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  in the top right corner.
    • Click  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  in the top right corner.
    • Click  to add a new menu item.
    • Paste in the URL as the Path.  Example: http://www.google.com/

Edit content

  • Click the  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!)
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