To see instructions for labs within your site, jump down to Lab Sites.
Reminder: The features for each template are all located in the "Template Variables" tab.
Homepage Template: template for Homepage ONLY
Subpage Template: template for all subpages.
Lab templates: see details about the Lab templates.
Google analytics code, site description and keywords are included under Extras in Configurations at the top menu. Feel free to update the information as needed.
If you want your meta descriptions to be page specific, you can edit the "Description" field in the resources options. However, if the "Description" field is empty, the overall site description will take precedence.
If you do not have Google Analytics and wish to install it on your site, please view these instructions.
Note: Do not add new navigations items as there is limited space in the horizontal orientation of the navigation.
The pages under User Navigation are Patients and Researchers display in the "For" section of the horizontal navigation.
To add a new laboratory under Researchers, please contact PMACS Web Team.
The pages under Main Navigation display after the "For" navigation items under User Navigation.
To ensure that your images are the appropriate height and width, use the free cropping tool Pixlr.
Ensure the image is at least 1200 pixels wide and is overall a darker image so the content readability is not affected.
Upload image to appropriate folder (documents, images, secure) within the correct User Media Files folder located in the File tab. If the file belongs to a lab, ensure the file is uploaded to the User Media Files - Lab specific directory.
Ensure the 'Image Properties' settings on all images ...
Ensure all files are uploaded to the appropriate directory.
The following directories should NOT BE MOVED OR REARRANGED:
All files that are not included in the appropriate directory may not link properly. Be careful not to move the secure directory, as the files within it may no longer be Pennkey-protected.
DO NOT create new directories on the top level where document, images, and secure directories are located under User Media Files.
You can PennKey protect a document by uploading it to the "secure" folder located under files, inside of the "User Media Files" folder. You would then link to the secure document in one of your web pages.
If you want to PennKey secure a web page, add "secure/" (without quotes) before the name in the alias form field when editing the page
Please contact PMACS Web Team to add a new MachForm to your site.
The Media Links Archive page is currently displaying your custom feed (http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/pennmedcomms/TRP) set up by Penn Medicine. To change this feed, please contact PMACS Web Team.
The calendar is currently linked to the CCI EVENTS iCal.
Feel free to edit this link located in the Template Variable tab on the "Home" resource.
Please contact PMACS Web Team if you are interested in setting up an account with the PSOM Calendar.
The directory page is included on every page, in the Global Footer. To update the link to a file, ensure the file path starts with: assets/user-content/document/filename.xslx
Make sure to replace the filename.xslx with the correct file name.
The image gallery feature are specific to the Subpage Template and are located in the Template Variables tab.
Add up to 30 images of photos on your page in a grid. There is the option include a section title, link your images, and include captions for your image.
The following pages include a photo gallery:
| Page Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Corporate Partners | Corporate partner logos linked to external websites |
| Media Links | Media images linked to external websites |
Using the toolbar, you can include a youtube video or a vimeo video.
Youtube
Vimeo
Ensure you clear all styles when you copy and paste from a different program (Word, plain text, web page, etc). When copy/pasting content, make sure to highlight everything and click 'Remove Format' (The italic T with the small x). You can also use the clipboard options.
User Styles are found in the toolbar above the content area. Locate the 'Styles' dropdown and select style.
| Content type | Style name | Style Description |
|---|---|---|
| Image | 'Thumbnail List' | Styles image as thumbnails with captions. Create a bullet list of images with or without captions. Select the list of images, click the Styles dropdown and select 'Thumbnail List' to apply style. See the Patients page as an example. |
For quotation marks or other special characters, select 'Insert Special Characters' found in the top row of the toolbar. Make sure your cursor is clicked in the content area to select a character and include.
There are 2 ways to link text to a page within your site. You can drag and drop to link or use the Link tool in the toolbar.
Drag and drop to link
This method of linking only works in main content area under the Document tab. It does not work in text areas in the Template Variables tab.
Link tool
To add a new laboratory to your site, contact PMACS Web Team.
All files that belong to the lab should be uploaded appropriately to the lab file system.
Please contact PMACS Web Team to add a new laboratory to your site.
To add/edit the navigation to the lab, go to the Home page of the lab (that uses the Lab Homepage Template). Follow the instructions below:
There are standard navigation items preset for each lab. They are as follows:
To request a new navigation item, please contact PMACS Web Team.
When linking a page within the lab site to a page in a different section (marked with the globe icon ie. Website, June Lab, Milone Lab, etc), include the full URL path to the page you want to link to.
For example, the Media page within June Lab is a weblink that goes to the Media page in the main navigation. The 'weblink' textfield includes the URL for the media page: //www.med.upenn.edu/cci/media.html