Create a Newsletter

  • In the Dashboard, find the “Posts” tab
  • Find the most recently published “Newsletter” post. Be sure to look at the “Categories” column to make sure it’s a newsletter.
  • Hover over the title and click “Clone,” a copy of this will appear at the top of the Post list with the word “Draft” next to the title.
  • Hover over the new file with “Draft” in the title and click on “Edit.” This will open the page.
  • Create a new title
  • Right below the title is the Permalink. Click on the grey “Edit” button and update the slug to match your title with dashes (-) between each word
  • Hover over the top box in the Page Builder titled “Single Image.”  A small green box will appear. Select the pencil to replace the image. A box will appear titled “Single Image Settings.” Next to the image, click on the green “+” button. Select an image that is at least 1600 pixels wide and click “set image” and then “save changes.”
  • On the right side of the screen are several boxes stacked on top of each other. Scroll down until you get to an image in the “Featured Images” box. Click on the image to bring up the Media Library and select the same image that you used from above. Hit “Select Featured Image”
  • To edit your content you will hover over the boxes with the appropriate content you wish to edit and click on the pencil icon
  • When editing the linked titles at the top of the page, do not break these links, simply edit the hyperlinked text. If you happen to break the links, re-link them using the chain icon and enter the correct link (#first, #second, #third, etc) then click on the blue arrow
  • Since the articles were created to expand, enter your first few lines of content in the smaller top text box using the pencil icon in the green box that appears when you hover over it. Add the rest of your content in the larger block with the blue dot on it just below it using the pencil icon as well.
  • To edit the section, “Recent Climate & Energy News,” select the “item” tab you wish to update (there are five of them). Scroll over the “Fancy box” of that item and select the pencil icon from the green box that appears. This will open a small window titled “Fancy Box Settings.” Update the content in the section titled “Box Content,” scroll up to replace the image, scroll down to replace the link in the “Link URL” block. Click the blue “Save Changes” box at the bottom
  • To publish click on the blue “Publish” button on the right side box labeled “Publish” If you edit anything after publishing, this button will now say “Update.”
  • Use the  “Update” button often so that you don’t lose your saved work.
  • At the very top of the window in a black bar click on “View Page” to make sure everything looks right.

Create a Media Release

  • In the Dashboard, find the “Posts” tab
  • Find the most recently published “Media Releases” post
  • Hover over the title and click “Clone”, a copy of this will appear at the top of the Post list with the word “Draft” next to the title.
  • Hover over the new file with “Draft” in the title and click on “Edit.” This will open the page.
  • Create a new title, no more than six words, containing key words that people are likely to search for
  • Right below the title is the Permalink. Click on the grey “Edit” button and update the slug to match your title with dashes (-) between each word
  • Click on the large image at the top of the page, a small grey box will appear. select the pencil to replace the image. A box will appear titled “Image Details.” Below the image, click on the “Replace” button. Select an image that is at least 1600 pixels wide and hit “replace”.
  • Click on the image again and hit the pencil icon to edit the image once again to bring up the “Image Details” box. Under “Display Settings” change the size from “medium 300 x 400” to “full size- 1600 x 1032”
  • On the right side of the screen are several boxes stacked on top of each other. Scroll down until you get to an image in the “Featured Images” box. Click on the image to bring up the Media Library and select the same image that you used from above. Hit “Select Featured Image”
  • Edit your content
  • To publish click on the blue “Publish” button on the right side box labeled “Publish” If you edit anything after publishing, this button will now say “Update.”
  • Use the “Update” button after you make edits to prevent losing your changes.
  • At the very top of the window in a black bar click on “View Page” to make sure everything looks right

Create an Event

  • In the Dashboard, find the “Events” tab
  • Find the most recently published event. Hover over the title and click “Duplicate.” This will open the copy with the word “Copy” next to the title.
  • Create a new title
  • Right below the title is the Permalink. Click on the grey “Edit” button and update the slug to match your title with dashes (-) between each word
  • On the right side of the screen are several boxes stacked on top of each other. Scroll down until you get to an image in the “Featured Images” box. Click on the image to bring up the Media Library and select the image you want to use. Hit “Select Event Image”
  • Edit your content description.
  • Scroll down to a box titled “Event details” to update the date and time.
  • Continue scrolling down to update the Location Venue. If the Location has already been used you will find it in, “Select a Different Location in List.” To create a new location select “Create a New Location”
  • To publish click on the blue “Publish” button on the right side box labeled “Publish” If you edit anything after publishing, this button will now say “Update.”
  • Use the “Update” button often so that you don’t lose your saved work.
  • At the very top of the window, in the black bar that starts with a home icon and “Clean Energy Economy for the Region” click on “View Page” to make sure everything looks right.