How To Documentation
Learn how to harness the power of your CMS and manage your website's custom features with this how-to-document. Help for administering non-custom features on your website is available by clicking Help button next to Mighty-Site logo!
Note: Mighty-Site is optimized to work with Firefox. Firefox is a free download available from Mozilla. It is strongly recommended that you administer the content in your site using Firefox.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Make A Button in Content Editor
- Block Quotes in Content Editor
- External Links
- Inline Images
- Basic Data Tab
- All Images Tab
- SEO Tab
- Join Content Panel
ADD/EDIT A NEW PAGE
- Go to Edit > Page and click Go
- The title is the Name of the page and will appear as the H1, and in the navigation (unless you change name in H1 field above content editor).
- Type content directly into the wysiwyg. Or, if content resides in Word, copy text from document and Paste into Word editor by clicking Paste from Word button in toolbar to strip content of non-web-friendly characters and formatting
- If you require more room to see content, click and drag the bottom right corner of the wysiwyg box
- Different header styles are chosen from the Format dropdown in wysiwyg.
MAKE A BUTTON IN WYSIWYG
- Highlight text > Insert/Edit link icon > insert URL to page that button will link to > select Button from Styles dropdown menu
BLOCK QUOTES IN WYSIWYG
- Block quotes are created with the quote button and links added using the chain link button. For links, if it's internal, just include the “/” and everything after it (e.g. /about).
EXTERNAL LINKS
- For external links, insert the entire url (include http://www.website.com). Set Target drop-down to Open Link in a New Window
INLINE IMAGES
- To add an in-line image, place your cursor on the area where the image should appear, and click on the Insert/Edit (tree) button.
- Click on the little chart symbol to open your filebin.Browse to find an image that is in the filebin already and select it. Then click insert.
- Upload and find the image on your computer (EDIT ALL IMAGES IN IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE BEFORE UPLOADING TO FILEBIN PLEASE) and upload. Then select the image and click insert.
- Once the image URL is in place, choose an alignment and add vertical/horizontal space if necessary.
- SAVE CHANGES
Basic Data Tab
- List Type field should be left blank unless products are to be displayed in a special template Product and Category.
- Please disregard remaining options in Tab
Category Tab
- Choose a Category Image from Filebin
- Enter Subtitle and Short Description
SEO Tab
- Enter Meta Title and Meta Description for SEO purposes
- Archive Tab
- Make a mistake? View Archive versions of a page to retrieve lost information. You may even choose to restore previous versions! Use only in emergencies!Click View Archived button next to file
- You may view and copy information.
- To go back to present version, click browser's Back button
- You may also click the Restore link in top right side of page.
Join Content Panel
- The blue Join Content Panel above the HTML content editor allows you to join featured information and a slideshow to Home, as well as products and subcategories to basic pages
For Home
Featured
- Click Page / Featured then + Add New links and select blue magnifying glass
- Select Featured record from page tree and SAVE CHANGES
Slideshow
- Click Slideshow then + Add New links
- Choose Slideshow Image from Filebin
- Link to an internal page by entering Page URL (to locate click on chain link icon next to field) and locate page in tree
- Enter slideshow caption
- Choose slide order by entering value in Sequence field
- Set Hidden to No
- Enter Alternate tag, if desired
- Enter text into HTML Data content editor
- Choose Thumbnail image from filebin and enter Caption
- SAVE CHANGES
Join Products to Basic Page
- Click Product / Page then + Add New links
- Click blue magnifying glass to locate product on page tree. Click file and then SAVE CHANGES
- To order appearance on the page, enter numeric value in box next to Mightycart Product ID cell. (We recommend that you order by 5 or 10 so if a new product needs to be inserted in list, the whole list does not have to be re-ordered)
- Save order by clicking curved arrow at the top of the column
Join Subcategory to Basic Page
- Click Page / Subcategory then + Add New links
- Click blue magnifying glass to locate subcategory on page tree. Click file and then SAVE CHANGES
- To order appearance on the page, enter numeric value in box next to Subcategory ID cell. (We recommend that you order by 5 or 10 so if a new product needs to be inserted in list, the whole list does not have to be re-ordered)
- Save order by clicking curved arrow at the top of the column
Sidebar
- Adding sidebar to the page makes it engaging for the user. Go to Join Content panel above the content editor and the click + Add New
- Click blue Magnifying Glass and locate the file in the page tree to which the location should be joined
- SAVE CHANGES
CREATING NEW SIDEBAR
- Choose the sidebar widget you want to add from Edit menu (Content, Image, Video)
- Click Add New button on the black panel above page tree
SIDEBAR CONTENT
- Enter Name
- Enter content in the wysiwyg. Recommended Title Format: H4. You can create bulleted and numbered list, links to other content, and set different format styles
- SAVE CHANGES
SIDEBAR IMAGE
- Enter Name
- Choose a Main and Popup image from filebin
- Enter Image Link by choosing file from the page tree with blue magnifying glass. The full image option is used if thumbnail image has detail that needs to be seen on a larger scale (eg chart or graph). Thumbnail will be clickable and will open a lightbox with larger image
- Enter caption into the wysiwyg
- SAVE CHANGES
SIDEBAR VIDEO
- Enter Name
- Choose Video Service from drop-down menu
- Enter full YouTube/Vimeo URL (eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEJwOVtqnFE)
- Enter Viddler/Other Embed Code, if necessary
- Choose Thumbail Image from Filebin
- Enter Caption
- Enter video Width and Height in appropriate fields. If you do not know them, right click on video and it should display
- Set Publication Date with Calendar Picker
- SAVE CHANGES
After Sidebar has been created you may connect to a page by clicking Sidebar Widget link in blue Join Content panel. Locate file in page tree. Conversely, you may go to page on which the sidebar item should appear and click Sidebar Widget link in blue Join Content panel, locate Sidebar type and then file in the page tree, and SAVE CHANGES.
Products
- To enter a new product go to Edit > Products then click Go
- Click Add A New Mightycart Product from the black Edit Product panel on the left
- Enter Name and set drop-down to Active
Basic Data Tab
- Set Availability drop-down to US, CA, or Both
- Enter Subtitle (if using)
- Enter Short Description
All Images Tab
- Choose Thumbnail and Large image from the Filebin
SEO Tab
- Select whether to show product in Sitemap. Then enter Meta Title and Meta Description
Join Content to Products
- The blue Join Content Panel above the HTML content editor allows you to join related products, tab data and a variety of other content to your products page.
Join related content
- Click Related Products link and + Add New
- Click blue magnifying glass to locate product on page tree. Click file and then SAVE CHANGES
Join Tab Data
- Click Tab Data link and + Add New
- Enter Name
- Enter information into Content Editor and set hidden value to No
- SAVE CHANGES
Join Logos
- Click Mightycart Product/Logos link and + Add New
- Choose Logo Image from File bin
- SAVE CHANGES
Join Product to a Page
- Click Product / Page link and + Add New
- Click blue magnifying glass to locate page on page tree. Click file and then SAVE CHANGES
Join to Subcategory
- Join to product by clicking Mightycart Product / Subcategory link and + Add New
- Click blue magnifying glass and select subcategory from the page tree
- SAVE CHANGES
News
- To enter a news article go to Edit > News then click Go
- Click Add A New News button on the black Edit News panel on the left
- Enter Name and set value to Active
Basic Data Tab
- Enter title to overwrite Name field, if desired
- Select Article Date from Calendar Picker
- Link to PDF field allows you to select file from Filebin
- Enter External URL (www.google.com), if desired
- Thumb Image from Filebin
- Enter Short Description
- Enter Article copy into Content Editor
SEO Tab
- Enter Meta Title and Meta Description
Calendar Event
- To enter a new calendar event go to Edit > Calendar Event then click Go
- Click Add A New Calendar Event button on the black Edit Calendar Event panel on the left
- Enter Name and set value to Active
Basic Data Tab
- Enter title to overwrite Name field, if desired
- Select Start and End dates from Calendar Picker
- Enter Descriptive Event Time in text field, if desired
- Teaser Box is for short description
- Choose Thumb Image from Filebin
- Enter event description in Content Editor
SEO Tab
- Enter Meta Title and Meta Description
Location
- To enter a new Location go to Edit > Location then click Go
- Enter Name and set to Active
- Enter Location information in appropriate fields. Remember: Latitude and Longitude are required fields
Featured
- To enter a Featured information on Home go to Edit > Featured then click Go
- Enter Name and set to Active
- Enter Page URL to link to (enter URL directly into field or select with blue magnifying glass)
- Select Page Image from Filebin
- Enter content into HTML Data content editor
- Join to Home by clicking Page / Featured link and + Add New link
- Click blue magnifying glass and select Home from page tree
- SAVE CHANGES
Sales Rep
- To enter a new sales representative go to Edit > Sales Rep then click Go
- Enter Name and set to Active
- Enter contact information in appropriate fields.
- Join to State in blue Join Content panel
- Click and + Add New
- Click blue magnifying glass and select State from page tree
- SAVE CHANGES
Note: You may join multiple sales reps to a state by going to Edit > States and clicking Go
- Select State from page tree on the left
- In blue Join Content panel, click Sales Rep / States then + Add New links
- Click blue magnifying glass and select sales rep from page tree
- SAVE CHANGES
Subcategory
- To enter a new subcategory go to Edit > Subcategory then click Go
- Click Add A New Subcategory from the black Edit Subcategory panel on the left
- Enter Name
- Join to product by clicking blue magnifying glass and selecting product from the page tree
- SAVE CHANGES