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What are Content Blocks ? Most of the pages in eZ_Web are built by defining a series of "content blocks". A content block is a usually a combination of a Title, a Text area, and an Image. Each of these is optional. There are currently 10 different content styles available. Each style is identified by a letter. More styles can be added by request. Content block styles A through J are shown below.
Ordering Content Blocks Two different schemes of ordering is used - reverse chronological and sort order. For Assignments and Notices the newest ones are displayed at the top of the page. The others follow in reverse chronological order. You generally don't need to worry about the order - but you can change the order by changing the date on a content block. All other pages built with "Content blocks" have a field called "Sort Order" which determines the order content is displayed on the page.
The number in the "Sort Order" box determines the order of the
"content blocks" on the page. The lowest numbers are displayed
at the top of the page and highest numbers are displayed at the bottom
of the page. When you initially assign "Sort Order" numbers,
it is recommended that you use increments of 10. That way if you
want to insert new content blocks between existing content you have an
easy way to do it.
Adding Content Blocks The "General Class Information" page for the course ADV BASIC Programming has no content.
1 - Make sure you login first. 2 - Click on the link or tab for the page you want to add content to. In this case click the "General Tab". 3 - Click the "Add Content" button at the bottom of the page.
4 - You will see a new window open with a sample of each of the ten layout styles. Select the style you want to use and click on the "Continue" button.
5 - I will select the default style E. A new "Enter New Content Block" window will open up. What you see will vary slightly depending on which style you have selected.
6 - The first thing you need to fill out is the "Sort Order". As described above, this number determines the order your content blocks will be displayed on your page. I want it near the top, so I'll use "10".
Note that it is outside of the drawn box. Only the content inside the drawn box will be actually be displayed on the student screen. 7 - The "Title" is optional. Many of your content blocks will not have a title - but some will.
8 - Now exter the "content text" in the large text box.
I would recommend you type it up in your word processor and then cut and
paste it into position. At this time some characters may cause strange
effects - I will look into addressing this in the near future, but in the
mean time avoid using quotation marks ("), apostrophes ('), less than symbols
(<), and greater than symbols (>).
9 - You can not change the image here - you must do it in the edit function.
10 - When done, click on the "Save" button.
10 - You will see a message indicating that the update has been completed. This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.
11 - To see the changes, click on the link or tab for the page that you added content to. In this case click the "General Tab" to see the changes.
Edit a Content Block 1 - Make sure you login first. 2 - Click on the link or tab for the page you want to edit. In this case click the "General Tab". 3 - Click the "Edit" link under the "content block" you want to edit.
4 -A new "Edit Content Block" window will open.
5 - It is recommended that you change the image first. Under the current image is listed the correct size for your new image. You need to locate an appropriate image and save it to a known location on your hard drive ahead of time. You should also crop and/or resize your image before you get to this point. Information on cropping and resizing is here.
6 - Click on the current image. This will open a new browser window.
7 - The upload page specifies the allowable file types and the proper size. Click the "Browse" button to locate the image you want to use. When the "Choose file" Dialog box appears, select the file you wish to use. Then click on the "Open" button.
8 - Now click on he "Upload Image" button.
9 - When the upload is finished, you will see this message.
10 - Refresh your screen by clicking the "Refresh" or "Reload" button on your browser window.
After changing any text as shown below, do not hit the "refresh" button or "reload" button without saving first. 11 - Changing the sort order: Change the number in the sort order box.
12 - Changing Title: Replace the text in the box. Remember to pay attention to proper capitalization and spelling.
13 - Changing Text: Replace part or all of the text in the text box. Note that the box does have a scroll bar so you can make the text as long as you like.
14 - After making all the changes, click on the "Save" button at the bottom of the window.
15 -You will see a message indicating that the update has been completed. This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.
16 - To see the changes, click on the link or tab for the page that you added content to. In this case click the "General Tab" to see the changes.
Deleting a Content Block 1 - Make sure you login first. 2 - Click on the link or tab for the page you want to edit. In this case click the "General Tab". 3 - Click the "Delete" link under the "content block" you want to edit.
4 - Verify that you have the correct entry and then click on the "Delete" button.
5 - You will see a message indicating that the "content block" has been deleted. This window should close in 5 seconds, if it does not, close it yourself.
6 - To see the changes, click on the link or tab for the page that you added content to. In this case click the "General Tab" to see the changes.
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