When you open Page Status (under the Page Options menu), you see all the active child pages beneath the current page. Of course this is only one level down. So see the page under any child page, you have to … Read the rest
Hyperlink Colors – Part 2
SchoolMessenger has completed their update of school hyperlink colors. In most cases our color recommendation was accepted. However, some of our selections were overridden by SchoolMessenger to provide for better ADA compliance with all possible viewers including those with various … Read the rest
Where Should I Put My Content?
I originally wrote this article for our Web Services Newsletter almost 3 years ago when we were still using SharePoint for the Internet, Intranet, and school sites. However, the fundamental principals that applied then apply today for the SchoolMessenger platform. … Read the rest
How to Enter Email Links
When you enter an email address on a web page, it is very important that the final address link on the page includes the prefix: mailto: before the email address. If it does not, the email address may be interpreted … Read the rest
Page Links vs External Links
When you look at the top-level navigation in your school site or the side navigation in your department site, you may have a series of links as shown in the following two images:
For a School:

For a Department:

In … Read the rest
Requesting Edit Permissions to SchoolMessenger Sites
Your manager has just informed you that you are the lucky person who is now responsible for the department/school web site. Do you have permission to edit pages on this site? How can you tell? Go to any page on … Read the rest

