The admin website now includes a content management tool that enables clients to review system content and add custom content that can be accessed by their members.
The Content Management Tool
The Content Management tool is in the "Tools" section of the admin website and can be used by the client to set the status of individual content pieces, edit system content, and add new content.
We have recently added a content library to the portals website that is accessible for members who are in portals that have it enabled. Members can access this library from their member and course homepages and view content, organized by category, that spans a wide range of health and wellness topics. To read more about the content library, please see this article.
The Content Management tool allows clients to manage the content that their members can view in the library. Clients can use the content management tool to review, edit, and set the status for pre-existing content (called “system content”) and they can create and add new content (called “custom content”).
Viewing system content
All pre-existing system content populating the full library can be individually viewed in the Content Management tool by selecting "system content" above the content table:
The table displays content in rows alphabetized by title and includes columns for keywords, the date of the most recent modification, and current content-status. Content can be searched for by either scrolling through the table or by entering keywords into the search-bar above the table.
Cloning Content and Setting Status
The "Actions" column at the far-left on the table allows admins to preview, clone, and change the status of the content:
When system content-status is enabled, members will be able to access and view it from the content library tool. Note that system content cannot be deleted, but setting status to "disabled" makes it inaccessible to members.
Editing System Content
Clients can edit system content by cloning it. Once cloned, all elements of the content can be edited, including title, text body, and the associated thumbnail. If a client clones content for the purposes of editing it and creating customized content, the original system content's status should be set to disabled. This process will replace the system content with the edited, customized version.
Adding New custom Content
Completely new content can be added by selecting the "Create A New Article" button above the content table:
This action opens up the article loading- and editing-tool in which clients can add the thumbnail image, the title, the text body, citations, and keywords for the content. Once enabled, this content will be added to the member library. Note that pre-established keywords are used to organize content and a keyword must be assigned to content to make it accessible to members.
To review all custom content for a portal, select "Custom Content" from the dropdown above the table. Custom content may be edited at any time and can be deleted and/or disabled.
Coming Soon
Currently, the content library only includes articles but, in the near future, functionality and capabilities will expand to support the hosting of other types of content, including images and videos.
In Summary
The Content Management tool provides the means for clients to autonomously review and edit system content. The tool also allows clients to create new content for their members to access in the content library. In upcoming months, the tool will be enhanced in functionality to include more media types.
