Admin tutorials

This page contains tutorials for site administrators.

General navigation tutorials

Click here to view a tutorial that shows the main components of this site's content.

Tutorials for site administrators in PDF format

Guidelines for the CGKB (2.5 MB)

This document is targeted for site administrators and explains a number of items such as how to create a new page and a new menu item, how to apply styles to text, how to insert images or links and how to manage the different webpages in sections and categories.

Video tutorials for site administrators

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Making changes to the web pages of this site

1. How to edit pages on this website (0.7 MB)

2. How to copy and paste from documents onto webpages (0.9 MB)

3. How to insert an image on a page (0.8 MB)

4. How to insert a link to an external website (0.8 MB)

5. How to insert a link to another page on the site (0.5 MB)

6. How to insert a link to a PDF or another file (word doc, excel sheet...) (3.5 MB)

Adding (Spanish) translations to the website

1. Adding translations from a word document (4.7 MB)

2. Adding translations from a PDF document (8.3 MB)

Making general changes to the website

(Login at the administrative panel is needed for the following items)

1. How to create a new page (0.3 MB)

2. How to create a new menu item and link it to an existing page (0.4 MB)

Navigation tutorials

This page contains tutorials or training videos about the navigation of the website.
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Navigation of the website

Learning resources

Contact person for Learning resources: Ewa Hermanowicz, Bioversity, Italy

External reviewers: Kate Gold (Millenium Seed Bank, Kew, UK), Enrica Porcari (ICT-KM Programme of the CGIAR, Rome, Italy), Simone Staiger (ICT-KM Programme of the CGIAR/CIAT, Colombia).

In this area of the Crop Genebank Knowledge Base you can find material which can be useful for genebank staff or trainers:

• Training materials and resources for trainers such as training modules, manuals and handbooks, a picture database and videos.
• An extensive glossary with the terms used on this website.
• References that link to more background information on genebanks.
• Links that lead to other websites that contain information on genebanks and conservation.
• Available materials in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

If you have any information or training materials that could be added to this learning resources section, please contact the focal point.

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Fact sheets

Fact sheets about genebank related topics coming here soon.