1) If you are not on the home page of the site, go there.
2) Click the small "D" in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen or go to http://example.com/user (substitute the URL of your site for example.com).
3) If you have an account on the system, enter your username and password and click the "Log in" button.
4) If you have forgotten your password but have an account on the system, click "Request new password". You will be prompted to enter either your username or the email address you used to register on the site. Click "E-mail new password" and a new password will be sent to you via email.
5) If you do not have an account on the system and would like to register, click "Create new account". Enter the information requested and click "Create new account". If your account is approved autiomatically, you may now add content to the site. If your account must be approved by an administrator, your password will be sent via email when the account is approved.
1) If you have an account on the system, enter your username and password in the "User Login" block in the left column and click the "Log in" button.
2) If you have forgotten your password but have an account on the system, click "Request new password" in the "User Login" block. You will be prompted to enter either your username or the email address you used to register on the site. Click "E-mail new password" and a new password will be sent to you via email.
3) If you do not have an account on the system and would like to register, click "Create new account" in the "User Login" block. Enter the information requested and click "Create new account". If your account is approved autiomatically, you may now add content to the site. If your account must be approved by an administrator, your password will be sent via email when the account is approved.
1) Go to Administrator Links >> Blocks
2) Click on the "Add block" tab.
3) Enter the description, the block title (if one is desired) and the block body. In most cases, the input format should be set to "Full HTML".
4) Click "Save Block".
5) To make the block to appear (or not appear) on selected pages:
a) Find the block you created in the block listing (it will be in the last section titled "Disabled") and click on "configure" at the end of the row.
b) In the "Page specific visibility settings" section, check "Show on every page except the listed pages" or "Show on only the listed pages".
c) In the "Pages" section, enter the URL for the pages you would like to include exclude. For example, for http://www.yousite.org/about_the_union you would enter "about_the_union" (no quotes). To include or exclude the front page, enter '<front>' (no quotes).
6) Click "Save Block".
7) Find the block you created in the block listing (it will be in the last section titled "Disabled"). Select the desired placement of your block from the region section. If the block does not appear on the home page, a good choice is often "Right column".
8) By selecting a weight, you can control what order blocks will appear in within a given section of the page (or "region").
9) Click "Save Blocks"
Follow this procedure to add a page to your site.
1) Log in.
2) Click "Create Content" in the "Navigation" menu (usually found below the main menu in the left column).
3) Click "Page" in the "Create Content" submenu.
(You can also click "Add a Page"in the Quick Links menu in lieu of steps 2 and 3)
4) Enter the title of the page in the "Title" field and the content in the "Body" field.
5) Click on "Menu settings" and fill in the fields as desired.
Click here for more information about menu settings.
6) Make sure your "Publishing options" are set how you'd like them to be set.
7) Click "Submit"
Additional Notes:
Display Page as a Block - If you would like to have the link to the page displayed in a block rather than (or in addition to) the menu, click on "Provide a Block". Check the box that says "Create a block for this node?" and enter the appropriate block placement information. (In most cases, content to be linked to from a block should be created as a story rather than a page.)
Formatting - If the page does not display with the correct formatting, it may be necessary to change the input format. Edit the page, and click on "Input Format", then check the box that says "Full HTML".
Comments - If your site is configured to allow registered users to post comments, you can control whether comments are allowed on this particular page by clicking on "Comment Settings" and then checking the appropriate box.
Use this procedure to add a calendar event to your site:
1) Log in.
2) Click on "Add Calendar Event" in the "Quick Links" menu or go to Create Content >> Event in the Navigation Menu (node/add/event)
3) Enter the starting and ending dates/times.
4) Enter the title and description of the event.
5) If the event is a "repeating" event (e.g., a monthly local meeting), see the instructions for "Setting Up Repeating Events"
6) Click "Submit".
To set up repeating events follow this procedure:
1) Log in.
2) Go to Add a Calendar Event in the Quick Links menu or Create Content >> Submit Event in the Navigation menu (node/add/event)
3) Enter the start/end times/dates.
4) Click on "Repeat"
5) Under "Repeat Type" select the interval at which the event will be repeating.
6) If the event is only repeating a limited number of times, select the End Settings by either entering the date n which the event will stop repeating (Repeat end date), or the number of times it will repeat (Count).
7) Select the interval at which the event will repeat (example - an event of type "weekly" and interval "2" will repeat every other week).
8) Click on "Advanced"
9) For an event that repeats on a specific day (or specific days), select the day(s) in the Day(s) field.
10) For an event that repeats on a specific month (or specific months), select the month(s) in the Month(s) field.
11) For an event that repeats on a specific week (or specific week) of the year, select the week(s) in the Week Number(s) field. For example: 2 would be the second week of the year, while -2 would be the second to last week.
12) If there are day(s) on which the event would normally repeat but does not (for example, meetings that are not held during the summer), click "Exceptions" and enter the date(s) on which the event will NOT be repeating in the Exception Editor fields. Click Add/Delete Exception after entering each exception date.
13) Enter the title and description (body) of the event.
14) Click Submit.
Follow this procedure to add a story to your site. See
1) Log in
2) Click on "Add A Story" in the "Quick Links" menu or go to the
Navigation menu >> Create Content >> Submit Story
(node/add/story).
3) Enter the Title of the story.
The title is used as the headline and page story for the story. Make your headline interesting.
4) Categorize your story.
How you categorize your story will determine where it appears on your
site. You can select more than one category by using holding down the
CTRL key (Apple key on Macs) and left clicking with your mouse.
5) Add the optional images and videos.
Click here for more details on adding videos to your stories.
Click here for more details on adding images to your stories.
6) Enter the Teaser.
The teaser will appear below the
headline on the front page. Take some time writing your teaser and
provide just enough details to entice readers to read on to the whole
story.
7) Enter the body of your story.
Enter all the details of your story here.
8) Make sure your "Publishing options" are set how you'd like them to be set.
Click here for more information about publishing options.
9) Click "Submit."
Follow this procedure to add a download. Note: before adding the download, you must determine on which download page its link will be displayed. If an appropriate download page does not exist, you can create one via the "Adding a download page" procedure.
1) Log in.
2) Click "Add a Download" on the "Quick Links" menu or go to Navigation >> Create Content >> Submit Download (node/add/download).
3) In the "Download Pages" field, select the page on which the link to the download will be displayed.
4) Enter the file name (for display purposes; does not have to be the actual name of the file).
5) Next to the "File" field, click the "Browse" button to select the file to be downloaded.
6) Provide a description of the file (optional).
7) Click "Submit".
Note: only files with certain extensions - for example, .jpg, .doc, or .pdf - may be added as downloads. If you receive a message indicating an unknown file extension, you can add it to the list of permitted extensions as follows:
a) Go to Administer >> Site Configuration >> File Uploads (admin/settings/uploads)
b) Add the new file extension in the "Default permitted file extensions" field
c) Click "Save configuration".
To add a site page to the menu, edit the page and assign it to the primary menu in the "Menu Options" section.
1) Log in.
2) Click on "Add a Menu Item" in the "Quick Links" menu or in the "Administrator Links" menu, go to "Menus" and click the "Add menu item" tab. (admin/build/menu/item/add/2).
3) Enter the title, path (URL), and description (optional) of the web page you would like the menu item to link to.
4) Select "Primary Links" in the "Parent Item" field (this will probably be the default)..
5) Assign a weight to determine where in the menu the link will be displayed.
6) Click "Submit".
Go here to add a site page to the menu.
Use this procedure to add a download page to the site. Download pages are used to sort the downloads available on your site into different categories. You can have as many download pages as you'd like on your site, and each page can contain as many downloads as required.
1) Log in.
2) Go to the "Add a Download Page" under the "Quick Links" menu, or the "Navigation" menu >> Create Content >> Submit Download Page (admin/add/download-page).
3) Enter the title and description of the page (these can be identical).
4) Click on "Menu Settings".
5) Enter the title and description for the menu link (these can be identical).
6) Select a parent menu item. This will determine where the link to the download page will appear in the menu system. On many sites, this should be set to "Downloads".
4) Click "Submit".
Your download page has now been created and you can now add download links to it via the "Adding a download" procedure.
Follow this procedure to add a graphic link to your site.
1) Log in.
2) In the "Navigation" menu, go to "Create Content" >> "Graphic Link," or click "Add a Graphic Link"in the Quick Links menu.
4) Enter the title of the graphic link in the "Title" field and the URL that the graphic will link to in the "Target Address" field.
5) In the "Graphic" section, click on "Browse" and select the image on your computer you would like to use for the graphic link, then click "Upload".
6) Click "Submit"