Your account
How do I login to update my microsite?
Go to xxx.kitsite.com where xxx is your microsite name.
For example, the Music Society web administrator will login at http://music.kitsite.com
You do not need to put a www at the front of this address.
What if I forget my password?
There is a "Forgot your password?" link on the login screen. If you click this, a password reset email will be sent to your UCL email account.
Getting started
How do I customize the way my website looks?
Login to the microsite backend, and then click on the "Layout" tab. This will take you to a screen where you can specify your own colours. At the top of the screen there is a preview of what your site will look like. Underneath there are a number of different colour swatches. Click on any of these and a colour picker will open up. Play around until you've got the colours you want and then click the "Save" button.
What if I want to use different colours from the ones in the colour picker?
If you click the "Show CSS values" link at the bottom left of the Layout screen, you will be able to type in CSS colour values. Many common colour names such as "green" or "darkblue" will work. Otherwise colours should be specified as hexadecimal colour triplets. Many graphics applications (such as Photoshop) will allow you to pick colour values like this. There's also a nice colour scheme generator at Wellstyled.com
How do I add my club logo?
First you will need to ensure you have a version of your logo that is suitable for using on the web. It should be a .gif, .jpg or .png file no more than 110 pixels high. When you've got it ready, click the "Upload your logo" link on the right of the Layout screen and upload the file there.
How can I add another link to the site navigation?
By default, a link is added to the navigation for every "index page" in the microsite. You can add an additional link like this: go to the Browse tab, and use the "Section" tool to create a new folder. Then create a new page to be the index page of the section. Give the new page the name that you want to appear in the site navigation, and make sure you check the "This is an index page" box.
Blogs, events and photo galleries
How do I use the blog?
Go to the Blog tab and click the green plus sign to post your first entry. Each post needs at least a title and a body. You can optionally add a summary, picture and tags. Tags should be separated by commas.
Do not try and create blog posts manually from the Browse tab - always use the Blog tab.
How do I add events to the calendar?
Go to the Events tab and click the green plus sign to add your first event to the calendar. Fill in the event details and click the "Save" button.
How do I add photos to the photo gallery?
Go to the Photos tab and upload your photos there. Thumbnails will be created automatically. Do not try and upload pictures to a gallery through the Browse tab, or the the thumbnails will not get made and your gallery will look broken.
Can I organise my photos into albums?
Not yet, but we're working on this much requested feature.
Advanced topics
These topics are for users who have have some web development skills (HTML etc).
Can I directly edit the CSS?
If you know how to code CSS you can override the default CSS stylesheet to completely restyle your site. Go to the Browse tab and open the "resources" folder.
There are two stylesheets in this folder. The "standard" CSS file holds most of the styling. The "custom" CSS file is generated by the Layout screen, and contains overrides for colours.
Double-click the "standard" CSS file to edit it (we strongly recommend that you take a backup before you make any changes). Any changes you make will not be reflected on the live site until you republish this file.
Can I customize the site header and navigation?
The site header (which includes the navigation) generated by the Layout screen is an include file called "masthead" that is stored in the "resources" folder. If you replace this with your own file, then your file will be used as the header instead.
Problems
My layout changes are not appearing on the live site
Try this: open the "resources" folder in Browse. Select everything in the folder and click the "Publish" tool to republish. If your site still hasn't updated after five minutes, send an email to support@kitsite.com
