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Sometimes in the process of editing your cascade website you delete a page from cascade but it does not delete from the server.  We refer to these pages left on the server as “orphan pages”. You generally find these pages through a search — the page comes up through search results and you can see […]

You are able to have external links appear in your site’s navigation — this means you can have a link in your navigation to a page in another department’s web space or to a non-Wesleyan website. In your site’s dashboard in Cascade select the folder in which you want the external link to appear. If […]

Event Page Every CFA event needs its own events page.  All events pages should live within the cfa/events folder in cascade.  Within the events folder you can set up multiple folders to help you organize/categorize the events.   Create a new Event Page, in your blue navigation bar, select New->Events->Event Page. Give your page a […]

Here are the steps you can take to edit the CFA sidebar. First, navigate to the sidebar block. This is located in your left hand navigation list, within the folder “sidebar”, then the actual block is also titled “sidebar”. You should then hit “Edit” in the tabbed navigation near the top of the page under […]

On most second level pages in the CFA site, you have the ability to change the header image for each page. The only pages you cannot change the header image on are the home index page, as well as pages with in the events folder (with the exception of the events index page). Here is […]

Cascade automatically saves versions of the pages of your site. Each time you make an edit to a page and save, Cascade will store both the new page and the old one as separate versions. If you make an edit to your page and realize it’s not what you wanted, you can return to a previous […]

Deleting old files in Cascade is easy. You can delete pages, images, pdfs, or entire folders that you no longer use on your site. If you no longer use a file, it is best to delete it so that your site remains neat and uncluttered. 1. Locate the page, image or folder you want to […]

Here is documentation on how to add a new video or photo to your media page. On your videos page, select “Edit” from the tabbed menu on the page. In the edit page, under the heading “Photos and Video » Item”, select the “+” button to add a new video. With this new item added, […]

Replacing/Updating a PDF You can upload a new PDF to replace or update a PDF you have previously uploaded to Cascade. In order to do this you need to: Select the PDF you want to replace in Cascade Click on the EDIT tab. Just as before, there are two ways to upload the new PDF. […]

For advanced users only, you may now use protect codes in the HTML dialog of Cascade’s page editor to ensure that code, such as javascript or other object codes, won’t be eaten by Cascade and ensure that your content will render. Open up the page in Cascade you wish to install the protect code, and […]