How to Edit and Add Content

Latest Tips:
  • By default, only chairs have Web editing privileges.  Please contact your chair and have them email [email protected] to be granted access if you are a member of a board or committee and want to edit content.
  • Please note that the Membership and Terms of Reference pages will be updated from the AMS database after the Annual to reflect new members of the board or committee.
  • A few have asked about the message, "There is currently no content available" that is showing in your News and Announcements section of your site.  By default, a portal will show that message if no content has been added to it.  We've gone ahead and removed the text.
Login:
  • www.ametsoc.org/stac
  • Click Login above header graphic
  • Use your AMS Online Profile credentials to login (NOT the FTP credentials)
  • Don’t have an Online Profile?  You can create one here if you are an AMS Member: http://www.ametsoc.org/MEMB/account/index.cfm

Non-members, create one here:
http://www.ametsoc.org/nonmembers/createOnlineProfile/

 

Updating Pages

Tip: Membership and Terms of Reference pages are edited by AMS staff.  Please see the contacts page to submit changes.

Edit directly while browsing

  1. After logging in, an editor bar should be present at the top of the page.  Navigate to the page you want to edit (you can hide the editor bar by clicking the Mura CMS  logo as you browse).
  2. Once you are on the page you want to edit, click the Edit link on the editor bar.
  3. Make changes, and then click the Publish button at the bottom of the page. Content has been updated.


Site Manager on the editor bar

  1. Click Site Manager from the editor bar
  2. Click on a page or file title to open the edit window.
  3. Make changes, and then click the Publish button at the bottom of the page.  Content has been updated.
  4. Page hidden? Select the plus sign and then select zoom from the popup menu to expand a section of the site, or use the triangle beside the name of the section to view pages.
 Updating PDFs
  1. Follow steps above for using the Site Manager to get to the PDF you want to update
  2. Click the title of the PDF, or click the pencil off to the right.
  3. Under the Select File to Upload field, click browse to select the latest version of the PDF to upload.
  4. Select minor or major revision and then click the Publish button.  PDF will be updated.

Tip: The revised PDF doesn’t have to have the same file name as the one it is replacing; the CMS takes care of making sure all links and titles stay the same.

Adding a New Image
  1. Click the Add Image icon
  2. Browse server to your committee or board folder (you will only have upload access to your folder)

  3. Click the Upload icon and browse your local computer to select an image to upload.

 

Adding New Content (Pages and Files)

Tip: You can add content either from the editor bar or from Site Manager.

  1. You must add a page or file to the parent page or portal for your new page or file to appear with others on the same level!
  2. Within Site Manager, select the plus sign and then Add Page or Add File or select Add and then Page or File from the editor toolbar or just select Add from the editor bar.
  3. Add a title to the page or file, and then add content for a page or browse and select a file to upload.
  4. For files, make sure to add (pdf) to the title.
  5. For a page that is for an event with a location and date, please change the Type: from Page to Page /Event Location and Date located at the top of the editing window.  Then fill in the field, Date and Location, below the main content window.
  6. Click the Publish button and the new content will be made live and automatically added to navigation items.
  7. The above works for portals and links as well!

 

Moving Content

Created a new piece of content but it was created below another page accidently?

  1. Bring up the editing window for the piece of content, following the steps outlined in Updating Pages.
  2. Scroll down to the Content Parent: field and click on  [Select New Parent] in orange.  Enter in keywords (title or content).  If the correct parent doesn’t appear, try some variations on keywords.  Select correct parent via the radio button, and click publish.
 
Sort Navigation Order

Added new content, and want to sort navigation order

  1. Follow the steps outlined in Updating Pages using the Site Manager.
  2. Click the plus sign of the parent’s content for the content you would like to sort and select zoom.
  3. Across the top of the section, you’ll see Modify View.  Under it, there is a Sort Navigation field.  Select the way you would like the content sorted, then click the glowing Update button. 
  4. To manually sort the order, select Manual from the dropdown, then in the row of content you would like to move, wait for the 4-way arrow icon to appear,then drap and drop content where you would like it to be, and click the Update button.
  5. Please keep the current top three content items at the top of navigation: Committee/Board Home, Membership and Terms of Reference.

 

Adding a News Item

Tip: Most parent (top-level) portals, like the News section of your site, are displaying content from child pages.  Go to the child page to update content.

  1. Browse to your News and Announcements Portal  (icon looks like a folder)
  2. Follow steps above for adding a title, content or file.
  3. To add text that displays below the title of the news item, go to the edit window and beside the Content Summary (Optional) field, click Expand in orange and add content.
  4. Add a Content Release Date to display a release in your news section.  The field is located approx. halfway down the editor window.
  5. Have a time sensitive release?  Use the Display pulldown Per Stop / Start Dates to set a release time.
  6. We'll be adding the ability to have these items appear automatically on your committee or board home page as well as an aggregated list for all boards and committees shortly.  To add your items to the above lists, select the Categorization tab from the editor window, and beside News and Updates, select Yes on the pulldown.
  7. Click the Publish button.

 

Adding a Portal

Used to group and display related content, such as meeting minutes.

  1. Follow the first few steps of Adding New Content (Pages and Files)  and instead of choosing page or file, choose portal.
  2. To add content to the portal, add a file, page or link similar to how you would add a news item.
  3. To change what content is shown, use the Site Manager and select the Advanced tab.  Use the Available Fields section to drag over the fields you want to display to the Selected Fields section.