The Sitecore Interface
This page of the user guide will help Sitecore Contributors become familiar with the Sitecore Editor Interface.
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Sitecore Training Logging In and the Sitecore Editor Interface Finding Your Pages Accordion Component Hero Banner Component Image Grid Component Image List Component Rich Text Editor Component RSS Feed Component Slideshow Component Video Component Submitting Your Page for Approval Sitecore Contributor Training Post Assessment |
Accessing the Experience Editor
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The best Sitecore experience is found when using web browsers such as Chrome and FireFox. Sitecore will not function properly in Internet Explorer. |
Type or copy and paste the following address into your browser address bar: https://cms.health.usf.edu/sitecore/login (See image below)
Select USF Single Sign-On (See image below)
Note If you are not already signed in you will be redirected and asked to sign in using your USF Single Sign-On email address and password.
You should see an opening screen called the Sitecore Experience Platform. Select the Experience Editor icon. (see image below)
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Try clearing your cache first. Visit the How to Clear Browser Cache documentation for help |
Becoming familiar with the interface:
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If you do not see some of the menu options below, click the Toggle button. (see Toggle below) |
a. Save: Make sure to save your pages often Sitecore saves your work automatically, but it never hurts to manually save your work. (see image below)
b. Toggle: Selecting the toggle arrow will open and close the toolbar editor. (see image below)
c. Edit: Select Edit to return to edit mode. (see image below)
d. Other: Select Other then Preview to preview see the changes that you have made to your page. (see image below)
e. Navigation Bar: Uses the Breadcrumb Method. Select the arrows next to Home to find your pages using the Breadcrumb Methodthe arrow to the right of the text until you arrive at your page and then select Go to go to your page.
f. Components: Components are editable sections on a page. You can hover and select various component areas to edit the component. (see image below)
