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Basic Instructions for Using SAGA

All of these instructions assume that you have successfully logged into SAGA.

There are two versions of the whole web site that also relate to the "status" for any given page:

Staging which is viewable only on the PSU network, at the URL http://stage.www.pdx.edu/sysc/. This is the place where changes to the site can be reviewed and approved by faculty, staff, and other interested PSU parties before exposing those changes to the public.
Live which is viewable to the general public, at the URL http://www.pdx.edu/sysc/. This is the place where the "real" site that anyone in the world with sufficient internet access can view is.

Whether a page is in Staging or Live depends on whether the status of the page, controlled by the "Change Status" link at the top of the page when editing a document.

At the time of the writing of these instructions, the site is only in "Staging"--some instructions (specifically, instructions regarding creating and editing pages) may be slightly different once the site goes "Live" and this document may need to be updated at that time.

Managing Pages

To start any of the following page tasks, start by clicking on the link/tab "Pages" at the top of the page. This will bring up the pages list and links to the various page functions.

Edit an Existing Page

Scroll down until you see the link for the page you want to edit (note: listings are alphabetical).
Click on the link. This will show the text for the page.
Make your changes to any of the metadata or to the body content. You can modify the content either in the WYSIWYG editor (default), which functions similarly to a word processing program, or by copying the content from another source and pasting it into the field, or by clicking on the "<>" button and typing in HTML.
Click on the link "Edit Page" under "Page Tools" to the top left of the page. This will show the page in an editor.
To preview your new page, use the "Preview" button at the bottom of the page.
When you are happy with your new page, press the "Save" button at the bottom of the page to save the new page.

Create a New Page

Click on the link "Add Page" under "Page Tools" to the top left of the page. This open an empty page form in an editor.
Type the title for the new page in the "Title" field. This is the text that will display in the browser's title bar, and also the text that will show in the SAGA page list. Because it's the text that shows in the SAGA page list, care should be taken in selecting a title that will make the page easy to find on the SAGA page list. For more information, please see the Site Standards Document.
In the "Synopsis" field, enter in a brief description of what the page is about.
In the "Body" field, add the content for the page. You can do this in the WYSIWYG editor (default), which functions similarly to a word processing program, or by copying the content from another source and pasting it into the field, or by clicking on the "<>" button and typing in HTML.
To preview your new page, use the "Preview" button at the bottom of the page.
When you are happy with your new page, press the "Save" button at the bottom of the page to save the new page.
When you save the new page, you will be prompted to select the owning topic; this will always (and only) be "Systems Science" so just click "OK."

Link a New Page to a Navigation (Menu) Item

After you've created a new page, there are some additional steps that are necessary before the page will show up on the web site.

You will need to approve the page in order to link it to a navigation item. Do this by clicking on the page title and then clicking on the link "Change Status" at the top of the page. Change the status to "Approved."
Scroll down to the bottom of the page until you find the page identification number (it should be in bold). Copy this number--you will need it. (note: you may also want to copy the page title and synopsis)
Click on the tab "Sites" and on the link "Systems Science." This will bring up the navigation items list for the site.
Follow the instructions for "Creating a New Navigation Item" with a target type of "page".

Managing Navigation Items

To start any of the following page tasks, start by clicking on the link/tab "Sites" at the top of the page, and then clicking on the link "Systems Science." This will bring up the navigation items list and links to the various navigation functions.

Creating a New Navigation Item

Find what navigation item you want to add your new page under, then click the "Add Child" link to the right of that item.
Put the title for the item in the "Title" field. If this is a navigation item for a page, you may want to use the same title that is used for the page.
Put a brief description of the content that the navigation item will link to in the "Synopsis" field. If this is a navigation item for a page, you may want to use the same synopsis that is used for the page.
Select whether the link will be a "Page" or a "Link." Choose "Page" if this is going to be the main navigation item for a new page you have created. Choose "Link" if this is either a navigation item to an external link (a page that isn't part of the Systems Science site, like http://www.nwcil.pdx.edu), or if it's another navigation link to a page that is already linked to a navigation item in SAGA (for example, creating a second link to the existing page contacts.html).
For a "Page," enter that page's ID in the "ID" field. Only one navigation item per ID is allowed, so if there's already a navigation item for the page, you'll want to use "Link" not "Page" for the target. Then enter a name for the page in the "URL" field. What you type will be just the characters you want in the file name, not the ".html" extension, and not the full URL (http://...). Information about page naming conventions can be found in the Site Standards Document.
For a "Link," enter the full URL for the link in the "URL" field if it's an external page (for example, the link to NWCIL would be "http://www.nwcil.pdx.edu), or the full name of just the page's file name, if it's a page in the Systems Science site in SAGA (for example, "contacts.html").
Under "Visibility" check where you'd like a link for the navigation item to show up. If you select "In Navigation," a menu item will show up linked to the page or link. If you select "In Sitemap" the link to the page or link will show up in the site map. Usually you will want both of these things. For a large number of pages of all one type (e.g. courses, dissertations), you should NOT check the "In Navigation" box to prevent clutter.
Press "Save" at the bottom of the page to save the new navigation item.

Editing and Existing Navigation Item

Edit lets you change the title, synopsis, page, link, and visibility information for a navigation item.

Click on the name of the navigation item you wish to edit.
Click on the link "Edit Navigation Item" at the top of the page under "Navigation Item Tools."
Make your changes, then press "Save."

Reparenting an Existing Navigation Item

Reparenting lets you change which higher-level item the navigation item is listed under. For example, if the current hierarchy is Item A â�� Item B â�� Item C, and you want the hierarchy to instead be Item A â�� Item C â�� Item B, you will want to use "Reparent."

Click on the name of the navigation item you wish to edit.
Click on the link "Reparent (Move)" at the top of the page, below where it says, "Navigation Item Details - Systems Science."
This will bring up a list of all of the site's navigation items to the right, with radio buttons by those items you can reparent under.
Select the new parent for the navigation item (you may need to scroll fairly far down to page to find the item).
Press the button "Choose" to the left side of the screen (you may need to scroll back up).

Deleting an Existing Navigation Item

Note: You can only delete a navigation item that has no children. So in the hierarchy Item A â�� Item B, where Item B has no further items under it, you could delete Item B, but you could not delete item A.

Click on the name of the navigation item you wish to edit.
Click on the link "Delete" at the top of the page, below where it says, "Navigation Item Details - Systems Science."
Confirm the delete if prompted.

Changing the Order of an Existing Navigation Item

The order in which navigation items are listed on the site navigation page is the literal order in which they will appear on the site. You can only move items around under their current headings; to move an item to a new heading, you need to use the "Reparent" function.

Locate the item whose order you want to change.
Press the little upward pointing triangle to move the navigation item up.
Move the item up until it is in the location you want it to be in.

File Management (Media Library)

Please see the Site Standards Document for important information about what should go into the Media Library and about file naming conventions.

To start any of the following page tasks, start by clicking on the link/tab "Media Library" at the top of the page. This will bring up the "Add/Replace Media Items" form and links to the various Media Library functions.

Adding a New Media Item

Click on the button "Browse..." to navigate to the file you wish to upload.
Enter the name you want for the file in the "File Name" field. Remember to start the name with "sysc_" so you can find the file again later.
Press the button "Upload."

Replacing an Existing File with a New File

Click on the button "Browse..." to navigate to the file you wish to upload.
Enter the name of the existing file in the Media Library in the "File Name" field. The file name must be exactly the same as the existing file name in order for the replace to work.
Press the button "Upload."

Finding Files in the Media Library

These instructions only work if the naming convention of beginning all media file names with "sysc_" has been followed!

Click on the link "Browse Media Library" under "Media Library Tools" at the top left of the page.
Scroll down if necessary and click on "s/".
Scroll down if necessary and click on "y/".
All of the Systems Science files will be listed alphabetically starting with "sysc_". You can click on the link for any file in order to view the file.

Some Specific Instructions for Special Pages

Adding New Terms to the Courses Drop-down

Follow these instructions any time you need to add a new term to the course drop-down page.

The PHP application that actually opens the new term's page in the browser exists on the old odin site. You will never have to make changes to that application; only to the courses page in SAGA.

Open the page "Courses" for editing (see instructions for "Edit an Existing Page").
Click on the button "<>" to switch from the WYSIWYG editor to the HTML editor.

The first few lines you see should look like this, only the term for the first item might be something other than for Fall 2007.

  <h1>Courses</h1>

  <form method="post" action="http://www.sysc.pdx.edu/redirect_courselists.php" 
name="courselists" id="courselists">
    <p><select name="terms">
      <option selected="true" value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>

Select and copy the whole of the text which is shown as bolded and italicized (again, this text may contain a term other than Fall 2007):

...
    <p><select name="terms">
      <option selected="true" value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>

Paste the whole of the text you just copied above the existing text. It will look like this when you're done pasting (changes in bold italic):

...
    <p><select name="terms">
      <option selected="true" value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>
      <option selected="true" value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>

Change the text you just pasted by replacing the term with the new term, following the naming conventions given in the Site Standards Document. For sake of this example, we'll pretend that the "new term" is Winter 2008. The text will now look like this (changes in bold italic):
```
      <option selected="true" value="courses_winter2008.html">
        Winter 2008
      </option>
      <option selected="true" value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>
        
```
Change the text for the previous term by deleting the text 'selected="true".' Again, continuing the same example of changing from a current term of Fall 2007 to a current term of Winter 2008. The text will look like when you are done with the delete:
```
      <option selected="true" value="courses_winter2008.html">
        Winter 2008
      </option>
      <option value="courses_fall2007.html">
        Fall 2007
      </option>
        
```
Save the page.
You will need to create the new course page for the new term (e.g. the page courses_winter2008.html) in order for the new drop-down link to go anywhere. Follow the instructions for "Create a New Page" and "Link a New Page to a Navigation (Menu) Item" and the standards and further instructions given in the Site Standards Document for course pages.

Adding A New Year for Dissertations to the Past Systems Science Students Dissertations Page

Follow these instructions any time you need to add a new year to the student dissertation page. For adding actual student dissertations, you can just use the WYSIWYG editor, making sure that you link to the correct page name. You'll need to create dissertation pages separately using the normal instructions for creating new pages. See the Site Standards Document for more information on dissertations.

Open the page "Students: Past Systems Science Dissertations" for editing (see instructions for "Edit an Existing Page").

Click on the button "<>" to switch from the WYSIWYG editor to the HTML editor. You'll see something similar to this:



  <h1>Past Systems Science Dissertations</h1>

  <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="#d2005">2005</a> | <a href="#d2004">2004</a> 
| <a href="#d2003">2003</a> | <a href="#d2002">2002</a> | <a href="#d2001">2001</a> 
| <a href="#d2000">2000</a> | <a href="#d1999">1999</a> | <a href="#d1998">1998</a> 
| <a href="#d1997">1997</a> | <a href="#d1996">1996</a> | <a href="#d1995">1995</a> 
| <a href="#d1994">1994</a> | <a href="#d1993">1993</a> | <a href="#d1992">1992</a> 
| <a href="#d1991">1991</a> | <a href="#d1990">1990</a> | <a href="#d1989">1989</a> 
| <a href="#d1988">1988</a> | <a href="#d1987">1987</a> | <a href="#d1986">1986</a> 
| <a href="#d1984">1984</a> | <a href="#d1983">1983</a> | <a href="#d1981">1981</a> 
| <a href="#d1980">1980</a> | <a href="#d1979">1979</a> | <a href="#d1977">1977</a> 
| <a href="#d1976">1976</a> | <a href="#d1974">1974</a> | <a href="#d1973">1973</a></p>

  <h2 id="d2005">2005</h2>

  <p>Ostberg, D., 2005
  <br />
  <a href="dissertation_abstract_dostberg.html" style="font-style: italic;">A Comparative Analysis of Artificial 
Neural Networks, Classification Trees, and Multivariate Linear Regression 
for Predicting Retail Employee Tenure and Turnover</a></p>

Copy the text that is shown in bold and italic (note: that text may not be for the year 2005 but for a different year).
```
  <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="#d2005">2005</a> | <a href="#d2004">2004</a> 
```

Paste that text directly after it says text-align: center;">; pasted text shown in in bold italic:

  <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="#d2005">2005</a> | <a href="#d2005">2005</a> | <a href="#d2004">2004</a>

Change the year you just pasted to the year you are adding; see example of changes in bold italic:

  <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="#d2006">2006</a> | <a href="#d2005">2005</a> | <a href="#d2004">2004</a>

Copy the text right after the big block of listed years:
```
  <h2 id="d2005">2005</h2>
```

Paste the text right above the text you copied:

  <h2 id="d2005">2005</h2>
  <h2 id="d2005">2005</h2>

Change the text you just pasted to be the year you are adding. This is the same year you used in step 3.
```
  <h2 id="d2006">2006</h2>
  <h2 id="d2005">2005</h2>
```
Save the page.