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Inbox Design's content management system for schools.
📺 Alert Messages
Alert Messages This feature allows you to add a temporary alert message that will be prominently displayed on every page of your site in the event of an emergency or if you have other important information that you would like to broadcast to visitors of your site. To enable an alert message: From the main menu click **KARERE MATOHI **( 'Alert Messages'. ) in red. If an alert message is currently enabled, you will see a copy of
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📺 Managing Images and PDFs
Managing Images and PDFs This area allows you to manage all of the your site's images and down-loadable pdf documents. Images and pdf's that you upload here, will be available to you when editing your site's content. Tips: Keep your images organised by creating extra folders. Supported formats are .jpg, .png. and pdf. RAW format images are not supported, however these images can be exported as .jpg by your editing software.
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📺 Managing News
📺 RELATED VIDEO: E-Newsletters The 'Manage News' option in the Site Tools menu, is a special content area that allows you to separate up-to the minute content from the 'foundation' (content that doesn't change very often) content of your site. This allows you to add quick news update to your site without fit it into the existing structure of your site. News articles can b
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Staff Listings
Under SITE TOOLS click on STAFF LISTINGS Newer schools may not have all staff listed so click on IMPORT FROM KAMAR to update this information. Click on SETTINGS (which is options for layout etc- to change the Default settings) SITE TOOLS> SITE CONTENT> ORPHAN CONTENT> “Create new page” (allows end user to see displayed data else they cannot) > To rename the “Navigation Title”. EDIT PAGE META> to change the template from “Default” (this then allows access to the database “SequelPro” to find te
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Activity Registrations Site Extra- Help Guide
The Activity Registrations Site Extra, enables your school to organise registration and payment for extra curricular activities, such as music lessons or sports. You can create an unlimited number activities and organise them into categories to give you flexibility as to how the registrations display on your site. For example, you could have a separate page where you list sport registrations and another section where you list art classes etc. All student and caregiver information is checked
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📺 E-Newsletters Extra
📺 RELATED VIDEO: Managing News The E-Newsletters Extra leverages your sites news section to generate newsletters that get sent you your important audiences so you only have to enter the content once. Newsletters are sent via MailChimp to give you useful statistics about your readership and your mailing list is synced with your KAMAR contacts. Getting Started From the main
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📺 Special Site Features
Depending on your site, you may have an item in the 'Site Tools' menu labeled 'Special Site Features' which allows you to add and edit special types of content that do not fit in to the standard content layout of your site. This additional content could be in the form of special adverts or promotional images that display globally or only on certain pages or in specific areas of your site.
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📺 How to Move a Page
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📺 How to Log In to SchoolSite
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E-Commerce Extra
The E-Commerce Site Extra, enables your school to sell uniforms, stationary or anything else. Features include full on-line payments, inventory tracking and endless flexibility in adding products, product options and multiple 'shops'. For record keeping purposes, there is full reporting to export sales reports, sales reports and exporting to Xero or other accounting software. Getting Started Planning Your Shop The first step in setting up the e-commerce extra is to enter your produ
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Manage News ( Works with E-Newsletter Extra)
Manage News The Manage News' option in the Site Tools menu, is a special content area that allows you to separate up-to the minute content from the 'foundation' (content that doesn't change very often) content of your site. This allows you to add quick news update to your site without fit it into the existing structure of your site. News articles can be as feature rich as regular content and include images, image galleries, embedded videos and links pdf files. Using this feature a
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📺 How to Create a New Section
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E-Tickets Extra- Help Guide
This is an extra feature. Contact Inbox Design for more information and costings. For general event ticketing, the E-Tickets Site Extra allows you to create events, set limits on attendance, set multiple pricing levels and track sales with detailed reporting. All purchases can be done online, as well as offering the option of paying in person. Sales can also be vetted against running balances in KAMAR. Getting Started The first step is setting is to create a new event. Click the 'Crea
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How to Clear Your Browser Cache
Mobile browsers Android The steps to clear your cache, cookies, and history may differ depending on the model of your Android device and your preferred browser, but you should be able to clear your cache and data from your application management settings menu: Go to Settings and choose Apps or Application Manager. Swipe to the All tab. In the list of installed apps, find and tap your web browser. Tap Clear Data and then Clear Cache. Exit/quit all browser windows and re-
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SchoolSite (Website) Extras- An Overview
Below is a list of our "SchoolSite Extras", which are additional features you can purchase. Please contact Inbox Design to find out more 07 281 1600. E-Newsletters The E-Newsletters Extra leverages your sites news section to generate newsletters that get sent you your important audiences so you only have to enter the content once. Newsletters are sent via MailChimp or Sendy to give you useful statistics about your readership and your mailing list is synced with your KAMAR contacts. SchoolS
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Contact Forms
This is where the information is stored from submissions by site visitors, via your site's contact forms. From "View Submissions", you can view and delete submissions. Click 'Export Submissions' to download a spreadsheet of all of the submissions. If you find that your site could benefit from additional contact forms for different purposes, please contact us: support@inboxdesign.co.nz
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📺 Custom Menus
Custom Menus provide additional sets of navigation links to add more flexibility to your site design. Depending on how your site is set up, you may have one or more custom menus. Adding a page to a special menu is done by selecting the desired menu in the 'Page Settings' when you are editing a page. To remove a page from a special menu, edit the page and unselect the special menu in 'Page Settings'. Below you can drag the rows of links to re
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📺 Using Orphan Pages
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Site Statistics and Analytics
This page offers a simple number-of-views count of the pages in your site. Here you see a list of every page of your website including the total number of times viewed. Click the 'View' button to view the corresponding page live on your site. For a more detailed look at your site's performance, Inbox Design can provide you with access to the Google Analytics data for your site. To get this set up, contact us : [support@inboxdesign.co.nz](mailto:support@inboxdesign.co.nz?subject=Google%
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Manage Site Content
Manage Site Content From this page you can manage all of your sites content. Click 'All content' to view a list of all of your of you content, or focus on a single section of your site by clicking the titles listed under Site Sections. Primary Pages' are pages that show in your sites navigation. 'Orphan Pages' are pages that do not show in your sites navigation. Use the search field to search your site's content by title or key word. To create a new page click the 'Create New Pag
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📺 Creating a New Page
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📺 Page Redirects
Page Redirects change how your site directs traffic to specific pages by entering the link to an existing page on your site and a link you would like to detour traffic to. You can also route local site links to external pages or resources (link to an external PDF file, for example). Links that orgiginate off-site (like external advertising) can be routed to a specific page on your site. Create a New Redirect To create a new redirect simply
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📺 How to Re-order the Main Menu
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📺 Using Draft Mode
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Search Engine Optimisation Tool (SEO)
This page scans the content of your site looking for less than optimal search engine optimisation. Any issues found can potentially have negative effects on how well your content ranks or displays with search engines. If an issue is found, click the 'Edit Page' link to fix the problem. A good structure to use for titles is: Primary Keyword - Secondary Keyword | Brand Name. Google typically displays the first 50-60 characters of a title tag, or as many characters as will fit
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Community Education Site Extra
**This is an extra feature, please contact Inbox Design for more information and costings. Create a Course “Manage Community Education Courses” > “Create New Course” > Complete all fields required* under each of the 4 subheadings as appropriate > SAVE. To Preview course details, Click drop down arrow on the right side of the course under Actions. Also, can click the button under “Preview”, “Make Inactive” if this course is no longer offered. Create a new student “Manage Community
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Online Lunch Orders- SchoolSite Extra
Online Lunch Ordering **** This is our newest feature! You can now set up online lunch orders for your students. Once you have subscribed to this feature by contacting Inbox Design, you can set up your online shop. Add all your menu items, along with photos. You can choose to have specials such as soup of the day, sell cakes/ wraps and all your usual meals which are available at your school Canteen. Simply set the times for orders to open the day before, and a closing time, then when s
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Updating KAMAR Directory Services
As you upgrade to the New Look KAMAR or have already upgraded, you may face issues with any of your Directory Services. KAMAR are increasing the security around how they push data to 3rd-party services like ours - which is good. This means that we need you to check and update the settings you have entered. Please check the following area in KAMAR: => KAMAR => SETUP => SERVER => DIRECTORY SERVICES Find your SchoolPoint sync and check the following details: Address: sync.schoolpoint.co.nz Port
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Ensuring your KAMAR Calendar Displays on the Portal
Once you have rolled over you timetable, you can follow the simple video below to ensure the set up is correct and that the timetable will show events on the calendar.
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📺 SchoolSite Overview
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