How can I add a Calendar Event or a News Item?

1.  Login to the website, currently:  http://www.hollistonhistoricalsociety.org

2.  In the upper left corner, click “Add Content”.

3. To write a Calendar Event:

a.  Scroll down if necessary and click third type of item “Calendar Event”. 

b.  A form will come up.

c.  Enter DATE and TITLE – in that order.

d.  In the “Body” section, write a short description of the event.

e.   If you would like to include an image, click “Add Media” in the gray bar under “Body”.  For photos stored on your computer, click “Browse”, click the filename, and then “Open” in the lower right.  When you come back to the browse page, hit “Upload”.

f.   If you would like to add other “tag” descriptions, do so now.  Do NOT remove the “calendar” tag as this is needed to list the article on the right column.

g.   At the very bottom left corner, click “Publish”.  This will save the article on the website and put it on the front page. “Save” will save the article on the website, but will NOT show the article on the front page.

h.  The other settings on the bottom left should be left as is.

i.    If you want to cancel out, click the “X” at the top right of the form.  Nothing will be saved on the website.  Please note that you can delete your item even after you save it.

j.   For published articles (on the front page), if you would like to edit the article, click the title and the full article will appear.  Hit the “Edit” tab at the top.  The form will appear again.  Once you are done editing, hit “Save” to save the article and put it on the front page.    “Delete” will remove the article completely from the system.  “Unpublish” will remove the article from the front page. 

k.  The article will still be on the system and can be edited by clicking “Find Content”, and then “edit” in the right column.  Once you are satisfied, “publish” the article again to both save it on the system and put it on the front page.

4.  To write a  News Item:

a.    After you “Add Content”, scroll down and click the second from last item “News Item”.  A form will come up.

b.   Enter a Title then follow the same instructions as for “Calendar Event”, EXCEPT do NOT put “calendar” in the “tag” box (scroll down the form to see).

c.   Don’t forget to SAVE a draft or PUBLISH your article (scroll down to the very bottom of the form).

5.  HELP!

Phone or email the Society Webmaster(s) for any questions or help you might need.  Don’t worry, you won’t mess up anything (that can’t be fixed).