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What does a GCX Campus Website look like?

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Administration

How do I get setup to use the GCX Campus Model Templates?

There are 3 requirements to setting up a GCX Campus Model Template

  1. You must have a GCX ID. You can create one at http://www.mygcx.org.
  2. You must be a member of a GCX community (ex. c4c_brock)
  3. You must be an administrator of that GCX community.

How do I become a member of a GCX community?

You must request to join.

  1. Login to http://www.mygcx.org
  2. Choose "My Communities" -> "Browse" from the Connexion Bar menu at the top of the screen.
  3. Search for the appropriate community. (ex. c4c_brock)
  4. Request to join the appropriate community by checking the box beside the community name and pressing the submit button.
  5. You must now wait until a community administrator approves your request to join.

How do I become an administrator of a GCX community?

You must ask the community owner or one of the administrators to authorize you. You may contact russ.martin@c4c.ca as he is a super administrator.

How do I make someone an administrator of my GCX community?

  1. The person must already be a member of the community. If they are not, you can invite them (see "How do I invite someone to my GCX community" below).
  2. Choose "My Tools" -> "Admin" from the Connexion Bar menu at the top of the screen.
  3. Click on the "Manage Members" link.
  4. Click the box in the "Administrators" column next to their name and click submit.

How do I invite someone to my GCX community?

  1. You must be an administrator of the community.
  2. Choose "My Tools" -> "Admin" from the Connexion Bar menu at the top of the screen.
  3. Click on the "Manage Members" link.
  4. Type the email of the person you wish to invite to your community and click submit. (Multiple emails may be entered separated by commas).
  5. An email is sent to the individual asking them to accept an invitation to your community.

How do I set someone as the owner of a GCX community?

  • As people tend to move on from the role of managing or owning a community (changing roles, etc.) it is important to transition the ownership of the community. Owners receive messages about membership requests and other communication, so one would probably not want to continue that work on behalf of a community they need to leave.
  1. Under 'MY COMMUNITIES' select the GCX community you want to change.
  2. You will need to be an administrator of this community.
  3. Under the 'MY TOOLS' menu select 'Admin'.
  4. On the left side under 'Community Functions' select the 'Manage User Groups' link.
  5. On the left side of the page that loads choose the 'Owner' group.
  6. On the right side in the bottom box ('Available Users'), find the user you want to make the owner.
  7. Drag this person up to the 'Members' box on the top right.
  8. Now drag the previous owner down to the 'Available Users' box.
  9. Click on the green check mark button to 'Save Changes'.

Who do I ask if I have questions?

Please email russ.martin@c4c.ca.

Content Management

How do I edit content in my GCX Campus Model Template?

  1. You must be sign into GCX. (http://mygcx.org)
  2. Navigate to your community: My Communities -> Show All -> C4C_Websites -> C4C_campus
  3. Navigate to the page within your site you want to edit.
  4. Click on the "edit content" link.

How do I change the Facebook link on the home page?

Give the Administrators of your GCX community (ex: c4c_sfu) permissions to change the following:

  • Layout_admin
  • Layout_home
  • Layout_normal
  • Layout_normal_noSubLinks
  • Layout_utility

To do this:

  1. Go to "My Tools" -> "Admin"
  2. Click on "Manage Pages"
  3. Click on "Edit Pages"
  4. Find "page" from dropdown (ex: Layout_Admin) and click "Select"
  5. Select "_Administrators" from "Group Permissions for This Page" and hit Submit.

Then:

  1. Go to "My Tools" -> "Admin"
  2. Click on "Manage Pages"
  3. Click on "Advanced"
  4. Scroll to "Layout_home" and click "Select"
  5. In the left menu select "Contents"
    • Make sure you are viewing in "Box Tool" (there is a square and a circle on top of the box. If the toolbox says "Style Tool", click above the box to the left to get to the "Box Tool")
  6. In the drop down "Box name:" choose "facebook"
  7. Edit the HTML
  8. Click "save layout"
  9. Click "apply changes"
  10. Click "exit"

How do I edit the links of the left-hand side menu?

  • There is a lot of control you can have in editing the menu. This is an example of changing the name of the link, not the location. Technically speaking you can add a link, remove a link, or change the order if links or change the link names. As this is a common template it would be good to keep pretty close to the layout that has already been created.
  1. In the connexion bar, under 'My Tools', select 'Admin'
  2. Under 'Manage Features' click on 'List of Links'
  3. Choose 'Edit List' in the main content panel.
  4. Choose "mainMenu" from the drop down menu and click "Edit"
  5. Choose a link and click "Edit"
  6. The current 'Link Name' and 'Web Address/URL' will appear
  7. Change the value of "Link Name"
  8. Click "Update Link"
  9. Click "Submit"

How do I add a page to my GCX Campus Model Template?

  • In the connexion bar, under "My Tools", select "Admin"
  • In the main menu, select "Manage Pages"
  • In the sub menu, select "Add New Page" (it may already be preselected)
    • Type in the name of the page that would go in the url (so, not "Name of Page", but "nameOfPage")
    • Select the Radio Button, "Add a blank page in the selected layout" and select a Layout page. Most likely you will select Layout_normal.
    • Selecting the checkbox "Add this page to the main menu" will do that, add your "nameOfPage" link to the main menu on the left (non-admin menu)
    • Click "Add New Page"

At this time your page is made. You are redirected to another page "Edit Page", where you can edit the

  • Page Title, which appears at the top of your browser
  • the main menu listing again
  • the group permissions, that is, those who are allowed to view the page. Most likely yours will be Public
  • Page Content, which can also be edited directly ON the page itself (i.e., COMMUNITYNAME/nameOfPage)

Regarding which Layout to choose, most likely you will not be able to view the pages yet, but you can enable yourself to view them:

  • Go to "Edit Page"
  • Select the page to edit (i.e., each "Layout_x" page, one at a time)
    • Set the group permissions to Administrators (no one but admins need or should have access to view this page)

How do I add an image to my site?

You must first add the image to the community's resource center.

  1. Choose "My Tools" -> "Admin"
  2. In the "Manage Features" section, choose "Resource Center"
  3. Upload your image to the resource center in the "Images" directory or one of its sub-directories

To add your image to a page:

  1. Click on "edit content"
  2. Use the wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editor's image button to select your image and adjust any properties.

How do I edit the Flash file and insert my own images?

This is a common change (one that most people would want), but it is fairly challenging. If you follow these instructions you should be fine.

  1. You'll need to create a picture
    • Create / Find / Locate an image. Edit it to have dimensions 784x180 (width x height) pixels.
    • There a number or programs you can use. One free program you can use is GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
    • To edit a file in GIMP; Open a file -> Image -> Scale Image.
  2. Upload image(s) to the Resource Center.
    1. Navigate to your website ('MY COMMUNITIES' -> 'Show All' -> 'C4C_Websites' -> 'c4c_yourCampus').
    2. Go to the Admin Tool ('MY TOOLS' -> 'Adimn')
    3. Under 'Manage Features' click on 'Resource Center'.
    4. Navigate to the folder 'Images\Media\Template\SlideShow'.
    5. Under the 'Resources' Box click on the 'Add' button.
    6. Browse to find the file(s) and upload (one file at a time).
    7. Make sure to set the Permissions to 'Public'.
  3. Record the absolute URLs of the file(s) you uploaded.
    • To find the absolute URL navigate to a file and look in the 'Resource Details' box under URL.
  4. Edit the list of images to be used in the banner.
    1. The XML file isaiah53.xml (in 'Images\Media\Template\SlideShow') is the default file for this list.
    2. Download that file and open it in an editor.
      • You'll see code like this: <track><location>https://www.mygcx.org/c4c_#campus/file/#x/#filename.jpg</location></track>
      • #campus stands for different campuses; #x for integers (see important note on this below); #filename for different filenames.
      • You may notice that some of the files aren't from your campus 'Resource Center', but from another campus. That is okay, but if you want to transfer those files to your own 'Resource Center' that is probably a good idea.
    3. Edit the code of the .xml file to include each picture (.gif .jpg or . png) that you want in your campuses banner.
      • Each picture needs to have the code <track><location>#AbsoluteURL</location></track> around it, where #AbsoluteURL is the location or the picture (technically you can link from anywhere, but by convention it should be the files in your 'Resource Center').
    4. Save the file on your computer.
    5. Delete the old .xml file (isaiah53.xml) from the 'Resource Center'.
    6. Upload the new .xml file (try and keep the same file name; i.e. isaiad53.xml) to the 'Images\Media\Template\SlideShow' folder of your 'Resource Center'
  5. Locate and record the absolute URLs of the following files:
    • imagerotator.swf (ex: https://www.mygcx.org/c4c_uwo/file/5/imagerotator.swf)
    • isaiah53.xml
    • swfobject.js
      • These files should be in the 'Images\Media\Template\SlideShow' folder of your 'Resource Center'.
      • If you don't have these files in your 'Resource Center' and your banner still works it is because the layout codes for your website are grabbing the code and images from other locations (most likely c4c_queens and that was set up as the default). To correct this you'll have to get the files. Try and email on owner or administrator of another c4c campus website and ask if they can email them to you. Otherwise, contact russ.martin@c4c.ca or leemarc.lao@ryerson.ca.
  6. Give the Administrators of your GCX community permissions to change the following:
    • Layout_admin
    • Layout_home
    • Layout_normal
    • Layout_normal_noSubLinks
    • Layout_utility
    1. 'MY TOOLS' -> 'Admin'
    2. Under 'Use Toolbox' Click 'Manage Pages'
    3. Click on 'Edit Page'
    4. Find the page in the drop box (ex: Layout_home) click 'Select'.
    5. Under 'Group Permission for This Page' select '_Administrators' and hit Submit
    6. Repeat for each layout file
  7. Edit the layout(s)
    • This and the following steps must be done in Firefox or Internet Explorer. Other browsers likely won't work (Safari will not work).
    • Different pages on your site use different layouts. You need to change all that you want to have updated.
      • The home page and index pages uses 'Layout_home'.
      • The admin pages use 'Layout_admin'.
      • Other pages use 'Layout_normal' or 'Layout_normal_noSublinks'.
    1. In the Admin Tools under 'Use Toolbox' go to 'Manage Pages'
    2. Click on 'Advanced'
    3. Find the layout to edit (ex: Layout_home) in the drop down box and click 'select'.
    4. The 'Box Tool' will appear.
    5. From the drop-down menu in the 'Box Tool' beside 'Box Name' choose 'flash'. You'll also need to make sure you are looking at 'Contents' and not one of the other options.
    6. You’ll see some code like this.:
    7. Edit the code to reflect the correct filename(s).
      • This is true especially when you change your images to reflect your local campus pictures. Your images will take that general URL form and all the integers will change every time you upload new ones. You will then need to change all the URLs for your images inside isaiah53.xml and then re-upload isaiah53.xml. Since the newly uploaded .xml file will have a new filename you will then need to edit all the relevant layouts:
        • Layout_admin
        • Layout_home
        • Layout_normal
        • Layout_normal_noSubLinks
        • Layout_utility
    8. After editing, hit 'Apply Changes', 'Save Layout' and 'exit'.
    9. Change remaining layouts.


If you need more help, email russ.martin@c4c.ca.

How do I get the events to show up on the right side of the homepage?

Once an event has been added to the calender, it should show up automatically on the homepage.

  1. Make sure you have logged into GCX
  2. Navigate to your site
  3. Go to the Calender page
  4. Add the event and event details

How do I change the text of the title bar?

  1. Choose "My Tools" -> "Admin" from the GCX Connexion Bar
  2. Choose "Manage Pages"
  3. Choose "Edit Page"
  4. Select the page you wish to edit (ex. home)
  5. Edit the value in the 'Page Title' text box
  6. Click 'submit' to save your changes

Advanced

How do I duplicate a layout?

  1. 'MY COMMUNITIES' -> 'Show All' -> 'C4C Websites' -> 'your campus'
  2. 'MY TOOLS' -> 'Admin'
  3. Under 'Use Toolbox' click 'Manage Pages'
  4. Click 'Add New Page'
  5. First give the duplicated layout a name under 'Name of New Page'. Please keep with convention and title it as Layout_name.
  6. Under the heading 'Type of new page' click on 'Duplicate the selected page:' find the layout and click on 'Add New Page'.

Why does the top menu bar disappear on certain pages?

Q: From the home page you can click on either 'About Us' or 'Meet People' and you'll see 'Staff' as one of the sublinks. If you click on any of the other sublinks you'll notice that those sublinks still appear, but if you click on 'Staff' they disappear. Why is that?

A: Because the 'Staff' page is actually linked to by two separate pages ('About Us' and 'Meet People') there is no way to have one staff page with DIFFERENT sublinks. There's no way to tell WHERE someone was clicking from and then dynamically create the proper sublinks.

There a few options if you want to fix this.

  1. You can add in sublinks for one section and not the other (probably not the best option).
  2. You can remove the Staff link from one of the locations and recreate the page with the correct layout.
  3. You can create two separate Staff pages for the different sections (Staff_Aboutus and Staff_Meetpeople) with the correct links. This would require you to update the information in both locations should you make changes to those pages.

Other GCX Questions

How do I create a GCX account?

  1. Watch this short video to learn about the process of creating a GCX account.
  2. Create a password.
    • (Note: Your Password must be at least 8 characters long, and include 3 or 4 of the following types: UPPERCASE LETTER, lowercase letter, number such as 1234567890, and/or symbol such as ~!#$%^+*().)
    • The following are examples of acceptable passwords:
      • Haliburt0n, Waterl00, Matthew28, Ephes1ans, 1Backpack
    • Examples of unacceptable passwords.
      • haliburt0n, waterl00, password, myname
  3. Follow the steps to create an account.
  4. Login with your newly created account.

How do I add/change my profile photo?

or

  1. From the Connexion Bar, choose "My Tools" -> "Profile"
  2. Click the "Profile Photo" link.
  3. Choose browse to specify the photo you want.
  4. Click "Add Photo"

GCX Conventions for campus for Christ Communities

  • As staff teams and virtual teams start to create their own GCX Communities it would be good to have some standards for Campus for Christ GCX Communities. Please follow the following guidelines:
    • To help identify C4C communities, please use the following convention C4C_Campus_Community name. Examples are:
      • C4C_UWO_PornNation
      • C4C_SMU_Residence_MDA
      • C4C_UBC_Ultimate_Question
    • Each staff team should create a Community for their team. From this Community, Projects can be created and student leaders invited in as needed.
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