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The State Chapter pages are actually blog pages powered by WordPress.
The blog pages are integrated into the ANATS website.
State Chapter pages can now be updated
by Chapter secretaries or publicists or whoever is the point of
contact in each state for updating the blog.
Full WordPress Help docs are here
Let's get started
1. Go to the State Chapter page for YOUR State and click the Login button
Note: ANATS NSW page is merely shown below as an example. Ensure
that you login to the page for your State.
2. Enter username and password (as provided)
3. You will arrive at the WordPress Dashboard
Click here to Write a post
Click here to Manage posts
4. Write a post
a) click Write on the Dashboard
which will open up the Write Post dialogue box
Note: do not use Write
Page since a "Page" is
a specific concept within WordPress. A "Post" is adding an entry
to the State Chapter webpage. A "Page" will create a new page within
the WordPress environment which is not what we're trying to achieve.
Enter a brief, meaningful Title and then enter your text into
the big white area which has the subheading of "Post".
Note: feel free to cut and paste text from other sources, such
as Chapter newsletters, to use as the text in your post.
When you've finished writing your post, simply click the "Publish"
button and the post will be automatically:
- date and time stamped
(this can be adjusted for, say, writing
and publishing posts in advance and causing them to automatically
appear on a given date)
- uploaded to the server
- added instantly to the top of the
State Chapter page to become the first visible post on the page
- added to the monthly Archive link in the RHS sidebar
- saved as a separate page on the server (permalinked) so that
it can be directly linked to at any time in the future
If you've made a mistake or left something out, you can always
re-visit the post and edit it via the Manage button
More info at
the WordPress site here
5. Manage Posts
In the Dashboard, click the Manage button followed
by the Posts tab (should be selected by default).
From here you can:
a) edit any Post - change the words etc
b) change the date and timestamp of any post (forward date, back
date etc) in the Edit window
c) delete Posts - not really necessary even if an event is cancelled
- just leave the post in place for archive purposes
6. View Site
You can
click the View Site link at any time to see what your blog currently looks
like on the server (you may have to press Ctrl + Refresh to get
the current page view)
7. Sign Out (Logout)
Once you've finished editing the blog, it's good practice to
Logout via the Sign Out link at the top of the Dashboard.
More Information
Full WordPress Help files are here |
