Contributor role
Add videos
This page provides notes and instructions on how to embed videos (YouTube or Vimeo) from the WYSIWYG editing toolbar, primarily on Basic pages and other options with the full toolbar, such as text widgets and other page widgets. There are also separate video-related widgets for Custom pages.
Videos embedded from the WYSIWYG can be aligned along with other page content and can display a caption. See Figure 1, below, for an example of an embedded video with a caption on a Basic page.
Video notes and best practices Videos must be hosted on...Add images
This page provides notes and instructions on how to upload and display images from the WYSIWYG editing toolbar, primarily on Basic pages and other options with the full toolbar, such as text widgets and other page widgets. There are also separate image-related widgets for Custom pages.
Images added from the WYSIWYG can be aligned along with other page content and can display a caption. See Figure 1, below, for an example of an embedded image with a caption on a Basic page.
Image notes and...User accounts and roles
Anyone working on a Berkeley Web Builder site will need to have a user account with a role in order to log in (via CalNet/ cas) and access the site and platform tools. The platform comes with 5 user roles with different levels of permissions: Site Manager, Site Builder, Editor, Contributor, and Member. Only the Site Manager role can modify user roles on user accounts.
This page contains details about user accounts and the available editing roles on Berkeley Web Builder sites. See the Site Manager page for instructions on...
Add content
Content is added to Berkeley Web Builder sites via content types (pages) and page widgets. Any user account with a role can work with content within the scope of that role's permissions (see Permissions by role). All content should follow best practices for content accessibility and the guidelines provided by the Digital Accessibility Program.
Add content types / pagesSite Managers, Site Builders, Editors, and Contributors will see an option called "Add Content" in the sidebar menu; see Figure 1, below.
This "Add Content" option goes...
Basic page
The Basic page content type is meant for simple pages with a fixed, one-column format with a local (sidebar) menu. See Figure 1, below, for an example of a Basic page; the majority of the pages in this Guides section are Basic pages and can be viewed as examples.
About Basic pagesBasic pages come with a robust WYSIWYG (editing toolbar) and can include text and media items (images, videos, files/attachments such as PDF and Excel documents). Additionally, images, file/attachment links, and videos can be embedded directly on to Basic pages. Pag...
Login and access
The Berkeley Web Builder platform uses CalNet authentication (CAS) for access to individual sites and platform tools. User accounts will need to have one of the available roles (Site Manager, Site Builder, Editor, Contributor, or Member) in order to log in and access sites and platform tools. See User accounts and roles for more details about the available roles on the Berkeley Web Builder platform.
Log in to your Berkeley Web Builder siteIf you have an editing role on your Berkeley Web Builder site, log in via the CAS link at a test site link or a live site link:
https://[test-yoursite]...
Add and manage page widgets
In Berkeley Web Builder, certain content types (Custom and feature-specific types) allow users to create pages with structured content; this refers to a website page with multiple content widgets, organized in page sections and displayed using layouts (varying combinations of rows and columns).
In the "Customize" tab on Custom pages and other content types, there is a user interface with options to add, move, edit, configure, and remove page/content widgets. See below for more information about how to add and manage widgets on...
Use layouts and page sections
In Berkeley Web Builder, certain content types (Custom and feature-specific types) allow users to create pages with structured content; this refers to a website page with multiple content widgets, organized in page sections and displayed using layouts (varying combinations of rows and columns).
In the "Customize" tab on Custom pages and other content types, there is a user interface with options to add/remove page sections, and within the page sections, there are options to utilize both custom layouts and templated...
WYSIWYG (editing toolbar)
The Berkeley Web Builder WYSIWYG (which stands for "What You See Is What You Get") editing toolbar is available across various content types and features, including the "Body" field of Basic pages and News and FAQ items, Text widgets on Custom pages, and more.
The WYSIWYG is an editing interface where you can format text, insert and arrange images and videos and files, create links and tables, and more, and see how the content will appear to site visitors before saving the page. See Figure 1, below, for an example of the full...