of the file you re uploading As such you can ignore this field unless you d like the file to have a different name in Cascade 23 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine i However please remember that Cascade filenames cannot include capital letters or spaces If the original filename contains either of these please give it a new filename that substitutes hyphens or underscores for spaces i PDF filenames must include the extension pdf at the end of their system names in order to work properly in Cascade If you re uploading a PDF file without a visible file extension please remember to append pdf at the end of the system name b Parent Folder Click this link to specify in which folder the file will be stored It is strongly recommended that all site users store files in a central or common location a docs folder for Word and PDF files or an images folder for photos c Publish Check this box if it s a file that will need to be published to the web server d Index Check this box if it s a file that will need to be included in dynamic navigation menus o Click Submit to upload and save your file 24 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine Upload a New Image File The process of uploading new image files is similar to that of Upload a New Non Image File However Cascade s built in image editor adds a few very
30. updating your content sthere a clearly defined need for this content If so what is that need Who will benefit most from this content and where can place it so it will be easily found and do the most good NOTE This might not necessarily be within your own office s part of the site if this is the case contact Feinberg Office of Communications about getting optimal placement for your content Finally please note that new pages must be complete not in progress when submitted for publication on the Feinberg websites pages that say only Coming ooon are not acceptable Creating New Pages The process of creating a new page is nearly identical to that of creating a new folder or asset 1 Optional Navigate to the folder where you want to create a new page If you don t do this now you can choose the destination folder in a moment 2 In the Menu Bar click New Page The New Page box will appear in your Main Panel 3 If you didn t already do so in Step 1 click the Parent Folder link and navigate to the site folder where you want to put your new page 22 Cascade Manual for Site Owners Feinberg School of Medicine 4 Enter your new page s System Name Display Name and Title in the appropriate fields and if you have it ready place your new page s content in the main content field a System Name equivalent to the file name i no spaces li use only letters and numbers Example index or co
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