The New Hadassah Chapter Template

an overview of the new templatetemplate 2.0

Example Site

National Site

What’s new with template 2.0?

•The Chapter/Region sites have been integrated into Hadassah’s national site. You will find the same top navigation that resides on the national site. It is now easier than ever to click on to the many sections Hadassah has, providing your site with an endless stream of content for your users.

Chapter/Region sites will receive credit for members who sign up and donate through their site.

What’s new with template 2.0?•

You can now easily navigate to Hadassah’s National site from any Chapter/Region site by clicking on the “Return to Hadassah National” link at the top right of any page on your site.

And…

What’s new with template 2.0?

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… when you click over to the national site, the Region/Chapter site name will stay on the Hadassah site, and you can click back to the local site at anytime.

What’s new with template 2.0?• The local site’s Primary Navigation has been

shifted to the right, underneath the main navigation, shared with the national site.

What’s new with template 2.0?• There’s also room for a Chapter/Region logo.

What’s new with template 2.0?• The latest national news is now automatically

updated on your local site’s homepage.

What’s new with template 2.0?• There’s also a featured column to showcase

local news, events, etc.

What’s new with template 2.0?• Use the valuable real estate at the top of the

homepage for a greeting, chapter photo or to showcase an upcoming event.

What’s new with template 2.0?• Further down the page, we’ve added a video

library that updates automatically with the latest videos from Hadassah’s extensive video library

Compilation of ContentAs an administrator, what you’ll notice most about template 2.0, is that the homepage is now a compilation of different sources.

Now let’s move on to the backend

• When you log in to your CMS (Content Management System) to edit your site’s content…

The New CMS

• It should look similar to the old CMS

The New CMS• There are now “LOCKED” sections, which are

are the areas where content is pulled into your site. PLEASE DON’T TOUCH THESE!

The New CMS• To edit the space at the top of your homepage

(above the featured and what’s happening columns, click the + sign next to home:

The New CMS• Now click on the Home page that opens up in

the Home folder.

The New CMS• The homepage properties will open in the

right panel. Click on “content” tab to edit.

The New CMSUse this area to showcase an upcoming event, greeting or chapter photo. Articles/Events can be placed below in the featured section.

The Primary Nav• To edit the other sections of your site, click on

the + button next to the “Primary Nav”

The Primary Nav• All of the other sections, besides home,

reside under the “Primary Nav”

The Primary Nav• Click on each section to edit them, just as we

did the Homepage.

The Primary Nav• Click on each section to edit them, just as we

did the Homepage.

The Primary Nav• If you’ve worked with Kintera, this process

should be familiar to any previous attempts to edit the pages of your site such as:

Message from the PresidentContact UsOur Eventsetc.

Create a new webpage• To add pages to one of your sections, such as

“Our Events” click “New” from the top and select “Webpages” from the dropdown menu.

Create a new webpage• Give your new webpage a name in the “title”

field.

Create a new webpage• Now click the “select” button on the “Link

Location” field to place the page in your Primary Nav.

Create a new webpage• The pane on the right will dim. If you hover the

primary nav on the left, a menu will pop up and give you three options: “place above”, “make child” and “place below.”

Create a new webpage• Because we want the page to reside in the Our

Events section, we’re going to choose “Make a child” so that our primary nav stays organized and uncluttered.

Create a new webpage• Then click on the content tab to edit the content

of your new even webpage.

Create a new webpage• Enter your text for the event and then select “Our

Events” from the folder drop down menu. Check “Publish immediately” at the bottom, and click OK

Create a new webpage• As long as you select a folder such as “Our

Events”, “Regional News”, etc. the content pages you created will automatically pop up as stories in those sections.

• Lets take a look at the “Our Events” page.

Create a new webpage• On the Our Events page, our “Summer BBQ” event has

been automatically added to the primary nav on the right, and below the last event, bottom left.

Create a new webpage• You can now click on either the link in the

primary nav, or on the “Read more…” link associated with the story. Let’s click on that one.

Create a new webpage• Our summer BBQ page. You can navigate back to

other events, by clicking them in the primary nav.

Featured Pages• Now you’re going to learn how to add the our new event,

to the “Featured Pages” section on the homepage

Featured Pages• To add our new event to the “Featured Pages” section

on the homepage, open up the “Highlighted Chapter Pages” folder and then click on “Featured Pages”

Featured Pages• Click on the “Inline Content Listing – By

Selection” tab

Featured Pages• Click “Add” at the bottom, to add your page to

the list of Featured webpages.

Featured Pages• A window will pop up, from here you can select the pages,

you’d like to add to your featured pages section.

Featured Pages• Select “Our Events” from the folder drop down

and click go, to search the “Our Events” folder.

Featured Pages• Click the radio button next to your event, then

click “Select” at the bottom of the screen.

Featured Pages• Your event has been added. Click OK or Apply to

save your changes.

Featured Pages