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Step 1: Upload images in the appropriate sizes to the appropriate folder under images/students. (image sizes are: 170×190 for senior advisors and 200×264 for tour guides) Step 2: Edit the page by clicking the “edit” tab. Step 3: To add a new student, click the green “+” symbol under the “students” section.  This will add […]

In order to add a brightcove video to your post please follow these steps: On the sidebar to the right of your wordpress site, select “plugins.” Next, scroll down, find “Brightcove Video Embed,” created by Jason Vienneau, and check the box next to it. Now, when you create a new post and want to insert […]

Some pages have a map that has predefined markers on it for visitor reference. Such a page is displayed below (without any map markers)   1. There should be a folder in the left sidebar which says “map-data”. In this folder, you should find a page called “map-markers’. Go to this page and click the […]

The “Restaurants” page is similar to the “Lodgings” page, but with extra formatting needs as will be shown in the tutorial below. 1. Click the “edit” tab at the top of the “Restaurants” page. This is where you can make edits to the content. 2. Under the main content area, there will be sections as shown […]

The “Lodging” page gives visitors information about surrounding accommodation options listed by distance from campus. This tutorial teaches you how to edit the information on such pages.   1. On Cascade, go to the relevant page and click “Edit” in the top tab. This will bring you to the page where you can start making […]

Some sites will have a dedicated social media page which allows visitors to connect with you via social media.    This tutorial will teach you how to edit such pages. 1. Click on the edit tab for the necessary page. In this example, the social media page is highlighted in the left column (“social_media”) and […]

Many departments have Lecture Series pages where the current year’s lecture series is posted as a playlist from Brightcove. This tutorial allows you to update the page from previous lecture series to the current one. Copy existing video page and rename (Suggested name: LectureArchive_<year>) If there is an existing video archive page, add the link […]

This tutorial allows you to make a complete copy of an existing page in Cascade. 1. Go to the page you’d like to copy. In this example, the page we’ve chosen is “staffbios”. 2. Click on the tab “Copy”. This should be near where the “Edit” tab (to the right of it) 3. Rename the […]

Wesleyan has launched the newly redesigned Office of Equity & Inclusion website. You can visit the site here: www.wesleyan.edu/careercenter.

Wesleyan has launched the newly redesigned Wesleyan Physical Sciences and Mathematics Scholars Program website. You can visit the site here: www.wesleyan.edu/wpsmp.