Using Resource Manager for Custom PagesGuided Tour

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BITSAA.org Backend Administration

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Welcome aboard!Congratulations on joining the limited group of backend administrators at the BITSAA International Portal.

The backend admin has all privileges to site-wide content management, member directory management, data management, blogs and email messages etc. As you go along exercising these privileges, you will pick up more details about the same.

In the following guided tour, we attempt to expose you to a very important tool to aid content management on the portal – YMC’s Resource Manager to store images, media files etc to use while designing custom pages.

Not to mention, at any time, if you face a difficulty, you can get back to the BITSAA Technology Team. We are just an email away!

Let’s get started!

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Locate the ‘Resource Manager’ & ‘File Library’ heads1

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Locate ‘Content Management’ menu item on the main menu of backend. Under it you will find the ‘Resource Manager’ and ‘File Library’ heads.

1. ‘Resource Manager’ is used to upload images and other small files to be.

2. Use the YMC’s ‘File Library’ to host files (like PPTs, Documents etc to be linked to custom web pages).

Problems

Not able to find the ‘Content Management’ heads?

Not every admin has content management privileges. Please contact the Tech-Team.

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Resource Manager – View/Manage Files2

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Clicking on ‘Resource Manager’ opens it in a new window. It is essentially identical to your operating system’s file manager.

1. Use the tabs at the top to navigate to different tasks like Viewing & Managing files, Uploading files or Creating a new folder.

2. We have created several folders to organize the uploaded resources neatly. Please search for the appropriate folders to locate/upload your files.

3. Click on a folder to see its contents and then select one or more files to perform desired action.

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Resource Manager – Upload File3

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Use the ‘Upload File’ tab to upload a single file to the appropriate folder in the Resource Manager.

1. Select the file to upload from your system.

2. Select the appropriate folder to place your file in.

3. In case the file you are uploading is an image, make sure you pay extra special attention to this field. Select the width you want the image to be resized to after uploading and before being used.

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Resource Manager – Create a New Folder4

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If you don’t find an appropriate folder to place your files in, you can create a new one from the ‘Create a New Folder’ tab.

1. Enter the folder name here and click ‘Create’ button.

You can also use the ‘Upload Multiple Files’ tab to drag and drop multiple files all to be uploaded to a single folder. You need to have Java installed to use multiple upload feature.

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Using the Resource Manager to Insert Images/Media Files5

Description

Here’s how you can use Resource Manager to put in the uploaded stuff in your custom web pages.

1. To insert images or flash or media files, click on their respective icons. We show how to insert images here.

2. An insert image dialog will appear. To use an uploaded image from the Resource Manager, click on this icon.

3. A selector dialog will pop-up allowing you to choose any image from folders in the Resource Manager.

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Creating Hyperlink to Resource Manager Files6

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Here’s how you can link to any file uploaded to the Resource Manager while creating your custom pages.

1. To insert a hyperlink, select the text and click on this link icon.

2. A hyperlink dialog will appear. To link to an uploaded file from the Resource Manager, click on this icon.

3. A selector dialog will pop-up allowing you to choose any file from folders in the Resource Manager to be linked to.

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You are now good to go!From the Technology Team’s side, you now possess all the basic knowledge to use the YMC’s Resource Manager while creating new custom pages as well as editing existing ones from the portal backend. In case you get stuck somewhere, we are always willing to help. Drop us a line on email.

That’s all! We hope that the guided tour was helpful!