Content Comparison

...

How to login

1. Open a web browser . We support all current web browsers.

2. Go to www.catapultcms.com

3. There are three login types, you can only use one login type per user:

   1. Regular user name and password

   2. Active Directory user name and password

   3. Google Login

4. Go to Manage Sites to edit your website or use one of the other Catapult Dashboard Features

Cloud Based Software

Catapult CMS is an online software, so you will be using a web browser to access it, just like a normal web page. To access catapult, type in www.catapultcms.com into the location bar of your web browser. The page will load the login screen for the catapult software.

User Names

...

1. and go to your school website

2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click the link that says ‘login’ (you can also access your CMS account through www.catapultcms.com)

3. The first time you login to Catapult you are required to change your password and provide contact information. This information is only required so that other Catapult users can contact you to get access to a website that you currently have checked out.

...

The Dashboard

You’ll be taken to the administration home screen so that you can choose which of your websites you would like to access. Administrators are always directed to this screen, even if they only have access to a single website, so that they can use the administrative tools.

Manage Websites

...

2. There are three login types, you can only use one login type per user:

   1. Regular user name and password

   2. Active Directory user name and password

   3. Google Login

3. Refer to your setup email if you are having trouble remembering your initial login

4. Once you have successfully logged in you will be directed to the sections you have access to. Administrator access will bring you directly to the admin screen

The Dashboard

Your CatapultCMS dashboard is where you are directed once you have successfully logged into your account. Here you will be able to navigate through various categories to meet your needs:

• Manage Websites

• Announcements/Blogs

• Staff Directory

• District Wide Alerts

Pages and Edit Panel

The left panel contains tools for controlling your website as a whole, this includes your Page Structure, which will be used to build the tabs at the top of each page, as well as the other forms of navigation that are found on your website.

The right side of the screen is the Content Editing Workspace. Once a page is opened, it appears in this panel so that you can edit its content.

Once you have a page open, the tools for controlling that page become available. Page Title allows you to change the currently open page’s name. Page properties allows you to define template, navigation and publishing properties. Page History allows you to return the page to the state of the last time the page was saved. Hide page removes the page from the navigation, this will make it so that the page will only be accessible through a direct link. Save Page saves the changes that have been made on a page. Close Page Closes the Page. Preview gives you a quick view of what the live page will look like, while Publish will upload the changes you've made to the Internet.

The Content Elements that can be added to each page are in the left panel, They can be dragged and dropped to a content area in the page, or copied and pasted between pages. There are a number of different content elements available, which allows you to add any type of content, to any page in your website.

The “Edit profile” button is located on the left side of this bar at the top of the interface. This allows you to edit the login, password, name, and contact phone number associated with your account. Displayed in the center of this top bar is both the name of the website and the name of the current page you are editing. On the right is a link to the help videos and the “Logout” button which releases control of your website so that someone else can check it out to make changes of their own.

Lets go through a practical example of how these tools work. Lets say that I want to update the welcome message on my schools home page. I navigate to www.catapultcms.com (which you may want to bookmark to make returning easy) I type in my user name and password. Once catapult has finished loading my website I open the home page, since that's the page that I want to edit. I then open the content element that has the old message on it and replace it with my new message. Once I'm finished I save my changes and hit the “Publish Website” button. Within a few seconds it’s finished uploading and the new welcome message is online for the public to see. There’s no need to submit a request for approval to a web tsar, and best of all, you can do it yourself from work, home or your local Starbucks.

Thank you for watching the catapult overview video. If you would like more specific instruction on any of the tools that we breezed over then please watch the in depth video that covers the area that you would like more information about. Thank you for watching and we hope that you enjoy using the Catapult CMS.

 side of your screen contains two main components for controlling your websites and these are the ‘Pages’ and ‘Edit’ panels.

Your ‘Pages’ panel will include:

• The structural components of your website and the easy ability to drag, rearrange, and organize your pages.

• The gray ‘Home’ section in the very top of your ‘Pages’ panel contains these basic functions to setup your website the way you want:

  • Edit

  • Add

  • Hide

  • Rename

  • Delete

  • Duplicate

Your ‘Edit’ panel will include:

• Specific content elements you can drag and drop into designated sections within your Content Editing Workspace located in the main section adjacent to your ‘Pages’ and ‘Edit’ panels.

• These elements include:

  • Text Editor

  • Gallery

  • Title

  • Slideshow

  • Tabbed

  • Moving Text

  • Video

  • HTML

  • Contact Form

  • Calendar

  • Button

  • Picture

  • Doc List

• Underneath this section you will see an ‘Advanced’ section that contains more in depth content elements

• These elements include:

  • Banner

  • Announcement

  • Staff Directory

  • Component

• The last section in the ‘Edit’ panel is a grey section known as your ‘Content Clipboard’ which is available for you to drag and drop content before placing it in your Content Editing Workspace.
  

Related articles

...