Beginner Cascade Tutorials

_ALL items

This is a tutorial about the _ALL folder within the New Content menu item. These items are items that every user will need access to in order to create and update their Cascade site. These include the standard JMU image types, files, and folders.

Accessibility Standards

Understand how to ensure your web content follows Accessibility Standards.

Browser Tutorial

Tutorial showing how to adjust optimal browser settings for Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari

Cascade Important Terms

General terms that will help introduce important concepts you will encounter while using the JMU CMS.

Copy from Word Document into Cascade Server

How to copy content from a Microsoft Word document into Cascade

File Naming Guidelines

Rules for how to name various file / content types in Cascade

Images 101

What are the different image types in Cascade and how do I upload them?

Migration Tips

Tips for migrating your site from Web Manager 2 or some other web publishing system into Cascade

Publishing 101

How to publish information in Cascade and when your content will be pulled into feeds.

Using Special Characters like ampersand in Cascade

How do I correctly enter special characters in different regions in Cascade?

Web Writing Tips

Tip for writing quality content for search engine optimization(SEO)

Writing Good Alt-Text

Tips for writing good alternative text for images and links to provide accessibility for ADA purposes and so that screen readers can properly read a page.

Secondary Page

How can I add a Secondary Page in Cascade

Profiles

How can I add or edit a profile in Cascade?

Search Engine Optimization

Tips for writing Metadata information and how to get Google or other Search engines to re-index your site.