Creating Pages

1. In the Horizontal Navigation bar (blue bar, top), select New > csusm > Standard (or "Standard w sidebar").
   You will be presented with the New Page interface.
   Note: Under the Create tab, the "Content" link is selected.
   • In the "Content" link screen (in the dark blue band, at the top of your work area):
     1. In the "Content" section
        1. Type the "Display Name"; this is the text that will appear in your site left-hand-navigation.  It should be short and descriptive. 
           • It can contain spaces and special characters and use capitalization.
        2. Type the "Title"; this is the text that appears in browser history lists and in the browser title bars.
           • Note: I recommend making the Title the same as the Display Name.
     2. You may choose a "Theme Image" by clicking the Browse icon.
        1. In the "Please choose a File" window, go to the "csusm" folder, go to your folder,  and find your Theme Image.
           • Note: The "Current Selection" area (on the right) displays only the first five files in ling lists; but the left-hand Folder List area displays all files.  Use the left-hand Folder List area to select your file.
        2. Click the "Confirm" button.
           • If all has gone well, you will see the path to your selected image between the brackets, directly to the right of the Browse icon.
     3. Add and format your content in the field provided.  See also the section on Adding and Editing Content. 
   • In the "System" link screen (in the dark blue band, at the top of your work area):
     4. Type the "System Name"; this is the file name of your page.
        • Your top-level (home) page (and top-level pages in your sub-folders), must have the System Name:
          index
        • Name your files something descriptive and short (names affect URL lengths and users' typing time).
        • Never use spaces or non-alphanumeric characters in file names.  Alpha-numeric characters are always fine; other than that, only dash and underscore are recommended.
          • I strongly recommend using all lower-case letters.
        • Do not include .htm or .html in your "System Name".  ".html" will be added automatically.
     5. Double check the value for "Parent Folder" is correct (you may want to specify a different location to save this file).
        • To specify a different Parent Folder:
          1. Click the browse icon or bracketed link.
          2. In the "Please choose a Folder" pop-up window, select a new parent folder from the Folder List.
          3. Click the "Confirm" button.
     6. If the "Publish" box is not checked, the file will not be displayed to web browsers (but you will still see it in your Cascade interface).
     7. If the "Index" box is not checked, the file will not be included in site left-hand-navigation.
     8. "Advanced Options" are available on any of the links we have covered, above.  Click the link now to display these options.
        • "Check Spelling" runs spell-check on the file when it is submitted.
          1. In the "Spell Check" window that will pop-up when you have unknown words:
          2. Select Modify, Suggestions (choose different suggestions from the pull-down menus), Add, or Ignore for each row/word.
          3. Click the "Submit" button
             Warning: If you click the "Cancel" button, your changes will be lost.
        • "Check Accessibility" verifies ADA compliance for the file when it is submitted. 
          Note: This does not automatically make your code ADA compliant.  Use the suggestions to make your page compliant (as detailed in the following three steps).
          If you have further questions about ADA compliance, please contact our experts at ada@csusm.edu
          1. In the "Accessibility Check" window that will pop-up when you have accessibility issues:
          2. Enter the values to make your page accessible.
          3. Click the "Submit" button
             Warning: If you click the "Cancel" button, your changes will be lost.
        • "Check Links" verifies the hyperlinks when the file is submitted.
        • "Start Workflow" will be covered in the section on Workflows.
     9. Click the "Submit" button when you are ready to save your file.
        Warning: If you navigate away from the edit screen without clicking "Submit", your changes will not be saved. 
     10. Optional: in the "Metadata" link screen (in the dark blue band, at the top of your work area):
         1. Next to where you noted the "Content" link was selected by default, you may click the Metadata link.
            1. Choose, as needed: Review/End dates and Expiration folders - the date and time for the content to be reviewed with a respective workflow, or which it is no longer available and where expired content goes. 
            • Note: Right now, metadata is not being used; but this section will grow in importance as we implement the uses for this data.
              
              Activity: Take a minute to think about how you might use the other metadata fields available; share some possibilities.

     Activity: Complete the steps above, 1-10, to properly save your file.

If all goes well, you will see your page (in "View: Layout"), with the header, left-hand navigation, and footer, along with your Theme Image and content (if any).

Note: Your page will not be available via the web until you Publish it.