Weekly web site posting procedure

1. Post obituaries first, checking “obituaries” when making a new post. Attach a small picture if there is one. Use a page break to allow dates only to display in preview. 2. Post opinion articles, check “opinion” for category. 3. Post picture galleries not accompanied by a story. Do this by typing “pictures” into the tag field. These will end up showing up in the news in pictures section. 4. Post sports and news. The final five stories will display on the slider at the top of the page. You could also choose to feature opinion, but would need to accompany the story with an author picture (or other matching picture). 5. Check to see if the featured photos are displaying correctly. Find an article to be second that has a picture that works correctly with the cropped image feature. 6. Choose which posts to feature. If there are more than 5 important stories in one week, use the featured tag to bring more important stories to the top of the page.Otherwise, feature important stories from previous weeks, opinion pieces or whatever else you want. Post anything in not one of the “big 5” categories, so it will have a place to call home on the homepage.* These steps can be done before the site posts, by post-dating each article. For example, post obits at midnight, opinions at 11 am, pictures at 11:10 am, and sports and news from 11:20-noon. Post the most important stories last.

 Photo GalleriesThere are several options for this. Pat Parmer has become the expert on the NextGen photo gallery, which is what we have used on the Chronicle site. Admin/moderation1. Log in once a day if possible to check for new comments. A white circle will appear in the Wordpress bar once you’re logged in, if there are any new comments.Currently, users are allowed to post again without moderation if they have one previously approved comment. These settings can be changed.2. Go to dashboard and click on community news to check for any new posts in community news.3. Contact forms are currently being sent to lcnews@tctwest.net.4. Check the forum for inappropriate posts. Google Calendar1.     Login to gmail User: Lovellnews Password: chronicle2.     Add events and categorize into the appropriate calendar (sports, events, meetings, yard sales, etc.)3.     Calendar displays on homepage, enter any applicable events, or user-submitted events.*You could embed a link at the end of stories “add event to Google calendar” (haven’t tried this yet). TwitterUser: Lovell_newsPassword: chronicleYou can set up Twitter from your phone, allowing you to tweet sports scores or other breaking news/newspaper teasers as they happen. This is a valuable tool for sending traffic to the site. It requires a few updates a week, but it must nbe done every week to keep people following the feed.  FTPUsername: lovell6Password: chronicleHostname: lovellchronicle.comAccess using photo computer in back, software called “R-Browser”. Account details are already stored for FTP. FYI, you won’t have to mess with FTP very much, more for the ad staff and large volume photo uploads Ads1.     Upload graphics (jpeg) to Lovellchronicle.com/Ads using FTP program.2.     Create a widget by dragging a custom 250x300 ad onto the site sidebar.3.     Input the graphic’s location (www.lovellchronicle.com/Ads/filename.jpg) and the desired link to the business, and hit save.4.     Rotate ads weekly or monthly to give each one the top spot. Site StatsClick “Site Stats” under jetpack on the left sidebar of dashboard. Look at the various stats.Google Analytics reports are emailed to lcnews, lcpics, and lcads00, each week. Ask Pat about more info.