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This documentation will guide you through the necessary steps to update byline entries on the Wesleyan President page. Step 1. Navigate to the President section of Cascade Step 2. Expand the “byline-entries” folder. Bylines are organized into different folders according to their respective year. Note: A “config” file exists under these folders. More on this in later […]

(Note: This tutorial was made using Adobe Photoshop CS5, but earlier/later versions of Photoshop should have only cosmetic differences; the mechanics of image resizing and cropping should be the same.) Cropping Images 1. Open the image in Photoshop. 2. Select the “Crop” tool from the lefthand toolbar.   3. Lock the dimensions of the cropped area […]

(Note: This tutorial was made using Adobe Photoshop CS5, but earlier/later versions of Photoshop should have only cosmetic differences; the mechanics of image resizing and cropping should be the same.) Resizing Images 1. Open the image in Photoshop. 2. From the “Image” dropdown, select “Image Size.” 3. Make sure that the resolution is set at 72 […]

This tutorial will walk you through the steps necessary to make changes to the header slideshow on a page. If you do not need to upload new images, skip to Step 2.   Step 1 – Uploading the images you want to use:  Navigate to the Base Folder of the site and go to image_header > images […]

If you have a faculty showcase on your site and would like to remove, add, or edit the page, here are some instructions on how to do so: First, if you have any new images to upload, navigate to the folder in your site that holds these faculty images. Each site is different—for Theater, for […]

How to add an “Alert” to the library home page What to use Alerts for The “Alert” section of the library home page is used to alert our users of information we need to get out to them immediately. In most cases, the information in an alert would only need to stay on the home […]

The News Items are the 4 news stories that in desktop view sit to the right of the large image for the News Feature.  You have the ability to add descriptive text that is linked to a larger story. In the tablet view the News Items sit under the featured story and in the mobile […]

The News Feature is the large image on the homepage.  You have the ability to add descriptive text that is linked to a larger story and a #hashtag with a link.  The image changes size from desktop to tablet to mobile view so you will need to upload 2 separate images, one for desktop and […]

The Events Section of the Homepage has 2 editable pieces. The Event Listing Section contains information about actual events on campus.  Each listed event contains a link either back to the calendar or to an appropriate story about the event. For an event to appear on the homepage UCOMM needs to go into the University […]

Near the bottom of the homepage just above the college row image there is a place for one link to a special university initiative.  Currently it is #THISISWHY. To change the initiative you will need: the initiative title link to the initiative Changing the initiative in the component. use the dropdown to navigate to Home […]