Get Started with PIE (publish.illinois.edu)

• Request a site by going to: http://go.illinois.edu/getpie
• Log in to publish.illinois.edu once you have requested your site. To get to your site's Dashboard, go to the My Sites menu in the gray bar or visit your site.
• Preview the template here https://publish.illinois.edu/engineeringtemplate/. The template provides placeholders for headings, text, and pages. Once imported, you can edit all the placeholders with your own content.

Apply the Engineering Course Template

Once your publish.illinois.edu website is established, import the engineering course template.

• Download the template file to import. (Right-click the template file, choose Save link as...)
• Log in at publish.illinois.edu
• Navigate to your site Dashboard. In the top toolbar choose My Sites, {name of your site}, Dashboard
  • Under Dashboard, choose Tools, choose Import. 
  • Click Run Importer.
  • Click Choose File.
  • Navigate to the downloaded template file.
  • Click Upload file and import.
  • Under Assign Authors, Import author: Melissa or assign posts to an existing user, click the drop down and choose your name. Click Submit.
  • You'll see the "All done" message, meaning the import is successful.
    

Update Your Theme

Once the import is complete, apply the same theme as the template.

• In the Dashboard, choose Appearance, click Themes.
• The theme in our template is called  Engineering at Illinois 2017
• Click Activate on the Engineering at Illinois 2017 to apply the theme.
• You will now see the new theme activated

Update Your Home Page

Now, assign the template's Overview page as your home page.

• In the Dashboard, choose Settings, click Reading
• Set Your homepage displays: 
  • Select A static page (select below)
  • Homepage: choose Overview
  • Click Save Changes

Editing Pages

Edit the pages with your content.

• In the Dashboard, choose Pages, All Pages
• Choose the page and click Edit
• Click Update to apply changes.

Additional PIE (publish.illinois.edu) Resources

• Technology Service's Knowledge Base articles
• For additional support, please email engrit-help@illinois.edu