Event Info
Creating a Library Homepage with LibGuides CMS
2:00pm - 3:30pm (Eastern Time - US & Canada) change time zone
About:
Are you planning to use LibGuides as your library website? This session will cover the basics of setting up a guide to use as a custom homepage, discuss important system settings, and make minor customizations to look and feel. Users should be familiar with LibGuides prior to this session. Recommended watching before the session: Planning LibGuides CMS for use as a Library Website.
This session is a 2 day series. There is an optional, more advanced session offered Tuesday covering the creation of a header and footer, advanced page layout, and CSS customization. Familiarity with HTML and CSS is required for the advanced session.
Learning Objectives:
- Basic settings for using LibGuides CMS for your library website
- Creating a group for a customized homepage
- Building a guide for use as a custom homepage
- Making minor CSS adjustments
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For our sessions, we use Zoom. There is a webinar client required for entering the webinar. It will download automatically when joining the webinar or can be downloaded in advance (Zoom Client for Meetings). For additional help using Zoom, check out our Trouble Shooting Guide.
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