Omni CMS
Valencia College uses the content management system by Modern Campus Omni CMS to give campuses, departments, and programs the ability to create web content catered to their organization while maintaining a cohesive look across the college. Select a topic below to find links to the Omni CMS support site and other information about the topic.
Basics
Login by selecting the "© 2023 Valencia College" symbol in the footer of any page. This will direct you to Valencia College's login page where you will insert your Atlas Username and Password.
Start with a brief overview of the Omni CMS interface. Learn about your Dashboard and how to customize it.
Sometimes referred to as the WYSWIG (What You See Is What You Get).
This editor allows content managers to visually see the content they create and edit.
Access the page editor by selecting a page file, selecting the edit button at the top then selecting the green edit button based on which section you want to edit.
Getting a page to be live on a site is a two step process.
- The page needs to be saved
- The page needs to be published
Once the page is saved and published, it will be live on the site. Publishing a page will also automatically create a version of the page in your versions list.
Learn more about Publishing.
Saving a page by selecting the save option will direct you to the preview screen and save any changes that were made without them being seen on the live site.
Manually save your changes as a version without publishing by selecting the Save Version button.
Learn how to manually save a Version without publishing.
Recycling: Recycle any file and it will move to the recycle bin where it can be recovered.
Deleting: When you select a folder there is only an option to delete it. When a folder is deleted it cannot be recovered. When deleting a folder recycle the content inside first.
Expiring: A file can be sent to the recycle bin on a certain time schedule. Learn more about expiring a webpage
As soon as you edit a page, it is checked out to you. This means that others cannot edit it while it is checked out to you. The page will not be checked in until the changes are published. Only one person can have a page checked out at a given time.
Interior sections and folders share the same icon, (see below) but there is a very important difference between them. Interior sections are ideally used to hold and organize pages. They come with an index page and other helpful files you might need. Folders are typically for non-web files such as images and PDFs, but can be used like.
A broken link is a hyperlink that points to a page or resource that does not exist. Broken links can occur for a variety of reasons. When a user or crawler follows a broken link, the server returns a 404 (Not found) or 410 (Gone) status code. Broken links can frustrate visitors and cause them to leave your site. They can also hurt our website's search engine optimization (SEO).
Learn more about fixing broken links.
Editing
The show blocks button is a very useful tool to understand how a web page is structured and also makes it easier when editing a page.
The toolbar appears at the top of a content editor page. Learn more about the toolbar options.
Images can be uploaded and edited in OU Campus.
Upload images directly into your site's images folder by selecting "Upload" in the top right. Images can also be uploaded when inserting an image to a page by selecting "Upload."
OU Campus has a basic image editor. Learn more about Omni CMS Image Editor.
Learn the basics of how a web page is structured with HTML.
Learn simple keyboard shortcuts to make editing in OU Campus easier and more efficient.
Sometimes you need to remove a page temporarily. Learn about unpubishing a page and how it works.
Website Optimization
Omni CMS displays messages about quality control to make a site more search engine optimized and accessible. There are also tooltips to improve accessibility. Learn more about quality control messages and tooltips
Web accessibility refers to the practice of removing obstacles that might prevent interaction with, or access to websites. This is especially important for people with disabilities, permanent or temporary, but it also benefits all other users.
These links will provide helpful information related to what data is protected and to what degree at Valencia College
Structured data can help improve your page placement in search engine results.
Orphaned pages are pages that are not linked to or from any other section of our site, and can include campaign landing pages, old blog content or archived information. If there is a large quantity of pages that are orphaned, either intentionally or not, this will diminish the search performance potential for that content. Orphaned pages muddy the SEO results and slow down the website itself. Making it frustrating for users of our site.