Site Configuration

From configuring your home page, to creating content, to managing the behavior of your site, this section contains the information you need to use Terra Dotta's powerful configuration tools.

  • ISSS: The Site Builder plus icon minus icon
    • Terra Dotta's Site Builder provides offices with an easy and efficient way to build, preview, and publish public site pages. Use an existing template to input your desired text and images, or choos... See more
  • ISSS Student & Scholar: Student Visa Types plus icon minus icon
    • This KB Article reviews the process of creating profiles for students and scholars with visa types that do not require SEVIS reporting or have not previously been usable in Terra Dotta. Institution... See more
  • ISSS Student: SEVIS Settings plus icon minus icon
    • This Knowledgebase Article reviews the features of the SEVIS Settings page and how to maintain DSOs, ROs, and configuring the Student ID. Before Going to SEVIS Settings Add Alternate/Responsible O... See more
  • ISSS Student: DHS School Codes (F/M) and USDOS EVP Program IDs (J) plus icon minus icon
    • In preparation to batch F/M student records and J Exchange Visitor records, the relevant SEVIS school code/s and/or program number must be added.  Navigate to SEVIS Admin > ISSS Student > Configur... See more
  • ISSS Student: Comment Title Configuration plus icon minus icon
    • The Comment Title Configuration allows ISSS Offices to create standardized titles that can be easily used throughout the office by all ISSS Admins. Comment titles can configured two ways: Via the ... See more
  • ISSS Student: Tag Configuration plus icon minus icon
    • Tags are a customizable set of labels that the clients can create and add to the header of student profiles to display specific alerts and information about students (such as leave of absence, conc... See more
  • ISSS Student: Field Configuration plus icon minus icon
    • This KB article reviews the process of setting up custom fields, editing them and adding them to student profile headers, adding them to stage configurations, previewing from the student perspectiv... See more
  • ISSS Student: Letter Templates plus icon minus icon
    • This KB reviews ISSS Student's Letter Templates and the process of creating and editing these templates. Navigating to the Letter Templates Creating a Letter Template Step 1: Navigate to Letter T... See more
  • ISSS Student: Templates plus icon minus icon
    • This KB Article reviews the functions and process of creating an F-1 and J-1 Student Template in the ISSS Student. The Student Templates are used to populate student profiles with pre-configured in... See more
  • ISSS Student: Image Library plus icon minus icon
    • The Image Library tool enables you to manage images that you can link to using any of the WYSIWYG Editor located in ISSS Student. To access this tool, go to Configuration > Site Pages then select t... See more
  • ISSS Student: Site Pages plus icon minus icon
    • This KB reviews what are Site Pages for ISSS Student and how to set-up and maintain the Site Pages.  Site Pages in ISSS Student is the hub for website content design, where you can design the look ... See more