Find information on the UMass Chan Content Management System, Optimizely. Learn how to populate your web pages, read about bugs, and new or updated functionality.
Aug 26, 2025
Fix for videos and forms not displaying in the CMS
TinyMCE updated how iframes are created within the WYSIWYG editor when embedding forms or videos. This is to follow security best practices. This video provides instructions on a workaround, until this is fixed within the WYSIWYG editor, using an HTML block that can be dropped into the WYSIWYG in place of the iframe.
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Bugs and Fixes, Leslie Rutter
Aug 15, 2025
How do I edit items generated in a listing block?
Listing blocks are used to dynamically gather CMS pages to create a list. The pages cannot be editing within the listing block. But, we can find where the pages are located by editing the listing block and seeing where the Faculty Container property or Root Page List property is pointing to in the content/page tree in the CMS.
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Tips and Tricks, Leslie Rutter
Aug 5, 2025
Adding links to PDFs
How to add a link to your PDFs, or other files, in your CMS content.
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Media,Tips and Tricks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Aug 5, 2025
Menu: add a link to a PDF as a menu item
Create menu items that link to PDFs, or any file, using the CMS page Shortcut property.
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Media,Tips and Tricks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Jul 23, 2025
Siteimprove: Visitor analytics on file views
View a report of visitor views of site files that exist in the CMS media tree for your site.
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Analytics,Siteimprove, Leslie Rutter
Jul 18, 2025
How to set up FAQs
FAQs are small snippets of content that can be used to create an expandable list on a page.
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Tips and Tricks,Training, Leslie Rutter
Jun 23, 2025
Understanding the page template
The Optimizely UMass Chan templates are set up for consistent branding across all sites with the flexibility to customize page layouts for all your content needs.
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Blocks,Template, Leslie Rutter
Feb 12, 2025
Siteimprove: Reviewing and Resolving Accessibility Issues
Understanding how to fix the accessibility issues in the CMS that are noted in Siteimprove.
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Accessibility,Siteimprove, Leslie Rutter
Feb 6, 2025
Updating the Hero Slider
Update the text or link button that overlays the image in a hero slider or hero image.