Knowledge Base: Library Help

Mugo FAQs – How to Change Your Hours (and Contact Details)

If you'd like to have a printable version of this FAQ with screenshots included, see How To Change Your Hours (and Other Home Page Details)

For more general information on what to do when changing library hours, see My Library Hours Have Changed, What Do I Do?

1. Visit the back-end of the site and log in using the details we have provided to you. If you need support with this step, see Mugo FAQs - How To Log In.
2. In the back-end of the site, you automatically begin in the Content Structure. This is where you want to be. Expand “Library Sites” along the left-hand side of the page by clicking the small plus sign, and expand “NLLS” as well to find your library name.  
3. Click on your library name. You will see the home area or “root level” of your website, where you can add pages and folders. You can know you’re in the right place if you see “Library Home” in square brackets beside the name of your library.  
4. Off to the right-hand side, you’ll see a blue “Edit” button. Click on the “Edit” button.
5. You’re now in the home page editing screen. You’ll see a list of 4 areas along the left-hand side: Content, Design, System, and Layout.  
6. In the Content area, where you automatically begin, you can scroll down to see different areas you can update. In this area, you can change your hours, update your contact details, and edit other details that appear on your site. Note that you can set regular hours, special hours, and holidays in this area.
7. The Design area relates to the appearance of your site, such as your logo and the colour scheme.
8. The System area is mostly important for inputting your TRAC Code (that is relevant for the catalogue search that patrons can use from your home page), as well as inputting your Google Analytics information. Reach out to your consultant for help with these steps if you are not sure of these details.
9. The Layout area is where you can control how various elements appear on the home page, such as banners and book lists. In order for these elements to display on the home page, you have to create them first, and then visit this Layout area to select them for display.
10. Once you’ve made all the changes you would like, remember to click “Send for Publishing” in the top-right corner. This will publish whatever changes you’ve made. If you simply exit out of the window before clicking this, the changes will be saved as a draft, and you won’t see any changes on the site.
11. If you haven’t made any changes, or if you don’t like the changes you’ve made, I’d recommend clicking “Discard draft” to clear it out, although you could also store the draft to pick it up again later.