Web Training and Assistance

• Teach Yourself: Use our website training agenda and video series
• Email websupport@pgcps.org for a one-on-one session

Manual & Directions

• Web Training Agenda
• School Website Requirements

• Presentation: Web Development for Schools, Programs and Topics
• Ektron Manual
  • How to: Understand the School Website Layout
  • How to: Create a School Webpage
  • Working With Collections
  • Working With the Announcement Collection
    • How to add an announcement
    • VIDEO: How to link a PDF to an announcement
  • Working With the Rotating Story Collection
    • How to add a rotating story
• Working With Menus
  • Add an external link to your menu or dropdown menu
• Working With the Hyperlink Manager
• Working With Embedding Calendars
• Working With Staff Members
  • Video: how to edit or add staff members
• Working With the Library and DMS
  • How to delete library items
• Uploading videos to Youtube
• Don't see "EDIT" on the access point? How to Check-In Content
• How to embed a Youtube video on your website
• How to Fix an Inaccessible PDF
• Best Practice: Getting the most from your files (PDF, DOC, etc.)
• Splash Page
  • How to: Understand the School Splash Layout
  • Working With the School Splash Page
  • How to: Allow Multiple Fields
• Offices, Programs and Topics
  • Quick Guide: How to edit a card page
  • How to edit a card
  • How to create a card
• How to create Google Photo Albums

Website Training and Help Sessions

One-on-One Virtual Open Lab

Already had training, but want some help? Contact websupport@pgcps.org to schedule a session. 

Office and Program Website Training

Contact websupport@pgcps.org to schedule a session.

School Website Training

Self-guided

Take our self-service training series: Open self-guided agenda (with links to videos) or watch our entire video series

Virtual webinar session

Email websupport@pgcps.org to schedule a one-on-one training or select from courses listed in our calendar below:

Access Your Website

• All page editing takes place on a staging server (http://ektron.pgcps.org) which uploads to the public one time per hour on the 30 minute mark (1:30, 2:30, 3:30, etc.).
• Login using the button "Login" above.
• To edit your page, you will need to access your website from the staging server. The easiest way to ensure that you are accessing your website from the proper location, follow the links below:
  • Schools
  • Offices
• When you have located your school or office, click on "Website"  
  • For Schools:  change the beginning of the URL from "schools" to "ektron"  So your editing URL should be https://ektron.pgcps.org/(name-of-your-school)
  • For Offices:  change the beginning of the URL from "offices" to "ektron"  So your editing URL should be https://ektron.pgcps.org/(name-of-your-office)
• Roll over the access point on your website and begin editing!

Notes

• This version of Ektron works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari
• If you received the following error: DisplayName YOURNAME already exists message upon logging in, please email websupport@pgcps.org with DisplayName Issue in the subject line