How to Build a Website
http://www2.mahwah.k12.nj.us
New Portal System for Staff WebPages J. Wall 9/21/07
Click: FireFox icon on your desktop
• Click: log-in (top right) Lumen screen will appear • Sign-in (using same username and password as Novell) You’ll be logged in the District portal. To start working on your website: • Click: EZ Start (bottom left) > Quick Login > Personal Portal ( a # and your log-in name will appear)
Everything in this website will be saved under this #
•Once in your Personal Portal hit F1 to make the small window disappear
The Mahwah portal page will open in a tab called Aqua Life
You will now begin to create a website!
• Click: Website Management To create New Webpage: • Click: Site • Click: New - Website name (write down the name of your website) - Your website name will appear underneath
•Click: Next (you will now see a listing of several templates) To view only Mahwah schools, click on the category drop down menu. It will then show ONLY the Mahwah templates. •Click on the actual template of your school, and the name will appear in the selected box on the top right. •Click: Next
Select: How many course preps do you have? Remember to include clubs, sports, etc. Hit Enter on your keyboard
Click: Create
Check : Instructor, Classroom rules, Assignment, Grading scale (and any other info, which you wish to include)
Click: Create (Example on next slide)
• All pages for your site will be listed in the right column • Click the page that you want to edit • Click: Edit tab
• If a red box with a yellow lock appears,
Click Edit This Page Only **NEVER click Edit Template
Remember…you will ALWAYS work in Page Builder Click on text and a red box will appear around text Click the Page Builder icon •You may receive a warning the first time you edit your page, click ok
Page Builder will open and operate similar to Microsoft Word To view you text toolbar go to View > and click Text Toolbar
Make the changes you need and save (a window will appear and click ok)
Click: Web CMS (bottom tab) and save again (top right window)
You will now be able to view your page!
When exiting: • Click: EZ start (bottom left) • Click: Log out