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Use Site Navigation menus to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Click Department Wizard to create or delete a department for your intranet. View the Site Map of your intranet. Opens the Welcome Guide page. Enters the Workarea of the CMS400.NET, which gives you powerful and ultimate customization of the web site beyond the "out-of-the-box" eIntranet V2. See the consolidated Ektron CMS400.NET Reference for information about the functionality that created the eIntranet V2. Use the Search box to look for items on the eIntranet site. You can click on the tabs below to search the entire site, or search for colleagues, groups, or activities. Click here to go to your inbox to read your messages. Opens your profile page where you can customize your intranet information. Logout or login to create and edit content, such as adding or deleting a department page, and customizing your eIntranet through the CMS400.NET Workarea. Communicate important dates and events scheduled on the Company Calendar. The list of events is ordered from your next upcoming event to later events. Add a photo to the Photo Of The Day to highlight a story or event, or recognize outstanding contributions from your work force, using the eI_PhotoOfTheDay widget. You can add a caption, print, or email the photo. Display the activity of people and groups with whom you have connected using the ei_ActivityStream widget. Administrators can determine the types of information that appears, such as blogs, comments, micro-messaging status, and so on. Create links to important or often-used content that you want accessible to all people from the home page using the ei_Collection widget. Display news and content from outside your organization using the TwitterFeed widget. Keep in touch with what customers and others are saying about your product and services by setting the feed to show Tweets that are related to your company or industry. See the latest Blog from the CEO on the home page using the eI_RecentBlogPosts widget. When the CEO creates a new entry in this blog, this teaser appears on the front page. Display important phone numbers (or any other content) you want accessible to everyone from the home page using the ei_ContentBlock widget. Display news items that affect your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are News type content with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. Display announcements to your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are text entry type with the newest announcements at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content Launches Getting Started with Ektron eIntranet online help. Click Department Wizard to create or delete a department for your intranet. View the Site Map of your intranet. Opens the Welcome Guide page. Enters the Workarea of the CMS400.NET, which gives you powerful and ultimate customization of the web site beyond the "out-of-the-box" eIntranet V2. See the consolidated Ektron CMS400.NET Reference for information about the functionality that created the eIntranet V2. Use the Search box to look for items on the eIntranet site. You can click on the tabs below to search the entire site, or search for colleagues, groups, or activities. Click here to go to your inbox to read your messages. Opens your profile page where you can customize your intranet information. Logout or login to create and edit content, such as adding or deleting a department page, and customizing your eIntranet through the CMS400.NET Workarea. Use Site Navigation menus to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Communicate important dates and events scheduled on the Company Calendar. The list of events is ordered from your next upcoming event to later events. Add a photo to the Photo Of The Day to highlight a story or event, or recognize outstanding contributions from your work force, using the PhotoOfTheDay widget. You can add a caption, print, or email the photo. Display the activity of people and groups with whom you have connected using the ei_ActivityStream widget. Administrators can determine the types of information that appears, such as blogs, comments, micro-messaging status, and so on. Display news and content from outside your organization using the TwitterFeed widget. Keep in touch with what customers and others are saying about your product and services by setting the feed to show Tweets that are related to your company or industry. See the latest Blog from the CEO on the home page using the RecentBlogPost widget. When the CEO creates a new entry in this blog, this teaser appears on the front page. Display news items that affect your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are News type content with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. Display announcements to your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are text entry type with the newest announcements at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content Create links to important or often-used content that you want accessible to all people from the home page using the ei_Collection widget. Display important phone numbers (or any other content) you want accessible to everyone from the home page using the ei_ContentBlock widget. Add a photo to the Photo Of The Day area to highlight a story or event, or recognize outstanding contributions from your work force, using the PhotoOfTheDay widget. You can add a caption, print, or email the photo. Display the activity of people and groups in your eIntranet with whom you have connected using the ei_ActivityStream widget . You can choose the types of information you want to see from your colleagues and groups, such as blogs, comments, micro-messaging status, and so on. Display news and content from outside your organization using the TwitterFeed widget. Keep in touch with what customers and others are saying about your product and services by setting the feed to show Tweets that are related to your company or industry. Use Site Navigation menus to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Communicate important dates and events scheduled on the calendar to members of your entire organization using the ei_UpcomingEvents widget. The list of events is ordered from your next upcoming event to later events. Create links to important or often-used content that you want accessible to all people from the home page using the ei_Collection widget and selecting content from the CMS400.NET. See the latest Blog from the CEO on the home page using the RecentBlogPost widget. When the CEO creates a new entry in this blog, this teaser appears on the front page. Display important phone numbers you want accessible to everyone from the home page using the ei_ContentBlock widget. Display news items that affect your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are News type content with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. Display announcements to your organization using the ei_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are text entry type with the newest announcements at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content Click Department Wizard to create or delete a department for your intranet. View the Site Map of your intranet. Opens the Welcome Guide page. Enters the Workarea of the CMS400.NET, which gives you powerful and ultimate customization of the web site beyond the "out-of-the-box" eIntranet V2. See the consolidated Ektron CMS400.NET Reference for information about the functionality that created the eIntranet V2. Use the Search box to look for items on the eIntranet site. You can click on the tabs below to search the entire site, or search for colleagues, groups, or activities. Click here to go to your inbox to read your messages. Opens your profile page where you can customize your intranet information. Logs you out of page editing mode. This content block uses the ei_UpcomingEvents widget to show a list of scheduled calendar events. Use this to communicate important dates and events to your employees. Use Site Navigation to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet. Use the Workarea to search the Intranet site. Login to create and edit content, such as adding a new department page, and customizing your eIntranet through the CMS400.NET Workarea. This content block uses the ei_ActivityStream widget to show the activity of users and groups inside your eIntranet with whom you have connected. You can choose the types of information you want to see from your colleagues and groups. This content block uses the ei_PhotoOfTheDay widget to display an image file, scaled to fit. Highlight a story or event, and add a caption. People can print and email the posted picture. This content block uses the Twitter Feed widget to show status updates from people you have connected to using Twitter. Use this to stay connected with your customers. Set it to show tweets related to your company and stay informed about what others are saying about your product and services. This content block uses the ei_RecentBlogPost widget to display content entered into a blog. A teaser appears with the first few lines of the blog with a link to the blog page for the whole story. This content block uses the ei_Collection widget to show a list of links to content selected from the CMS400.NET. Create links to important or often-used content. This content block uses the ei_ContentBlock widget to show any content from the CMS400.NET. You also can add ratings for the content, links to Add to Favorites, Email, and Print, and comments submitted by logged-in visitors. This list shows important phone numbers. This content block uses the ei_ListSummary widget to show a list of content. In this case, the type of content is News with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to autmatically scroll the content. This content block uses the ei_ListSummary widget to show a list of content. In this case, the type of content is Announcements sorted in descending order: (Traffic, Pizza, Parking).

Touring the Home Page

The default Ektron eIntranet home page contains information and features that employees need daily. The following figure shows the default home page with each page section outlined for easier identification. A widget icon further identifies the type of widget used to create the content on the page. Hover over each page section to see descriptions of how the home page is constructed.

The following table describes each of the blocks in the figure.
Block & Widget Used Function
Site Navigation Tools
(upper right)		 Use the Site Navigation tools to search the Ektron eIntranet site.  You can log in to page edit mode, view the site map, and go to the Welcome Guide page. After you log in, you also can add a department page and enter the Workarea of the CMS400.NET.
Site Navigation Menus
(upper left)		 Use Site Navigation menus to go to Department pages, Employee Resources, News and Events, and your personal space on My Intranet.

Launches the eIntranet online help: Getting Started with Ektron eIntranet.

Upcoming Events

Communicate important dates and events scheduled on the Company Calendar. The list of events is ordered from your next upcoming event to later events.. For information about its properties, see eI_UpcomingEvents Widget. See also Displaying Upcoming Events.

Quick Reference

Create links to important or often-used content that you want accessible to all people from the home page using the eI_Collection widget . For information about its properties, see eI_Collection Widget. see also Adding Links to the Quick Reference Collection Widget.

Phone Book

 Display important phone numbers you want accessible to everyone from the home page using the eI_ContentBlock widget. For information about its properties, see eI_ContentBlock Widget. See also Changing the Contents of the Phone Book.

Photo of the Day

Add a photo to the Photo Of The Day to highlight a story or event, or recognize outstanding contributions from your work force, using the eI_PhotoOfTheDay widget. You can add a caption, print, or email the photo. For information about its properties, see eI_PhotoOfTheDay Widget. See also Changing the Photo of the Day.

From the CEO's Blog

See the latest Blog from the CEO on the home page using the eI_RecentBlogPosts widget. When the CEO creates a new entry in this blog, this teaser appears on the front page. For information about its properties, see eI_RecentBlogPosts Widget. See also Adding Entries to the CEO's Blog.

News

Display news items that affect your organization using the eI_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are News type content with the newest entry at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. For information about its properties, see eI_ListSummary Widget. See also Displaying News Items.

Announcements

Display announcements to your organization using the eI_ListSummary widget. In this case, the items are text entry type with the newest announcements at the top. You can choose to automatically scroll the content. For information about its properties, see eI_ListSummary Widget. see also Creating and Displaying Announcements.

Activity Stream

Display the activity of people and groups in your Ektron eIntranet with whom you have connected using the eI_ActivityStream widget . You can choose the types of information you want to see from your colleagues and groups, such as blogs, comments, micro-messaging status, and so on. For information about its properties, see eI_ActivityStream Widget . See also Customizing the Activity Stream.

Twitter

Display news and content from outside your organization using the TwitterFeed widget. Keep in touch with what customers and others are saying about your product and services by setting the feed to show Tweets that are related to your company or industry.

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