Tips for Posting

When you are typing a post, pressing the Enter key starts a new paragraph. The system automatically inserts a space between paragraphs

like this.
If you want to start a new line with no gap
like this,
hold down the Shift key while you press Enter.

Blockquotes highlights a block of text in a way specified in your blog’s template – usually indenting with a line down the side.

To insert a link from some text in your post, highlight the text and click the :"Link" button. Then just insert the URL of the link in the box in the pop-up window,

If you want to display the URL in your post, rather than link from some text, simply don't highlight any text and the URL will be inserted for you.

If the link is to an email address,. choose "E-mail" from the drop-down menu in the pop-up window. You can include a standard heading for the emails.

To insert and image into your post, click the image button; an “Image Properties” box will pop up.

Normally, you will want to upload an image from your computer – so, click the “Upload” tab at the top of the pop-up window, browse to the image that you want and click on “Send to server” (Not the OK at the bottom of the window – that just takes you back to the previous screen.) This will upload your image and return you to the “Image Properties” screen with the details of the image filled in.
You may want to allocate some horizontal and vertical space (“Hspace” and “Vspace”) around your image. 5 is a typical value.
 
If the image is small, you can choose to align your image to the left or right if your text.
If the image is large and you want it above or below your text, click “OK” on the pop-up window and use the text align buttons to position the image to the left, right or centre.

To break your post so that only the first part is displayed with a "read more" link to the rest, simply position your curson where you want the break and click the "WordPress Read More" button.

If this feature is installed, there will be a MapPress section just below the editing window.

All that you need to do is insert the address in the "Add locations" box and click the "Add location" button. The program will put the location on a map. You can do this for any number of locations and you can edit or delete locations using the links that appear in the marker's "speech bubble" on the map.

When you have mapped all of your locations, position your cursor where you want the map and click the "Insert map shortcode in post" button. The tag saying "mappress" in square brackets should appear in your post. (If you like, you can simply type "mappress" in square brackets where you want it.)

If this feature is installed, there will be an Event Editor section at the botton of the posting page..

Click on the + sign to add a new event date and time. Two boxes for entering the Start and End time for the event will appear. You can either type these in, or click on the icons next to each to use a pop-up calendar.

If you don't know the end time of the event, leave it the same as as the start time (the default) and it will not be displayed. If you tick the "All day" box, neither the start nor end time will be displayed.

 
The "Custom Field" section, half way down the page, allows special purpose field to be defined.

In the case of the Glebe Society, this can be used to indicate whether an event is public or organised by the Glebe Society. Simply answer the "Glebe Society Event?" question in the drop=down list appropriately.

To insert a table into your post, click on the Table icon and choose the number of rows  and columns (You can always add or delete more.) and the width. Glebe Society posts are 540 pixels wide, so anything wider than looks odd!

If this feature is installed, there will be a box in the right side column for assigning "Post Sticky Status".

Ticking "Announcement" will keep that post as the first item in its category.

Ticking "Sticky" will keep that post as the first item for its day of posting.

Leaving "Normal" ticked will display the posting in date order (with the most recent first).

The way to upload Bulletins so that they will be correctly located for the search is:

• Type the name of the Bulletin ("Issue 1" etc) in the appropriate cell in the table and highlight it.
• Click the Link button in the menu and then the Browse Server button in the pop-up panel.
• Select the Bulletins directory in the next pop-up screen
• Use the "Upload a new file" box at the bottom of this screen to upload the Bulletin from your computer.
• Click on the name of the file that you have just uploaded. This will return you to the first pop-up panel.
• Click Okay.

This is done using the PostList facility (on the left menu under Posts)::

• Select "+ New List" and click the Select button
• In the first field on the New List page, "Define a Placeholder", enter any name you like but not an English word that could possibly occur in any post e.g. ExamplePostList
• Half way down the page, change the maximum number of posts to whatever is appropriate.
• Change the "Order the Posts in the list by" field to Title
• Change the "Order the List of Posts" field to Ascending
• Change the "Show only the Posts in the Category" to the appropriate category
• Near the bottom of the form, change "Exclude this post" to "The current post"
• Leave the other fields unchanged and click the "Save this new list button.

In the Post, wherever you want the menu to appear, simply type the word that you made up (e.g. ExamplePostList).