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Three plugins that are not currently installed since they require that they are set up using ACLT accounts. I can help with the installation. Facebook Auto Publish Instagram Feed Google Analytics for WordPress by Monsterinsights OR Google Analytics Dashboard for WP Do you want to keep revisions as you work on posts and pages Do...

Google Analytics

If you want to include Google Analytics within WordPress there are two popular options: Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights You need to decide which one to use and then set it up using the ACLT Google Account.

Backup

Flywheel does daily backups. The backups are stored for 30 days. If you want to keep a backup for a longer period then you will have to download a backup file to your local computer.

Overview and Updating Content

Overview and Updating Content The User Documentation is found on the home page of the dashboard. Near the top of the center panel look for the heading “User Documentation for the ACLT Website”. Click on the word “Documentation” below the heading. We have written the topics up as notes for ourselves and as instructions for...

Editing and Adding Pages

The default layout is “Content” – “Primary Sidebar”. Most of the pages use this structure. The home page and the canoe trip page don’t use s sidebar. Page Builder by Site Origin is a plugin that allows you to use rows and columns to create the page layout. Most of ACLT’s content pages use this...

Adding New Pages

Start a New Page Select “Add New” from page list. Enter a title in the space at the top. This will be the text that appears in the breadcrumbs so just use words. WordPress will add hyphens on the backend that will be used in the URL. Example: Guided Canoe Program is the title. The...

Smart Slider Plugin

A “slider” is a quick way to change the look of a page and put up new content in a hurry. This would be especially useful on the home page. Content, such as an ad for an event or a headline announcement could be developed off-line as an image and then uploaded for the slider....

Fonts and Formats

Fonts and Formats The default font for the site is Lato Sans. This is set in the theme’s style.css. The text editor uses Georgia for a default display which means it is not WYSIWYG because the site will use Lato. If you explicitly highlight some text and chose a font it will override the Lato...

Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events (plugin='Events Manager') To work on the calendar, click on “Events” in the left-hand list in the Dashboard. A list of features will drop down. You will be using: Events – A list of all the events that have been entered Add Event – At a minimum, you should add title, from date...

Footers

Footers Footer areas are found on the Dashboard under Appearance/Widgets. A screen capture of the Widgets list appears at the bottom of this page. The ACLT site uses Footer 1, Footer 2, Footer 3, and Footer 4. I found that centering the content worked best for resizing to smaller media. The copyright line below the...

Sidebars

The sidebar plugin is called Content Aware Sidebars. The sidebars are: Birds Cultural Resources Ecological Features For Events For Support Get Involved Land and Maps The Blog Sidebar What We Do Who We Are The sidebar content and the “sidebar” itself are handled in different places. 1. To edit the content of the sidebar, go...

Embedding other apps

The Embed Test is an example of adding putting another application inside of WordPress. This has the advantage of maintaining the same look and feel. Click to view this page. The Autumn's google map is handled the same way. It is quite easy (if it works). Just past in the url of the app.

Media Library

Media Library Media Size Avoid large media files so pages will load quickly. Upload the file with the pixel dimensions you want to use on the page. WordPress will make a 150 px max size thumbnail and a 300 px max size 'medium' available to you. Likewise, 'optimize' PDFs for quick downloading. Media Categories Plugin used to organize media:...

Posts

Posts 1. Start a new post. Add title and some (or all) text and click "Publish". 2. Select a featured Image that will appear between the post title and the first line of text. This image will provide a thumbnail for the post in the post archives and any other listing of posts. It will...

Pages

Pages for Data Entry and Display Volunteer Hours Vol After Entry Message - message shown to user after data has been added. Volunteer Hours - page with volunteer form Vol Activity by Activity 2 - working on Volunteer Activities - form for maintaining the list of vol. activities Volunteer Hours Display - comma delimited output...

Formidable Forms

Formidable Forms are used for the Volunteer Hours and the Bird list Documentation for Formidable Forms Documentation FAQ Help Desk – forum

Plugins

In Use Add to Any - in use Admin Color Schemes - used gives more color schemes for admin. Admin Menu Editor - in use. Very useful. Control ordering the items in the admin menu on the left. Akismet - spam protection. But if not using comments may not need. Black Studio TinyMCE Widget -...

Volunteer Hours Documentation

To add a new activity for the Volunteer Hours form use this link Volunteers can add their hours of work using this link. To display a comma delimited file of the Volunteer Hours use this link. To control the output of the data open Formidable, Views, Vol Hours Comma Delimited. At the bottom of the page,...