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Editing the Slideshow

You can edit the rotating slideshow using Omni’s toolbar. This tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions. Before you start editing in Omni, you need to have your images prepared. Each large photo is 650 x 311 pixels with a resolution of 72 (note that your original image must be at least 640 pixels wide –...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 25, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Creating and Editing Tables

1. Click on the Table icon in the toolbar. 2. Then choose your number of columns and number of rows. Keep the border at 0 for now. 3. When the table is created, you’ll see dashed lines for your columns and rows. Key in your text for the columns and rows, and click on the Save icon. 4....

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Edit the Horizontal Navigation Bar

  1. Navigate to any page of your Omni website. 2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the copyright symbol. 3. Log in with your Omni user name and password. 4. Click on the green edit button for the region of the page with the horizontal navigation bar. 5. The screen...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Upload and Edit an Image

This tutorial will show you how to upload and add an image to an Omni web page. 1. Navigate to the page of your website where you’d like to display the image. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the copyright symbol. Log in using your Omni user name and password (if...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Upload a PDF or File

Omni makes it easy to upload a file like a PDF, Word document, or Excel document. Here are instructions about how to upload a file to your website and how to create a link from your web page to that document. 1. Navigate to the web page that you would like the file to be...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Paste Text from Microsoft Word (and other sources)

Often it’s a time saver to copy and paste text from a Microsoft Word document into your Omni page. The Omni toolbar has two icons that are specifically designed to work with Microsoft Word text. The BEST option is using the PASTE AS PLAIN TEXT button. This ensures that no incorrect formatting and extraneous code....

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Info, WordPress Tutorial

The Omni WYSIWYG Toolbar

  What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get, or “WYSIWYG” for short, is how users edit pages in OmniUpdate.The WYSIWYG editor lets you edit pages like a Microsoft Word document. When you click on the green edit button, you’ll see the Omni Toolbar at the top of your screen. The screenshot, below, shows the full Omni Toolbar; for some maintainers, the...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Checking in a File

Omni has a check-in and check-out system to prevent users from overwriting files that another user may be editing. A file is checked out, and thus unavailable for editing by another user, when the lightbulb icon is yellow. A file is checked in, and thus available for editing, when the lightbulb icon is gray. If...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Page Properties Window

  Page properties control aspects of a page, such as how many columns a page has, whether a page has a slideshow, and more. This tutorial describes the page properties window and how to use it. How to Access the Page Properties Window 1. Navigate to any page of your Omni site. Scroll to the...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Creating a New Page Using the “Save As” Command

    The easiest way to create a new page in Omni is by using the Save As command. Here’s how to do it:     1. In your browser, navigate to a page in your Omni site that has a layout that you’d like to use for your new page. For example, if you wanted...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

How to Create a New Directory (Folder)

  Large websites can have an overwhelming number of files if everything is kept in one folder. If you have a large website, consider creating new directories (folders) to organize your content. For example, you could have new directories for each section of your site: About Us, Projects, News & Events. etc. This tutorial will show you how...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

Basic Page Editing

Editing is a breeze with OmniUpdate. You don’t have to know any web coding and you don’t need any special software. All you need is a web browser and live Internet connection – and you’re ready to roll. You can edit your pages at 2 a.m. in Tahiti – Omni doesn’t care about the time...

Posted by Lacy Tite on January 23, 2011 in Omni Tutorial

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