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Documentation and Tips for Working with your Web Content

Use Firefox 3 (or newer) for best results. Do not use older versions of the browser for editing your site as the IANR Framework Portal (Liferay) system application will not work correctly.

NOTE: There is no spell checker on the Web site. The Google Toolbar add-in for Firefox or Internet Explorer provides a spell checker that you can use while creating your content in the Web portal system. For installation instructions and online help go to http://toolbar.google.com/.

Liferay 5.2 Documentation

Web Content Management Basics (PDF 582KB) Updated March 2012
 - changed instructions for updating the Page Title
 - includes complete information for uploading files
Libraries (PDF 359KB)
 - upload and manage content in the Journal Article Library, Image Library, or Document Library
Creating links within the Web page (PDF 153KB)

Personal Page - Basic Settings & Content (PDF 151KB)
 - instructions for faculty on entering Expertise, Teaching, Research, and/or Outreach information that will be displayed on the faculty page and on a unit directory page or a website Expertise Directory page
Personal Page - Web Content Management (PDF 269KB)
 - use the editor in Liferay to add any Web content you have (text, images, PDFs, etc.) to your page

Person Directory (PDF 210KB)
- use this portlet to create a departmental list of people
Expertise Directory (PDF 227KB)
- use this portlet to create a searchable listing of faculty and/or staff associated with a specific topic such as water or food

Creating a Simple Web Form (PDF 159KB) Updated April 2012
 - instructions and tips for using the Web Form for collecting responses
Multimedia Options (PDF 135KB) Updated March 2012
 - instructions for the Image Rotator, Video Player, and Splash Display portlets

Use UNL WDN Text Styles (PDF 33KB)
UNL Theme Management Settings (PDF 389KB)
 - customize (or complete) 5 parts of the UNL template

Change Your Liferay Password (PDF 51KB)

Resolve Edit display problem by clearing the browser temporary storage
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 - 9.0 instructions (PDF 194KB)
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 instructions (PDF 205KB)
Internet Explorer 9 instructions (PDF 176KB)
Internet Explorer 8 instructions (PDF 180KB)

WARNING about pasting text from another source

Whether you paste text from Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Lotus Notes email, another Web page, or other source, always use the Paste as Plain Text option or you will have problems with the display of your content. You will use the features in the editor to format your text. Please see the "Web Content Management Basics" instructions for more details.

The previous information on "Caution about using Microsoft Word to compose content" was NOT correct. Creating a "Plain text" file in Word and copying content from a text file directly into the Liferay editor WILL include Microsoft coding and cause display problems.

Working with Image, PDF, or Multimedia files

Resizing Image files for Web & PPT use   Updated Feb 2012
Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (PDF 282KB)
IrfanView (freeware program) (PDF 226KB)
Microsoft Office 2010 Picture Manager (PDF 265KB)

PDF files
Create PDF files with Microsoft Office 2007 (PDF 74KB)
Create PDF files with WordPerfect (PDF 47KB)
Optimizing PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Professional (PDF 174KB)

Multimedia files
Before you upload a video to YouTube (or other media file server) to be linked to, please read EdMedia's Producing Professional Videos guide. It includes information on University Requirements, UNL Extension stingers information, and technical specifications guidelines.

 

Using the UNL Events System

Managing Your Calendar in the UNL Event Publishing System (PDF 167KB)

UNL Event System Training Webinar - June 25, 2008
(opens in new window)
This session was recorded for UNL Extension, but is applicable for all users of the UNL Event System.
NOTE: The original session had a few audio problems at the beginning so if you want to fast forward through the program to about 4 minutes, 40 seconds you will be able to hear and view the entire training from then on (total length of session 1 hr 4 mins).

The UNL Event System is an open source project built by the UNL Web Developer Network.