Lake Villa School District 41 - Advanced Website Training

1. ADVANCED
WEBSITE
TRAINING
IDEAS FOR MAKING THE MOST OUT OF
YOUR WEBSITE

2. ADD A BLOG TO YOUR SITE
From the home screen
of Site manager, click
New Page > Blog Page
Name your Blog
“Blog” and click Save

3. ADD A BLOG TO YOUR SITE
•
Click New Posting to make a new post
•
Set Title and Date, then click Posting Tab
to write your post

4. ADD A PHOTO GALLERY
From the home screen
of Site manager, click
New Page > Photo
Gallery Page (Default)
Name the Gallery
Click Upload to add
photos from your
computer

5. EMBEDDING VIDEO
Obtain the “Embed
Code” from the
source and paste the
raw HTML on your site
• You will likely need to
enter the HTML mode
when editing your page

6. EMBEDDING VIDEO
Other video hosting
sites often contain
Embedding
capabilities including:
• schooltube.com
• teachertube.com
• vimeo.com
Search for the embed
keyword, or embed
icon

7. EMBEDDING PDF FILES
From the home screen
in site manager, click:
Files & Folders >
Upload > Browse… >
select your PDF >
Upload

8. EMBEDDING PDF FILES
Find your uploaded PDF, click:
More > Get Link
Copy the Full Web
Address
•
•
Highlight text
“Ctrl C” to copy

9. EMBEDDING PDF FILES
• Click the toolbox button
• Click Embed Complex Content
• Paste PDF Link > delete
http:// > Click Insert

10. EMBEDDING PDF FILES
• Switch to HTML View
• Add the following bit of code after the
closing quotation mark in the opening
<iframe> tag:
•
Width=“490” height=“500”

11. NOW BUILD
SOMETHING
THE BEST WAY TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO
USE THIS IS TO USE IT!