For Office Webmasters

Episerver Help Documentation

These documents provide the basics of using the Episerver Content Management System (CMS). Unless you are an authorized user of Episerver, you will not be able to edit pages on sites in the CMS.

Please Note: We do not recommend using a Chromebook to edit your website because the On-Page Edit feature is not supported by Episerver for Chromebooks.

See Examples of Block Types and Page Layouts

Getting Started With Episerver:
How to log in and set up your work area

How to Login and Set Up Your Work Area Adobe PDF icon square

Working with Content

Basics of Editing Content Blocks

How to edit an existing web page
How to add content and format text
How to link to other web pages (creating hyperlinks)
How to upload and link to documents (PDFs, Word documents, etc.)
How to upload and include images on web pages
How to add and edit menu links
How to revert to a previous version

Creating New Pages

create a page

Create a New Page Adobe PDF icon square

2 column layout

Create a 2-Column Page with Left Menu Adobe PDF icon square

side by side content

Create Side by Side Content Adobe PDF icon square

Block Types

Layout Blocks

background container block

Create a District Background Container Adobe PDF icon square

tab container

Create a District Tab Container Block Adobe PDF icon square

Content Block Types

html block

Create an HTML Block Adobe PDF icon square

rich text card

Create a Rich Text Card Block Adobe PDF icon square

image card

Create an Image Card Block Adobe PDF icon square

popup block

Create a Popup Block Adobe PDF icon square

Create an Icon Card Block Adobe PDF icon square

Navigation Block Types

district nav bar

Create a District Navigation Bar Block Adobe PDF icon square

Create a Page Navigation Bar Block Adobe PDF icon square

Create an Image Quick Nav Container Adobe PDF icon square

quick links menu

Create a Quick Links Menu Adobe PDF icon square

Widgets

hero carousel

Create and Update a Hero Carousel Adobe PDF icon square

videos

Create a Video Player Block (upload video file or embed a YouTube video) Adobe PDF icon square

Additional Functionality

News blocks, Upcoming Event/Calendar blocks, and Story Sliders can only be added to your office site by Web Services. To request one of these items, please email webmaster@mcpsmd.org with detailed information and we will contact you.

news block

How to add, delete, and schedule News items/announcements Adobe PDF icon square

upcoming events

How to add and update Calendar events Adobe PDF icon square

story rotator

How to update a Story Slider Adobe PDF icon square