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Title: CD Web XMS Training


1
CD Web XMS Training
  • How to use the Xeno Media web site content
    management system

2
Course Outline
  • Content Management Basics
  • XMS Core Concepts
  • Edit An Existing Page
  • File Management
  • Display Components
  • Create A New Page
  • Move/Relocate A Page
  • Clone A Page

3
Content Management Basics
  • Difference from file based web site
  • Page content is stored in PostgreSQL database
  • Components of web page are individual database
    items and are therefore easier to replicate and
    relocate and in general manage
  • This system includes tools to easily create and
    edit pages without having to be an expert in html
    or purchase tools like Dreamweaver

4
Documentation
  • CD Users Manual http//cd-docdb.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/
    ShowDocument?docid2731

5
XMS Core Concepts
  • Authentication via KCA
  • Permission based on groups
  • Each page assigned to a group
  • Each user assigned to a group
  • Current groups based on CD organization
    Quadrants cdo, ilc, scp, scf, lsc

6
XMS Core Concepts
  • Page with unique pid
  • Display Components with unique cid
  • Uploaders for images, PDF files and other files
  • Inline editing

7
Edit an Existing Page
  • Training login URL https//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/se
    cure_login
  • Editing tools are displayed when
  • You are logged in
  • You are on a page you have permission to edit
  • Clicking on your name toggles inline editing
    on/off

8
Exercise Edit a plain HTML page
  • Insert a heading
  • Insert a hyper link
  • Insert a table
  • Insert an anchor
  • Restore to a previous version

9
File Management
  • If content is not part of the page, (i.e., image
    files, pdfs, excel sheets, etc.) it is not loaded
    into the PostgreSQL database
  • These files are uploaded separately into the
    BlueArc file system and referenced from this
    location
  • Use the uploader tool on the left while you are
    in edit mode to do this

10
Exercise Upload a file
  • Upload an image and a PDF file to your folder
  • Find the URL of your uploaded file
  • Insert an image on your page
  • Insert a PDF link on your page

11
Display Components (DCs)
  • A page is made up of smaller parts that are each
    given a unique component identification number,
    or cid.
  • cidcomponent identification number
  • pidpage identification number
  • XMS provides you with a suite of DC templates you
    can use to customize your pages
  • Most pages start with the Plain HTML DC

12
Display Components (DCs)
  • Display component types
  • Plain HTML
  • Most pages, provides wysiwyg editor
  • Whats New news items
  • Plain HTML you specify a title, e.g.
    http//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/?pid1000009
  • Top-bottom table container
  • Add more than one DC to a container,
    consecutively, going down the page, e.g.
    http//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/?pid1000243
  • Tab container / Tab container child
  • Add more than one DC to a container, each one as
    a separate tab, e.g. http//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/?pi
    d1000243
  • Index Page
  • Takes all children marked visible, e.g.
    http//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/?pid1000482
  • Literal text
  • Same as HTML w/o wysiwyg editor, e.g.
    http//cdint.fnal.gov/xms/?pid1000281

13
Editing Areas
  • 4 editing areas
  • Left menu
  • for division-standard Quick Links
  • Main content area
  • Sidebar
  • for instructions, news, on this page content,
    etc.
  • Right menu - not recommended

14
Exercises
  • Add a sidebar
  • Add Whats New news item as the DC
  • Enter some content in the DC

15
Creating a New Page
  • Accomplished via the Page Editor, click
  • Create Page sibling/child

16
Exercise Create a new page
  • Define general properties of a page
  • Menu Name
  • Friendly URL name optional name replaces pid in
    the URL field uses Menu Name by default
  • Page Title
  • Description optional
  • Keyword optional
  • Visible show the page in the left side fly-out
    menus (if parent is visible)
  • Online check it
  • RMInherit not used
  • Auth always choose Public
  • Editing Auth always put in your respective
    quadrant
  • Status optional

17
Exercise Create a new page (cont.)
  • Reuse a DC defined in the previous exercise
  • Remove a DC

18
Move/Relocate a page
  • Relocating Changing web pages location in the
    web site hierarchy
  • Since pages are not stored in a file system, this
    cannot be done with standard file manipulation
    commands (i.e., copy, move)
  • The page location determines the path in the
    URLhttp//computing.fnal.gov/xms/Services/Gettin
    g_Services/OSes/MS_Windows
  • Use the page relocator tool to move or re-order
    pages This Page edit/move

19
Exercise Move/Relocate
  • Relocate a page in the previous exercise as a
    child of another page
  • Relocate a page in the previous exercise as the
    next sibling of another page

20
Clone A Page
  • Enables you to replicate a page that already
    exists
  • Cloned page is given a new PID
  • To find your new page, see My Pages view
  • Copy is labeled Copy of original page name
  • Useful if you want all your pages to have the
    same format
  • Just build a template page then clone it and add
    the appropriate content

21
Exercise Cloning
  • Clone a page you have created
  • Modify the page properties of the cloned page
  • Put in new content onto the cloned page
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