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CAPA Website Tutorial. Anne Dang, CCPA Webmaster for CAPA. Presentation Outline Page 1. How to Access Admin Area How to Post a News Item How to Edit a Page How to create a Monthly Newsletter How to add a PA to the “List of Certified Physician Assistants” How to Add a Link to a Menu.
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CAPA Website Tutorial Anne Dang, CCPA Webmaster for CAPA
Presentation Outline Page 1 How to Access Admin Area How to Post a News Item How to Edit a Page How to create a Monthly Newsletter How to add a PA to the “List of Certified Physician Assistants” How to Add a Link to a Menu
Presentation Outline Page 2 • How to Create a New Page • Formatting a Post/Page • How to Add Links • How to Add an Image • How to Insert a Photo Gallery • How to Insert Tables • How to Manage the Forum • How to Create a Polling Question
How to Access Admin Area Login to the website There is a grey toolbar across the top of the page Hover “Canadian Association of Physician Assistants” and select “Dashboard”
How to Access Admin AreaADMIN AREA: DASHBOARD The “Dashboard” is the main admin area. Here you can see site statistics and make changes to the website. This area is NOT viewable to the public.
How to Create a New PostPOSTS VS. PAGES Posts vs. Pages Posts: Any posts created will appear on the front page or “PA NEWS” section only. You can add categories or categorize by date. Pages: Are not time dependent or categorized by date. They make up the main content of the website (e.g. “About CAPA, About PA’s, Events”)
How to Post a News Item Login Go to Dashboard Select “Posts” Add New
How to Post a News ItemENGLISH POST Step 1: Type English Title Step 2: Ensure “English” Tab is Selected Step 3: Type News Content in this large textbox
How to Post a News ItemFRENCH POST Step 2: Ensure “French” Tab is Selected Step 1: Type French Title Step 3: Type the French News Content in this large textbox
How to Post a News ItemPUBLISHING THE CONTENT Step 3: Click “Publish” Button to have news item go live on website Step 1: Edit the publishing date, or leave as is if you wish to publish today Step 2: Select a category for this news item, check only one
How to Edit a Page Go to the CAPA Website Navigate to the page you wish to change Scroll to the bottom of the page you wish to edit, and click the “Edit” Link
How to Edit a PageENGLISH Step 1: Edit the content in this textbox
How to Edit PageFRENCH POST Step 2: Ensure the French Tab is selected to edit the french part of the post Step 3: Click this textbox to edit the french part of the post
How to Edit PagesSAVING YOUR CHANGES Step 1: To save your changes, click “Update”
How to Create a Newsletter Login to the CAPA Website Hover over “CAPA Newsletter” Select Newsletters
How to Create a Newsletter However over “Newsletter Template” Select “Duplicate”
How to Create a Newsletter Step 1: Click this textbox to edit the title of the newsletter “2012 Annual CAPA Newsletter” Step 2: Click “Next Step”
How to Create a Newsletter The next page will take you to the basic “template” where you will edit the Newsletter
How to Create a Newsletter Hover and click the area you wish to edit
How to Create a Newsletter After you click the area you wish to edit, a box will appear. Here you can edit as you see fit:
How to Create a NewsletterCHANGING FONT COLOR Changing Text Color: Highlight the text Click the “A” Select Maroon (this is the color of the titles)
How to Create a NewsletterADDING LINKS Adding Links Highlight Text Select the Chain Icon A pop up will appear. Paste the link you want to insert + click “update” To change link color, highlight and select “A”, then “blue”
How to Create a NewsletterHOW TO SEND A PREVIEW TO YOURSELF Scroll down to the bottom of the page Type your email in the textbox Select “SEND PREVIEW”
How to Create a NewsletterSAVING THE NEWSLETTER Scroll to the bottom Click “Next Step” Wait for the page to load Now the newsletter is saved. You may now exit the window
How to add PA’s Go the Dashboard Find “List of CCPAs” on the left hand bar Hover and select “Add Participant”
How to Add PA’s Fill out Last Name, First Name and CAPA Number ONLY
How to Add PA’s If adding one record, click Submit If adding more than one record, click “Next” that will save the current record and start a new one.
How to Add PA’s Once you are finished adding the record, you are now done. The record will now appear on the website automatically
How to add a Link to a Menu This allows us to add a link to a menu that will appear on the main website
How to add a Link to a MenuACCESS THE “ADD MENU” AREA Go to the dashboard area On the left hand side, hover over “Appearance”, and then select “Menus”
How to add a Link to a MenuSELECT THE MENU On the page that loads, you’ll notice across the top different menus you can select from. Click the menu you want to edit, in this example we will choose “About CAPA”
How to add a Link to a MenuADD PAGES TO THE MENU On the left hand side, you’ll see an area called “Pages”, Ensure the “Search” tab is selected In the Search area, type the name of the page you want to add
How to add a Link to a MenuADD PAGES TO THE MENU Select the checkbox of the page you want to add Then Select “Add to Menu”
How to add a Link to a MenuADD PAGES TO THE MENU The added page will now appear at the bottom of the Menu Page Click and Drag the Menu Item according to where you would like to place it.
How to add a Link to a MenuADD PAGES TO THE MENU To Remove a Link, click at the right hand corner of the page item Then Click “Remove”.
How to add a Link to a MenuADD PAGES TO THE MENU Click “Save Menu” to save your changes. And the changes to the menu will appear live on the site immediately
How to Create a New PagePOSTS VS. PAGES Posts vs. Pages Posts: Any posts created will appear on the front page or “PA NEWS” section only. You can add categories or categorize by date. Pages: Are not time dependent or categorized by date. They make up the main content of the website (e.g. “About CAPA, About PA’s, Events”)
How to Create a New Page Go the Dashboard Area Hover over “Pages”, then select “Add New”
How to Create a New PageENGLISH PAGE Step 1: Type English Title Step 2: Ensure “English” Tab is Selected Step 3: Type Page Content in this large textbox
How to Create a New PageFRENCH PAGE Step 2: Ensure “French” Tab is Selected Step 1: Type French Title Step 3: Type the French Page Content in this large textbox
How to Create a New PagePUBLISHING THE CONTENT Step 3: Click “Publish” Button to have page go live on website Step 1: Edit the publishing date, or leave as is if you wish to publish today Step 2: Select page parent for this post (SEE NEXT SLIDE FOR MOST DETAILS)
How to Create a New PageIMPORTANT: CHOOSING PAGE ATTRIBUTES Choosing the page attributes determines where the page will be located & what it will look like Step 1: Select the Page Parent from the Drop Down Menu
How to Create a New PageIMPORTANT: CHOOSING PAGE ATTRIBUTES Step 2: Select the template that it is to fall under: Conference: If it’s a page for CAPA Annual Conference Members: If it’s a members only page PA Employers: If it’s a page for PA employers PA Students: If it’s a page for PA students PACCC: If it’s a page for PACCC PractisingPA’s: If it’s a page for PractisingPAs