To login to your website’s administration area, please use the login credentials provided in an email.

After login, you will be presented with your dashboard. Clicking on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard will toggle between the website and the admin interface.

EDIT PAGES:

If you are in the admin interface, click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to your website.
Navigate to the page you want to edit and click “Edit Page” on the top black admin bar.
Your page will now be open for editing. Once you made all edits needed, click the blue “Update” button on the right hand side of the page, inside the “Publish” block.

NOTE: most of your pages will contain shortcodes. They look like this [code] some content in the middle. [/code].
Shortcodes help with creating rows, columns and other elements on your page for better layout. Please take care not to change the shortcodes, or your page layout may break. To learn more about shortcodes and how to use them, please visit: https://www.universallyacclaimed.com/wp-themes/u-design/features/shortcodes/

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IMAGES:

When adding/editing pages, you can insert images into the pages/posts.

On the top of the editor, there is a button called “Add Media”
Click the “Add Media” button. This will open up the Media Library. If your image is already in the library, click on it to select it. If your images is not in the library, click “Upload Files”, to upload an image from your computer.
Once your image is selected, on the right hand side fill in the following information under “Attachment Display Settings”:
- Alignment: Left – aligns the image left and floats the text around it to the right. Center – aligns the image in the center of the page and puts the text under it. Right – aligns the image right and floats the text around it to the left.
- Link To: make sure it is set to “None”, unless you want to link your image to an external url.
- Size: Thumbnail – will insert a small version of your image, Medium – will insert a standard size image, Full Size – will insert the image in it’s full size. If your image is more than 600 px wide, you should select Medium.
Once you have all that filled out, click “Insert into page”. This will add the image into the page.
At this time, you can make additional changes to the image if needed. Click on the image. A pencil icon will appear. Click the pencil icon.
This will open the image editor. Here you can change the alignment, size or replace the image. Here you will also have the capability to set a custom size for your image. Select “Custom Size”, then fill in either the width or height. The other will auto adjust.

IMPORTANT: The images do not need to be pre-sized before uploading, just cropped to the appropriate shape. Once the image is inserted, you can use the image editor to set the size to Custom Size and set the width. The height will auto adjust.

CREATE NEW PAGES:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, under “Pages”, select “Add New”. This will open up an editor exactly like the one for editing pages. Fill in the page title and the page content.
Under “Template” on the right hand side, select the template you need: Most of you pages use the “Full-width Template” template, but you can check on your other pages.
Click the blue “Publish” button.

You now have a new page, but it needs to be added to the menu.

On the left side menu, click on “Appearance”, then “Menus”. Here you can edit your menu structures.
If your site has multiple menus, make sure you select the menu you want to edit.
On the left side, place a check mark next to the new page you just created. Click “Add to Menu”. It will place the new page in the bottom of the menu structure.
If you want it at a specific place, drag it to the desired location. Click “Save Menu”.
If you indent it under an existing menu item, it will become a drop down option for the menu item.

MENUS:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface.
On the left side menu, under “Appearance” click “Menus”. Here you can edit your menu structures. You can add remove menu items and re-arrange them.
If your site has multiple menus, you will see “Select a menu to edit:” choose the menu you wish to edit, and click “Select”
On the left side, place a check mark next to the page you want to add to the menu. Click “Add to Menu”. It will place the new page at the bottom of menu structure.
If you want it at a specific place, drag it to the desired location. Click “Save Menu”.
If you indent it under an existing menu item, it will become a drop down option for that menu item
You can also link the menu to an external url, just use the “Links” option.

EDIT FOOTER TEXT (Copyright):

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu click on “U-Design”. You will be presented with a lot of options.
Scroll down to “Footer Options”. Make any edits as needed, then click “Save Changes”

HOME PAGE SLIDES:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu,click on “Revolution Slider”
Click “Edit Slides”
Click “Edit Slide” next to the slide you want to edit
Make any changes needed
Click “Update Slide”
To add a new slide into the rotation go back to “Edit Slides” then click on “New Slide”. Upload image. All slides need to be prepared before added to the slide show. Make sure all your photos are 1900 px by 500px.

BLOG:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, under “Posts” click on “Categories”. Here you can add/edit the blog categories. When adding new categories, make sure you select “Blog” as the “Parent”.
Once you have all the categories, you can add new posts.
On the left side menu, under “Posts” click on “Add New”.
Fill in the title and the content, then, select the categories for the blog post. If you need a new category, click “Add New Category”. Make sure you select “Blog” as the parent category!
To add a thumbnail photo to each post you must “Set featured image”. This will give you the thumbnail for the blog post. If you want any images inside the content, you must add them in the content window.
Click “Publish”.
To edit/remove existing blog posts, click on “All Posts” under “Posts”.

GALLERY

Your website may or may not include a gallery. If you have a portfolio, then you probably have a gallery.

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, under “Posts”, select “Add New”. This will open up an editor exactly like the one for editing pages. Fill in the post title.
Since these are gallery items, you do not need to fill in the content text.
Under “Categories” on the right hand side, check “Portfolio” AND any other category under portfolio you want to place your image in. (If you need a new category, click “Add New Category”. When you add a new gallery category, make sure you select “Portfolio” as the parent category.)
Click the blue “Publish” button.
To edit exiting galley items, under “Posts” select “All Posts”. Find the post you need to edit – either by scrolling through or using the filter or search box – and edit the post.

CUSTOM FUNCTIONS

Some common custom functions. Your site may or may not have these. If you are not sure, just ask.

FOOTER BLOCKS:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, under “Appearance” click “Widgets”.
Bottom 1, Bottom 2, Bottom 3 and Bottom 4 are your footer widgets. Your site may use anywhere from one to four footer widget. You can open each widget and make changes as needed.
Click “Save” when you are done.

LOGO SCROLLER:

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu,click on “Super Image”
Click “Edit” under “Clients” (this may be a different name depending on what logos you are displaying)
Her you will see a list of logos currently there. You can delete or add new logos as you need. For best results, please pre-size logo image sto 150 px by 75 px.
Click “Update” when you are done with all the changes.

GO PORTFOLIO (Media Grid):

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, you will see one or more items with a red “G” next to them
Click on the gird you wish to edit – for example “Featured Project”
Here you will be able to add/edit new items to this grid
To edit an existing item, mouse over the item’s name and click “edit”
To add a new item to the grid, click “Add New” at the top of the page. Fill in the Title, main content area (description), and the Go Portfolio Options.
Click “Publish” when you are done.

PORTFOLIO GRID (Media Grid):

Click on your company name in the top left corner of the dashboard, next to the house icon to go back to the admin interface if you are not already there.
On the left side menu, under “Media Grid”, click “Grid Builder”.
On the right hand side, select the grid you want to work on.
Once the grid is open for editing, you can delete items or drag existing items around to re-arrange them.
If you want to add a new item to the grid, and it is not in the “Select an Item” list, you will first have to create the item:
On the left side menu, under “Media Grid”, click “Add New Item”.
You only have to fill in the Title and the Featured Image.
You will need to select the “Item Type”. Most grids use “static image” types. These are single images without any link.
- image slider – allows you to add a sub slide show
- link – allows you to open websites, flipbooks, etc.
Select the category you want your item to show in.
Click “Publish” when you are done.
You can now go back to the “Grid Builder” and add the item to the desired grid.