Support Manual

ContentXpress, powered by Postnuke, is a powerful content management system designed to foster online communities. Using ContentXpress, you can quickly develop and deploy a content-rich website dedicated to your area of interest.

Publish news items, movies, audio files, rotated content (notable quotes), all within a categorized, searchable website architecture. Users choose the theme in which your website is rendered.

Allow registered users to submit news items, post and moderate comments, as well as vote in polls. Users may view stats on what content is most popular amongst their fellow members.

Schedule live dates for articles. Customize your website to support your branding and focus. Create groups and assign users to them, both to restrict and to grant access to areas of your website.

See and Try the Demo

How to Use ContentXpress

Once ContentXpress is installed on your hosting account, Click the ContentXpress icon from inside your Control Panel.

When you Login, you'll see the generic framework of your ContentXpress website. Under Main Menu, you'll see several links available only to you as the Administrator.

 

My Account (Setting your personal preferences)

Registered users (including the ContentXpress administrator) have personal home pages. This is where you can set your display preferences, information unique to your site, logout instructions and a block that is special for displaying stories at the bottom of the page.

Change homepage – change the number of stories you display on your homepage
Change your info – change your user account info (name, email, signature, etc)
Select theme – change the graphic design/template graphics, fonts, colors and other design elements
Comments Setup – set display mode, sort order threshold, whether you want to display scores, max length for comments (and a 'read more' link when it’s exceeded)
Logout – Where you log out of the system

To access your personal home page:
Click Main Menu > My Account

Administration

 

 

My eGallery
Post photos of family and friends! But there are business uses as well. Architecure firms and construction companies can use My eGallery as a portfolio of completed projects. Artists can use My eGallery to post their photography for buyers to see. Churches can post photos of congregation events and activities.

Open Realty
Post properties for sale or rent. Include information such as square footage, cost, property features, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, descriptions, and other details buyers want to see.

Profession
Post employment opportunities for job seekers. Include information such as salary, responsibilities, qualifications, contact person, and other information job seekers want to see.

Post Calendar
Post calendar entries and events. Entries can be marked as private or for public viewing. Post Calendar can be used as an "internal" scheduling tool for a restaurant that wants to let its servers know their upcoming work shifts. And it can also be used as an "extenal" public relations tool for a band that wants to publicize their upcoming performances.

Address Book
Enter contact information for friends, family, customers, or business associates.

CORE FEATURES

You can disable or rename the default menu items, visitors that are unregistered (anonymous) will be able to see the Main Menu below when they enter your website. The two top links are for the convenience of the user directing them to the homepage or to go back to the previous page. There’s a modules heading which provide links to the content and functional components. Other link targets will appear as soon as the unregistered (anonymous) user becomes a member. These link targets will be enhanced in the Modules menu items which are only reserved for members.

AvantGo - stories reformatted for PDAs, Smartphones and internet devices using limited screen areas
Downloads – Downloadable media
FAQ – Users present a question into a category
Member List – List of registered members
News – Most recent added stories
Recommend Us – Opens a web-based email for a user to recommend your website to a friend
Reviews – Directory of user submitted reviews
Search – Site search tool
Sections – Directory of stories posted by you
Stats – Statistics about your website
Topics – Directory of stories posted by users
Top List – Statistical Information about posts and submitters
Web Links – Directory of hyperlinks submitted by you and registered users

 

STORIES

Stories are the most important part of your website. Because you are the administrator you can control when to add stories under a new section or topic. When adding a topic, you can choose to allow readers to post comments. Adding section stories will allow others to read it but not comment on it. An email alert can tell you when someone has submitted a story or you can see a default Incoming block under the Main Menu on the left hand side of your homepage. As the administrator, you will determine whether or not you want to publish the story or delete it. The story can also proofed for grammar and typos; then previewed; before you post it to your website.

Adding Stories under topics
You can choose a number of options that control when the story is displayed and how it appears. Your story can also be previewed and then programmed as to how when it starts appearing and when it ends.

How to add a story under a topic:
Click Administration > Add Story
You can set the following options as desired
Title, Topic, Category, Publish on homepage? Allow Comments? Language, Story Text, Content Format Type (Story Text), Extended Text , Content Format Type (Extended Text), Do You Want To Program This Story, Preview Story, Moderator and Post Story, Do You Want to Program This Story, Preview Story, Moderator and Post Story

Posting Story submissions
1. Click the Submission link under the Waiting Content line in the Incoming block. There will be a number telling you how many stories have been submitted.
2. Locate the story you want to preview, select Preview in the drop-down list and click the Go button to the left of its title. The story, plus the person’s username submitting it will be displayed. Now you can make your edits
3. Select Post from the drop-down list at the bottom of the page and click Submit

To delete a Story Submission
Follow the same procedures you used to preview a story but choose Delete from the drop-down list instead of Post

Archiving story submissions
You can temporarily delay posting a submission
To archive a story submission
Find the story you want to archive, select Archive in the drop-down list and click the Go button to the left of the title. You will be prompted to confirm what you just archived.
To unarchive a story submission
Locate the story you want to unarchive, select Archive in the drop-down men and click the Go button to the left of the title. Again, you will be prompted to confirm what you are unarchiving.

Programming stories
You can set the hour, day, month and year for a story to appear on your website. When you do that you are programming a story.
1. Click the Submissions link under the Waiting Content line in the Incoming block. You will find a number indicating the stories that have already been submitted.
2. Find the story you need to preview. Select Preview in the drop-down list and click the Go button on the left of its title. The story and the username of the submitter will be displayed. You can now make your edits.
3. Click the Yes radio button to indicate you want to program this story.
4. Select Post from the drop-down menu. Click Submit.
Adding stories under sections (this links to page 19 and 20)

You and the user to whom you have given administrative rights can add a story under a section. Section stories can’t be commented on by users or be programmed. Section stories can be left in draft mode until you are ready to put them on your website. For further information, see Sections.

To add a section story:
1. Click Administration > Section
2. Enter a title
3. Select a section (you should leave blank to keep the story in the draft mode)
4. Enter the story in the Contents input field
5. Click add new article

To edit a section story (page 20)
1. Click Administration > Section
2. In the Last Articles pane, click Edit next to the story you want to update
3. Make your changes
4. Click Save Changes.

Composing stories in the Visual Mode ( links to page 20)
You can pop up the WYSIWIG (what you see is what you get) editor by clicking within the Article Text field of the Submit News interface. This editor allows you to set parameters, insert images, and insert HTML entities. When WYSIWIG is displayed, it will show you a toolbar. (screenshot)

To enable Visual Mode: (link to page 20)
1. Click Administsration > User Settings
2. Click the Yes radio button to start the WYSIWIG Editor
3. Click Save Changes

To launch the Visual Mode editor: (link to page 20)
1. When composing a story, click your mouse directly into the text field
2. A popup appears that will ask you if you want to work in Visual Mode. Click Yes.

Additional information available in the ContentXpress User Manual
CHAPTER 4: Admin Messages ( starts on page 21)
CHAPTER 5: Autolinks ( starts on page 23)
CHAPTER 6: Banners (starts on page 25)
CHAPTER 7: Blocks (starts on page 28)
CHAPTER 8: Censor starts on page 33)
CHAPTER 9: Comments (starts on pages 34)
CHAPTER 10: Downloads (starts on page 36)
CHAPTER 11: Ephemerids (starts on page 42)
CHAPTER 12: FAQ (starts on page 43)
CHAPTER 13: GROUPS (starts on page 45)
CHAPTER 14: LANGUAGES (starts on page 47)
CHAPTER 15: MODULES (starts on pages 48)
CHAPTER 16: PERMISSIONS (starts on page 51)
CHAPTER 17: POLLS (starts on page 58)
CHAPTER 18: QUOTES (starts on page 59)
CHAPTER 19: RATINGS (starts on page 61)
CHAPTER 20: HTTP REFERER (page 63)
CHAPTER 21: REVIEWS (starts on page 65)
CHAPTER 22: SECTIONS (starts on page 67)
CHAPTER 23: SETTINGS (starts on page 69)
CHAPTER 24: SUBMIT NEWS (starts on page 74)
CHAPTER 25: TOP LIST (starts on page 75)
CHAPTER 26: TOPICS (starts on page 76)
CHAPTER 27: USER ADMIN (starts on page 79)
CHAPTER 28: WEB LINKS (starts on page 84)

 

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