directions

Directions to add article:

login: click on add new article icon: type in Title: choose Section and Category.

Add text in editable page window. click save to Save article and close, or click on Apply to save article but leave it open.

Directions to edit exsisting article:

login: click on Article Manager icon: click on title of article to be changed. Change or add text in editable page window. Save or Apply.

Don't forget to change Category from Productions / current, to Productions / recent, or archives, depending on which section of the site you would like the production to exsist in.

Directions on adding a link to an exsisting article:

Highlight the text that you would like to become a link. Click on link icon in editor. Choose option "Content", then browse categories until you find the article you want. Click on "insert".

to link to another source you can choose "weblinks" or "menu" or type something into the url field.

Directions on adding an image from your computer (or CD):

Important note: I discovered that photos from theatre archive shoots are usually too large to work on your site. The images must be resized to a smaller version (preferably less than 1500 pixels at it's largest dimension) before uploading to your website. While I have tried to find a way for your website to do this automatically, I have found that it won't.

Here are your options to resize a photo:

Use Photoshop, and image size to reduce the size of your photo.

Download free software such as Google Picasa http://picasa.google.com/

or use a simple Online resizer such as http://www.picresize.com/ which will guide you through, step by step, in resizing and resaving your photos.

click on picture for larger version which will help clarify the directions

First click in the page edit window before or after the text where you want the image to appear. Then click on icon of tree above (next to icon of hand and paper.) (Or, press control + click the mouse where you want the image to be and choose edit / insert image from the menu. which will lead you to the same popup.)

half way down on the right hand side of the popup window is a small icon of a hard disk with a green arrow. click it.

In the new window, click the Add button which is just below browse.

This will bring up a browser window of your computer. After selecting the picture from your computer or CD drive that you like, click return or open. The file you selected should show in the window. You can add more photos right now by clicking Add again. when you are done choosing photos to upload, click on the upload button, and you will see progress and then green check marks. When all the files have green check marks close that window by clicking the X at the top.

Now you are back to the first popup window. In the center of the lower half of the screen is a list of the pictures that you have access to with this particular editor. Your newly uploaded pictures will be in this list. select the photo of your choice by clicking on the title of the photo in this center list. a small thumbnail version of the picture that you highlighted will show to the right. The title of the picture should also appear in the URL entry space (just above the "2" in the picture below). If the URL space is still blank or shows the wrong name, then click on a couple of titles in the center list to allow the editor to "catch up". It will catch up after a couple of clicks.

with the image you want highlighted and showing in the right-hand screen, go to near the top of the editor where it says Dimensions and enter 400 (this can be any size but 400 is a good default. The pics in this directions page are set at 200) in the second Field after the X. Then click on Insert at the bottom of the editor.

Now you should see an image of appropriate size which will pop up into a larger image when you save the article. (like the ones in this article)

Feel free to ask any questions. I hope this helps. I think it will a bit at least.

Joe