HALF HOLLOW HILLS

Website Curator Instructions

Entering Administrative mode

Editing/Publishing a page

Uploading files

Inserting/Editing a link

Sending an E-Notification

Entering

Administrative Mode

From the home page of the Half Hollow Hills Website, enter the address http://www.hhh.k12.ny.us/admin in the address bar.

Enter the USERNAME and PASSWORD you have been assigned and click on Login.

Uploading files

Before adding any images to your page, or any links to files, you must UPLOAD the files you will be using. Do this by holding the cursor over the SITE MANAGER tab,

and clicking on FILE MANAGER in the drop down menu that appears.

When the new window appears,

you should be

looking at your school’s files in

USER FOLDERS. If not, navigate

to PUBLIC/USER FOLDERS/YOUR

SCHOOL by using the menu

on the left side. Once you are in

your school’s files, click on UPLOAD FILES.

Once your file(s) has been uploaded onto the Finalsite system, you will see it listed with all of your uploaded files. Click on the UNPUBLISHED tab to navigate to the page

you wish to edit and follow directions below, or click on the eNotify button on the left

side if you are about to send an eNotification.

In the new window, choose BASIC UPLOADER, and BROWSE to the saved file

on your computer, then click on UPLOAD NOW.

NOTE: Pictures

should be in .GIF or .JPG format. Files

should be in .PDF format.

Editing/Publishing

A Page

and

Inserting/Editing

A Link

Navigate to the page you wish to edit by using the menu located on the left side of the screen, then click on the yellow ‘E’ to enter edit mode.

Click on the UNPUBLISHED tab.

Add/edit the text/pictures. Use the following buttons for links/pictures;

1. Insert/edit a link 2. Site (add) a page link

3. Site (add) a file link 4. Site (add) a media link

5. Unlink 6. Insert/edit an image

1 2 3 4 5 6

NOTE: If you are going to add a picture to your page, do this first as you

may have to temporarily allow pop-ups.

When adding a picture, after clicking on the ‘tree’ this window will appear. You must browse to the picture you wish to add by clicking on this button under the General tab at the end of the Image URL bar.

When this window appears, you should be looking at your school’s User folder. If you’re not, navigate to it using the MENU on the left of the screen.

Choose the file .JPG or .GIF image you wish to

insert & click on the FILE

NAME. Accessible files will be in red. Since you are

inserting an image, only the image files are

accessible. If your file is not listed, it has not been

uploaded. You can upload now by clicking on the

UPLOAD FILES button & following the instructions for uploading files.

When linking a file to your text/image, first highlight the text/image you want to

attach the link to, then click on the FILE LINK button as previously described. The following window will appear.

After choosing your file, the file name will appear in the

IMAGE URL window & the

picture will appear in the PREVIEW box. Click on

INSERT to add this picture to your page. You will return to

the text editor where you can continue to arrange your page.

You should now be seeing all accessible

files in your school’s

USER FOLDER. If not, navigate to the correct

folder by using the MENU to the left. When

in the correct folder, choose your file & click

on the file name. Red files are accessible.

If the file is not there, you can upload it now

by clicking on UPLOAD FILES and following

previous instructions on uploading files.

After clicking on the correct file name, you will return to the text editor where you can continue to arrange your page. You will notice that the text you have ‘linked’ is now underlined.

After arranging your page in the editor, you must SAVE the changes by clicking on the DISK.

After saving in edit mode, you must save the page by clicking the SAVE button.

Now you must publish your page to the live website. Make sure

everything is correct, and click on the ‘P’ to publish.

The following window will appear showing all unpublished pages.

Your newly edited page should have

a check in it’s box to the right. Click on the PUBLISH SELECTED button.

You have now edited a

website page, inserted

links, and published a new

page to the website! If you

click on the PUBLISHED tab,

you can check out your new

page on the LIVE WEBSITE!

Sending an

E-Notification

To send an email notification of a page/file, put the cursor over the SITE MANAGER tab, then click on ENOTIFY in the dropdown window that appears.

In the next window click on the NEW

ENOTICE button.

The editor menu works the same as in the text editor for editing the web page. If you are going to add a picture to your notification, do this first as you may have

to temporarily allow pop-ups before you can make any changes.

After adding any pictures, begin by changing the FROM address to your school’s

assigned address (ie; Otsego = otnewsletter@hhh.k12.ny.us). Then add the SUBJECT of your email.

Insert and edit your text. If you

are not editing

any text and want one of your

website pages to show in the

email instead, check the SITE PAGE option.

Click on the BROWSE button

to navigate to

the web page you wish to send.

Navigate to the web page you wish to site in your notification by clicking on the + signs on the left side until you find your page, then click on the PAGE NAME.

Pages for your school will always be under OUR SCHOOLS then your SCHOOL NAME. (Continue to use the + signs until you reach the exact page you want.)

You will now see NEW PARENT

SELECTED in the

file name bar. Skip past the following

Text/HTML instructions to the

SAVE DRAFT section to send your page.

If you wish to send a TEXT notification, choose CUSTOM HTML.

Enter/edit your text/images

exactly like you

did to edit your web page. You

can add text, links and images.

NOTE: If you are

going to add a picture to your

notification, do this first as you

may have to temporarily allow pop-ups.

When your notification is complete (text/images/links) you want to send a test email first to be sure it’s correct, and in order to do so you must click on SAVE DRAFT first.

Once your draft is saved, click on the

SEND TEST button

to send a test email to yourself.

Enter your email address in the address bar and click SEND TEST.

When your test email

has been sent, click on CLOSE WINDOW.

Check the test email that you sent to yourself. If it’s correct, click on the TO button to select the recipients for your notification.

Click on (check) the box before your school’s group, then click the ADD button.

You will now see the

recipient list next to the TO button. Click on the

SEND NOW button to send your completed eNotice!