RedDot Documentation
Below are links to step-by-step instructions for specific tasks within RedDot. In addition, you can search this site to find the documentation you are seeking.
The Basics
Getting Started
- How to log in
- Select Bridgeline Project (First Time Users)
- How to Navigate to your Home Page **coming soon**
- Find the PageID
- Use the Search Box to Get to Your Page
- RedDot terminology
- Brief overview of the interface
Links
- Link to an external web page in body text
- Link to an internal web page in body text
- Upload and link to a new document that is on your computer/network drive
(e.g., pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx) - Link to an existing document that is already in the Asset Manager
(e.g., pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx) - Add jump marks in Body Text
Photos/Images
- Upload and add a new photo/image that is on your computer/network drive
- Select and add an existing photo/image that is already in the Asset Manager
- How to Add Alt Text to Photo/Image **coming soon**
Publishing
Advanced Features
Pages
- Create a new page (Left navigation button)
- Add a new center content area - Introductory & Body Text
- Change a file name (URL)
- Change a page headline
- Hide pages in the left navigation
- Add a Left Nav link - with a redirect
Boxes
- Create a new center content area link box
- Add an existing contact box to the right column
- Add a new contact box to the right column
- Create a new right column link box
- Edit the order of links in the right column link box
News
- Overview (pdf)
- Create a News Landing Page (pdf)
- Create a News Archives Landing Page (pdf)
- Create the Month, Semester or Year Page (pdf)
- Create a New News Story (pdf)
- Add an Internal Story to the News Landing Page (pdf)
- Link to a PDF or External News Story on the News Landing Page (pdf)
- Remove a Story from the News Landing Page (pdf)
- Managing news stories on homepages with image-text pairs
