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There are two modes of Page creation in ZeusZuse: the HTML Classic Editor provides a more traditional WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, while Building Blocks allow Zuse Create allows for a more visual, modular approach to page development.

The HTML Classic Editor is available to all site administrators. The Building Block Zuse Create view is available to Editors. Both views are also used in other areas of ZeusZuse.

Creating a New Page

  1. Once in ZeusZuse, navigate to your Community Site.
  2. Create a new empty Page:
    1. Look along the left Toolbox side menu. Select 'Pages' from the menu. Then, select the 'AddNew' button.
    2. Or, move hover your mouse over 'Pages' and click 'Add New'.
  3. A blank web page with

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    the Classic Editor appears. Enter information as appropriate. See Classic Editor (About) for information about using the editor.

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  4. Select 'Save' to save a draft of the Page. This must be done once to define some additional options for the Page.
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    1. Select 'Edit' to the right of 'Status' to change the status of the document.
      1. Author: Options are Draft, or In Review. Use Draft to signal to other Site Administrators that creation is in-progress. Use In Review to signal to Editors that the document is ready for checking, style modifications, etc.
      2. Editor: In addition to page modes for Authors, Editorscan publish the page so that the page is viewable on the Internet.
    2. Select a Parent. The Parent will help define the slug (URL of the web page) and if the page will appear in the site's navigation, the Parent will define the default location of the Page in the community site's menu.
    3. Select a Template. Select the 'select a template' link to choose the Template to use. Templates are created by Editor's by Editorsand define layout and secondary content for a Page.
    4. Enter a number for Order. The Order defines a default listing order of Pages relative to each other in menus and lists of links. Note than in Navigation Menus, order can be overridden by editing a Menu.
  5. Edit the Page's Permalink to define a user-friendly web address for the Page. Ensure the name is all lowercase, with no spaces. If whitespace is requried, use a hyphen (-) or underscore (_).
  6. Select a Featured Image to choose an image to appear near the top of the Page.
  7. Depending on the workflow of your office, notifications on If you are working on the page with someone else, editorial notifications for the page update may be appropriate. At the bottom of the Page viewpage, look for ' Notifications'. Specify users, or groups which who should be notified when the page being edited is updated, or a an editorial comment has been is added.
    1. Example 1: To notify one a Site Administrator that a page has been modified, look under the Users heading and either select the checkbox to the right of each user, or enter the first few letters of a username into the 'Search...' box. You will only be able to add users who are editors or authors of the site.
    2. Example 2: To send a notification to all Editors in a Community Site, under the 'User Groups' heading, select the checkbox to the right of each kind of Site Administrator, either 'Authors' or 'Editors'.
  8. Select 'Save' at the top of the page to save all changes to the Page, and send any notifications which may have been chosen.

Once the Page ahs has been saved, a message will appear indicating a successful save. Select 'View Page ' from the top menu bar to view the current version of the page.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR EDITORS: See Using the Classic Editor for more information about the buttons available in the Classic Editor. See related articles below for information about adding specific items to your page using the Classic Editor.

Warning

When creating a Page, there will be access to both the

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Classic Editor, and the

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Zuse Create tab. Content entered into the

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Classic Editor does not automatically appear in the

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Zuse Create view. Content in the

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Zuse Create view does not automatically become usable in the

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Classic Editor.

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