Accessing the SOLES Homepage in Cascade
For instructions on how to use Cascade, visit sandiego.edu/cascade.
To reach the SOLES home page in Cascade, go to http://cms.sandiego.edu, use your USDOne login name and password to log in, and then navigate to the soles site in the site selector.
Once there, click on the index page at the very bottom of the Explorer.
Editing the Home Page
Once selected, click the Edit button to begin editing the page.
Sections
The SOLES homepage is divided into five sections:
- Intro
- Departments
- Why SOLES
- Quick LInks
- Spotlight
Most of these five sections are further divided into sub-sections.
Intro
The Intro section contains the following fields:
- Title: Displays the heading of the section under the image on the homepage.
- Text: Displays the text under the title.
The Intro section also contains a sub-section for Button.
- Text: Displays the text in the button.
- URL Type: Determines whether the URL is internal to Cascade or external.
- Internal or External URL: This field depends on which option is select for URL Type. If Internal is selected, then this field will use the Cascade internal-navigation button to create an internal link. Otherwise, if External is selected, a field will appear for you to copy and paste a URL from an external website into.
Departments
The Departments section contains the following fields:
- Title: Displays the text for each department over the image.
- Text: Displays the text that pops up when the image is hovered over.
- Image: Used to link an image to the field. The help text states that the image must be 640x360 pixels.
- Image Description (Alt text): Used for screen readers. Follow the directions for creating accessible image descriptions.
- URL Type: Determines whether the URL is internal to Cascade or external.
- Internal or External URL: This field depends on which option is select for URL Type. If Internal is selected, then this field will use the Cascade internal-navigation button to create an internal link. Otherwise, if External is selected, a field will appear for you to copy and paste a URL from an external website into.
Why SOLES
The Why SOLES section is divided into three Item sub-sections, each of which contains a Content and a Button option.
The Content options contain the following fields:
- Title: Displays the text which appears on the very top of the section overlay. Use the <br/> tag to create a return break in the paragraph.
- Text: Displays the text which appears inside of the background image. Use the tags <em> and </em> to enclose any text intended to appear in italics.
- Button Text: This text only displays for screen readers. Examples include, "Learn more about US News and World Report's Top 10% of Graduate Schools."
- URL Type: Determines whether the URL is internal to Cascade or external.
- Internal or External URL: This field depends on which option is select for URL Type. If Internal is selected, then this field will use the Cascade internal-navigation button to create an internal link. Otherwise, if External is selected, a field will appear for you to copy and paste a URL from an external website into.
- Background Image: Displays the image used in the background. The image should be 2500x1500 pixels.
The Button options contain the following fields:
- Icon: Listed as <span class="icon icon-medal2"><span class="show-for-sr">globe</span></span> so that icon-medal2 is the name of the icon to display. See this page for a list of icons and their names. The word "globe" here is used to describe to screen readers what the icon is.
- Text: Displays the text which appears on the button.
Quick Links
The quick links have two sub-sections, Main and Secondary. The Main section governs the three audiences (prospective, admitted, and current students), and the Secondary section controls the four quick links for the Directory, FAQs, MySanDiego, and alumni.
Each of the items in the Main sub-section contain the following fields:
- Title: Displays the text for each department over the image.
- Text: Displays the text that pops up when the image is hovered over.
- Image: Used to link an image to the field. The help text states that the image must be 640x360 pixels.
- Image Description (Alt text): Used for screen readers. Follow the directions for creating accessible image descriptions.
- URL Type: Determines whether the URL is internal to Cascade or external.
- Internal or External URL: This field depends on which option is select for URL Type. If Internal is selected, then this field will use the Cascade internal-navigation button to create an internal link. Otherwise, if External is selected, a field will appear for you to copy and paste a URL from an external website into.
The Secondary sub-section contains Items with the following fields:
- Text: Displays the button text.
- URL Type: Determines whether the URL is internal to Cascade or external.
- Internal or External URL: This field depends on which option is select for URL Type. If Internal is selected, then this field will use the Cascade internal-navigation button to create an internal link. Otherwise, if External is selected, a field will appear for you to copy and paste a URL from an external website into.
Spotlight
The Spotlight section is comprised of three Items, each of which contains the following fields:
- Quote: The quote which takes up the majority of the text area. Do not use actual quotation marks in this field.
- Author: The name of the quote's author.
- Color: Controls the color of the background overlay in front of the image, but behind the words. Options are teal, orange, and blue.
- Background Image: Displays the image used in the background. The image should be 2500x1500 pixels.
Documentation for SOLES Manage Area Databases
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Accessing the SOLES Manage Area
Access the SOLES Manage Area by going to sandiego.edu/manage/soles.
SOLES Databases
The SOLES Manage area contains links to four databases as well as links to the Directory, MyPostings, and the Scholarships database.
The SOLES-specific databases are:
