Admin panel: http://www.tcnjmagazine.com/wp-admin/
User names: tmarchet, golden, eweiss, garavente, gola, patrick, winter, tick, plasket
Photo editing tools:
Check out the new web-based photoshop:
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
I also like pixenate
http://pixenate.com
Step by Step Tutorial
! Creating Photo Galleries !
We will no longer be using Wordpress' default gallery creator to create image galleries. Please use the plugin NextGen gallery as described below:
To create a gallery with NextGen
1) In the admin panel, go to Gallery > Add Gallery
2) Fill in your gallery name and select to upload images
To edit / manage a gallery with NextGen
1) In the admin panel, go to the Gallery > Manage Gallery
2) Here you can sort, delete, etc.
To embed a gallery in a post
1) Go to Gallery > Manage Gallery and find the id of the gallery you want to embed
2) In the post editor, enter in the following tag: [gallery=id] where id is your gallery id number
example: [gallery=3]
Create a new issue
Manage > Categories > add new > Add Category
- Category Name: Spring 2008
- Category Slug: Spring 2008
- Category Parent: Archives
- Category Description: TCNJ Magazine: Spring 2008 Edition
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you are creating a new issue and want it to be the default main page issue, you must configure some files manually to indicate the change. You need to specify within some code files that the new issue is the default page. See the section "Manual Code Changes - Default Issue".
Manual Code Changes - Default Issue
If you are creating a new issue and want it to be the default main page, you will need to edit a default setting in the following files:
1) index.php
2) header.php
3) sidebar.php
4) category.php
You can edit these files in the wordpress administration section using the theme editor at http://www.tcnjmagazine.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php.
Navigate to these files.
Within these files near the top, there will be a line saying "CHANGE THIS TO MOST RECENT OR DEFAULT ARCHIVE TO BE DISPLAYED"
Directly to the left of this phrase is the default main page archive. Change this within the double quotes to the default page archive (i.e. "Spring 2010"). Spelling is case-sensitive.
Manual Code Changes - Navigation Bar
It is possible to change the order of the categories on the navigation bar.
To do this, navigate to the file header.php.
You can edit header.php within administration section using the theme editor at http://www.tcnjmagazine.com/wp-admin/theme-editor.php.
In the file, you will find a line saying: THIS IS WHERE YOU CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE CATEGORIES
You will also find a line saying: $sortArray = array("Features_1", "On Campus_2", "Student Center_3", "In Focus_4", "Lion's Roar_5", "Alumni Corner_6", "Multimedia_7");
This is the line to edit for category arrangement. Simply rearrange the categories using the labeling convention "Category_Order#". As an example:
$sortArray
= array("On Campus_1", "Multimedia_2", "Student Center_3", "Features_4",
"In Focus_5", "Lion's Roar_6");
This will change the navigation bar with "On Campus" as the first option next to Home, and "Lions Roar" as the last option.
Spelling is case-sensitive.
Post an article
Write > Post > Save or Publish
- Tags:
- Categories:
- Excerpt:
Insert a quote into post
Write > Post > HTML View > [Pullquote] button
Insert a photo and caption into post
Write > Post > Place your cursor where you want the photo > Add Media: Add an Image > Save or Publish
- File > Browse
- Title: Add your caption here
- Description: Add you caption here
- Resize image checked; 200-500px; Resize against: largest side
- Create a thumbnail checked: 75px; Resize against smallest side (crop)
- Upload
- Click on "Show"
- Caption: Add your caption here
- Link URL: select [none] button
- Align: Left, Center or Right
- Show: Full size
- Caption: Description
- Select [Insert into post] button
Insert a photo gallery into post
Write > Post > Gallery > Insert gallery into post > Save or Publish
Add thumbnail photos into excerpt
Write > Post > Place your cursor before the text in the excerpt > Add Media: Add an Image > Save or Publish
- Click on "Gallery" and select photo
- Click on "Show"
- Caption: Add your caption here
- Link URL: select [none] button
- Align: Left
- Show: Thumbnail
- Caption: None
- Select [Insert into exceprt] button
To-Do Items
- Research best practices for Tags (TM)
- Google Apps set up (MW)
- Related Links callout (MW)
- Writer Bios (TM)
Autumn 2007
- Alumni Corner: In Closing (Tony)
- Alumni Corner: Lion's Tale (Tony)
Spring 2007
- Online Exclusives (Joe) - *TM or MW need to add photos as of 5/9/08
