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Drupal - Basic: Drupal Training Videos
Drupal New User Training Sessions: If you want edit access to the website, you will have to fill in the Drupal Access Request form, which can be found on the Communications Website Training Information page - https://www.brynmawr.edu/i...
Drupal - Basic: Log in and find content in Drupal
Log in: Log in from https://www.brynmawr.edu/user Press the “Bryn Mawr Login” button Enter your college credentials and expect duo authentication. Your user home screen will now be your Groups page Log out: If you click ...
Drupal - Basic: Announcements in Drupal
Announcements Announcements now appear on the website in listings [ https://brynmawr.edu/inside/latest/announcements ] as well as in the Daily Digest e-newsletter. Announcements are items that can be submitted via one form to appear in both ...
Drupal - Basic: Events in Drupal
 If you are confused or need help with submitting your event, please reach out to Communications. "Events in Drupal" are advertisements of your event on the college website and also in the Daily Digest.  Please note you will still need to bo...
Drupal - Basic: Biography Listings in Drupal
People Lists People Lists are a Flexible Content item. You can read more about how to create one here . People Lists are lists of Bryn Mawr employees associated with their respective department(s) or office(s). These lists combine basic i...
Drupal - Basic: Edit Biographies in Drupal
A Biography in Drupal is created in what is known as a Directory content type. The Faculty and Staff Directory provides a searchable index of Bryn Mawr employees associated with their respective department(s) or office(s). This Directory lis...
Drupal - Basic: Embed forms and other content in Drupal
Embedding Special Content Use the Embed Flexible Content Item to embed special content like Panopto Videos, WuFoo forms or other snippets that require more than the WYSIWYG will allow. To embed YouTube and Vimeo videos in the WYSIWYG, refer ...
Drupal - Basic: Flexible Content in Drupal
Flexible Content -  What is it? Flexible Content items are specially designed content that you can add to any page.  Some pieces will pull in content from other areas. Some pieces will be unique for each page you add it to, and can therefore...
Drupal - Basic: Flex Basic WYSIWYG
Flexible Content Items In our first article about Flexible Content Items , we discussed a general overview of what Flexible Content Items are, how to use them and where to find them.  In this article, we will talk exclusively about the WY...
Drupal - Basic: Flex Basic 2 - Accordion, Carousel and more
Flexible Content Items In our first article about Flexible Content Items , we discussed a general overview of what Flexible Content Items are, how to use them and where to find them.  In this article we discuss how to create the following Fle...
Drupal - Basic: Images in Drupal
Embedding Images In Pages, News articles, and other various content types and Flexible Content Items, you can add images via the WYSIWYG media browser, and control their positioning. Resize and crop images before uploading to Drupal, using ...
Drupal - Basic: News Articles in Drupal
Groups Management Screen: When you first log in, you will see a My Groups page listing your sections. Click the link for the section you wish to work on to get to your section management screen. If you clicked on Mathematics you ...
Drupal - Basic: Pages in Drupal
Login: Log in and choose the Group in which you want to create or edit a page. Groups in the new website are akin to Sections from the old website. Read more about logging in and finding content. The Group Management Screen: When you firs...
Drupal - Basic: Preparing Images for the Web in Adobe Photoshop
Before uploading your images to Drupal, it’s important to correctly crop, size, and optimize them to ensure they will display correctly and be accessible. The instructions below are for performing those tasks within Adobe Photoshop. Insert the d...
Drupal - Basic: Preparing Images for the Web in MS Word
Before uploading your images to Drupal, it’s important to correctly crop, size, and optimize them to ensure they will display correctly and be accessible. The instructions below are for performing those tasks within MS Word on Windows and MacOS. ...
Drupal - Basic: Tables in Drupal
Tables in the WYSIWYG You can also create a table in the WYSIWYG by putting your cursor where you want the table to be inserted and pressing the table icon in the WYSIWYG dashboard: Once clicked, you will get a Table Properties popup win...
Drupal - Basic: Upload and Link to Documents in Drupal
Accessibility and Documents on the Web Before uploading any documents to a Bryn Mawr website, please remember that documents online need to meet Accessibility Standards . To read about all things Accessibility by looking for articles with the...
Drupal - Basic: Website Image Size and Format Guide
Image Size and Format Guide For image width dimensions (in pixels)  for specific uses on our website, see the list at the end of this guide . See the Images in Drupal guide for further information on how to upload and embed images. Creati...
Drupal - Basic: What is a Web Steward? Roles and Permissions Explained
This article will explain the role of Web Steward and the Group or Section/Department roles are for editing content in Drupal. See also: Our Special Roles articles for more Specialized Group Roles levels. Drupal Roles There are a few...
Drupal Basic - Introduction to Drupal Drafts
Drupal Drafts are a new way for different content, like Basic Pages, News articles and Homepages to have edits saved as a Draft. Drafts can be reviewed by various team members and stakeholders before the new content is published. Much has stayed ...