Publishing a post checklist

1. In the top left corner of the browser window above the black horizontal lines, move your cursor over the words “Chewton Bushlands Association” and the link to “Dashboard” will appear.

2. In “Dashboard” go to “Posts > Add new”

3. Type heading in heading field

4. Type your post in the text field.

5. You can add photos and other images to your post by clicking on the “Upload/Insert (camera/music note symbol)” link below the heading field, and following the subsequent instructions. You can grab an image from your computer, a URL, the websites media Library (where all uploaded images reside), or a photo gallery. You can then assign a Title, Caption and/or Description to the image you choose. Then you can choose its alignment on the page, and size before clicking the “Insert into Post” button and finally, the “Save all changes” button.

6. On the right side, under “Categories > All Categories” select the Category under which you want your post listed.

7. If you choose the “SHARING” category then under “Custom fields > Name” select “Block”. This makes the post only visible to registered Contributors.

8. Under “Discussion” select “Allow comments” if you want to allow replies to your post.

9. In “Dashboard” go to “Subscribe2”

10. Choose your preferred format for email notifications.

11. Choose if you want to subscribe to newly created Categories.

12. Of the Categories listed, select those to which you want to subscribe. Subscribing means you will get an email notification when new posts in these categories are published.

13. Of the authors listed, select those for whose posts you don’t want to receive email notification.

14. When finished click the blue “Submit for review” button top right.

15. Karen will be alerted to your submitted post and will do an edit if necessary… looking out for (Karen to list editing tips here)

16. Mark will be alerted and then complete the following steps…
_ Create an “Excerpt”
_ Add Custom fields as follows where necessary:
• “block” > “true” for “Sharing” and other “restrict viewing to registered Bushlanders” content
• “s2mail” > “yes” for sending an email notification for this post
_ Check authors “Allow comments” selection (What criteria will we create for unpublishable comments?)
_ Allow “Trackbacks” and “Pingbacks”
_ Create “Slug”
_ Check author-selected Category
_ Check author chosen/created “Tags”
_ Check author-uploaded “Images”
_ Check author created “Featured image”
_ Publish.