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Ektron CMS400.NET Content Management System
Change Your Website
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Creating a Hyperlink to an External Website
To create a web link from your Ektron page to another website that is not hosted at UNK we suggest that you use the "New Window" target frame option noted below. This will open your link in a new window for your viewers, allowing them to navigate in the new site as needed but always have your original website page
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Creating a Link to Another Ektron Page
To create a clickable link from one page in Ektron to another (that you have at least read-only access to) follow the steps below. Create a clickable link to a page outside of Ektron (or one inside Ektron that you do not have even read-only access to) use these instructions. 1) Enter the text on the
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Creating a New Table
Adding a table to a page allows you to align text with images, create image galleries with properly spaced pictures or add images with space below them for captions. Adding a new table to a page can be done with the following: 1) With your cursor blinking in the area you want your table to appear, click
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Logging In To Ektron
To log in to Ektron you must have a username and password. If you do not have an Ektron account please contact webmaster@unk.edu for more information. 1) Start by clicking on the "Login" text at the bottom of any UNK web page.       2) Click on the "Login" button in the
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Publish, Submit, Checkin, Save and Cancel
When editing an existing page or creating a new page in Ektron there are five main buttons available at the very top-left of the screen. They are Publish, Submit (only visible to certain account types), Checkin, Save and Cancel. The following describes each of those options: Publish: Clicking the Publish
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Uploading a File into Ektron
Ektron is able to manage uploaded files along with uploaded images. The most common file types currently allowed for upload at UNK are: PDF: Adobe Acrobat Reader DOC: Microsoft Word Document PPT: Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation XLS: Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet ZIP: Compressed File
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Styles, Text and Graphics
Colors The University of Nebraska at Kearney has developed a set of web-specific colors for the UNK website which can be accessed and used for text within any UNK web page. These colors are accessable through the "Apply Style" menu within Ektron or by using the Hex color values below. Dark Blue #1E1E6F Dark
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Ektron CMS400 for Beginners
Click on the topics below the video window to jump directly to a specific subject. Click the "Play" button to begin watching. Click the video window to pause playback. Use the slide bar below the video to jump to specific areas or to "rewind" to a previous position in the video. Download the Ektron Beginner's Guide
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The UNK Website Graphic Identity
A web-specific identity has been created for the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. This graphic is used to create a unique identifier for UNK and to compensate for the lower resolution of on-screen graphics. Even when greatly reduced in size, the word "Nebraska" is still legible to viewers. The web identity

When editing an existing page or creating a new page in Ektron there are five main buttons available at the very top-left of the screen. They are Publish, Submit (only visible to certain account types), Checkin, Save and Cancel. The following describes each of those options:

Publish: Clicking the Publish button will save any changes you have made to a page, close the Ektron editing window and instantly "publish" the page onto the world wide web. Thus, the changes would instantly be visible to anyone visiting your website from that point on.

Checkin: Checking a page in will save any changes you have made to a page and close the Ektron editing window. Your changes WILL NOT be visible on the world wide web by your website visitors. Think of this as saving a draft version of the page. You can come back to edit the page further at any point, but visitors to your website will not see the changes until you Publish the page. *Note: If there are several people able to edit the same page(s) then checking it in will allow the other people to open that page and make their own edits. If you do not check the page in (if it appears in the "Content Checked Out" section of the Smart Desktop), then no other editors will be able to open your page until you do. Publishing a page instantly checks that page in at the same time.

Save: Saving a page in Ektron is the same as saving a page in any other program. You changes will be saved but you will remain in the Ektron editing window, able to continue working. If your computer crashes you you have a power failure before you save any changes you have made, those changes will be lost. There is no automatic save feature in Ektron. *Note: Checking a page in or Publishing it will obviously save your changes at the same time.

Cancel: If you click on this Cancel button any changes you have made, even if you have Saved them, will be lost. *Note: Closing your Ektron Workarea window by WITHOUT using any of the above buttons will lose any changes you had made since your last save AND will leave the page in Checked Out status. Checked Out pages can not be edited by any other Ektron users until they have been checked back in.

Submit: This button will only appear for you if you are part of an Approval Chain within Ektron. If your changes to a page must be approved by someone else before they are published to the world wide web then you will see this symbol in place of the Publish button. Clicking this button checks the page in and sends an email to the next person in the approval chain to verify the changes and publish it.

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