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Posted on July 26, 2018

To Hide Section or to Hide Selection, That is the Question

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

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Posted on February 7, 2018May 11, 2018

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

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Posted on January 26, 2018May 11, 2018

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

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Posted on January 22, 2018May 11, 2018

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

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Posted on January 9, 2018May 9, 2018

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:

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Posted on January 2, 2018May 9, 2018

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

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