Jadu TrainingHomepages & Widgets

A little about Jadu

• Jadu (Sanskrit). Pronounced: Jar-doo• Means: To control by the use of magic.• Jadu is a website content management system

(CMS) • Jadu is a UK based company

What is a Content Management System?

• A Content Management System, or a CMS enables non-technical content contributors to easily publish information in a web-based environment, that offers workflow control and collaboration

• A CMS’ strength is providing a consistent look and user experience site-wide with the use of feature rich ‘components’ or ‘widgets’

What are Jadu Homepages?

• We typically consider homepages as landing pages. This is not the case with Jadu.

• A Jadu homepage is a feature rich webpage which uses pre-built ‘widgets’ to add form and function.

• Your entire site may be built using only homepages.

What is a Widget?

• An application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service

• Widgets control each element of content and functionality on a homepage

• Jadu provides 14 standard widgets; ITS and Web Services currently offer over 17 custom widgets for your use.

And now… the meat and bones of it all

Editing Homepages• Log into Jadu: http://www.messiah.edu/jadu• MC Username / PW: Training14• You will see this screen prompting to change password:

** Your password has to include numbers & upper and lower case letters **

Editing Homepages• Click the

Publishing linkin the top navclick Homepages:

Editing Homepages

• If you have not created any homepages, or you do not ‘own’ any homepages, you will see this:

Editing Homepages

• To locate homepages that you don’t own, but have access to edit, click View: “All Homepages” and you will see a list of homepages that you are authorized to edit.

• In this case, the user only has been assigned the ‘About’ category of pages, so those are the only ones they will see.

• Here we are editing the first page, “About”. Mouse over the page you need to edit and click.

Editing Homepages

Editing Homepages• If it says “you can’t edit this page” go back to the listing and in the

column “Owned by” select the page you need to edit and click the check box and then “Change” button. Change to your name.

Editing Homepages

Editing Homepages• Select the pages to edit, click on the name. The page opens for editing.

Click on the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the widget you want to edit.

Editing Homepages• That area will open up, click in the text area to activate the text editor:

Tips for Editing Homepages

• To create a single space after a line, click Shift+Enter• The text editor looks different from the actual page• Save your page and click “Preview” to see what the

page will look like live.• Review the list of widgets before laying out your

page, then sketch it out. It will be easier to add widgets after the page is planned out.

Saving and Publishing Homepages

• You can save your work along the way and preview your page. To do so, simply click “Save Homepage” and then preview. You do not submit for approval.

Saving and Publishing Homepages• Once you’ve made your changes, click Continue. Click “Save Homepage”• If you are ready to push the change live, select “Yes” where it says

“Submit for approval”, then click “Save Homepage” (only an option if you have the webmaster role)

Saving and Publishing Homepages• If you are authorized to publish pages, you will see a button to Approve or

Reject the homepage:

• If you are not authorized to publish pages, you will receive a notice that your page has been submitted for proofing:

For more information on editing your homepages, adding images or

using widgets, please visit:http://www.messiah.edu/cms-support