Deluxe News & Resources Tutorial
The Deluxe News & Resources page allows you to add Messages, Links, PDFs and HTML pages to your website.
If this tutorial does not answer your questions, or you are looking for a feature not described here, please email .
Note: Your use of Deluxe News & Resources may vary from the instructions in this tutorial if we have cutomized its features for your website. If your Deluxe News & Resources has custom programming we will provide you with documentation specific to your website.
Getting Started
- How do I log in to Deluxe News & Resources administration?
- Where does the content from Deluxe News & Resource appear on my website?
Categories
- What are items?
- How do I create a catgeory?
- How do I edit or delete categories?
- What are hidden categories?
Items
- How do I add a Message?
- How do I add a Link?
- How do I add a PDF?
- How do I add a Page?
- How do I edit or delete items?
- How do I use the HTML editor?
- How do I move an item to the top of a category?
Images
- How do I add images to items? Deluxe News & Resources Tutorial
- How do I edit or delete images?
- How do I resize images for Deluxe News & Resources?
How do I log in to Deluxe News & Resources administration?
1. In a web browser, go to http://www.yourdomain.com/admin (replace yourdomain.com with your website's address). A login box will pop up.
2. OnYourMark, LLC will provide you with a username and password. Enter your username in the User Name box and your password in the Password box.
3. Click the OK button. You will now be logged in to admin. News & Resources administration links will be listed under the News & Resources heading.
- Category Admin
- Add/Edit/Delete Items
- Add/Edit/Delete Images
Where does the content from Deluxe News & Resource appear on my website?
Your main Deluxe News & Resources page is usually located at http://www.yourdomain.com/resources.php. Item categories will be listed at the top of the page. Each category's items are displayed below this list. You can set the number of items that appear on the Deluxe News & Resources main page for each category. The Archive link below the category will show all items in the category.
You can create categories that are not visible on the main Deluxe News & Resources page. This is explained in using hidden categories
What are items?
Deluxe News & Resources allows you to add four types of items to your website.
Message: A short text note. Messages are best used for brief paragraphs that do not require an entire webpage.
Link: A link to a website (or page on your website).
PDF: An uploaded PDF file.
Page: An HTML webpage. Pages can contain large amounts of content and images.
How do I create a category?
Before you add items to Deluxe News & Resources, you must create categories to store the items.
1. Click Category Admin
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
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3. Click Add Category
4. On the next screen, click Continue
How do I edit or delete categories?
When you click the Category Admin link, a list of existing categories will appear on the page.
Editing Categories
1. Click Edit next to the category you wish to edit.
2. Change the title, description or item display, or "show" status as needed.
3. Click Edit Category
4. On the next screen, click Continue
Deleting Categories
Important! If you delete a category you also delete its items! If you want to delete a category but keep the items, move the items to other categories first!
1. Click Delete next to the category you wish to remove.
2. A box will pop up asking you to confirm deletion. Click OK. The category and its items will be deleted immediately.
Changing Category Order
You can change the order of category display on the main Deluxe News & Resources page. Click the Up and Down arrows to move categories.
What are hidden categories?
Hidden categories have the Show this category? option set to No. Hidden categories and their items will not appear on the main Deluxe News & Resources page. Hidden categories are most often used for PDF or Page items. If your entire website is using Deluxe News & Resources to make it self-updateable, your site's pages will be kept in a hidden category (often called CONTENT). Visitors will be able to access the pages using your site's navigation.
If your site has been customized to use hidden categories, we will provide you with documentation specific to your website.
How do I add a Message?
1. Click Add/Edit/Delete Items
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
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3. Click Add Item
4. On the next screen, click Add Item
How do I add a Link?
1. Click Add/Edit/Delete Items
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
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3. Click Add Item
4. On the next screen, click Add Item
How do I add a PDF?
1. Click Add/Edit/Delete Items
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
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3. Click Add Item
4. On the next screen, click Add Item
How do I add a Page?
1. Click Add/Edit/Delete Items
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
The Page item allows you to add an optional title, description and keywords tag to the HTML page. Optimizing the Page with these tags is helpful in boosting the Page's search engine rankings (for more information on meta tags, see www.diysubmit.com). Enter data in these fields as follows:
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3. Click Add Item
4. On the next screen, click Add Item
How do I edit or delete items?
When you click the Add/Edit/Delete Items link, a list of existing items will appear on the page.
Editing Items
1. Click Edit next to the item you wish to edit.
2. Change information about the item as needed. If you are editing a PDF, you can overwrite the existing PDF with a new one.
3. Click Edit Item
4. On the next screen, click Edit Item
Deleting Items
1. Click Delete next to the item you wish to remove.
2. A box will pop up asking you to confirm deletion. Click OK. The item will be deleted immediately.
How do I use the HTML editor?
Deluxe News & Resources contains a built-in HTML editor in the item Description fields. The editor can be used to add effects to the text appearing in the description field of Messages, Links and PDFs or content of a Page.
When the View Source box is checked below the HTML editor, the raw HTML code can be seen and edited. Unchecking the box will reactivate the HTML editor. The features in the HTML editor are similar to those found in Microsoft Word or other word processing programs. You may write text directory in the HTML or editor, or cut and page text from another document.
We recommend typing text in Notepad, WordPad or any program that allows you to save plain text (.txt) files. We do not recommend cutting and pasting from Microsoft Word, as Word's auto-formatting can sometimes cause errors in the HTML editor. When using the HTML editor, you may click the option you wish to use, then click in the box where you wish to type. As you begin to type, your desired effect will appear. You may also type your text in the box, highlight it, then select the option you wish to add.
Creating Links
1. Type the text that you want to appear as a link.
2. Highlight the text with your mouse.
3. Click the planet icon. A box will pop up.
4. Enter the URL of the website (including http://www.)
5. Click OK to close the box.
6. Your text will now appear as a link: Click Here to Visit theBubbler!
How do I move an item to the top of a category?
Items listed on the main Deluxe News & Resources page will be sorted chronologically, most recent at the top. As new items are added, existing items are moved down in the list, then into the category's archive.
To move an item up, edit the item and assign it more recent date.
How do I add images to items?
Important! Please read How do I resize images for Deluxe News & Resources? for image specifications.
1. Click Add/Edit/Delete Images
2. Fill in the fields as shown:
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3. Click Add Image
4. On the next screen, click Add Image
Image sizing is very important! Images being added to Messages, Links and PDFs should be small - 200 x 200 pixels or less. These images will appear on the main Deluxe News & Resources page with the item.
Above: A Page item with an image on the main Deluxe News & Resources page.
Images added to Page items can be larger, but we recommend that images are no larger than 400 x 400 pixels. Images attached to Page items will appear to the right of the Page's content. If multiple images are added to a page, they will all line up to the right of the content in a single column.
Above: Full display of Page item with an image.
How do I edit or delete images?
When you click the Add/Edit/Delete Images link, a list of existing images will appear on the page.
Editing Images
1. Click Edit next to the item you wish to edit.
2. Change information about the image as needed, or Browse to upload a new image (the new image will overwrite the existing image).
3. Click Edit Image
4. On the next screen, click Edit Image
Deleting Images
1. Click Delete next to the image you wish to remove.
2. A box will pop up asking you to confirm deletion. Click OK. The image will be deleted immediately.
How do I resize images for Deluxe News & Resources?
It is important to follow these specifications for images used on Pages. Deluxe News & Resources will resize your images to best fit on your Pages, but starting with a small image is necessary.
- Images must be JPG (photo.jpg), GIF (photo.gif) or PNG (photo.png) files.
- Image file names should not use capitalization, spaces or punctuation. Use hyphens or underscores instead of spaces (jane-doe-photo.jpg, office_building.gif).
- Images used on Message, Link and PDF items should be around 200 x 200 pixels in size.
- Images used on Page items can be up to 400 x 400 pixels in size.
- Images should be low resolution, between 72 - 92 dpi.
If you need assistance with sizing images, please contact us. We can format your images for use on the web.
If you want to display a large amount of photos on your website, a self-updateable photo gallery may be a good addition to your site. Contact us to learn more.
