Web Content Management

Practical advice, tips, and tools for CAES and Extension web content managers. Browse this page or select one of our categories.

  • This article covers our top tips for helping you work more efficiently with WordPress’ post and page editor using time saving options that you might overlook.

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  • The new 2019 CAES-Extension Theme allows for full width templates. This means certain parts of your website’s template can reach from edge-to-edge of the page, like the header, navigation, and footer. The theme also supports WordPress 5’s wide and full-width Cover Blocks. Cover Blocks allow you to create sleek, professional looking banners that reach from…

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  • Mailchimp

    By Laurie Murrah Hanson, 4-H Agent, Fulton County

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  • Starting on September 1, 2020 connecting to UGA’s VPN will be required in order to access the AEM Author website from remote locations. The AEM Author website will be inaccessible to users who do not first connect to the VPN. Requiring the use of a VPN, or “Virtual Private Network,” is a way to ensure…

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  • mailchimp and wordpress logos combined

    This post describes how to link your WordPress site with a service called MailChimp. MailChimp is an online tool that helps you manage your list of contacts and send nice-looking emails to them. We presuppose that you have a WordPress site with OIT. Read our WordPress “Getting Started” guide if you would like one. In…

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  • In this article: Adding images to a page/post Images without borders Embedding videos Reviewing existing media Adding images to a page/post Inserting an image file is really easy. Just browse to the post (or page) that you want to include an image, open it, and add an Image block to the page. In the Image…

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  • mailchimp and wordpress logos combined

    This article describes how to add a MailChimp subscription form to your WordPress site. We presuppose that you have both a MailChimp account and a WordPress site. If you run into trouble with any of the steps, contact us for help! 1. Add your MailChimp API key to WordPress. 2. Create a sign up form…

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  • A quick how-to document for using AEM 6.3. In this document we’ll discuss: Logging in, New URL; Navigating Sites; Navigating Assets; Navigating Between Sites and Assets; Editing Pages; Using Assets on a Page; Working with Components.

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  • Publishing content to your WordPress site is as easy as using a word processor. With WordPress’s built-in text editor, you can type and format text, add images, add links, quotes, video links and much more. Use this document to familiarize yourself with basic concepts for publishing posts and pages. Publishing tools Posts and pages Posts…

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  • Let’s start with basic. This is a visual tour of the UGA CAES and Extension site theme for WordPress. It also explains some basic concepts, like how posts and pages behave. This refers to the published version of your WordPress site, not the parts you might see when you are editing your WordPress site (that’s…

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