Website Meta-Data, Global Email and Paypal Settings Website administrators can edit meta information, contact email addresses and paypal settings. The meta information, also known as website header information, adds non-visible HTML text that can enhance the web site's compatibility with search engines. Email addresses for the technical and content webmaster as well as a feedback email address can be entered in a single location and propagated through the website wherever these variables are employed in the website. Paypal settings can be added and altered as well. To access additional website options, click on the General Options or Custom Options icons in the top navigation of theCMS system. Make a Blank line in the Microsoft Word look-a-like Editor Press twice in the Microsoft Word look-a-like editor to generate a blank line, one for the end of the line with text and the second for the blank line. Adding/Editing Website Administrators Website administrators can be defined by clicking on the Manage Users icon within the CMS. This section of the administrative website allows for the creation of website administrator's information such as username, password and privileges. To create a website administrator, first create a new user and then edit that user in order to edit the privileges for that user. By default, a website administrator has no privileges. Using the Microsoft Word look-alike Editor This website employs the HTMLArea editor. This allows website administrators to perform basic text editing on entry text fields using a Microsoft Word look-alike interface. Using this editor, the website administrator can modify the font size, style, alignment, bulleting and color of the entire or selected portions of the text. The website administrator can also add a web link (chain link icon) and embed a picture. To use graphics uploaded to the CMS, the website administrator can provide the URL http://www.mydomain.com/images/contrib/myimage where www.mydomain.com and myimage are modified for appropriate values. This editor generates HTML which can be viewed and edited by clicking on the <> icon. A larger text editing window can be created by clicking on arrow nested in boxes icon. Garbage HTML in Text Descriptions Be aware that when copying and pasting (using the copy/paste engine in the mac or windows operating systems), website administrators may copy unwanted HTML codes that cause unwanted display problems. If this occurs, click on the <> icon and delete the HTML tags or characters in the problem display area. HTML tags will appear as text within left < and right > brackets. Those familiar with HTML can enter HTML codes directly. To toggle between HTML and display mode, click on the <> icon. Cut and Paste with Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox Mozilla based browsers, Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape, have enhanced security which disable keyboard cut and paste operations within the Microsoft Word look-a-like editor (unless you grant specific permission). Cut and Paste from the browser menu are unaffected. For more information on setting permission, please visit http://www.mozilla.org/editor/midasdemo/securityprefs.html. While Internet Explorer does not provide this security check and need any modifications, it is strongly recommended that a mozilla based browser be used in the administrative web site, as that is the primary development platform. There are no browser preferences or dependencies on the end user website. Logging Website Traffic An activity log is automatically generated for the website, keeping track of the date, session id, referring IP addresses, and page visited. This allows for some useful statistics about who, how long, and what website visitors are doing at your website. This information can currently be retrieved by request or by FTP and will be made available within the CMS in a later release. What is a postkey? A postkey is a special string of characters assigned to website visitors when they sign up for an email list.  The combination of postkey and email address is used to verify the user identity to ensure against fradulant activity.  Website visitors are given a copy of the postkey via a confirmation email when they sign up to an email list. The postkey is generated automatically by the website, regardless if the email recipient is created by a website visitor or from within the CMS.  The postkey cannot be channged.  If the website visitor loses the postkey, a CMS administrator must retrieve the postkey value from the CMS and email a copy of the postkey to the website visitor. How to Create an Email List To create an email distribution list, click on General Options wihin the CMS (at the top of the browser page) and click on Add New Category.  Enter the desired email list name after Category Name: and select Email List from the Type drop down menu.  Unlike other category changes, my involvement is required to complete changes to Email Lists whenever adding or editing an email list name. Whenever creating or editing an email list, I am automatically sent an email with your request.  It only takes me a few minutes to complete your request.  Additions and changes to email list recipients do not require my involvement. How do I embedd a clickable email address In order to attach a clickable email, use the GUI editor within the CMS and click on the chain link icon.  A new, small window will appear.  In that window, enter "mailto:kendall@prouddaddy.net" just like you might enter "http://www.arlingtonujp.org" for a web page. HTMLAREA: How to add multiple spaces around a single word By default, only one space will be shown around each word in the Microsoft look-a-like HTMLAREA javascript GUI editor. This is the default behavior of standard HTML text entry. In order to add multiple spaces around a word, follow the steps below. Click on the <> icon in the editor button bar to enter direct HTML text entry mode. Locate the desired word Type " " (enter all text between but not including the quotation marks) before and after the desired word. Click on the <> icon in the editor button bar to return to HTML graphic display mode. How do I embed an image within a text description? First upload the image within the CMS using the image upload features (found in General Options). Remember the name of that image. In order to link to that image within a textual description using the GUI editor, select the location for the picture within the text using the mouse and click on the picture icon to the right of the chain link icon. A new, small window will appear. In that window, enter "images/contrib/my_image_file" in the Image URL field. How do I embed an attachment within a textual description? First upload the attachment within the CMS using the file upload features (found in General Options). Remember the name of that file. In order to link to that file within a textual description using the GUI editor, select the location for the file within the text using the mouse and click on the  chain link icon. A new, small window will appear. In that window, enter "attachments/contrib/my_file" in the URL field. What does the email "Database is Down" email mean? The CMS uses a database on the webserver to retrieve stored data to display to the website visitor.  If, for any reason, that database is currently unavailable when a website visitor accesses the website, this email is delivered to the website administrator.  You may get several copies of the email over a very short time frame, if the same visitor attempts to refresh the webpage unsuccessfully.  If these errors occur repeatedly, contact me for assistance in finding the cause and correcting it. dollar sign $5.00 dollar sign $5.00