Adding Items to the Resource Library

 

Before adding a new resource, please be sure that the resource doesn’t already exist.

You’ll need the following information for the resource:

  • Required:

    • Title

    • Summary – shows on the list view / category pages

    • Full Text – shows on the resource detail view

    • Categories – determines where resource can be found

  • Optional:

    • Document attachment(s) – must be ADA compliant

How the info gets used:

Chart showing locations of resource item fields

Steps

  1. Login to the website

  2. Go to the Resource Library

  3. Click the “Add Article” button on the toolbar below the search

  4. On the Add Article screen, enter your resource’s essential information:

    1. Title → Title box

    2. Summary → Summary box

    3. Full text → Content box (below the blue heading “Article Detail Type”)

    4. Check the boxes for the categories you would like the resource to display in. You can choose more than one if needed.

  5. If you are adding a PDF, Word document, or other downloadable file:

    1. Locate the Documents box (blue heading) about ¾ of the way down the page

    2. Drag and drop your document(s) onto the box or click the “Select Documents” button

    3. Click the “Upload” button

    4. Edit the document title and (optional) description for each document:

      1. Click the pencil icon next to the document

      2. Change the title to something more user friendly than the file name (generally, this is just fixing capitalization and removing dashes/underscores)

      3. You can also add a brief description, but this is rarely needed.

      4. Click the save button

      5. The resource library template automatically adds the file extension (pdf, docx, etc) after the resource title so users know what they’ll be downloading.

  6. Click the green “Save and View” button at the bottom of the Add Article screen.

  7. Review your published resource and make any corrections needed.

Linking to an Existing Resource

  • Copy the full URL from your browser’s address bar — it will start with https://www.cda.org/Home/Resource-Library/Resources. DO NOT copy the direct URL to an attached file. This will change as the attachments get revised and will result in broken links.

  • Highlight the text you want to use as a hyperlink

  • Click the link icon on the editing toolbar

  • Paste in the URL

  • Click the green “Ok” button

Adding a Resource to a Toolkit

The toolkits contain links to existing resources in the library. They do not contain unique resources. They are collections of resources.

  1. Copy the resource’s full URL from your browser’s address bar

  2. On the editing screen for the toolkit, scroll down to the Links section

  3. Paste in the resource’s URL in the URL field

  4. Add the resource’s title in Link Title field

  5. Click the blue “Add” button.

  6. Click the green “Save and View” button at the bottom of the Add Article screen.

  7. Review the updated resource and make any corrections needed.

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