Logging In

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To log in to Savvy follow these steps.

1. Login into MyBSU or MyNTC (depending on which insitution you are associated with).
2. Under BSU Tools or NTC Tools, click "BSU Content Management" or "NTC Content Management".
3. If you have access to just one site (for example, just www.bemidjistate.edu) ...
   • You will be logged in to Savvy directly.
4. If you have access to more than one site (say www.bemidjistate.edu and www.bsualumni.org) ...
   • You will be given a list of Savvy sites to choose from. Selecting one will log you in to Savvy.
5. Once you are logged in you can browse to the page you want to edit and start editing.

Alternatively, you can visit http://www.bemidjistate.edu/login/ directly and, after authenticating, you will be logged automatically in to Savvy.

Logging Out

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• Navigate to a page on your site
• Hover over the 'savvy tools' button in the left corner of the browser. Click on 'Log Out'

Managing Content

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• Login to the content management system
• Navigate to the page you wish to modify.
• Locate the content block object that you wish to modify, and click the blue box at the top left of it, then click edit.

• In the editor window that appears, make your changes.
• Once you are happy with your changes, click "Save Now" in the upper left hand corner.

• This saves your current modifications as pending. The box for this content block object is now yellow to indicate that changes have been made. Your pending changes are not made public until you publish them. To do so, click on the yellow box, hover over 'Action' and click 'Publish Page'.

• Then click 'Yes publish now.' on the following dialog.

• The changes have now been made to the site.

Inserting Links

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• First, navigate to the page where you want to add the link, and edit the desired content block object (see the instructions for managing content).
• Select the text or image you want to make a link
• Then click the Link icon

• A Link dialog will appear. In the "URL" field type or paste in the location of the link.

• If you want to link to a page or file (maybe a Word Document or PDF) on your site click the Browse Server button

• In the browser window locate the page you want to link to (e.g. index.cfm) and double click it.

Images

Inserting Images

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• First, navigate to the page where you want to add the image, and edit the desired content block object (see the instructions for managing content).
• Click in the editor on the location of where you want the image to be placed then click the Image icon.

• In the popup window that appears, click on the "Browse Server" button.

• In the file browser window that appears, navigate to the directory or folder that contains the image that you want to display and double click on the image.

• If you want to upload an image, select Upload from the menu, and click the "Browse" button. Then locate the image on your compute and click "OK" or "Open" to select it. Once you return to the Media files browser, click "Upload".

• Select the image and click insert.
• If needed you can click and drag the image around in the editor. The image will go where the cursor bar is when you release the dragged image.

Resizing an Image

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• Select the Image you want to resize
• There should be little white squares around the image click and drag these squares to resize the image.
• Note: to keep proportions of the image use the corner squares for resizing.

Image alt Property

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• An alt property should be inserted into each image inserted into a page, as it contains a description of what the image is.
• In order to insert an alt property into an image first double click on the image
• You will see a field called "Alternative Text" near the top of the savvy editor
• Type in the description of the image

• To return to the normal options of the image click the Simple button in the bottom right corner of the savvy editor.

Aligning

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• In the Image advanced tab there is an option to align the Image, DO NOT use this alignment as the image is not valid with the align property. Instead use the css that Savvy has built in for alignment.
• Select the image that you want to align
• Click the CSS Styles drop down menu
• Scroll through the options till you find the style needed for the image

Uploading Files

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• First, navigate to the page where you want to add the link, and edit the desired content block object (see the instructions for managing content)
• There are two parts of a link: the link text and the link location. The link text is what you click on, the link location is where you go. Type in the link text, and select it.

• Now, click the Link icon in the tool bar

• Click on the "Browse Server" button to search for a file on the server.

• In the file browser window that appears, navigate to the directory or folder that you would like to upload your file to, and click upload. You should upload your files into the 'documents' folder corresponding to your committee

• If you want to upload a file, then click "Browse", locate the file on your computer and click "OK" or "Open" to select it. Once you return to the file browser, click the "Upload Selected File" button.

• Now, to link to a file that is on the server (like the one just uploaded, or one that was already on the server), locate it in the file browser and double click on it. If you can't see it in the folder you expect, then change the "Show" drop down box to "All Files".

• Once you have selected the file you want to link to, then click "Insert"

Using History and Canceling an Edit

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• In Savvy previously published pages are saved and may be reverted to in the event that the page needs to be reverted to a past edit.
• To do this navigate to the page that you want a previous edit to appear.
• Locate the content block object that you wish to modify, and click the blue box at the top left of it then hover over action.
• In the drop down list that appears select 'History'

• A view of all the previously edited and published pages will be in the window that appears

• When you find the previous edit that you want select 'Revert Now' in the top left corner of the page you want to revert to.

• The box for this content block object is now yellow to indicate that changes have been made. Your pending changes are not made public until you publish them. To do so, click on the yellow box, hover over 'Action' and click 'Publish Page'.
• In the event that you do not want to save the edited or reverted page you can cancel the edit by finding the content box that was edited it should be yellow or else the page has been already published.
• Click on the yellow box, hover over 'Action' and click 'Cancel Edit'

Creating new pages with Savvy

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• To create a new page in Savvy log in to Savvy and navigate to your site or a site that is also edited by Savvy. Hover over the 'savvy tools' button in the left corner of the browser.

• In the drop down menu select 'Site'

• In the window that pops up select the template that will be used for the new page.

• Enter the URL of the page starting with the directories that come after http://www.bemidjistate.edu e.g.: academics/departments/biology/

• Make sure there isn't a forward slash at the beginning of the URL e.g.: /academics/departments/biology/ as Savvy automatically enters the beginning slash and this will result in an unfound URL e.g.: //academics/departments/biology/

• At the end of the URL enter the name of the page that you want to insert e.g.: academics/departments/biology/index
• Do not put the file name at the end of the page name e.g.: index.cfm as Savvy already automatically puts '.cfm' at the end of the page name and putting '.cfm' at the end manually will result in an unknown file called 'index.cfm.cfm'
• After entering the new page URL and page name give the page an appropriate title that includes the a meaningful name of the page being created along with a path back to the University's website e.g.: Biology :: Departments :: Academics :: Bemidji State University

• Once the URL and title of the page is complete click the 'create page button'

• After creating a new page a link to this page must be made in order for it to be accessible either on a currently existing page of your site or if necessary by asking web services to add a new item to the navigation. For information on inserting a link in pages see 'Inserting Links'

Delete a page with Savvy

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• To delete a page with Savvy navigate to the page that you need to delete. Note: if it is a page that is linked to the main navigation let Web Services know before deleting so that they can update the main links accordingly.
• Hover over the 'savvy tools' button in the left corner of the browser.
• In the drop down menu select 'Pages'

• On the pop-up window select the 'Delete Page' tab

• You now have the choice of disabling the page or deleting the page permanently
• Selecting disabled will cause the page to be unaccessable, but not deleted
• Once you have either disabled or deleted the page you will be taken to the Bemidjistate homepage at which point you can navigate back to your site to make further changes or log-out.