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All cheat sheets, round-ups, quick reference cards, quick reference guides and quick reference sheets. The ones you need.
Article Publishing
Follow the steps to publish content in the uncdf.org CMS by following the guide.
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Editing Content
Editing content in the uncdf.org CMS.
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Categories
Check the categories for each of the content types.
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Podcast Recording
Podcast Tips. These tips are all about creating the best recording environment to use every time you sit down to record an episode.
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Business Cards
Stationery and Branding: Adding the latest guidance for your convenience.
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Zoom Recording
How to Record a Zoom Meeting at Top Quality for Video Editing
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Letterhead
How to add the letterhead template to your Microsoft Word templates
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Social Media
These tips are all about ensuring that you use the correct and latest social media guidance
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Article Publishing

Articles and Blogs are a great way to add new, fresh, relevant content to the website that will attract visitors. Here are the basics of how to create an article or a blog post and what each part of the template is.

Creating an article:

  1. Log in to your Administration Panel (Dashboard).
  2. Click the ‘Articles’ tab.
  3. Click the ‘Create Article’ button.
  4. Start filling in the blanks: enter your post title in the upper field, click on copy title in the menu title, then click on Generate from title to create the URL of your choice.
  5. Select the Site/section, by default this should be Global UNCDF.

  6. Choose the template, determine the basic layout of your content page (see Choose a Template for more information).

    A template is a formatted design which defines the look and feel of a page. CMS users have different templates available to them when creating new pages.

    7. Choose a Template
    Template Description - -
    Home - Landing Homepage for a new website. - -
    Freestyle Template composed of three editable areas without any pre-formatted areas. - -
    CountryPage Old template page, not to be used. - -
    ArticlePage Template suitable for news articles and blog posts. - -
    Publications Template ready for creating publications, reports and RfAs. - -
    EventPage Template ready for announcing events. - -
    EventsPage Calendar template that contains all of your events. - -
    SearchPage A search results page that can be content-filtered to suit your specific needs. - -
    Photo Gallery Index Old template page, not to be used. - -
    Photo Gallery A template to display photos. This should be used in conjunction with Adobe Lightroom. - -
    Video Gallery Index Old template page, not to be used. - -
    Video Gallery A template to display videos from youtube, wistia and vimeo. - -
    Freestyle Full Width Template composed of three editable areas without any pre-formatted areas that expands and covers the full width of the page. - -
    Contact Us Template to display map with office locations. - -
    Newsletter Old template page, not to be used. - -
    Executive Secretary Template ready to feature bio and messages from the ES. - -
    Country Lower Overlay Country or programme template. - -
  7. Click the Create page button.

Editing an article

Once you have created an article, you will be returned to the article admin section. The new page will now be inactive until it is published.

In order to start adding or editing content on a page, you must first open the page you wish to work on. To do so:

  1. Go to Articles section or the sub-site.
  2. Identify the page.
  3. Click on the pencil icon () to edit the page
  4. Once you are in the main edit mode, you will need to work on the following edit modes: Text, Assets, Advanced, Summary, Categories and Filter Options.

Text

1
Consolidate your content
Main content space you will work in, this may be a blank webpage or one with preexisting content. This includes text, standalone images, quotes, captions for photos including ©.
2
What You See Is What You Get
The CMS is considered a "what you see is what you get" editor (WYSIWYG) so as you build your page you will have a preview of what it will look like for site visitors.
3
Editable Areas
Take note of the yellow editable area boxes, these are where you can drag content (like images or insert videos from youtube or other sources) or directly type in.
4
Top Ribbon
Take note of the blue ribbon in the top of the page where you will find basic options to edit your content (bold, styles, font-size, etc.).
NOTE: When copying and paste your content from a word document it is preferable that you do this from Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac OS) to avoid additional HTML formatting.

Assets

1
Images
Provides easy access to all uploaded images in your Media/Assets folders.
2
Files
Provides easy access to all uploaded files in your Media/Assets folders.
3
Slideshows
Allows you to create slideshows for your content.

Advanced

1
Title of the page
Allows you to edit the title of the page.
2
Menu Title
Allows you to edit the menu title of the page.
3
URL
Allows you to edit the URL of the page.
4
Publishing Date
Allows you to add the publishing and un-publishing dates.

Meta Tags

1
Auto Populate
Allows you to add the default meta tags that will show in the Search Engine results and in the preview or in LinkedIn and/or Twitter.
2
OG Title
Allows you to add a title that will show in the Search Engine results and in the preview or in LinkedIn and/or Twitter.
3
OG Description
Allows you to add a description that will show in the Search Engine results and in the preview or in LinkedIn and/or Twitter.

Summary

1
Image
Allows you to add a default image that will show in the search results and in the preview.
2
Title
Allows you to add a shorter title that will show in the search results and in the preview.
3
Description
Allows you to add a shorter description that will show in the search results and in the preview.

Categories

1
List of categories
Allows you to add categories to the page and to ensure its correct placement in the search results. The News and Media category makes the selected article appear in the News and Media feed in the homepage.
2
Description

Allows you to add a shorter description that will show in the search results and in the preview. Make sure to correctly select a main category (underlined for your reference).

Most of the times you will only use the categories under the News and Media level, as follows:
Choose a Content Type
Content Description
Blogs: News and Media, Type (Blog), Country, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Documents: News and Media, Type (Publications), Country, Category, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Evaluations: News and Media, Type (Publications), Country, Category (UNCDF Managed Evaluation or External Assessment), Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Events: News and Media, Type (Events), Country, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
News: News and Media, Type (News), Country, Topic, Programme.
Podcasts: News and Media, Type (Podcast), Country, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Publications: News and Media, Type (Publications), Country, Category (Publications, guides and communication materials), Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Speeches: News and Media, Type (Speech), Country, Category, Language, Topic, Programme, Year
RfPs: News and Media, Type (Procurement Notices), Country, Category (Calls for Applications), Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Vacancies: News and Media, Type (Vacancy, Consultancy, Internship), Country, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.
Videos: News and Media, Type (Video), Country, Language, Topic, Programme, Year.

Filter Options

1
Filters
Allows you to filter content in the related content area. You can make use of of permanent filters to narrow the content feed.
2
Filter Tabs
Allows you to show specific related content tabs. See the How to use Filters video in the video support channel for more information.
For more details, you can also watch the video support channel in Microsoft Teams.

Checklist

Edit Modes
Text, Advanced, Assets, Summary, Categories, Filters
Edit Modes
All the basic for editing a
new page checklist
Description
List of items before publishing
Text





Assets




Advanced




Meta Tags


Summary




Categories


Filters



Preview

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