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"The Basics" emphasizes accessibility and includes instructions on:
  • Logging into the system
  • Adding Headings
  • Adding Links
  • Adding Images
  • Saving and Publishing
  • The Basics
  • The Accordion Snippet and Tables
  • The Basics
  • The Call to Action Blue Button and components
  • The Basics
  • Scheduling and Reminders
  • Creating new pages and copying pages
  • Accessibility and PDF files
  • The Basics
  • The Carousel snippet
  • All advanced stuff 
  • "Time" formatting for accessibility
  • Details on the Button Grid snippet
  • Details on the Generic List snippet (adding icons)
  • Details on the Accordion snippet (how it formats headings)
  • The Sidebar snippet
  • The Box Container snippet, adding a "clear fix" style to bypass floating elements - like the Sidebar
  • Generic Blocks - 2 and 3 columns
  • The Sunburst Link snippet
  • The basics
  • Uploading Documents and Images
  • Updating and replacing files
  • The basics
  • Uploading and Editing Images
  • Gadgets
  • The basics
  • Omni CMS form builder - with new file upload option
  • The basics
  • The Accordion snippet
  • The Contact Box snippet
  • The basics
  • The "_nav.inc" file. (customizing the side navigation)
  • Call To Action Blue button and Sunburst Link component.
  • The "styles" drop-down menu.
  • The basics
  • Strategies for adding images on the page
  • The "Gallery with Options" component (includes how to work with assets)
  • The "Table with Defaults" snippet.
  • The basics
  • Scheduled Reminders and Stale Reminders
  • Adding images on the fly
  • Resizing images
  • How and when to request a Vanity URL
  • Document storage and uploads
  • The basics
  • The Updated CTA Blue Button and Sunburst Link Components
    (note: there were complaints that it was too difficult to get to the editing/delete buttons for the CTA Blue Button, so we reverted back to the "pill" shaped placeholder.)
  • The Box Container Snippet and using Anchors on a page.
  • The basics
  • Uploading and Editing Images.
  • Editing Navigation - the "_nav.inc" file.
  • The Bio Grid Snippet (new snippet)
  • The Tab List Snippet (new snippet)
  • The basics - focusing on a "Landing Page"
  • The Accordion Snippet
  • Scheduling and Reminders
  • The Section Wrapper Snippet
  • The basics
  • Scheduling a published page
  • Snippets - the Course Listing (for Emeritus)
  • The Generic Grid Button Snippet
  • Assets - how they work
  • The basics
  • Assets
  • Form creation using Omni Assets
  • The basics
  • The Social Media Snippet
  • The Table Snippet
  • The basics
  • How to use reminders.
  • Hero Section
  • The basics
  • The CTA Blue Button component, the Grid Buttons snippet.
  • The basics
  • The CTA Blue Button and other components.
  • The basics
  • Uploading images and documents
  • Editing images
  • Creating new pages - editing hero - adding an accordion
  • The basics
  • A rundown of the Snippets
  • The new (and improved) Video Component
July 7, 2022
Special focus on the SMC Foundation website (but useful for anyone)
  • The basics
  • Reminders and Stale Reminders
  • Landing Pages (Section Wrapper Snippet)
  • Creating new pages
  • Assets
  • Hero Section
  • The basics
  • How to check/change the Title tag (what appears in the "tab" of your browser window) and Breadcrumbs
  • Tip: a quick way to change a URL to a Dependency Tag
  • The Omni "Gadgets."
  • The basics
  • Hero section with or without an image
  • Showcase of different Snippets and Components
  • How Assets work
  • How to use the reminders, stale reminders, and how to schedule publishing your pages in advance
  • The basics. Demonstration on a "landing page."
Covered in the second hour:
  • Grid Button snippet
  • Updated "2 and 3 Columns" snippet
  • New "Read More" snippet
  • Review of new SMC Calendar
  • Special Training on the new SMC Calendar
  • Columns vs. Tables
  • CTA Blue Button
  • Accordions
  • The new "Social Media Image" option in the page parameters.
  • Special Tutorial for Academic Senate Committees - how to upload and link to Agendas and Minutes.
  • Changing the Hero section
  • Grid Button Snippet (new and improved)
  • Inline Quote Component
  • Scheduling in advance publishing a page
  • Reminders - so you don't have to remember
  • Document Management
  • Image Editing
  • How to reduce PDF file size.
  • The Accordion Snippet
  • Tables inside Accordions. The Default Table Snippet.
  • Uploading files to a "documents" folder.
  • Moving, copying, renaming files.
  • New Snippets: Contact Box and Program List
  • Updated Snippets: Accordion and Carousel with automatic heading updates.
  • Discussion of Landing Page hero section and video backgrounds and the Calendar.
  • Learn what’s needed to promote programs and initiatives on the national award-winning SMC website and social media channels.
  • This will include information on what marketing efforts are done for these two areas, as well as timeline/planning, content, and accessibility requirements 
  • Dependency Tags
    • Why we need to use them.
    • Shortcuts to find them.
  • Landing Pages
    • Landing Page hero section
    • The Section Wrapper Snippet: why and how.
  • The Video Component
    • How to add a video to your page.
    • Formatting the "Poster Image"
    • Placement and backgrounds
  • Snippets vs. Carousels (what's the difference - a side-by-side comparison)
  • Generic Blocks (what's the difference - when to use them)
  • Grid Buttons
  • Template choices. Landing page vs. Interior page.
  • Tables - adding rows to snippets.

November 5, 2020

October 22, 2020 - Web Calendar Only

October 1, 2020

September 3, 2020

August 27, 2020

  • Faculty directory page
  • Accordion
August 14, 2020 - Flex Day: How to Use New Tools on the SMC Website

Excited to share bells and whistles on the new website that uses OmniUpdate! We share new features and how you can take advantage of new tools for your website.

One-hour overview of website launch and web basics.

One-hour overview of website launch and web basics.

An introduction to OmniUpdate v.11.

Covered in the second hour:
  • Links - pages and documents.
  • The left side navigation and how to edit the "_nav.inc" file.
  • Faculty Pages! The future of the "homepage.smc.edu" pages.
    • The Accordion Snippet
    • The Faculty Detail Template
Covered in the second hour:
  • Editing the Side Navigation
  • Working with the new and improved Grid Button snippet
  • Adding a Carousel
  • Adding a Hero with an image
  • Uploading and editing images
This was a small group so we covered advanced information on specific webpages:
  • Working with single-column landing pages, including adding a "Section Wrapper" snippet.
  • Adding and editing tables.
    (Note: the problems we were having with the table in the accordion had to do with backend structure and what's "editable" in the snippet tables. Until it is fixed, tables should be made outside of the snippet table structure as we did in the demo.)
  • Adding and editing Grid Button snippet and Grid Button component.
  • Creating a new page
  • Editing hero section
  • Working with side navigation
  • Working with  "_props.pcf" file
  • Finding a URL on the new site using the Migration Map file.
Covered in the second hour:
  • Hero section
  • Uploading and editing images
  • Adding and editing a table snippet
  • Creating and adding a web content asset
Covered in the second hour:
  • Calendar snippet
  • Image Gallery - includes descriptions of "assets" and "components"
  • Special "call to action" buttons.
  • The "Grid Buttons" snippet and the "Grid Button" component.
Covered in the second hour:
  • Adding a Video Component
  • Editing an image
  • Demo of adding a "hero" with an image
  • Adding and editing a table (more snippets)
Covered in the second hour:
  • Hero section, image editing, and Snippets
  • Form creation, editing, and placement on a page using Assets
  • How to edit the side navigation
Covered in the second hour:
  • Hero section
  • Working with Tables - the table snippet
  • Accordion snippet
  • Other snippet demonstrations: carousel, block images, leader list
  • Asset demonstration. changing text in an asset to display on multiple pages
  • Form asset - building, editing, and placing on a page
  • Call to action button components
  • Image folders - placing an image and alternate text
Covered in the second hour:
  • Leader lists
  • Accordion
  • Placing text using an asset
  • Backend structure of OU. Page lists - checkout light bulb - root level of the website
  • A rundown of the different asset types
  • Form asset - building, editing, and placing on a page
  • Video component
  • Blue CTA button component
  • Editing images in OU

Modern Campus CMS Training Videos

Future Training Options
December 11-19, 2019

New Design Tools

  • Assets – pre-made, specific content that can go on many pages, like forms and embed codes.
  • Components – form-based templates, like buttons, galleries, and buttons
  • Snippets – table-based templates, like accordions, carousels, and tables.