Task-Based Training Videos | Govstack Learning Centre

To help improve the training experience, we've started creating shorter task-based training videos. These trainings focus on one or two tasks and walk you through the entire process from start to finish.

Getting started with Govstack

Login to Govstack for the first time

Learn how to login to the Govstack dashboard for the first time.

Duration: 7 Minutes

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The Dashboard and Back Office

Take a tour of the Govstack platform dashboard and learn how to access the CMS Back Office. Walk through the sections of the CMS back office and learn their basic functions.

Duration: 13 Minutes

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Creating page content

The following training courses will teach you page creation and content editing basics. You'll learn how to build pages, add content and publish your page to your new website.

Creating pages and page templates

Learn to navigate the content tree and create pages and page templates.

Duration: 16 Minutes

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Adding page content

Learn how to add text content to you web page using the text componenet. We cover pasting from source documents, headings, images, links, tables, and accessibility.

Duration: 52 Minutes

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Working with components

Learn about component intros and outros, buttons, and enhancing your efficiency with the Govstack clipboard.

Duration: 24 minutes

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Content page features

Learn about the web page settings behind your site content. In this training we'll cover workflows, redirects, the info tab, extra content, summaries, navigation settings, SEO, and advanced page features.

Duration: 33 Minutes

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Publishing a page

Learn how to publish a web page. We cover publishing pages in multiple languages, setting pages to publish or unpublish on a timer, and publishing site directories.

Duration: 12 Minutes

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Content components

Learn how to use content components to create engaging and compelling web pages.

Anchored accordion component

Learn how to create anchored accordions, collapsible content with the option to link to and open individual entries with hyperlinks.

Duration: 42 minutes (Primary content: 19 minutes, Settings: 23 minutes)

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Banner componenet

Learn how to create banners to enhance the visual appearance of your web pages.

Duration: 44 minutes

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Calendar feed componenet

Create feeds that automatically display calendar entries from the Govstack Events application.

Duration: 42 minutes (Primary content: 18 minutes, Settings: 24 minutes)

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Data list componenet

Learn how to create simple 2-column tables to display hours of operation, price lists, meus, and other tabular data.

Duration: 35 minutes (Primary content: 12 minutes, Settings: 23 minutes)

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Gallery component

Learn how to create a gallery to display images and videos in grids and carousels.

Duration: 52 minutes (Primary content: 28 minutes, Settings: 24 minutes)

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Pods and text/image components

Learn how to create a multi-column call to action using Pods and the Text/Image component.

Duration: 57 minutes

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Reusable pods

Learn how to create a library of reusable pod sub-components to reduce content creation and update time.

Duration: 15 minutes

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Split component

Learn how to create adaptable 2-column layouts with the split component.

Duration: 32 minutes (Primary content: 17 minutes, Settings: 15 minutes)

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Text editing

Learn how to add and edit text and text content elements inside the text component.

Text fundamentals

In this training we cover adding text components, copying and pasting text, headings, and basic text formatting.

Duration: 15 minutes

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Images in text

In this training we'll walk through adding images inside text components, including image styling, sizing, and wrapping text.

Duration: 15 minutes

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News and alerts

Learn how to create news categories, posts, and alerts.

Alerts

Learn how to create customized popup or banner alerts to grab your visitors attention.

Duration: 12 minutes

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Images, documents and media

Learn how to upload and organize your images and media files in Govstack.

Images, documents, and media

Learn how to navigate the Media section of Govstack. Upload and organize documents, images, video, and sound files. Crop, zoom, and set the focal point and accessibility features of images.

Duration: 26 Minutes

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Website navigation

The following courses will teach you how to sort pages in the Govstack back office so that they display appropriately in your public-facing website menu.

Move, sort, and rename pages

Learn how to edit your site structure in the content tree by moving, sorting, and renaming pages.

Duration: 10 Minutes

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Menu manager

Join us for a complete walkthrough of this major update to Govstack CMS navigation. Menu Manager gives you the ability to build automatically updating main navigation elements with a variety of options. Create standard navigation menus, menus that include call to action images and links, and menus that can include multiple levels of web pages.

Duration: 43 minutes

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Website settings and the global node

Learn how to edit the website functions and settings controlled through the global node.

Global content

Learn how to use the global content settings to add universal components to your website. Add and edit contact information, website popups, and editable areas at the top and bottom of your webpages.

Duration: 14 minutes

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Footers

Learn how to navigate, update, and customize your website footers.

Duration: 11 minutes

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