This section describes how to update the main pages on your website within the Admin system of an Aura website.
It also covers how images and media files are stored within the CMS and how they can be added to pages.
Update text on pages
This section covers how to update general content throughout the pages on the website.
In the admin system navigate to ‘CMS’ in the left side panel and then select ‘Content Items’
In the list of pages, look for the page you want to edit and click the 'Url' or 'Title' to start editing it
The Title, Url and Group fields do not need to be edited.
There will be multiple sections including text fields, body sections and image uploads where you can view the existing content and easily make changes to it.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button.
Upload and use images on pages
In the admin system, navigate to ‘CMS’ then ‘Images’ in the left side panel.
Click ‘add new’ at the bottom of the page, you can then easily upload files from your computer here via drag and drop or clicking to add files.
Once uploaded, click ‘Close’ then input the file name into the ‘search’ menu along the top of the page under the title.
The file should appear in the list, copy and paste the ‘Url’ of the file.
You can now paste this image URL in the place you want it to appear within a content item – alternatively you can also click the image icon within body editors and select the Image from library.
Tip
Your site may use custom menu items to subdivide the pages/website content - editing this content is the same as editing content items - just accessed in a different way.
Adding New Pages / Content Items
You can add new content to your website directly from the Admin system.
Depending on the Page / Content Type - pages can be added from either the main Content Item list screen 'CMS - Content Items' or from the custom list screen created for that page/content type.
From the main Content Items list screen you simply need to select the applicable Content Type (of the conetnt you want to add) from the dropdown list at the bottom of the list page labelled "Select a type to add" then click the 'add new' button. This will open up a new editing screen where you can fill in the required fields to create the new content.
The following list provides some basic information on which fields may be included on the editing screen - these fields will vary depending on the Content Type you select (so not all these fields may be visible).
Title, Group, Url - these are the first 3 fields at the top of the edit page.
The Title field is used to identify this content item/page in the CMS (it is also sometimes used as a visible title on the page).
The Group field allows you to group content together in the CMS (it is not generally required).
The URL field is the address that the page / content item will be accessible on. The URL should include no spaces or special characters - it should start with a / and dashes are typically used between words to make URLs more readable, a good URL for an about us page would be /about-us
Page Title - in most Aura Website setups an additional 'Page Title' property is used to allow a title to be set for the page / content item. This is the visible title shown on the web page.
Body - Typically this is a content section where text/content can be added to the page. This is a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor where basic text formatting can be applied to content.
Basic Text Fields (various names) - used to add simple text-based content without any additional formatting.
Image Fields/ Image Collections (various names) - see the upload and use images section above.
Once all the required content has been added, select 'save' or 'save and close' to create the new page. After saving the page will automatically become visible to anyone accessing the website. You will need to add some visible links to the page (e.g. in the website menu, or within the text on other pages).
Retrieving contact form submissions
This section gives you instructions on how to view contact form submissions made via the website within the CMS.
In the admin system, navigate to 'Data' then 'Web Form Posts' in the left side panel.
You will see a list of all contact form submissions made via the website. You can click each to see more information for that submission.
From here, you can review the submitters information and then compose a new email to them within your email software. Alternatively you can also use the 'delete' button to remove entries from the system.
