Sitecore content managers

Manage your preferences

The Leeds Beckett website is designed to enable you to manage your own privacy preferences. By clicking on 'Cookies' below you can manage what data the site collects about your browsing. This will only maintain if you are on your own device or using a synched version of your chosen browser. If you are using a shared or public machine without synching your browser then there is no need to change the preferences.

Our site is built with accessibility in mind and we seek to adhere to the WACG AA levels of compliance for digital accessibility. To support that we have provided instructions on managing animations below.

Cookies

Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable you to use all the different parts of leedsbeckett.ac.uk. Without them services that you have asked for cannot be provided. Necessary cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
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Analytical cookies help us understand how people are using our websites, so we can improve them and provide a better user experience. We also sometimes get our approved partner companies to analyse how people are using Leeds Beckett Websites and they may set their own analytical cookies in order to do this.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies allow us to provide you with online adverts that are the most relevant and useful for you.
For more information please view our Privacy Policy

Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

In these pages you'll find information and guides to help you navigate and publish to the university content management system (CMS) - Sitecore.

Alongside these resources we also run regular clinics to allow you drop into sessions relevant to your area of work and get tailored support if you have something specific you need help with. If you would like to be added to the invite list for these sessions please email digital@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

1. Getting started with Sitecore and content editing

If you're new to Sitecore, this guide will help you get access, get logged in and help finding your page to start editing and publishing.

Getting started guide

2. Working with images

If you need use images within the pages you are managing, this guide will give you all the information you need about using the Sitecore media library, sizing and accessibility.

Working with images guide

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3. Editorial content managers

If you are responsible for publishing editorial content such as blog articles, news articles and events then this guide will talk you through how to create and edit content using Sitecore templates.

Blog content managers
News content managers
Events - contact the Digital team (digital@leedsbeckett.ac.uk) regarding Events template training

4. Working with components

Components are the content blocks that make up our webpages. Our component library will help you understand which components should be used and when. We have provided video guides for some of our most used components.

Please note that some components can be managed by general users while many will need to be added and updated via the Digital team.

Components library

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Digital team

Get in touch if you are a digital content creator and need some additional support with writing for the web or publishing content to our content management system, Sitecore.