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Note: This page has been updated to reflect the November 2021 Sitecore upgrade.

Sitecore Login

Note: Use

a Firefox or Internet Explorer 10 browser

Chrome or Firefox when making edits in Sitecore

Page

Experience Editor. And, if you are off campus, you MUST be on VPN in order to edit.

Copy the URL http
  • Access the Sitecore editor: Copy and paste https://
sitecore-master and paste it into your
  • / into your browser's address bar
to access the Sitecore login page.
  • In the center of the Sitecore login screen, click the Options link near the center of the screen to expand the window. You will see three editing option buttons; click the Page Editor button.
  • For the box User Name: Enter ad\ (i.e., find the necessary the backslash directly below your keyboard's "Backspace"), then after ad\, add your Windows username.
  • e.g.:

    User Name: ad\username
    Password: Your Windows password

     

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    Navigate to the Catalog
    • .
    • Log in with your SPU credentials.
    • Choose the "Experience Editor" (previously the "Page Editor")


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    Navigate to the academic catalog

    Now that you are logged in,

    you should

    you will see the SPU home page.

    • If you are updating your portion of the Undergraduate Catalog: Copy and paste
    sitecore-master
    • sitecoremaster.spu.edu/catalog/undergraduate
    /20156 into
    • /20234 into your browser's address bar.
    • If you are updating your portion of the Graduate Catalog:  Copy and paste sitecoremaster.spu.edu/catalog/graduate/20234 into your browser's address bar.
    Click the Home tab
    • To view the Experience Editor ribbon, click the downward carrot in the upper
    left
    • right-hand corner
    to the right of the "Save Disk" icon to view the Page Editor Ribbon.Once there click "Preview"
    • (i.e., below the Log out link and your name).


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    • Once you see the editing ribbon, click Preview, which will allow you to use the catalog's left
    nav
    • navigation.
    Then use
    • Use the left nav, or links
    with
    • within the pages,
    to get
    • to go to the page you wish to
    change
    • edit.
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    Make a Quick Change

    Lock your page before editing 

    • Click the
    "
    • Edit
    "
    • button
    ,
    • in the
    Ribbon
    • ribbon, which is in the upper left-hand corner of
    the browser.Click on
    • your browser.
    • Next, in the yellow ribbon, click the More to reveal an additional line in the yellow ribbon.
    • Click Lock and Edit to prevent other from editing the same page while you work.


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    Making simple editorial changes

    • Click the content section
    where
    • you need to
    make the
    • change, and a box
    should
    • will appear around the text you clicked on
    , and make the edit
    • . Make your edit(s) directly to the text in the box.
    • Save the changes
    ,
    • by clicking the
    "
    • Save
    "
    • icon in the upper-left
    , and preview them by copy and pasting the URL from the address bar into a new
    • corner (above the Edit button). Note: This save button is smaller than it was in the previous Sitecore version.
    • Now you can choose Preview again to see your changes, or you can paste the URL into a new browser tab or a different browser.
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    Using the "

    Rich Text Editor"

    Edit the related item" option

    For more advanced edits

    , like creating

    -- including to create an external link

    ; uploading

    , upload and

    linking

    link a PDF

    ; or making

    , or create a bulleted list

    ,

    -- use the

    "Rich Text Editor."

    rich text editor.

    To open the

    "Rich Text Editor" click on the paper icon in the upper left of the options tool bar (highlighted below in light orange).

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    Make modification, like adding a link with the "Hyperlink Manager"

    rich text editor, after you have clicked on a content section, click the More on the right of the Section Copy ribbon and then click Edit the related item.


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    You are now taken to the content-editor section of the catalog page.

    • You will need to click Lock and Edit here, too.

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    You are now in the Content Editor, where you can scroll down to find the page builder you want to edit.

    • Click Show editor to open the Rich Text Editor for that section (see below).
    • Make your edits, which can include adding a link with the hyperlink manager menu option located near the middle of the top row of options
    (as seen below)
    • .
    • Once
    you're
    • done with your changes, click
    "Accept" towards the
    • the blue Accept button in the lower right of the popup window
    , then
    • .
    • Then click the
    "
    • Save
    " icon.
  • Next, click the "My Items" option in the ribbon and click "Unlock All."
  • Finally, verify modifications in another browser.

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    Logging Out
    • /Close icon (upper left) to return to the page as viewed in the Experience Editor.

    Finally, verify your edits by clicking the Preview button again. This also allows you to navigate to another page, if necessary.


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    Logging out

    • ATTENTION: Before logging out,
    make sure you have unlocked
    • please unlock all of the pages you have edited
    by clicking
    • . Click the
    "
    • My Items
    "
    • option in the
    "Home"
    • home ribbon and click
    "
    • Unlock All.
    "
    • Click the
    "
    • Log Off
    "
    • button
    towards
    • toward the right of the options of the
    "Home"
    • home ribbon to exit Sitecore
    • .
    • With the recent upgrade, this may take a very long time to go through this unlocking process. Your screen hasn't frozen, and UC is looking into this.

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    1. ADVANCED: Updates to Table Data

      1. If you need to updated update data or information that is housed in a table, please open the "Rich Text Editor" for the section that needs updating and ; choose the HTML view, then make the edits within the code.
      2. If you would like need help editing a table within the "Page Editor" please page editor, please contact Hope McPherson at hmcpherson@spu.edu or call ext. 2552206-281-2552 (x2552 from a campus phone).

     


    Info
    Sitecore Glossary
    • Callout – Promotional box that highlights events, stories, new books, open houses, videos, etc. The Callout is generally located in the right-hand column of the web page.
    • Experience Editor (previously called the Page Editor) – Sitecore feature where updates are made. Login to the “Page Editor” when entering Experience Editor as you are first logging into Sitecore.
    • Item – Sitecore file, which could be a web page, news item, folder, or callout.
    • Landing Page – Home and primary pages of a site, i.e., SPU Home, Library Home, SOT Home, SOT Seminary, SOT Undergraduate Programs.
    • Left-Hand Nav – The links found in the left-hand column of the SPU website.
    • Publish – How an update is posted to the live server in Sitecore.
    • Ribbon – Top portion of the Sitecore Content Editor, which house the buttons and functions to make updates.
    • Rich Text Editor – A special box that allows the user you to enter or modify text and links without having to use programming code.
    • Sitecore – The name of SPU’s content management system.
    • User Name – What you use to login to Sitecore, that is the . It is the same as your Windows login.

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