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Click here to return to the NewsBytes Page
The first essential is that you log in to the site. This is available to all members of the diocese whose details are included in the Diocesan Directory.
This gives you:
The ability to submit stuff to NewsBytes
The ability to post job adverts
Access in the Directory to address and telephone information
Access (for Deanery officials only) to mailing list information for
many groups of people by Deanery (you can download an address list
for all PCC Secretaries, for example)
If you are a member, do yourself the favour of getting the member benefits!
Find your user name. Do this by looking yourself up in the Directory. This will be a 6-digit code, all letters in capitals. If you aren't in the Directory, then you need to contact the Webkeeper to discuss whether you may be given a special Guest account.
Go to People > My Login Details
Fill in the password request form. For this to work, you MUST have
an email address registered in the Directory. That is an obvious
security necessity. If you haven't got an address in the Directory, mail Liz Moy at the Diocesan Office and ask her to add it. Remember that your address in the Directory is NEVER displayed on the website.
Your password will be mailed to your registered address. You can go back to My Login Details to change the password to something a little more memorable if you want
Click the "Log In" button at the top right corner of your screen. Fill in the two boxes - and you can also tick the "Remember me" box. This will remember you for seven days - so if you visit the website regularly, you'll not need to keep on logging in.
Once you are logged in, you'll find a link on the right-hand side; "Click here to submit an item to NewsBytes". This only appears to a user who is logged in.
The first screen you see will probably have little to see at this stage. It will list any of your current "live" entries and offer the chance to create a new page.
The screen creates a unique page ID for you and asks for a Page headline. This will be used to show web visitors and is limited to 60 characters long. Do not leave this blank, otherwise your page will not be saved!
If you leave the Page title blank, it will be automatically generated from the headline. This is there for internal use only and won't be shown to the public.
The Start and Archive dates set when the article will appear and disappear on the News page. "Start" will probably remain as today. Set the Archive date sensibly. By default, you get 14 days online. If you are advertising a particular event, you may decide it is right to put in the date of the event.
Pasting Text
Your main article goes into the big edit box.
Many times, you will want to paste text that you copied from a wordprocessor. There's a problem with that. Wordprocessor files have loads of codes scattered through the text and you need to get these out. One way is to paste the text straight in and then highlight it all before clicking on both the india-rubber icon and the paintbrush to remove all formatting. the other (better) way is to paste the whole lot into a plain text editor. You can use Notepad (on a PC) or you can use the "scratchpad" provided on the edit page. When you do this, ensure that you have a blank line between each paragraph.
Always format your text from scratch.
There is a range of formatting options. Concentrate particularly on the Format list, where you set a fixed set of designs for a whole paragraph - and on the Bold and Italic buttons. Also useful are the Bullet List and Number List controls.
Typing a web link in the text will automatically make that into a link - it becomes bold and red. There's a chain and broken chain button that also helps to control your links.
There is further help on the editing buttons from the link above the edit box. That document is aimed mainly at other users, but the formatting advice applies to you.
The photo upload system is still not complete, I am afraid.
Here you find two sets of contact details. Your name and your user ID are already filles in for you. Edit or change these if you want. A user ID is much preferred to a full email address for security reasons. Always use that if possible.
When you are ready, click the [Create] button.and then [Continue]. You will now see your article just as it will appear on the page, along withe a box with some details about your page. You'll spot that the status is in red; "not yet submitted". Whenever there is someting in red, your article will not show on the pages.
Go back and change your page if necessary or, if you are ready to go public, click [Publish]. This changes the status (still red, so still not published!) and sends an email to the administrator to alert him that something is waiting for his attention.
Once your item is published, you can still go back and edit or change it if you need to. Note that, if you do, the status will revert to "Not yet Submitted" and will have to go through the authorisation route once more before it is published again.
