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This is a two stage process

A. Write a new Sub-Page with the details of the Walk

B. Add a Link to the new Sub-Page in the Walks (Parent) Page

Instructions

A. Write a new Sub-Page with the details of the Walk
Note: It is best to avoid composing posts or pages in Word and then pasting them into the Wordpress Editor form. Instead either compose directly using the WordPress Editor, or cut and paste clean text into it from Wordpad. You can always add bold to the headings and italics where required using the WordPress Editor. These techniques avoid adding lots of unnecessary tags that slow things down and make minor edits with the WordPress Editor risky. No matter how you compose the text however, you will have to upload any images you want in the page or post using WordPress and insert them via the WordPress Editor. You can’t just paste in a Word document with images.

So

1. Create a new page by Clicking on the [Write] menu item in Site Admin
2. Then click on the [Write Page] tab
3. In the form that opens, enter a title for the walk e.g. Pennine Way in an afternoon (on one leg)
4. Paste or type in the text of the walk article, using whatever technique (see above ) you have chosen.
5. You may use a template with headers and this could be saved in Wordpad. There are sophisticated (aka complicated) templates in WordPress that may be the subject of a future Instruction post.
6. Expand the [Discussion] box on the right by clicking on its [+] sign and decide whether you want to allow Comments and/or Pings. Tick or untick appropriately.
7. Expand the [Page Parent] box and choose ‘Walks’ from the drop-down list to make your new sub-page a sub-page of the Walks index page.
8. Expand the [Post Slug] box and type in a unique short link name (no spaces, use -s instead)
   Note: You can omit this step, and after saving the page, go back in via [manage] Pages and note the Page slug that WordPress has automatically entered for you. It will usually be the page title with hyphens replacing all the spaces.
9. Check your handiwork
10. Click on the [Create New Page >>] button
11. Click on the (View site>>) link in the header to check it on the site if you like

B. Add a Link to the new Sub-Page in the Walks (Parent) Page

1. In Site Admin click on the [Manage] menu item
2. Then click on the [Pages] tab
3. Next, click on the ‘Edit’ link of the ‘Walks’ page entry. The form for the Walks page will open.
4. In the main ‘Page Content’ box, add a new bullet to the list of links to walk sub-pages.
• Do this by positioning your cursor at the end of the text of the last item (or the item above the point where you want to insert the new link) and hit the return key.
• Type in the link text, which will normally be the title used for the walk sub-page
• Select the link text you have just typed, using your mouse or a keyboard technique
• Click on the WordPress editor ‘hyperlink tool’ which is represented by a small graphic that looks like the link of a chain.
• A popup form will appear. You only need to complete the top field (URL), so leave the middle (Target) field as “open link in the same window” and leave the last field (Title) blank.
• So, in the URL field type in the full URL of the walk sub-page. This will be something like:
  http://faartals.co.uk/walks/Post slug/ Note: replace Post slug with the value from the ‘Post slug’ field on the new walk sub-page.
• Check your work
• Click on the [Update] button to close the popup link window
• Check your handiwork
• Click on the [Save >>] button
• Click on the (View site>>) link in the header to check the site if you like

Adding an Calendar Event is a variation on making an ordinary post.

Instructions

1. Create a new post e.g. by Clicking on the [Write] menu item in Site Admin
2. Start entering details on the (default) [Write Post] form (click that tab if you have navigated away)
3. Enter a title for the event e.g. Christmas Day or Nick’s Birthday
4. Enter extra text in the box below if you really need it. For a basic date you probably won’t, but for an entry to get people to do something or go somewhere you will.
5. Expand the Discussion menu on the right by clicking on its [+] sign.
6. Untick the ‘Allow Comments’ and ‘Allow Pings’ boxes as you won’t usually want comments against a calendar event.
7. Scroll down to the ‘Event Editor’ section and expand it by clicking on the Start [+] sign.
8. Enter a start date/time
9. Tick the ‘All Day’ box for an anniversary etc. or enter an End Date/Time
10. Note, when you expanded the Event Editor, you automatically assigned the post to the Events category. That category box is ticked and greyed out (to stop you unticking it) in the expanded Category section to the right.
    To prevent the post appearing on the blog as well as in the Event Calendar, untick all other categories (e.g. Uncategorized).
11. Check your handiwork
12. Click on the [Publish] button
13. Click on the (View site>>) link in the header to check it on the site if you like

Note: Only the next 5 upcoming events appear below the Calendar on the front page. The rest generate shading on the dates as you view the months of the calendar.

The little box at the top right of the front page is meant for short messages that you want members to spot.

To change the Announcement:

1. In Site Admin, click on the [Presentation] menu item
2. Click on the [Sidebar widgets] tab
3. You will see a representation of the sidebar (annoyingly on the left when it’s on the right of the actual page)
4. The boxes on that ’sidebar’ represent the ‘widgets’ or small elements of content that appear there
5. The top one is labelled [Text 1]
6. Click on the configure icon on its right hand end
7. Update the text in the pop-up box. You can change both the header (e.g. Announcements) and the text that will appear below that header. Continually altering the header will make the site less easy to use, so stick to whatever you decide on (Announcements or something else). You could use Stop Press, Newsflash, Oi! etc.
8. Check your work
9. Close the pop-up box by clicking on the [X] in its top right hand corner
10. Click on the [Save changes >>] button below the box
11. Click on the (View site>>) link in the header to check it on the live site

Header Menu and Pages

Home: Overview and Blog
Blogs are interactive websites typically often viewed by special interest groups. Their format is derived from Discussion Boards that are more complex and frankly can be off putting. Blogs are attractive because of their simplicity and they are much more likely than discussion boards to allow images to be posted .

Technically a ‘blog’ is not really a page you lay out with articles at all. The front ‘page’ of faartals.co.uk is currently a blog made up of ‘posts’ i.e. articles. These posts, like all the others on the site, are stored in a database and normally appear chronologically, newest at the top. The other ‘interactive’ feature about normal blog posts is the fact that they can attract comments. These comments have to be moderated to actually appear on the site.

Visibility on the Front Page can be can be controlled by the ‘Category Visibility’ plugin.

Other Pages
Inside pages (Constitution, Walks and Links) are more like ordinary website static pages as there is no intention to turn them into chronological blogs.

Each page has a button in the page header.

Constitution
This page is a single topic page.

Walks
The Walks page is an index page with hyperlinks to your articles about specific walks. Each walk article is actually a sub-page of the Walks page and at the bottom of each is a hyperlink back to the main Walks page.

On static pages Comments and Pings (emails to authors to let them know a comment has been posted against their article) are usually disabled. For pages like the individual walks sub pages, these options are left active.

Links
This is a page of hyperlinks to other websites. They are categorised under broadly the same categories as those used for the posts in the blog.

Archives
Automatically generated links to blogs by month and by category (subject).

Can be controlled by the ‘Category Visibility’ plugin.

Sidebar
The Sidebar sits to the right of the main content section of each page. It contains content elements, some of which are called called widgets.Announcements
This element is a small text box with a header. It is used to make simple announcements.

Search
The Search box is used to find content in blog posts. Enter a search string and click.

Calendar
This is a plug-in that puts a mini calendar in the sidebar of the page. Individual events are modified posts.

Upcoming Events
A few (currently five) upcoming events are listed below the mini calendar; the most imminent at the top.

Menu
This small menu currently has a few miscellaneous links, but importanly it includes a login link and a Site admin link if the user is authorised to perform such tasks.

Categories
This section is a set of links to posts in the blog, arranged by category. Clicking on a category brings up a list of posts under that category. Remember that posts can belong to multiple categories although most calendar events just belong to the ‘Events’ category.