Drupal FAQs
Find Drupal frequently asked questions regarding website content.
How do I sub-nest my page in the side menu and set page location?
Instructions:
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After creating a page, and you are creating a new section or adding to a section on the sfusd.edu website:
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Go to Menu Settings
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Select Menu, is your page for the Employee Content or Public Content section
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Under Page Location, look for the section to place the page under, and select Move to
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Continue to select Move to, until your page is in the desired location
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Make sure to Save as "Published", if you are sub-nesting other pages, so that the title is visible on the Page Location
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If you are unsure where to set your web page's location on sfusd.edu, please feel free to contact website@sfusd.edu.
How to remove a page
Instructions:
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Go to "Edit" on the page you want to remove.
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On the right, go to Menu Settings, make sure "Provide a Menu Link" is unchecked.
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Then Save your page as "Archived".
*Note. If you want to delete a page (irreversible), please email help@sfusd.edu with the URL link for the page you want deleted.
How to add a basic page for Central Office/Departments
Instructions:
- Using the menu at the top of the page, hover over Content
- If you don’t see Content, click Manage
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Hover over Add content
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Click Basic page
Having trouble logging in or can't see your Content Toolbar
Instructions:
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Go to top right of the sfusd.edu page and look for the golden "Employee Login" button
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Log-in using your SFUSD account
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Log-in using non-SFUSD account, if you are not an SFUSD employee
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After logging in, you should see your the black Content Toolbar at the top
Advanced Drupal Tips
Find advanced Drupal website content tips below to create a better experience for users.
These functions will only work where there is a "Source" button.
Create links that open a new tab
Instructions:
- Go to "Source" and add a target="_blank" attribute to your link.
For example, if you link looks like this:
<a href="https://www.google.com/">Google.com</a>
Add a target="_blank" so that it looks like this:
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google.com</a>
Make an image a clickable link
Instructions:
- Go to "Source" and add a <a href="(URL Link)"/> </a> attribute to your image.
For example, if you image looks like this in source:
<img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/image.jpg" />
Add a <a href="(URL Link)"/> </a> so that it looks like this:
<a href="(URL Link)"/> <img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/image.jpg" /> </a>
Center an image, link, or table
Instructions:
- Go to "Source" and add a <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> attribute to your image.
For example, if your image looks like this in source:
<img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/image.jpg" />
Add a <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> so that it looks like this:
<div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/image.jpg" /> </div>
Embed Google Slides, Docs, Sheets
Instructions:
- Open the file you want to publish (Slides, Docs, or Sheets)
- Go to File > Publish to Web
- Embed > Publish > Click on "OK" to Publish
- Then copy the embed code and put it into the Source
- *Ensure that Text format is set to "Full HTML"
- Then add the size of the frame you would like by adding the code below
- width="200" height="200"
For example, if your embed code looks like this in source:
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/?embedded=true"></iframe>
Add a width="200" height="200" so that it looks like this:
<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/?embedded=true" width="200" height="200"></iframe>
Embed a PDF
Instructions:
- Open the PDF you want to publish
- Go to the " ⋮ " and click on Embed Item
- Then copy the embed code and put it into the Source
- *Ensure that Text Format is set to "Full HTML"
For example, this is what your embed code would look like in source:
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EMxgbuqqw_gf_plx1z6UxRO-Uq2OpO/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Also, please include links to the English, and other translated versions of the PDF to ensure accessibility.
This page was last updated on August 29, 2023