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Content Management System

Learn how to manage content across our site.

A content management system (CMS) is used to organize and control all of the digital content on Heifer International’s website. This system is created for non-technical users to easily create, edit and delete content without having to know HTML or wait for a developer to make changes. With the help of this guide, employees at Heifer will have the power to quickly make changes on our site.

Get Started

Use the link below to enter the sign in page of our CMS.

Sign In

CMS Guide

This documentation gives detailed explanations, walkthroughs and best practices for how to use our content management system.

Getting Started

Take the first step in getting to know our CMS. Learn how to sign in to your account and get a brief introduction of the general layout of our CMS.

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Create Content

Learn how to create a new page on our site. This will include creating a URL for the page and building out the page structure using copy and images.

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Copy Content

Copying a page includes taking the existing structure, images and copy, then creating a brand-new page with the same information. We will walk through how to select and copy an existing page.

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Edit Content

In our CMS, content can be changed or corrected on existing pages. In this section, we will take you through the process of selecting an existing page to edit.

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Remove Content

Learn how to unpublish a page to remove it from the live site, while still keeping it in the CMS for future use, or how to delete a page completely.

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Media Manager

Discover how to find or upload images and files, while also going over best practices for formatting files for the web

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Blog

Create a new blog page by determining the name and structure of the page, then adding copy and images to the blog template.

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Marketplace

Learn how to add new products to the Marketplace by adding the product information into the CMS and creating a product page that can be viewed on the Marketplace.

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Resources

Discover how to put a new resource on the site by adding it into the CMS and creating a new page to display all of the resource's information.

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Gift Card

Heifer International gift cards can be used on any gift in the Gift Catalog section of our site. This section will explain how to create a new gift card and deliver it to its recipient.

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Honor Card

Every year, new Honor Card styles are created and updated on the site. Learn how to update cards in the CMS so donors can view the latest styles.

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