Support for UMBRACO editors

Login point for Umbraco

The URL to log in is www.beds.ac.uk/umbraco

The recommended browsers are Firefox, Brave or Chrome. Do not use Internet Explorer!

Username: your full University email address.

Password: You were sent a password when your account was set up. This is independent of your University password.

If you have forgotten your password, click 'Forgotten password?' on the login page and follow the instructions to reset your password. Alternatively, contact Andrea Madar at andrea.madar@beds.ac.uk to request a new password.

To get an Umbraco account and/or to arrange an Umbraco training session, please contact Andrea Madar.

Training is done via video conferencing using Microsoft Teams. Face to face sessions can also be arranged.

Videos for Umbraco v10

Edit a simple page and submit to workflow

Video: Edit a simple page (Umbraco v10)

This video covers the basics of editing an existing webpage.

• Log in
• Edit
• Save
• Request to publish the page

Upload a file to a media folder

Video: Upload a file (Umbraco v10)

This video covers uploading a file to an Umbraco media folder and changing the file name.

You can also download the guide Upload a file and link to it on a page [PDF]

Find and copy the link to a file (not the same as linking to a file in Umbraco!)

Video: Find and copy the link to a file (Umbraco v10)

This video covers finding and copying the link to a file; for example to link a job description to a job advert. Of interest mainly to HR staff.

I am currently working on videos for the latest version of Umbraco. Editing is very similar to version 8, so while the new content is in production, the videos below may help. If you have any questions, or would like some training, please email me on andrea.madar@beds.ac.uk

Short silent videos for Umbraco v8

 

Silent video of how to export form data from the Umbraco back-office to Excel.

UMBRACO v8 - export form data to Excel

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This silent video covers how to add a new staff profile page and add the page section (puzzle piece icon) to it.

UMBRACO v8 - add a new staff profile page and add a page section

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Umbraco webinar recordings 2021

Weekly webinar in Teams for (mainly) Umbraco editors

On Fridays at 10am, Elisabeth ran a short video conference workshop in Teams. Length varied from 15 minutes up to 45 minutes depending on the topic. There was a live repeat on Wednesdays at 3.30pm.

Around 50 webinars were delivered during 2021 - 2022; with the live repeats that makes 100 sessions. Not bad at all!

The best ones are still available for you to watch: