Notes for site admin

  1. For site questions log in to the Drupal Website with tangohelena's user:
    1. Username: tangohelena
    2. Password: tangohelena
    3. Then type a question in the search box!
  2. To make the whole node show up on the front page, add this script in plain text at the end of the node content.

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For Administrators:

Login first - If you have admin privilages, you will then see the "Create Content" and "Administer" links on the left hand side of the page.

To Create an Event (To show on the Calendar):

  1. Click on the link "Create Content"
  2. Click on the link "Event"
  3. Once you are at this page, do not navigate away from it until you are finished and choose "Submit" at the bottom. Otherwise you will lose your work! One way to do this is to use tabs in your browser. You can select another tab to get content and information from other pages, then come back to this tab to finish it!
  4. Fill out the form.
    1. Choose date, time, month etc. Make sure start and end date are the same, otherwise it will show the event occurring on every day inbetween.
    2. Give it a title.
    3. Select from Events if it is a community or Noetic event.
    4. Fill in the body of the event. You can paste text in here and use the icons above this box to change color, size, formatting, etc.
    5. You shouldn't need to adjust any of the other settings further down the page.
  5. Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page. You will then see the finished product. If you don't like what you see, you can click "edit" at the top and make changes. This is easier than using the "preview" function.
  6. Your event will now appear as a bold date on the calendar and on the front page of the site.

To Create a Newsletter (Send an e-mail to the Noetics List):

  1. Click on the link "Create Content"
  2. Click on the link "Newsletter Issue"
  3. Fill out the form:
    1. Give your message a title
    2. Choose which newsletter - Usually "Helena Notics" - the whole list.
    3. Add your content as explain above.
    4. Further down under "Newsletter Sending Options", leave it on "Send one test..." and put your e-mail address in the blank below. this will send the test to you.
  4. Click on "Submit" at the bottom of the page. This will leave you at the Newsletter issue. You can then choose "edit" to make changes. Check your e-mail and see how it looks in your e-mail browser and see if you need to make changes. If you like it then:
  5. Choose "edit" and then under "Newsletter Sending Otions" choose "Send Newsletter"
  6. Click on "Submit" at the bottom of the page.
  7. Your newsletter will go out in the next hour or two.

 

To Create a Page (For reference materials, notes, etc.):

  1. Click on the link "Create Content"
  2. Click on the link "Page"
  3. Once you are at this page, do not navigate away from it until you are finished and choose "Submit" at the bottom. Otherwise you will lose your work! One way to do this is to use tabs in your browser. You can select another tab to get content and information from other pages, then come back to this tab to finish it!
  4. Fill out the form.
    1. Give it a title.
    2. Fill in the body of the page. You can paste text in here and use the icons above this box to change color, size, formatting, etc.
    3. You shouldn't need to adjust any of the other settings further down the page.
  5. Under "Publishing Options" choose if you want it to show up on the front page. You can leave the other settings there as they are.
  6. Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page. You will then see the finished product. If you don't like what you see, you can click "edit" at the top and make changes. This is easier than using the "preview" function.
  7. Your event will now appear on the website. It will show up in a search, or you can link to it from another page.

Regards,

Patrick