Find information on the UMass Chan Content Management System, Optimizely. Learn how to populate your web pages, read about bugs, and new or updated functionality.
Oct 17, 2023
What is a WYSIWYG editor?
WYSIWYG (pronounced wiz-ee-wig) is a text editor, it is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get."
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Tips and Tricks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Aug 30, 2023
So many properties - where best to add my content?
Determining the best property to add content to it displays as desired.
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Tips and Tricks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Jul 11, 2023
Subscribe to the UMass Chan CMS Yammer Channel
CMS editors, and anyone working at the university, can subscribe to our UMass Chan CMS Yammer channel to get email notifications when new posts are created. We post all sorts of news regarding the CMS, such as new functionality, tutorials, maintenance and ideas.
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Alerts,Process,Tips and Tricks, Leslie Rutter
May 23, 2023
I can't find my image or file for editing
Sometimes media is located somewhere else, you can copy or move the media to the folder where you would like it to be located.
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Media,Tips and Tricks, Leslie Rutter
Apr 28, 2023
New and updated functionality
Optimizely CMS maintenance for April 27, 2023
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Accessibility,Upgrade, Leslie Rutter
Apr 26, 2023
What does ADA, WCAG and 508 compliant mean?
ADA stands for the Americans with Disabilities Act which was instituted in 1990 to end discrimination based on abilities, requiring organizations to provide “reasonable accommodations” to those with disabilities.
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Accessibility,Standards, Leslie Rutter
Mar 23, 2023
SEO, reliability & accessibility using the Siteimprove plugin
The Siteimprove CMS plugin notes SEO and accessibility errors and helps the editor fix issues and optimize content directly within the CMS editing environment.
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Analytics,SEO,Training, Leslie Rutter
Mar 10, 2023
Introduction to Siteimprove
This blog post will serve as an overview for how to access and use Siteimprove, as well as going over what it offers.
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Accessibility,Analytics,SEO, Rey Gonzalez
Mar 9, 2023
Modal Video Block
The Modal Video block allows editors to place videos on their pages that open in a modal window when clicked. This allows the placement of the video to be in smaller areas of the page and pop open to view in a larger format.
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Blocks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Mar 8, 2023
Hero Video Block
The Hero video block allows a video to be used as a hero on the web page. This block also allows for a dropdown list of links to be centered over the video.