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Use Site Navigation to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Breadcrumbs help you see where you are on the eIntranet site. The breadcrumb in the figure indicates that it is the Photo Gallery page in the News and Events area. Breadcrumbs also are navigation links. You can click Home to go to the home page, or other links on the breadcrumb trail to go to those pages. This box of links connects you to important or often-used content. The text “Photo Gallery" displays using the ei_Header widget. You can name it anything you want. The photos box below displays the photos in the current category folder. In this case, these photos are located in the top category. Click on the "top" link to bring you back the main page of the Photo Gallery. Create a new category of photographs by clicking on the green plus sign. You can name the category anything you want. The name is ordered alphabetically in the list. You can likewise create a subcategory by first entering a category and then clicking on the green plus sign. For example, at the top, you can create a category called "Animals," and under that category create subcategories called "Mammals," "Reptiles," and "Birds." This is a subcategory named "a1" and currently has no photos in it. The name is not very descriptive but should appear at the top of the list because the list is ordered alphabetically. Check the box above a photo then click this icon to copy the photo to the buffer where you can subsequently paste it in another category folder (where you will see a clipboard icon to issue the paste command). Check the box above a photo and click this icon to delete the photo from the category folder. It does not delete the photo file from your computer. Click this icon to open the photo viewer to see full-sized pictures in a slide show format. You can advance each picture manually, or click the Slide Show box to advance the pictures automatically after a few seconds. Click the icon to add a photo by dragging and dropping image files from a file browser, or uploading the photo. Check this box when you want to copy or delete the selected photo. You can select more than one photo at a time. Check this box when you want to copy or delete the selected photo. You can select more than one photo at a time. Check this box when you want to copy or delete the selected photo. You can select more than one photo at a time. Click on this icon to open the photo file in the Workarea editor. Click on this icon to open the photo file in the Workarea editor. Click on this icon to open the photo file in the Workarea editor. Logout of page editing mode. Click Department Wizard to create or delete a department for your intranet. View the Site Map of your intranet. Opens the Welcome Guide page. Enters the Workarea of the CMS400.NET, which gives you powerful customization of the web site beyond the "out-of-the-box" eIntranet V2. See the consolidated Ektron CMS400.NET Reference for information about the functionality that created the eIntranet V2. Use the Search box to look for items on the eIntranet site. You can click on the tabs below to search the entire site, or search for colleagues, groups, or activities. Click here to go to your inbox to read your messages. Opens your profile page where you can customize your intranet information. Check the box above a photo then click this icon to remove the photo from the Photo Gallery. Use the Workarea to search the Intranet site. Login to create and edit content, such as adding a new department page, and customizing your eIntranet through the CMS400.NET Workarea. Use Site Navigation to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Breadcrumbs help you see where you are on the eIntranet site. Breadcrumbs also are navigation links. You can click Home to go to the home page, or other links on the breadcrumb trail to go to those pages. Typing a term in this Search box looks for content on the Sales page and the pages that are under its departmental domain. Create links to important or often-used content that are valuable to the Sales department. This content block uses the ei_Collection widget to show a list of links to content selected from the CMS400.NET. Communicate important dates and events to members of the Sales department using the ei_UpcomingEvents widget to show a list of scheduled calendar events. Display news items that affect the Sales department using the ei_ListSummary widget to show a list of content. In this case, the type of content is News with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. Recognize outstanding talent with a picture and some data. This content block uses the ei_PhotoOfTheDay widget with the caption set as "Sales Person of the Month." Show the activity of users and groups inside your eIntranet (not just your department) with whom you have connected using the ei_ActivityStream widget . You can choose the types of information you want to see from your colleagues and groups. Display the members of the Sales department using the ei_CommunityGroupMembers widget. Administrators can add, remove, and invite others to the group. This content block uses the ei_UpcomingEvents widget to show a list of scheduled calendar events. Use this to communicate important dates and events to your employees. Use Site Navigation to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Use the Workarea to search the Intranet site. Login to create and edit content, such as adding a new department page, and customizing your eIntranet through the CMS400.NET Workarea. This content block uses the ei_ActivityStream widget to show the activity of users and groups inside your eIntranet with whom you have connected. you can choose the types of information you want to see from your colleagues and groups. This content block uses the ei_PhotoOfTheDay widget to display an image file, scaled to fit. Highlight a story or event, and add a caption. People can print and email the posted picture. This content block uses the Twitter Feed widget to show status updates from people you have connected to using Twitter. Use this to stay connected with your customers. Set it to show tweets related to your company and stay informed about what others are saying about your product and services. This content block uses the ei_RecentBlogPost widget to display content entered into a blog. A teaser appears with the first few lines of the blog with a link to the blog page for the whole story. This content block uses the ei_Collection widget to show a list of links to content selected from the CMS400.NET. Create links to important or often-used content. This content block uses the ei_ContentBlock widget to show any content from the CMS400.NET. You also can add ratings for the content, links to Add to Favorites, Email, and Print, and comments submitted by logged-in visitors. This list shows important phone numbers. This content block uses the ei_ListSummary widget to show a list of content. In this case, the type of content is News with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to autmatically scroll the content. This content block uses the ei_ListSummary widget to show a list of content. In this case, the type of content is Announcements sorted in descending order: (Traffic, Pizza, Parking).

News & Events > Photo Gallery

The default Photo Gallery page (shown in the following figure) in the News & Events area is where you collect and display images.

Hover over a content block to see a description of how the Photo Gallery page is constructed.

The following table describes each area of the page.
Block Function
Site Navigation Tools
(upper right)		 Use the Site Navigation tools to search the Ektron eIntranet site.  You also can log out of page edit mode, add a department page, view the site map, go to the Welcome Guide page, and enter the Workarea of the CMS400.NET.
Site Navigation Menus
(upper left)		 Use Site Navigation menus to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet.
Breadcrumb bar Breadcrumbs help you see where you are on the Ektron eIntranet site. The breadcrumb in the figure indicates that it is the Photo Gallery page in the News and Events area. Breadcrumbs also are navigation links. You can click Home to go to the home page, or other links on the breadcrumb trail to go to those pages.
Quick link navigation block

This box of links connects you to important or often-used content.
Photo Gallery The Photo Gallery uses a breadcrumb bar to navigate through subcategories of photo albums. Click top to return to the main Photo gallery.
subcategories You can have photos organized in separate folders. Click on the green plus sign () to add a category of photographs to the gallery.
Manage Photos
You can perform the following functions:
  • Copy photos that you select by checking the box on the photo. Then go to another folder and paste them into the other folder by clicking on the clipboard-with-content icon ().
  • Delete photos that you select by checking the box on the photo and then clicking the Delete button.
  • View the photos in the current folder by clicking on the Launch Photo Viewer icon; the photo album viewer appears. Check Slide show to automatically cycle through the pictures in the album.
Add Photos
To add a photo, do the following:
  1. Click Add Photos.
  2. Depending on your browser, you can upload photos one at a time or more than one file at a time. For information about your browser's method, see Adding Assets to the Intranet. Your selections are added to the top of the collection list.

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