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Find information on the UMass Chan Content Management System, Optimizely. Learn how to populate your web pages, read about bugs, and new or updated functionality.

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    What is a WYSIWYG editor?

    WYSIWYG (pronounced wiz-ee-wig) is a text editor, it is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get."

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    So many properties - where best to add my content?

    Determining the best property to add content to it displays as desired.

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    Subscribe to the UMass Chan CMS Yammer Channel

    CMS editors, and anyone working at the university, can subscribe to our UMass Chan CMS Yammer channel to get email notifications when new posts are created. We post all sorts of news regarding the CMS, such as new functionality, tutorials, maintenance and ideas.

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    I can't find my image or file for editing

    Sometimes media is located somewhere else, you can copy or move the media to the folder where you would like it to be located.

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    New and updated functionality

    Optimizely CMS maintenance for April 27, 2023

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    What does ADA, WCAG and 508 compliant mean?

    ADA stands for the Americans with Disabilities Act which was instituted in 1990 to end discrimination based on abilities, requiring organizations to provide “reasonable accommodations” to those with disabilities.

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    SEO, reliability & accessibility using the Siteimprove plugin

    The Siteimprove CMS plugin notes SEO and accessibility errors and helps the editor fix issues and optimize content directly within the CMS editing environment.

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    Introduction to Siteimprove

    This blog post will serve as an overview for how to access and use Siteimprove, as well as going over what it offers.

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    Modal Video Block

    The Modal Video block allows editors to place videos on their pages that open in a modal window when clicked. This allows the placement of the video to be in smaller areas of the page and pop open to view in a larger format.

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    Hero Video Block

    The Hero video block allows a video to be used as a hero on the web page. This block also allows for a dropdown list of links to be centered over the video.

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