Menu
Add an Event
Make Small Changes in a Text/HMTL Module
Edit a Text/HTML Module Using the Rich Text Editor
Change the Title of a Text/HTML Module
Add a New Text/HTML Module to a Pane in a Page
Paste Content from a Word Document
Create a Link to Another Web Page
Add an image to a Text/HTML Module
Upload and Add a Document to a Documents Page

Introduction

For more detailed help, take the guided tour at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/guidedtour/Index.htm. And here are more help resources: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/default.aspx?tabid=787&helpculture=en-us.

The BizPort.org website consists of web pages you can access from the horizontal black menu under the logo at the top of the page.

Pages are divided into panes such as LeftPane, ContentPane and RightPane. You add content to the website by adding modules to a pane. This text you are reading now is in a Text/HTML module. Use the Text/HTML module to add text and images to any pane of any page.

When you are logged in as an administrator, the Control Panel appears at the top of the website. Expand or minimize the Control Panel using the little arrows at the top right. At top left you can change to View mode to see the website as visitors will or change to Edit mode to make changes to the website. The left section of the control panel contains controls to add pages and change page settings. The middle section contains module tools. The modules available to you are listed there in the Module dropdown. The right section of the Control Panel has tools for site-wide tasks including site settings and managing users, roles and files.

When you are in Edit mode, every module has a small triangle menu at the left end of the title bar of the module. Hover over that menu to see the options available to you. For example, in the Events module, there is an option to Add a New Event; or in the Text/HTML module, there is an option to Edit Text. One of the options will always be "Settings" to change the module settings. Another way to change module settings is to click the small paper and pencil icon at the bottom of every module. There will also be a link there to "Edit Text" or "Add New Event", again these are alternatives to using the triangle menu.

Add an Event to the Home page or the Events Page

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in. and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page).
3. You can add an event to the calendar in the Home page or the Events page. At the bottom of either calendar, click the "Add New Event" link. All events display in both calendars.
4. Type or paste the title of the event into the Title textbox. Required.
5. Type or paste a summary into the Summary textbox. Recommended.
6. Enter a description using the Rich Text Editor (like a word processor). Required. IMPORTANT: If you are pasting from MS Word, be sure to click the "Paste from Word" tool (with the "W" in it) in the first toolbar row. Paste in your description, check both check boxes and click OK. This removes unwanted code from MS Word.
7. Enter the Start Date using the Calendar link to the right. Required.
8. Type in the Start Time. Example: 8:30 AM. Required.
9. Enter an Expiry Date using the Calendar link to the right. Required. (Enter the day after your event)
10. If your description is small, that is 1-3 lines, then check "Expand in Place". If the description is longer leave this unchecked so the "View Details" link on the Home page will open to a new page for your larger description.
11. From the categories list below, check any categories to which your event belongs. This will allow visitors to search for events in those categories.
12. Click "Update" at the bottom to save your event. 
    
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Make Small Changes to Text in a Text/HMTL Module

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page).
3. Go to the page and Text/HTML module you want to change.
4. Hover over the text and click the pencil icon that appears. A red box surrounds your module text and a small toolbar appears at the top.
5. Make any needed changes. You can use the tools in the hovering toolbar.
6. To save your changes, hover over the text and click the small disk icon in the toolbar. To cancel, click the "X".
   
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Edit a Text/HTML Module Using the Rich Text Editor

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page).
3. Go to the page and Text/HTML module you want to change. 
4. Hover over the triangle menu at the left end of the title bar and select "Edit Text", or click on the "Edit Text" link at the bottom of the module.
5. IMPORTANT: If you want to paste content from a MS Word document, please see "Paste Content from a Word Document", below.
6. Hover over the toolbar icons to see what they do.
7. To add headings, select your text and choose a heading level from the Format dropdown.
8. To format your text, use the tools in the toolbars.
9. To add links, see "Create a Link to Another Web Page", below.
10. To add images, see "Add an Image to a Text/HTML Module", below
11. Use the Eraser icon to "Remove Format". Select text first and click this tool to remove unwanted formatting, especially from text pasted from MS Word.
12. When finished, click the "Update" link at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
    
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Change the Title of a Text/HTML Module

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page).
3. Hover over the title in the blue bar and click on the pencil icon. A red box encloses the title.
4. Make your changes in the title text.
5. To save your changes, hover over the title and click the small disk icon. To cancel, click the "X".
   
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Add a new Text/HTML Module to a Pane in a Page

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page). 
3. Browse to the page where you want to add the Text/HTML module.
4. Expand the Control Panel using the little arrows top right.
5. In the middle of the Control Panel, click the Module down arrow and select "Text/HTML" near the bottom.
6. Give the module a title. This will display in the blue title bar of the module.
7. in the Pane dropdown, select the pane where you want the module to go.
8. You only need the Insert dropdown if you already have a module in that pane and want the new module to be above or below it.
9. Ignore the Align dropdown unless you know what you are doing.
10. Click the green "+" or "Add" icon to add the module to the pane.
    
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Paste Content from a Word Document

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in and check that you are in “Edit” mode (top left of browser page).
3. Go to the page and Text/HTML module where you want to paste the Word document. If needed, create the page and/or Text/HTML module.
4. Open the Word document. If the document has been sent to you in an email, open the email, right-click the Word document icon and click “Open”.
5. Click on the text and select the entire document with Ctrl-A, and copy with Ctrl-C.
6. Switch back to BizPort.org.
7. Edit the module by clicking “Edit Text” at the bottom, or hovering over the triangle menu and clicking “Edit Text”.
8. Click in the text box window, and then click the “Paste from Word” tool in the first line of the tool bar.
9. Check both check boxes.
10. Click in the text box, and then paste with Ctrl-V. If nothing happens, be sure to click in the text box and paste again. Click OK.
11. Scroll the outside window to the bottom and click “Update” to save. 
    
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Create a Link to Another Web Page

1. Open the Text/HTML module containing the text.
2. Select the text that will become the link.
3. Click on the “Insert/Edit Link” tool in the second tool bar, middle.
4. In another browser window, browse to the page you want to link to and copy the URL address at the top of the browser.
5. Switch back to BizPort.org and paste the URL address in the URL text box.
6. Click on the “Target” tab and select “New Window” from the Target dropdown.
7. Click OK and there is your link.
8. Scroll the outside window to the bottom and click “Update” to save. 
   
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Add an Image to a Page

1. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
2. Log in, check that you are in Edit mode.
3. Go to the page and Text/HTML module where you want to add the image. If needed, create the page and/or Text/HTML module.
4. Find and open the image you want in Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
   (Use Windows Explorer (Folders) starting with “My Documents” to navigate to the image, or the image might be in an email which you must first save to your folder. Or the image might be in the shared files on the server.)
5. Click “Edit Picture” in the toolbar at the top right.
6. Click “Resize” under Change Picture Size (lower right).
7. Check “Percent Original Width…” under Resize Settings. Click on the V arrow until the new size below shows the number of pixels you want and click “OK”.
   As a general rule of thumb, 100 pixels is about an inch, depending on the viewers screen resolution. A BizPort column is about 230 pixels.
8. Click “Edit Picture” again and click “Compress Picture”.
9. Check “Web Page” and click OK, then click “Save As” under the file menu, give it a name and save the image to the folder of your choice or the desktop where you will be able to find it later.
10. Switch to BizPort and choose “Edit Text” in the module you want.
11. Place the cursor where you want the image to go and click the “Insert/Edit Image” tool in the text editor toolbar. This opens the Image Properties window.
12. Click “Browse Server” top right. This opens the server files window.
13. Double-click the “Image” folder to open it.
14. Click “Browse”, top right, and then navigate to the folder where you saved the image in step 9. Double-click on the image you want.
15. Now expand the window so you can see and click the “Upload New File” link top right. This will upload your file to the server in the Images folder there.
16. Find the image you uploaded and select it, set properties such as Alternative Text, alignment and HSpace, then click OK.
17. Scroll the outside window to the bottom and click “Update” to save. 
    
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Upload and Add a Document to a Documents Page

1. Find the file you want to upload—best if it is a PDF file.
   (Unless people need to be able to change or interact with your document, it should be a PDF file.)
   1. If it is not a PDF file, open your document and print it using the Adobe PDF printer driver.
   2. Save the PDF file to a location you can find for a later step.
2. Open BizPort.org in Internet Explorer browser.
3. Log in, check that you are in Edit mode.
4. Go to the page and module where you want to add the document.
5. Click “Add New Document” either at the bottom of the module or in the triangle dropdown menu.
6. Click the “Upload New File” link at the bottom of the “Link” section.
7. “Browse” to the file you identified in step 1, and double-click it.
8. Click on the File Location text box dropdown arrow and select “docs”.
9. Click the “Upload Selected File” link below the text box containing the file you selected in step 8. Now the file name appears in the File Name textbox, ready to be added to the module.
10. Enter a user friendly title for the document in the “Title” textbox at the top of the module
11. Click “Update” to save the document to the module. 
    
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