Logging In

In order to manage your Drupal website, you need to navigate to www.mywebsite.com/user, mywebsite.com being the URL to your own Drupal website.

You will be prompted for a user name and password, this will be provided by us and can later be modified by you.

Creating Content

You have the ability to create an unlimited amount of content with your Drupal website. In order to create a page you must first log in to your website, if your website does not have the admin toolbar module enabled, navigate to node/add.

http://www.mywebsite.com/node/add

All the content in your website can be created from this page, if you have the "Blog" module enabled, you will be able to create blog entries and so on. In this example we will create Page content, which is a simple page with information about your company or product.

Choose "Page".

The primary items in this page will be the "Title" and "Body" fields. Try to make the title describe the content of the page as much as possible in 3-6 words, this isn't a mandate however it is preferred and helps with Search Engine Optimization.

In the "Body" field, you will add the content to your Page, again, be sure to center around a specific subject for better Search Engine ratings. Most websites will include a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, this allows you to quickly format text and add html elements like links and images.

If you want your page to be part of an existing menu category, expand the "Menu Settings" section of the page. You can choose the title for the menu item linking to this page and a mouse over description also. After that select a Parent Item for your page.(For most websites' main navigation, use Primary Links).

Once you've finished, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save, you will be taken to your new page.

Editing Content

Before you can edit content, you have to log in to your site. There are two ways to edit content on your website. The simplest way is to navigate to the page you want to edit, then at the top of the page, click the "Edit" tab.

You will then be taken to the page where you can edit your content, this page is identical to the page where you create new content, once you're done editing, scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save to make your changes live.

Content Management Page:
In this section you can view all the content on your website. To visit this section, browse to /admin (mywebsite.com/admin) and then under content management, click Content.

With the filter function you can sort your content by type (page, blog), Status (published, unpublished). This helps you drill down and find the conent you're looking for, click edit on the right hand column. You will be able to edit the content on the page in the same way that you add new content.

Using the WYSIWYG

A WYSIWYG facilitates the content editing process for your website, the interface is similar to that of a word processor. You can format text, images, add tables, hyperlinks and more. This page shows you the key.

Paste From Word

If you have content in one or several word documents, you can use the paste from word feature on the WYSIWYG in order to transfer the content, this will clean out any extra code that might otherwise cause problems with your website. Click the paste from word icon and paste your content in the field.

Hyperlinks

A hyperlink (link) allows you to link to other content from your site as well as external websites. To create a link, highlight the set of words you want to link, then click the hyperlink icon (in the image above), This window will open up:

Enter the URL to the page you want to link and click ok.

The word is now a hyperlink.

Creating a Table

You can create tables that display tabular data the same way that Word does.

- Cell Spacing is the space between cells
- Cell padding is the space around the text in each cell.
- Headers will format the row/column you select.

Advanced Usage

Please refer to this manual for a complete walk-through FCKEditor's features.

Editing Site Information

To edit the basic information for your website, navigate to mywebsite.com/admin and at the bottom right of the page, click on Site Information.

On "Name" you can change the name that is displayed on the title bar and header of your website.

The "Email Address" is the address that is used as the sender whenever your website sends e-mails out to users.

"Footer Message" is a good place to put your company's copyright information and any other disclaimers.

"Default Front Page" is the path to the first page that you want to display when people visit your website.

Once you're done click "Save Configuration" to save your changes.

Aditional Support

We hope this guide has provided you with enough knowledge to do all the routine tasks of your website. We offer consulting, training and support services for new and existing Drupal websites.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us for a chat about your website, those are always free!