CMS Survey Results

First, thank you to the 56 people who responded to our CMS survey in February. Your responses and comments are being taken into consideration while we review our current system. Briefly, here are the results.

What is a CMS?

Some comments in the survey indicated there may be a misunderstanding of exactly what a CMS is. Simply said, a Content Management System is software that lets technical-type folks build a web site that can be quickly and easily updated by non-technical people. The CMS itself is only a tool — people control the design and architecture of a web site.

Create a Pop-Up Window

Here's how to make a link open up in a pop-up window ¹ in OmniUpdate.

First, create the HTML file you want to link to. Then in the file where you are linking from highlight the word(s) you are using for the link. Then:

1. Click on the link icon
2. Browse to the file and select the HTML file you just created but don't click insert yet.
3. Click on the Popup Tab 
   
   1. click Javascript popup
   2. browse again to the HTML file and select it again
   3. name the window – no spaces or special characters
   4. add the size in pixels (in the example pictured I used 700 x 300 px)
   5. position - this is where the popup will appear. If you leave it blank, it will appear in the upper left; c / c will center it.
   6. Under Options, I suggest choosing
      1. show scrollbars
      2. make windows resizable
      3. insert 'return false'
   7. click insert

To see how this looks, click on the word comments in the What is a CMS article.