Jadu Training
Documents & Homepages
A little about Jadu
• Jadu (Sanskrit). Pronounced: Jar-doo
• Jadu is a website content management system
(CMS)
• Jadu is a UK based company
What is a Content Management
System?
• A Content Management System, or a CMS
enables non-technical content contributors to
easily publish information in a web-based
environment, that offers workflow control and
collaboration
• A CMS’ strength is providing a consistent look
and user experience site-wide.
Homepages / Document pages
• Jadu uses two types of pages to build a
website
– Homepages
– Document Pages
• Other types
– Xforms
– Event modules
– Galleries
Homepages
• Homepages are typically landing pages with a
few exceptions.
• A Jadu homepage is a feature rich webpage
which uses pre-built ‘widgets’ to add form
and function.
Document pages
• Document pages are the key to organizing
your pages and navigation in Jadu.
• Document pages are made up of 2 parts. A
document header and the document content
pages.
• Usually just content and images.
And now…
the meat and bones of it all
Logging In
• Please note that today we will be using the
training server, not the live server.
• The url for the live server, which you will use
after this training is
http://www.messiah.edu/jadu
Editing Homepages
• Go to Jadu training:
http://jadutraining.messiah.edu/jadu
• You will get an alert saying “This Connection is Untrusted”,
click the “I understand the risks” link
• Then click “Add Exception” button
• Another popup – and click “Confirm Security Exception” at
the bottom.
• Login using your Messiah College standard login
credentials
Tips for Editing Homepages
• To create a single space after a line, click Shift+Enter
• The text editor looks different from the actual page
• Save your page and click “Preview” to see what the
page will look like live.
• Review the list of widgets before laying out your
page, then sketch it out. It will be easier to add
widgets after the page is planned out.
Editing Homepages
• Click Open > Publishing > Homepages
Editing Homepages
• If you have not created any homepages, or you do not ‘own’
any homepages, you will see this:
Editing Homepages
• To locate homepages that you don’t own, but have access
to edit, click View: “All Homepages” and you will see a list of
homepages that you are authorized to edit.
Editing Homepages
• In this case, the user only has been assigned the ‘About’
category of pages, so those are the only ones they will see.
• Here we are editing the first page, “About”. Mouse over the
page you need to edit and click.
Editing Homepages
• Select the pages to edit, click on the name. The page opens for editing.
Click on the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the widget you want
to edit.
Editing Homepages
• That area will open up, click in the text area to activate the text editor:
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• You can save your work along the way and preview your page.
To do so, simply click “Save Homepage” and then preview.
You do not submit for approval.
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• Once you’ve made your changes, click Continue. Click “Save Homepage”
• If you are ready to push the change live, select “Yes” where it says
“Submit for approval”, then click “Save Homepage” (only an option if you
have the webmaster role)
Saving and Publishing Homepages
• If you are authorized to publish pages, you will see a button to Approve or
Reject the homepage:
• If you are not authorized to publish pages, you will receive a notice that
your page has been submitted for proofing:
Previewing or View Live
You can preview your changes by click on the
Preview link at the bottom of the homepage in
the editor
Preview url
When you preview a page, never link to the preview
url. It’s a long and nasty number filled url and it will
expire as soon as you close your browser tab.
View Live
When you click “View Live” your url will be much
cleaner. If you would like a shorter url, please complete
the http://www.messiah.edu/webhelp form and
request a ‘friendly url’
For more information on editing
your homepages, adding images or
using widgets, please visit:
http://www.messiah.edu/cms