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This should be all you need to administer the site. If there’s anything missing, please let me know.

Writing a blog post

Go to the site and make sure you’re logged in (bottom left hand corner, click “log in”).
Click “Write” in the main menu bar.
Write the title and the content.
NB please don’t paste directly in from Word. If you want to do this, click the “View Advanced Toolbar” button (the last button on the toolbar above where you’re writing - looks like a little grid) then click the “Paste from Word” icon (the clipboard with the “W” on it) to paste in.
If at all possible, add an image (see instructions for this below)
Add your tags. Just add them below the post in the “tags” field. You don’t need to use the categories any more. Add lots if you can, they’re very useful.
When you’re finished, click “Save and continue editing”. Do not click “Publish” or it’ll go live straight away!
Now send to Rosey for approval (Click right button on “Preview” in the top right of the screen, “Copy link location” and paste this into an email to Rosey.

Tagging a sub-page

Tag the page you would like to be a sub-page with ’sub_page’.
If you would like to overwrite the title, to go ‘Custom Fields’ underneath the image uploading area below where you are managing the content of your post.
Select ‘title’ from the drop down area
Select the textarea placed underneath the label ‘Value’ and insert the title you would like to display for that page when it appears in a sub-menu listing

Approving a blog post (for Rosey)

When someone wants you to approve a post they will send you a link via email.

Click the link
Click “Edit this entry” at the bottom
Edit the text (if necessary)
Click “Publish”
Email whoever sent it to you to let them know it’s done.

As soon as you do this it’ll be live to the world.

Writing static pages

Go to the site and make sure you’re logged in (bottom right hand corner, click “log in”).
Click “Write” in the main menu bar.
Click “Write page”underneath”
Write the title and the content.
NB please don’t paste directly in from Word. If you want to do this, click the last button on the toolbar above where you’re writing then click the icon with the “W” to paste in.
Please add an image for each page (instructions below on how to do this).
When you’re finished, click “Save” and have a look at the page
Note, if you want to manage the pages and change their

Editing Pages and Posts

Log in and click “Manage”, then “Pages” or “Posts”.
Follow the instructions from here on.

Uploading a main page image (the one at the top of the post or page)

Create a line break at the top of your post or page and position the cursor there.
Go to the “upload” box under where you write the post.
Upload your image, then select the options “Show Full Size”, “Link to None”, then click “Send to Editor”

Adding a File to a Page or Post

Put your cursor in the page or post in the position that you’d like to add the file
Go to the “upload” box under where you write the post.
Upload the file (Make sure to write a Title and Description)
Select “Link to file”
Click “Send to editor”

Adding a Gallery of Images to a Post

Note. This is for when you want multiple images on a page. The instructions look long winded but it’s actually really quick to do.Part 1: Make a zip file of your images

Find the images you wish to add on
Click right button and “Send to”
Select “Compressed (zipped) folder”
When this is finished, it’ll create a new zip file in the folder (it will be an icon which looks like a yellow folder with a zip on it).
Rename this file to the name of the gallery you wish to add. NB: Don’t use any capital letters or spaces (so use chinaphotos instead of China Photos)

Part 2: Add the gallery to the site

Go to the site and log in
Click “Mygallery” at the top right
After “Upload a zip file with images from my harddrive: ” click “Browse”
Find the zip file you just made and click “Open”
Click “Submit”
Sit and wait for a bit
When it says “Gallery is ready!” at the top, the gallery’s uploaded.

Part 3: Add the gallery to your postsJust add

(replacing galleryname with the name of your gallery) to your post (above the text is best).

Administering Users

Note: Only the administrators can do this.

Log in and select “Users”.
Follow the instructions from here on. Note that anyone other than administrators should be set to Editor

Feedburner Instructions

Feedburner is used for:The daily email updatesAmend how the emails are sent through and see who’s signed up.The RSS feedYou can track how many people have subscribed and alter options for how it’s set up.To administer Feedburner:URL: http://feedburner.comUser: impacttpassword: malaga87

Other Logins and Passwords

Cpanel (for doing advanced stuff with the hosting - you shouldn’t need this much)user: impacttpass: rollinglimited

Website Statistics

Go to analytics.google.comU: impacttukP: impactt10Note: For RSS and email subscribers go to Feedburner (details above).

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