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How to log in to update your SharePoint Website.

Go to the chapter home page and at the upper right-hand corner is Sign In. Click on it.

The Login page will appear. Enter member id and password and click on Login.

The home page will return and in the upper right-hand corner instead of Sign in the member ID will appear.

Parts of the home page.

1. Quick Links – Links to important issues, items, or organizations and need to be in plain sight.2. Join Our Community – Links to social networks that the chapter as well as The IIA are associated

with.The IIA on Twitter – This is a twitter feed for The IIA

3. Upcoming Events – Events that are loaded onto the Training and Events page and will automatically appear on the home page.Current News - News items that are loaded onto the News page and automatically appear on the home page.

4. Ads – sponsors or IIA ads. 5. Image – Image of chapter city or of what the chapter or city is known for. Should be legally

obtained.6. Navigation – Main navigation for the chapter site.

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How to upload the image on the home page.

After logging in go to the Home page.Go to the top left-hand side of the page where Site Actions should appear.

In the drop-down menu click on View all site content.

The page below will appear. Click on images.

On the next page click on “Add new item”

Click on the Browse button to locate the image from the hard drive, upload it and then click on OK.

Type in a title for the picture and click on save.

Go back to the home page click on “Site Actions” and “Edit Page. “At the top of the page there is a field that is tagged Page Image.In that field there are instructions “Click here to insert a picture from SharePoint.”click on this link --

The Edit Image Properties - - Webpage Dialog box will open

Click on the Browse Button

The Select an Asset – Webpage Dialog box will open, click on images.

Click on the picture to be uploaded, so that a blue box will appear around it, and then click on ok.

Edit Image Properties - - Webpage Dialog box, type a title for the picture in the Alternate Text field. And then click on ok.

The home page will reappear along with the image.

Go to the top of the page and Click on Publish, and then Publish again. A Publish comments: box will appear. This box does not have to be filled out, just click on Continue. The Published page will appear.

How to update the Quick Links.

On the right-hand side of the home page are the Quick Links. These are links to things that chapter members should be aware of. Things like newsletters, resources, President’s Message, anything that is not already on the main navigation.There are only get six, if more are added it will show up below the list.

To add a Quick Link go to the home page Click on Site Actions and then New Page In the New Page dialog box Name field type the name for the quick link. (Example “President’s Message. )Click on CreateA blank page will appear fill in the page with the information for the link, then

publish.

Go back to the home page and click on Site Actions and then Edit Page.Go to the right side of the page and look for the “Quick Links Zone” Click on New Link

The New Link dialog box appears.In the Title field Type the name of the link.(Example: President’s Message)Scroll down to the Browse ButtonClick on the Browse Button.

The Select an Asset window opens, click on Pages so that it opensClick on the page to be used in the quick link until the whole line turns blue

Click on Ok at the bottom of the page.

A link will appear in the Link URL: field

Under the Browse button there is a little box that says“Open Link In new window” click on this box so that the page will open in a new window.

Scroll to the bottom of the box.Look for the Style Box, click on the down arrow to the right in the field and select QuickLinkNow click on OK.

Now Publish the page.

So now there are a few links in the Quick Links. The order of the list looks off and needs to be reordered. The one at the bottom to should be on top, the one in the second spot to be on the bottom.

Here is how to reorder the list. On the home page click site actions, edit page

Go to the Quick Links Zone and click on Reorder. Highlight the link to be moved up or down and then at the top of the list click on Move up or Move down. Once The links are where they should be click ok. Publish the page.

Note: If you just want to use a link to another Web site then you would type the name of the Web site in the Title field. Type the URL address in the Link URL: field, click on the Open link box and make sure that the style field is QuickLink and click ok.

Changing out a Quick link.

There no longer a need for the President’s Message and should be switched out for something else. Here is what to do.

Go to the Home page click on the link to be changed so that the page opensclick on Site Actions, Edit Page.

The page opens in edit mode.

In the title section Change the title to whatever the new one will be. (Example: References)

Delete the Page Content and enter the new content.

Then publish the page.

(Of course if there is a need to keep the President’s Message for some reason then just create a new page like in the above section.)

Go back to the home pageclick on Site actions, Edit pageGo to the Quick Links ZoneLook for a little pad and pencil next to the name of the linksclick on the one next to the link to be changed. A little drop down box will appear with Edit and DeleteClick on Edit

The Edit Link box will appear

Change the Title: (Resources)If the same page is going to be used then do not browse for a new one.If a new page was created then browse for the new page.Make sure that the box next to “Open Link In New Window” is checkedMake sure the Style: field at the bottom of the box shows quick link then click on OK.

Note: If you just want to use a link to another Web site then you would type the name of the Web site in the Title field. Type the URL address in the Link URL: field, click on the Open link box and make sure that the style field is QuickLink and click ok.

Adding an ad to the home page

Go to the home pageclick on site actions, edit pageGo to the Right Sidebar that is under the Quick LinksClick on Add a Web PartAt the top of the page a Web Part tool bar appears

Under Categories click on Media and Content

Under Web Parts click on Content Editor

Go to the far right and click on Add

Media and Content web parts let you add images, images with links, and text. This is the web part that should be used most often.

Place the cursor in the area where it says “Click here to add new content”

At the top of the page look for Insert and then look for the Picture icon and click on the down arrow under it.

From the drop down menu that will appear click on From Computer

A Select Picture box will appear, click on the browse button to browse the hard drive for the ad or image that is to be loaded.Click on the down arrow in the far right of the Upload to: field and

pick Images and click ok.

The Image dialog box will appear. Type the name of the image in the Title and then click on save.

The Image will now appear in the Content Editor. To add a link to the image click in the middle of the image so that little boxes will appear around the image. Go to the top of the page and click on Insert.

This time look for

the world with a link under it. Click on the down arrow and select from address. The Insert Hyperlink box will appear. In the Address field either type in or copy and paste the complete hyper link (example: http://www.google.com.) Then click on Ok.

Go to the top of the page again and there will be three fields, URL:, Description:, Bookmark:. Enter the name of the link in the Description field. Make sure to click on the box next to the URL so that the page

will open in a new window.

Notice that it says Content Editor above the image that was just loaded. This can either be changed or deleted.

To the right of the name Content Editor there is a little down arrow. Click on the down arrow and in the drop down box click on Edit Webpart.Give it a minute and a slide bar will appear at the bottom of the page. Slide the bar over to the right and then scroll up. (Or if your screen is large enough, just

look for the Content Editor on the right side of the page.)

The Content Editor box will appear. Click on the + next to Appearance to reveal the complete menu.To change the title, place the cursor in the Title field and back over Content Editor and then type the new title.To make the title disappear, scroll down and look for Chrome Type. Click on the down arrow and select none. Click on ok and this will make the title not show.

Now publish the page.