Most of the CNAS tutorial videos were created when you could only edit a custom block by accessing it from the Custom Block Library. As of April 2022, this is no longer the case! Now you can edit a Custom Block on a page simply by clicking on the pencil icon at the top right of the block (if you are logged in). You no longer need to know the name of a block to be able to edit it!
Custom Blocks
(make sure you have created at least one Article to show in the Article Preview)
Custom Header & Title (5 minutes)
Local Galleria Preview (7 minutes)
Localist Events Widget (10 minutes)
Testimonial Slider (16 minutes)
Misc things that are good to know how to do
| #1 Layout Builder - How to change the layout of a page. Move content blocks on a page, change from one column to two column layout, etc. (7 minutes) | View Video |
| #2 Content Blocks - How to edit body content and custom blocks directly on a page (2.5 minutes) |
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| #3 How to add a new page to your site, and at the same time place it in the top navigation menu (3 minutes) |
VIEW VIDEO |
| #4 The basics of editing your top Menu Navigation (10 minutes) | View Video |
| #5 A detailed tour of the WYSIWYG editing toolbar for pages and tables (26 minutes) | View Video |
| #6 Learn the two different ways to add hero images to your page, and how they differ (16 minutes) | VIEW VIDEO |
| #7 How to adjust the focal point for your hero image if you don't like how it sits on the page (1.5 minutes) This will work with any image. The video was made for a specific dept so it is a bit abrupt but the information is clear and we hope it will help you. Remember the best approach is to optimize your hero image at the correct size and have it looking the way you want before you upload. |
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| #8 Prepare your images for your website, and place them on a page, in a custom block, or as a hero (22 minutes). | View Video |
| #9 Two ways to link to documents: direct download, or open in a new window to view/choose to download (6 minutes) (NOTE: Word docs will always automatically download. Opening the document in a new window without auto-downloading is best practice. Use PDFs instead of Word documents as often as possible.) 
Check box to open in new window. |
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| #10 How to view the source code of a Basic Page or Basic Block (13 minutes) | View Video |
| #11 Best Practice for when you are copying and pasting content into your Basic Page, to avoid unexpected font styling (12 minutes) Read more about editing basic pages |
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| #12 Adding Profile embeds from profiles.ucr.edu (and how to make the buttons blue/change to the CNAS style) (7 minutes) Note: Since this video was made, CNAS changed the buttons in the profiles from yellow to blue. You will see the yellow result in the video. View the code you'll need for the CNAS style |
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| #13 Editing your website footer (13 minutes) | View Video |
| #14 Housekeeping: 301 redirects for 404 error messages. Good to do periodically (7 minutes) | VIEW VIDEO |
| #15 More Housekeeping: Deleting and Removing Files to keep a clean library | Read Instructions |
| #16 Know these SEO and Accessibility Rules - things that Google doesn't like that can send you lower in search results. Avoid them from the start! | Read Instructions |
| #17 Want to promote your event on the CNAS website? Make sure to select CNAS from the Department dropdown in the Filters section when you are creating your event. It will appear automatically in our events feed! | Read Instructions |