Shortcuts Menu

When you log in, you'll notice the Administrative Menu at the top left of your screen. It defaults to the Shortcuts menu, which includes multiple submenus:
  • Home (this takes you back to your site's home page)
  •  Add Content 
  •  Manage Content 
  •  Manage User Permissions 
  •  Site Actions 
  •  Help 

If custom features were built on your site, there could also be an additional submenu with those custom features.

Add Content Menu

This is where you start if you want to create something from scratch, whether that is a new Flexible Page, a new Event or Event Series, a new News article, etc. Hover over the Add Content menu to view a list of all of the types of content you can add to your site.

New Flexible Pages, Events, News items, People, Publications and more can all be created from this menu.

Manage Content Menu

This is where you start if you want to edit something that already exists, such as an existing Flexible Page or an upcoming Event that has already been created. Hover over the Manage Content Menu to display a list of existing content types that you can manage.

If you click "Manage Content" you will be directed to a page that shows ALL of your content.

Clicking a specific item in the menu list, such as Manage News, will pull up a pre-filtered list of that specific type of content. Here is an example when "Manage Event Series" is clicked:

All content will show here, whether published or unpublished. To determine the publication status of your content, look in the "Status" column where you will see "Published" or "Unpublished." You can also filter your content by publication status.

There's also a Manage Media option. This page lets you find particular images or documents to rename or remove. This list can be filtered by media type and/or publication status.

Manage User Permissions

Clicking the shortcut for "Manage User Permissions," will take you to a page where you can view all of your site's users and their permission levels.

For more information about what you can do with the information on this page, see the wiki guide on  Managing User Permissions .

Site Actions Menu

Start here for all other administrative actions to your site. The menu choices under Site Actions are options that are less frequently accessed.
Manage Taxonomy allows you to modify or add categories like faculty type (associate professor, emeritus professor) or news category (awards, faculty news, student news). See the  Manage Taxonomy  wiki guide to learn more.

Manage Sorting allows you to change the order in which certain items appear on your website. A common use is to change the default sorting of People profiles to place a certain person ahead of others, for instance a department chair at the top of the faculty page or a DFO at the top of the staff page. Visit the wiki guide to learn more about  Changing the Display Order on your People Page .

Edit Main Menu allows you to change the order of the site's pages using a drag and drop interface. Visit the wiki guide to learn more about  Placing a Page in the Menu .

Page Not Found Report provides a list of links to broken pages.

Google Analytics takes you to your site's Analytics page.

Help Menu

The Help Menu will direct you to one of three locations: our Wiki User Guide (this resource!), Help Tickets, and  Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility .


Video Tutorial


https://youtu.be/IUWyvLeUYy8?si=TgUuThQOI9mKoTaP