UNL CMS / Public Info Apps How-to: Recent Episodes
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This channel contains short how-to videos related to the UNL CMS web content management system and associated public information applications maintained by the UComm/ITS Internet and Interactive Media group. Most of these applications are free for UNL entities to use. UNLcms is a free service supported and hosted by Information Services. Development of these apps is jointly funded by a partnership of University Communications and Information Technology Services. Apps are governed by the UNL Web Developer Network.
Learn the basics of building a site in UNL CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in UNL CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in UNL CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in UNL CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in UNL CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in Next-Gen CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Next-Gen CMS Training video covering content types, layout builder, components, media library, and more.
Learn the basics of building a site in Next-Gen CMS, including content types, components, media library and more.
Introduction training for Next-Gen CMS discussing content types, components, and media library.
Introduction training for Next-Gen CMS discussing content types, components, and media library.
Introductory training that covers site management, content creation, media library, and user access in the Next-Gen CMS system.
Learn how to use the Next-Gen CMS to build visually appealing sites using content types, and components within Layout Builder. This training also covers media library, adding users to your site, and other topics.
Next-Gen CMS training covering content types, media library, components, user access, and more.
Next-Gen CMS Onboarding training covering content types, components, and file management.
This training shows how to take existing content on a site and translate it to the Next-Gen CMS using Builder pages and other features.
Next-Gen CMS Onboarding training covering content types, components, and file management.
Beginning training session showing how to use Next-Gen CMS, including content types, layout builder, and a media library.
Information on how to preview your site in the 4.0 Framework in UNLCMS on the http://unlcms-staging.unl.edu server.Â
For more information on the 4.0 Framework, visit the Web Developer Network website.
In this Google Analytics how-to, Seth Meranda will guide you through the setup of Google Analytics in UNLcms. Seth will discuss the options available in UNLcms, as well as unique tracking implementations. You will need your Google Analytics account tracking ID for setup.
Uploading files of all types (images, PDFs, video or audio files, etc.) is done through the Insert/Edit Images button.
- In Edit view, place the cursor where the file is to be added in the body of the page.
- Click the Insert/edit image button on the toolbar.
- Click the Browse button to open the File Browser window.
- In the Navigation pane to the left, select the folder where you want to store the file.
- Click Upload in the menu bar of the File Browser window.
- Click Browse... and then navigate to and select the file to upload.
- When you see the file name in the window, click Upload.
- Close the upload file window (click the X in the upper right corner) and you'll see the file in your File Browser window.
Not all links go to Web pages. Some go to files, and one of the most popular is the Portable Document Format, or .pdf file, which is readable on nearly every platform available.
- Select the text or image to be the hyperlink.
- On the toolbar of the Body section, click Insert/Edit Link.
- Click the Browse button and navigate to the uploaded file, select it, and then click Insert file on the menu of the File Browser window.
- Provide a title for the link and then click Insert.
This video explains how to add the Events Calendar to your UNLcms pages, and edit the various markup and code to reflect your own calendar needs, including renaming the calendar and limiting the number of events visible at one time. It does not cover how to add events (see the WDN Wiki for that information—if there is enough demand, we'll make a video of that, too).
This video explains the correct way to resize large images in the UNL CMS. HTML has long supported height and width attributes, but these are best used for fine-tuning image sizes. This video explains how to use the UNL CMS resizer to create better, smaller images.
This video describes how to work with users, adding or removing permissions and changing roles.
This video explains how to paste text from Microsoft Word documents into the new UNL CMS.
This video explains the cryptic language behind the WDN page layouts, and how to apply them in the UNL CMS.
This video describes how to Add a ZenTable to a UNL CMS Web page, and some of the options available.
This video describes how to add a Table to a Web page in the new UNL CMS. It also covers many of the options available for adjusting or modifying your Table design.