Creating and editing

Create new content (pages, forms, directory entries, etc):

  • From the admin menu bar, choose content management->create content.

Create a new menu item:

  • Link to a new internal page: Create the new page and give it a "Menu link title" and "Parent Item."
  • Link to a PDF (not recommended -- link the PDF in a sidebar instead):
    • Hover over the menu area and click on edit-menu-button in the top right corner.
    • Click add-item-button to add a new menu item.
    • Open the PDF in a separate browser or tab to find its full URL.
    • Paste in the URL as the Path. Example: "http://bae.k-state.edu/files/bae/presentation.pdf"
  • Link to an external website (not recommended -- put the link in a sidebar instead):
    • Hover over the menu area and click on edit-menu-button in the top right corner.
    • Click add-item-button to add a new menu item.
    • Paste in the URL as the Path. Example: http://www.google.com/

Edit content

  • Click the edit-item-button tab at the top of the page you want to edit.

Field explanations (* means required)

  • Title*: Shown in ALL CAPS at the top of the page.
  • Menu link title: The text used in the menu. Usually matches the title.
    • Warning: If you leave the menu link title blank, this item will not be in the menu, making it easy to lose if it isn't linked elsewhere on your website.
  • Parent item: Where in the menu to place this item. Select <Primary links> to make this a top-level item.
  • Body*: The main text of a page. How to use the editor.
  • Highlights: The highlights (stories with pictures) to show in rotator at the top of this page.
  • URL path setttings: The path to this page. (defaults to something like node/53)
    • Don't put a slash (/) at the front or end of the URL. Use dashes to separate words (not spaces or underscores).
    • Create a path hierarchy. For example, this page's parent is using-drupal, so this page's URL should begin with with using-drupal/
    • Good example:
      • using-drupal/create-edit
    • Bad examples (don't do this!):
      • /using-drupal/create-edit (shouldn't have slash at beginning)
      • create-edit (doesn't have parent item's URL as part of its path)
      • using_drupal/create edit (uses spaces and underscores instead of dashes)
      • UsingDrupal/CreateEdit (runs words together, uses upper-case)
      • using-the-drupal-content-management-system/how-to-create-content (too long!)
    • Published: Uncheck this to make a page not visible to site visitors.
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