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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.

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    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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    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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    Adding links to PDFs

    How to add a link to your PDFs, or other files, in your CMS content.

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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Updating the Hero Slider

    Update the text or link button that overlays the image in a hero slider or hero image.

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    Issue: When I log into the CMS editor, I see a blank screen

    When logging into the CMS editor, a blank screen displays and there is no way to edit.

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