As a business it’s essential that your site is stays current. A website with old, outdated content gives you less of an edge over your competitors and can give the impression that you don’t care about your online presence. Though having a web developer make updates to your website can sometimes be costly and may take a few days to complete. But, there is a better and easier way to manage the content on  your website that means lower costs and instant turnaround. OH!CMS is a content management product that we developed to allow our clients to quickly and easily update their websites.

We like our system so much that we thought we’d give you 5 great reasons to choose it over the other systems out there.

1. Simple User Interface

OH!CMS was designed with a target audience in mind: small to medium sized business owners who are smart, but may or may not be technically saavy. This means that the interface of OH!CMS is intuitive and easy to navigate.  We pride ourselves on how simple it is to effectively manage your site content using our system.

2. Modular and Scalable

Your website needs will grow as your business or organization grows.  OH!CMS has this covered.  OH! Media has built over a dozen modules for OH!CMS that may be easily installed at any time.  From event calendars, to polls, to newsletter deployment, even membership systems.  And if you need a specific feature built, we can develop it for you.  OH!CMS is fully customizable, and can grow and evolve with your needs.

3. Search Engine Friendly

We understand how important it is to be positioned well in search engines.  That’s why we ensure that our CMS follows basic SEO standards. We take the time to implement properly designed layouts and utilize search engine friendly URLs.

4. Support

OH!CMS was built in house by our talented staff, so it’s fair to say that we know every line of code intimately.  Open source CMS systems are typically developed by a combination of developers and can be bulky and disorganized, making them a challenge to support.  If there is ever an issue with your OH!CMS install, you can rest assured that the problem will be remedied quickly.

5. Version Rollback

Make a mistake? Wish you could back in time and retrieve a previous version of a page? Now you can. OH!CMS includes a page versioning system that allows you to instantly revert to any previously saved version of a page, quickly and without hassle.

We could go on and on about benefits of our custom CMS system.  If you need more convincing watch our overview video or give us a call and we’d be happy to take you on a guided tour.

http://www.ohmedia.ca/cms

Another handy tutorial for clients that use OH!CMS V3. This time we explain the steps to add and link PDF files.

• First step is to go to the page where you want to add the PDF.
• In the Content editing area click on the folder icon to open up the “File Manager”
• The File Manager will now be open and you will see other recently uploaded documents (images, PDF etc). Click the blue “Upload” button to the left side of the File Manager.
• Once the “Upload” Button has been clicked a pop up will open where you can now browse to your PDF. Select your PDF and click “Open” (or double click) to start upload.
• You will see an orange progress bar as your PDF is being uploaded.
• Once uploaded it will show a “Complete!” message and the PDF thumbnail will appear within the File Manager.
• You can now exit the File Manager by hitting the “OK” or “Cancel” located to the bottom right side.
• Type the text which you will want linking to the PDF. This can be the PDF name or a sentence, basically whatever you want the link to the PDF to say.  (Ex. Example PDF)
• Select (highlight) the text you want to link then click the “File Manager” folder icon in the Content edit area. (Ex. See Image Below)
  
  
• The File Manager will then open. Select then double click the PDF you want to be linked. (Ex. See Image Below)

• Once you’ve double clicked the PDF it will return you to the Content editing area where you will see your text is now underlined.. showing that it has been linked to the document. (Ex. See Image Below)
  

• You can now save changes and view/test it in the browser!

First in the series of blog posts to help clients get the most out of the OH!CMS content management system.

Adding a New Page

Under the “Pages” tab click on drop-down option for “New Page”

Step 1: Select where you want the page to go…

• If you want the page to show up in the main menu: Click the link at the very top of the page directory. This way when you view the main menu of the site the new page will appear as part of the main menu. (Ex. Home, About Us, *New Page* etc.)
• If you want the page to show up as a secondary page: Click the title of the page which you want to be the parent. For example if you want to add a secondary page beneath the page “About Us” you would click the “About Us” link.. This way when you hover over the “About Us” link in the main menu the new page will appear as a drop-down option!

• Step 2: Enter Page Details…
• It will ask you to input the following information for your new page…
• Page Title: This is where you write the title of your new page . ex (Our Company)
• Page Tag: This is automatically generated based on what you put in as the Page Title. So if you create a page titled “Our Company” the automatic page tag will be “our_company”. The CMS uses this tag to generate the link to that page. For example when your on the Our Company page the URL will read “http://www.example.com/our_company”.
• Page Template: The templates will be input by us and will be titled “homepage”, “inner” etc. So for all inner pages you will click the “inner” template image and the new page will follow the layout and design rules set for the inner pages of the site.

Step 3: Enter New Page Content…

• Page Title: Will be set from what you input in Step 2.
• Content: The page editor looks very similar to a Microsoft Word. You have options to bold/italicize text, add bulleted/numbered lists, align content left/center/right, add images/links/pdf’s and more! You can paste in content from word documents or write content right in the content area and style appropriately.
• After every edit you must click the “Save Changes” button displayed below the page editor. An orange bar will appear that says “Loading Page Content” once that bar changes to “Complete” it is safe to exit the page editor. If you leave the page before it states its complete your changes will NOT be saved!

Other important Points…

• To the right of the page editor you will see two headings – Page Revisions and Page Options.
• Page Revisions: Shows a list of dates and times when the page was edited. If you decide you want to go back to a past version just click on the date and the page will reload and look as it did that selected day. To save this click the “Save Changes” button. If you realize you don’t want to overwrite your current version with a past version DO NOT click save and nothing will be saved and you can continue working on the current version.
• Page Options: Shows you whether your page is enabled and whether it shows in the menu. This can be important because if you want to create a page but not have it show up in the main site menu you can un-check the “Show in Menu” box and it won’t show up in the menu, however you can still link to it through another page.

Deleting an Existing Page

• Under the “Pages” tab select the page you wish to delete.
• The page editor for that page will appear.
• Click on the “View Options” button displayed below the page editor.
• Once clicked a selection of options will appear below the editor.
• Click the “Delete this Page” button.
• A box will appear asking you “Do you really want to delete this page?” Click “OK” and the page editor will
  disappear and you will be returned to the “Pages” section.

As always, if you have questions or you need help with the CMS, please do not hesitate to call or email.  We’d be happy to help you out!