Welcome to the Webtools How-to Guide. On this mini website, you will find a series of tutorials that will assist you in developing your center/program's website content. Tutorials are offered in text and video formats.
To explore Webtools modules further, please refer below to the introductory and many other links that are offered in the navigation menu above.
What is Webtools? What purpose does it serve?
Webtools is a web interface that allows you to add content to your website with minimal technical knowledge. It serves to:
- provide access to creating and modifying content across the websites of the UCLA International Institute and its centers and programs;
- fulfill administrative and logistical functions, including but not limited to managing staff information, equipment reservations, grant tracking, and fellowship applications;
- hold a record and archive of web content including text, images, video, and audio;
- provide IT related resources and support (i.e. how-to guides, tutorials, useful links).
You can log in from any browser and use the graphic interface to carry out any of the functions that Webtools offers. Webtools is a web application with a simple and easy-to-use interface that allows center staff to create and maintain their published and administrative data as well as other functions listed above.
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What does Webtools offer to manage the content?
Webtools is an application that acts as a Content Management System (CMS). CMS-based content is the kind that center/program staff can edit themselves. On the other end of the content management spectrum, there is hard coded content. Hard coded content is the kind the IST staff creates and maintains. Center/program staff cannot alter this kind of content. In an ideal world, all content would be CMS-based, allowing the users maximum control over their own content. This is the ultimate goal of UCLA International Institute IST group.
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How to get to the Webtools site
There are two ways you can access to Webtools:
You can either visit http://webtools.international.ucla.edu;
OR
1. Go to the UCLA International Institute website at //www.international.ucla.edu/institute.
2. Click Tools in the footer.
3. Click Webtools link among the Top Links section.
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