Galahad User Manual
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1. CONFIRMATION REGISTRATION SUCCEEDED The registration was successful An e mail message containing all the needed data for starting using Galahad will be sent to you shorthy nto artas eelqalahad Fig 4 Dialog ending the first step Second step The form shown in the second page enables user to enter parameters of a new website SITE CREATION STEP 2 General Template Grey Header Our organization Hews Mews expiration days 30 Mews item status description In side menu fin side menu In listing in listing In archive fin archive Target types Target description In content area fin contentarea IM nEw cd fin Hew IO Ct Create Reset Fig 5 Second step of creating a new website These parameters include e Which one of built in templates will be used e Title visible in a header e Number of days after a news item is considered to be expired e Aliases for three ways of a news item displaying Every news item can be shown in a side menu in a list or in the archive e Aliases for link types Every link can be opened in the existing window or in a new window After submitting of this form a dialog will be shown with success notice and URL of the new site CONFIRMATION SITE ADDED The web page has been created ft can be found here Http hwy artaxis eelgalahad publici 05 4 Fig 6 Dialog ending the creation of a new site Administration After successful login user wi2. Adding a news item To add a news item fill in the form below the table and click the Insert button Title is the title of that news 1tem shown to a user Expires on defines the date of expiration calculated by the relevant setting Author name of an author shown to a user State the place where the 1tem would be shown and Content a file on the local machine Link types Link types pages enables you to manage the way the contents are shown to a user There are two built in link types in the content area and in a new window Link types MOLINA CIEN E E In content area _self In new window _ blank Fig 19 Managing link types Functionality offered by this table e For activating a row of a link type to change it click on the icon e For removing a link type click on the X icon Adding a new link type Hew link type Mame Target Insert Cancel Fig 20 Creating a link type To create a link type fill in the form below the table and click on the Insert button Name defines the inner name of the new link type and Target the target attribute of the lt a href gt HTML tag Settings System settings can be changed on the Settings page There is only one built in setting news expiration_days defining the default number of days after which the news item is considered expired Settings em a news expiration days Fig 21 Settings ee table That table offers the following functionality e Fo
3. Galahad User Manual Contents COmMent e ties 1 Gl aula dias 2 Lapono ieron a 3 New SIE DENCIA aida 3 EMS DL da a A E 3 SECA E da 4 AdS ACI OID es cosh ra cs uxveedeaavaseavesecexisecdssscevelavscsaveuscdssaceeceacasneeieee 6 ES A samstaetn seas aus enta E E E 6 MC AAA o wena uapiactelenerasuuyaeeise 6 Ment layou benniena a ects uth tends ceca dul th drat 9 PHOS WMS TIS ita 9 DVS PAU TES US ti 10 TN WSS as 11 A Serr etter 11 SEM Oo 12 UE cias 12 Glossary Archive one of three places where news will be shown for expired news Content area central part of a page where documents are displayed Document a file on server associated with menu item or a news item ID Automatically assigned unique code of every object in system Link type a way which a document or an external page represented by the link is displayed There are two built in options in the content area of the page or in a new window External page will be opened even in the first case over the whole browser window not only in the content area List one of three places where news will be shown for less important news Main menu one of two menus shown in a homepage the other is upper menu Menu item content a document associated with that menu item News item content a document corresponding to that news item Target file path on local machine on selection of a new file or a place where a document or an external page is displaye
4. O AA 1 index Main page main modif 2 about About main select z A D modif 4 item2 Main menu item 2 main lect aK x it Fig 10 Changing a menu item Adding a new main menu item There is a special form displayed under the tables for addition of a new menu item Hew menu tem Name PO Title oT Location Wain menu Upper menu URL oT Content PO Browse Insert Cancel Fig 11 Creation of a new menu item Name and Title fields are required on this form others are optional To Content field either enter a file path on your local computer or choose a file with the Browse button or leave that field empty and change the contents on line with the editor Associating a side menu and a menu item of the main or upper menu Left side menus CR SA OS ri 1 Main menu item 2 Aside menu lett d Main menu item 2 Third side menu lett ji a t Right side menus fe ee Main menu item Another side menu right Hew link Main menu Main menu item 2 Side menu a Location Leftside Right side Insert Cancel Fig 12 Managing links between the main menu items and the side menus First click on select link in the column SIDE MENUS After that a new window will be opened with a list of side menus associated with that menu item initially empty To create a new link choose a suitable side menu from the Side menu field of the New link form and configure it to be displayed either left or
5. an editor enabling you to make changes to the page behind that menu item The editor works in the WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get mode and its use 1s similar to all Windows style graphical text editors Times 3 H 7 U A ES K7 eal E This is the first page MESIMISBE E Back to the listing save changes Fig 9 Editor After clicking on Save changes button your changes will be saved Back to the listing button will redirect you back to the listing without saving Order of menu items The order of menu items can be changed with arrow icons that can be found in two rightmost columns of the table row Clicking on icon E shifts positions of the current element and the element below it clicking on icon shifts positions of the current element and the element under it Removing menu items To remove a menu item click on icon in the row representing that menu item Changing a menu item To change a menu item click on icon in the row representing that menu item That will make the corresponding row active and editable Name place of displaying main menu or upper menu and associated external URL can be changed Clicking on Update button saves your changes clicking on Cancel button will deactivate the row without saving If the menu item was not associated with an external link URL field should be left empty URL associated with a menu item will render all other attributes meaningless Main menu IE
6. d State of a news item determines either the item is displayed in the list in the side menu or in the archive Upper menu one of two menus shown in a homepage the other is main menu er Our organization Upper menu Main page About Main menu item 1 Main menu item 2 Header A side menu Main menu Another side menu Third side menu Content area Printing icon Side menus Sl Powered by Galahad 2002 Our organization Fig 1 A simple example of an index page generated by Galahad with header upper and main menus side menu and their elements Logging in LOGIN PAGE Site ID Site password Login Reset Do not have a site vet Add a new site Help Fig 2 Log in form of Galahad Unique ID of the homepage and a password are required to log on into administration interface The same form has a link to new site generation form New site generation First step CREATE A HEW SITE All fields are required Company name Your name Your phone number Your e mail address Site password Retype password Create Reset MB Access to Galahad is active for 7 days after which the test page will be deleted Fig 3 The first step of generation of a new website During the first step user specifies alias and password of the new website and provides user information for registration purposes Password has to be typed twice On success a corresponding dialog will be displayed
7. ig 16 Choosing from files After choosing a file its unique code will appear in the Document field That field is read only only way to change it is choosing a new file from the dialog described above Click on the Insert button to finish adding a new menu item News list Hews D TE ADDEDON EXPIRESON AUTHOR STATUS CONTENT K 30 First news 2002 06 18 2002 07 18 John B Hewsreporter In side menu modi 31 Breaking news 2002 06 18 2002 07 18 Archibald Mewswriter In side menu modif gt Fig 17 News management table Following issues should not be overlooked here e JD is the unique code of that news item set by the system e The default expiration date is calculated with a relevant setting that can be changed on the Settings page e The STATE of a news item determines where it will be shown It is practical to make the most important items displayable in a side menu as in that case they would be shown to the user immediately Other news should be displayed in a listing and expired news in the archive e To change the contents of a news item click on the modify link in the table That will display the editor described above e To change an existing news item click on the icon That will activate the table row as described above e To remove a news item click on the icon Adding a news item Hew news tem Title o Expires on CA Author oF Status Insidemenu Content FT Browse Insert Cancel Fig 18
8. ll be directed to a management page At first it consists only a menu with following choices e Main menu Menu layout Side menus Menu items News list Link types Settings Files Manage Help Main menu Page for configuration of the main menu and the upper menu The upper menu is shown in the header of a page the main menu is shown below it Upper menu item Main page About Main menu item 1 Main menu item 2 Fig 7 Main menu and upper menu That page enables user to manage the menu items of these menus Menu item managing Menu items can be managed by the help of menu item list in a form of a table where every row represents one menu item Next we shall describe the common way to manage all menu items throughout the system Apart from that adding a new menu item is a bit different with every menu type and therefore will be dealt separately with every menu type Main menu a f name f TITLE LOCATION ur CONTENT SDEMENUS 1 index Main page main modify select X5 2 about About main modify select kk KX 5 4 3 itemi IO main modify select x KX 5 hain menu ip 4 tern eG main modi select x 3 Upper menu a f name f mme LOCATON ur conent SDEMENUS 1 Upper menu item Ta upper modit select HE Fig 8 Menu item managment list Changing contents of a menu item First click the modify link in the row representing the menu item you are about to change That will display
9. r activating a row of a setting to change it click on the icon e For deleting a setting click on the X icon Creating a new setting Hew setting Marne Value Insert Cancel Fig 22 Creating a new setting For adding a new setting fill the fields of a form below the table Name is the name of the new setting and value its initial value Files On the Files page a table of files loaded into the system is displayed Files 31 A file x Xx Fig 23 Table of files That table offers the following functionality e For activating a row of a file to change a filename click on the icon The menu item associated with that file as described above can change the contents of a file e For deleting a file click on the XK icon Adding a new file Hew file Mame Target Browse Insert Cancel Fig 24 Adding a new file For adding a new file fill out a form below the table Name is the name of the new file Target defines 1ts pathname in the local computer A file can be selected by typing in the path or with the Browse button For adding the selected file click on the button Insert Manage For an existing site Manage page offers only a functionality for removing it
10. right from the contents area After that click on a button Insert to save the link that gives also result updating the table above the form It is principally possible to change the main menu to which the side menu is going to be linked but 1t is not recommended as the changes would not be echoed in the table on the same page as that table represents the main menu selected by default Changing order name and place of displayment of side menus is similar to changing the same attributes of a menu item A click on the icon of removal gives disappearance of the side menu from the table but not removal of the side menu itself since only the link between menu and side menu would be removed The side menu can well be linked to another menu after that One side menu can be linked to several main menu items for example to appear both in the left and in the right from the content area Menu layout Menu layout page offers a possibility to manage all menu items and links between them in a single page On that page the listing table of links between menu items and side menus displays all side menus that are linked to a menu item Side menus Administering side menus can be carried out by the help of a similar table side menus OEI EI sidehlenu A side menu select sidemenu2 Another side menu select 7 sidemenus Third side menu select x Xx Hew side menu Mame Title Insert Cancel Fig 13 Side menu managing table The table offe
11. rs the following functionality similarily to the lists described above e To change a side menu click on the icon Side menus E S AAA SideMeny z COT menu x Sidehenus Third side menu select ae Fig 14 Changing a side menu e For removing a side menu click on the X icon e For adding a new side menu fill in Name and Title fields and click the Insert button Title can be changed later Name cannot e Link select enables user to manage side menu items Menu items This page provides a management list for all menu items functioning as other management listings described above Adding a new menu item Hew menu fem Mame FT Title FT Parent menu fe Document URL FT Link type P Insert Cancel Fig 15 Adding a new menu item The form 1s self explanatory Name ID the inner name of that menu item Title its title shown to the user Document is displayed in the Content area as a result of a mouse click on the new menu item URL specifies external link associated with the menu item and Link type specifies whether or not a new window would be opened to display the document or external page behind the new menu item For choosing a document associated with the new menu item click on the icon As a result of that a new window will be displayed enabling you to choose from existing files on server El Galahad CMS Microsoft Internet Explorer Files co name nk 31 Affile Link to this file F
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