Welcome to the administrative panel of the Louisiana Geological Survey.
From this area of the site you can manage users, add/remove content and publish your updated content to the public website.
Click the links below for detailed instructions on the available site functions.
Site Areas
Manage Users [+/-]
This menu contains options for managing users and managing your password.
- Users
Displays a list of current users that have been added to the system. Options for editing, deleting and resetting password are available.
The 'Reset Password' option will overwrite the user's current password and email them a new password.
NOTE! Currently the email function is not working. For now the 'Reset Password' will print the newly assigned password to the screen for you to email them directly.
- Add New User
Users added are given access to the Administrative panel. Users only need to be added when they will need access to edit content. Users may be given full access (Admin role) or
access to only update their staff publications (Publisher role). Staff publications are listed in the Staff area of the Sections page on the public website
- Change password
This will allow you to change your individual password. All members of the administrative panel have access to this function.
Publications [+/-]
This menu contains options for updating the publication catalog. From here you can add/remove catalog categories and publications. Changes made are not available on the public website until you 'publish' the publications section.
The publications catalog can be found in the 'Publications & Data' area of the public website.
- Publications
Displays a list of existing publications ordered by category. To see the publications belonging to each category, click the category title link.
From there you can edit and delete publications.
- Enter new publication
Adds a new publication to the category you specify. Before adding a publication, please make sure you have added the category it will belong under. When adding a new publication
you will be given the option of uploading a thumbnail and an attached file (the publication in pdf form, for example). For detailed instructions on adding publications and a description of each field, please view the LGS Quick Help Guide.
- Publication Categories
Displays a list of existing categories along with edit and delete options. CAUTION! When deleting a category all publications assigned to that category will also be removed.
- Add Publication Category
Adds a new publication category. Categories are used to sort publications into table of content sections. By default, categories are listed in alphabetical order. If you do not want the online catalog to display categories in alphabetical order, you may specify the list order when adding a category.
Staff [+/-]
This menu contains options for adding/removing staff, updating staff sections and adding staff publications.
There are 6 staff sections which correspond to the 'Sections' area of the public website.
- Staff Sections
You can edit the settings for the 6 staff sections and publish the staff sections from here. When editing a staff section
you can choose to have staff sorted alphabetically or by a specified list order.
- Staff
Displays a list of all staff. Options to edit, delete and add publications for each staff person are available.
- Add New Staff
Adds a new staff member. When adding a staff member you can specify an existing login id. This will allow that login id
to add/remove publications for this staff member.
Files [+/-]
This menu contains options for adding and removing files. Here is where you should upload any files you wish to link to in your content pages. NOTE! Staff pictures should not be uploaded here. There is
an option on the staff page for uploading staff pictures. Files related to the publication catalog should also not be uploaded here.
See the 'Enter New Publication' instructions for more information on uploading publication files.
Manage Site [+/-]
When you are ready for any changes made to be available on the public website you will need to publish the modified sections. The manage site menu lists all of the available site and staff sections.
This menu area also contains the functions for adding/removing content pages to the different sections of the public website and allows you to update the section descriptions.
- Site Sections
Displays a list of the major site areas. This includes the 6 major areas linked in the left panel on the public site and the News section.
Options for editing content pages and section information are described below.
- Publish - Make changes available on the public website for the specified section.
- Edit - Modify the description for the area. This description displays on the public website index page for each site area.
- Add Page - Add a content page to appear in the site area. Content pages appear when you publish. If a menu link is specified then the content
page link will appear in the Quick Links box and on the drop down 'Content' menu of the public site.
- View Pages - View existing content pages and edit/delete.
- Staff Sections
You can edit the settings for the 6 staff sections and publish the staff sections from here. When editing a staff section
you can choose to have staff sorted alphabetically or by a specified list order.
GR & News [+/-]
This area allows you to update the GR Calendar and news items
