The Children`s Law Center Web Manual Appendix
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1. DO PWN Saving a Page 1 Click on the Save button under the content editor box when you are done editing an existing post or page 2 Ifyou are returned to the Page Management page that means your save was successful Saving Publishing a Post A To save a draft of the post without publishing it click on the Save or Save and Continue Editing button under the content editor box B To immediately publish your post click on the Publish button under the content editor box C To make the post auto publish at a later time click on the sign next to the Post Timestamp on the right hand side Set the new time and or date Then click on Publish Content Elements of the Page Post The Title 1 Fill in or edit the appropriate title 2 Note Titles are very valuable for promoting your site on search engines such as Google The Body Text A Visual vs Code When editing content always make sure the Visual tab is selected Having Code selected may be confusing and may also affect the functionality of certain pages B WYSIWYG toolbar short for What You See Is What You Get contains basic tools such as those found in typical text editors such as bold italics bullets etc Text alignment options are valuable but it is strongly recommended that you do not use these tools Changing the alignment of content will alter the look and feel of the Page or Post content and will no2. The Children s Law Center Web CMS User Manual 2009 This document is intended to give detailed instructions on updating the 2009 Children s Law Center website built using the Wordpress open source content management system CMS If at anytime you encounter a term you are unfamiliar with please visit http codex wordpress org Glossar Access Logging In 1 Type the following into your browser s address bar http clcny org wp admin 2 Enter your user name amp password 3 Click Login Logging Out 1 Click Sign Out on the top right Managing Users In order to manage users on the CMS you must be logged into an Administrator account Please refer to the Appendix for the login information Adding New Users 1 Locate and click on the Users link on the navigation bar 2 Scroll down to the Add New User section 3 Fill out the appropriate fields and specify the role of the user see list of user types below 4 Click the Add User button at the bottom of the form to complete User Types e Administrators have complete control over the website and the CMS They can manage users content style and programming This role should only be used by a web programmers designers or when managing other users Editors are able to control all the content of the website They are able to create edit publish unpublish and delete everyone s pages posts comments and media files e Authors are only a
3. ble to create edit publish unpublish and their own posts and comments e Contributors are only able to create posts as drafts An Editor or Administrator must approve their drafts in order for the post to be published Contributors can only edit their posts while the post is in draft unpublished status e Subscribers are only allowed to view the dashboard and their own user information Editing Existing Users 1 Locate and click on the Users link on the navigation bar 2 Inthe table find the user you wish to edit 3 Click the Edit link to the very right of that user 4 Change the fields as desired and click the Update User button when you are finished Deleting Existing Users 1 Locate and click on the Users link on the navigation bar In the table find the user you wish to edit Click on the check box to the left of that user Select Delete checked users under the Update Selected section Click on Bulk Update and proceed with the following instructions Wb wWhN Types of Content Pages vs Posts There are two types of content on the website Pages and Posts Pages are used to present information that is static content that is not updated frequently Pages are organized in a hierarchy The Page Management page is an overview of all the pages on your website and reflects the structure sitemap of the site You can get to this page by clicking on the Manage link on the navigat
4. ion then on the Pages link beneath The News amp Events page is set up so that Posts are automatically fed into the page It is recommended that you do not add or delete any pages as this will change the overall structure of the website and may harm its functionality and usability Posts are used for content that will be frequently added to the website The Post Management page is an overview of all the Posts on your website You can get to this page by clicking on the Manage link on the navigation then on the Posts link beneath Categories Posts must be assigned a Category in order to appear on the correct page Do not worry about assigning a post a category because for this website News amp Events is the default category that all Posts fall under Deleting a Category may result in the deletion of related Posts Adding Editing Content Note unless otherwise specified the following instructions apply to both Pages and Posts Creating a new Post 1 Locate and click on the Write link on the navigation bar 2 Edit fields as necessary 3 Save publish as described below Editing an existing Page or Post 1 Click on the Manage link in the navigation bar From the submenu below select either Posts or Pages From the list find the Page Post you wish to edit Click on the Edit link to the right of the Page Post Edit fields as necessary Save publish as described below
5. longer be uniform with the rest of the website Pasting text from Word can unfortunately alter the look of the live Page or Post Styles from Word are pasted into the Content editor It is best to copy and past text from a simpler text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit Images Uploading an Image 1 2 o NOO UI e Under the content editor you will see a box titled Upload Click on the browse button and find the image you would like to upload a Note Before you upload your image it must already be in the correct size and orientation that you want to be displayed Images should be no wider than 775px b It is recommended that if you do need to change the size crop or orientation to use Picnik a free online photo editing application It is free and easy to use Visit the application at http www picnik com Change the title of the image and add a description if possible The title and description will not be shown to users but will be seen by search engines and also be read by screen readers that many people with visual impairments use to access sites Click on the Upload button If the upload is successful you should now see the Browse tab highlighted Make sure next to Show Full size is selected yn u Make sure next to Link to None is selected Click on the Send to editor button to insert it into your post Hyperlinks Inserting a Link 1 2 3 4 5 6 Highlight the tex
6. t you want to turn into a hyperlink in the content editor Click on the link icon above the content editor A window will appear Type in the URL for the link If this is a link to an external website select Open in a new window for Target Add a title to improve your rank with search engines Once you are finished click on the Insert button Editing deleting a Link To edit a link Click on the link and then click on the link icon above the content editor and follow the process for inserting a link as described above e To delete a link Highlight the linked text in the content editor and press backspace to delete the link and link text or click on the unlink icon to delete the link but keep the link text Excerpts Excerpts are teaser content for the full Post content By default the Page where the Post appears will display a certain number of characters from the beginning of the Post as a teaser or preview However if the excerpt box is filled the Page will display this text instead no matter how long or short it is The Children s Law Center Web Manual Appendix CMS Access Administrator Username admin Password CLc0O9nY FTP Username admin clcny Password P ssword1 Please note passwords are case sensitive
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