Instructions for uploading DASS staff web pages

The following notes explain how to create a simple personal profile page on the LondonMet website. The idea is that each member of staff in DASS will maintain their own page. This means that when you want to alter and ammend your profile you will be able to do it immediately yourself.

Londonmet web pages are created using software called Shado. Shado is accessed over the web and gives you a view of your pages in a mode that allows them to be edited.

In order to use Shado you must use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or higher on a PC - or Mozilla on a Mac.

The process involved in editing pages requires that you have web browsing and word processing skills. You should be able to create your pages independently by following the instructions below. If you get stuck have a look at the troubleshooting section. If that doesn't help - please email me at c.lane@londonmet.ac.uk

Before beginning to create your page please ensure that you have read the
DASS staff pages style guidelines.

Please contact Chris Lane c.lane@londonmet.ac.uk if you want to upload a photo of yourself to your page.

Once you have finished creating your page you can view it. Click here for information about your web address.

Step 1 - enter the URL http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/dass/uploadstaff/
into the address bar of your web browser

TIP if you want to look at these instructions while working - open two browser windows and switch backwards and forwards between them.

 

Step 2 - in the next page enter the username, password exactly as they appear in the email sent to you previously - including the same capitalisation. When you have typed in all the details, press 'Enter'.

If you don't have your shado user id and password - please contact Rosie in the departmental office for help.

Step 3 - in the next screen select your name from the drop down menu.
Step 4 - When you have selected your name, press 'Enter'.
Step 5 - In the next page, click the small pencil symbol in the 'main content' area (the one in the middle - not on the right).
Step 6 - In the next page, click in the white editing area and begin to type.
IMPORTANT
Please note that since these notes were created the text editing toolbar has slightly changed and been reorganised. These instructions still work - but just bear in mind that the icons that are described in the notes might be in a slightly different location than the ones shown in the illustrations.

Step 7 - If you like you can paste text from other applications - but there is a special method for doing this. You must use the "paste clean from word" button. The result of this will be that text is pasted without formatting. This is important because unformatted text won't clash with the style of the Londonmet website. You can embolden text if you like after it has been pasted in.
Step 8 - Any headings should be created in bold to differentiate them from body text. Please don't use any other style of formatting.
Step 9 - If you want to use a bulleted list - use the bulleted list tool.

Use return to make new lines in your list
- then select all the lines that you want to include
- then click the bulleted list button.
Step 10 - To save your work click the 'Commit' button - this makes it live on the web straight away.
Step 11 - You should logout when you have finished work (remember to commit first). Do this by clicking "logout" in the bottom right hand corner of the window.

NOTE - Before you begin you need to understand a few important things that make web pages different to print documents. This has an impact on how you space rows and columns on your page.

  • If you press the return key to make a new paragraph - there will always be a double line space between the rows
  • If you want to make a new line but don't want to make any extra space between lines use the following method: with the shift key held down press the return key
  • bear in mind that the tab key does not work on web pages. Therefore please do not tabulate anything on your page. Instead of using columns to organise information - please organise things in rows

Troubleshooting 1 - If you have difficulty logging in and you are sure you are using the correct login details - try exiting the web browser, reopening it and trying to login again.

Any further problems - email c.lane@londonmet.ac.uk

Troubleshooting 2 - If you logout and want to login again immediately you may be presented with the wrong login screen. To login again you must return to this page:
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/dass/uploadstaff/ and login from there.

Troubleshooting 3 - Some web browsers are set to prevent 'pop-up' windows appearing. Unless your browser is set to allow popup windows you will not be able to navigate to your editing page. If you don't reach your page in editing mode - you may need to adjust the settings in your web browser to enable pop-ups.