Submitting an article to the MSCB Website
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- Category: Technology Bits And Bytes
- Created on Friday, 04 March 2011 17:06
- Written by WebMaster
Submitting an article to the MSCB Website
First of all, you will have to be logged in to the site. On the home page, there is a log in form where you will input your user name and password. I did send this to everyone but if you didn't get it let me know and I will send it again.
The first field is asking for a title for your document. This would be the same as a subject you would be using in an email.
The second field is titled alias. Normally this would be your first name or a nick name that others would know you by.
Next are two buttons one is save the other cancel. When your article is completed, you will come back to these buttons to either save or cancel. Using the control plus the home key will take you back to the top of the page without having to scroll.
The next field is the text field. In most cases, you will be able to cut and paste your text into the text box. This is the easiest way. If you are writing a short news flash, then typing directly into the field is OK too.
Under the text input box are 5 links
Article, you will probably never use
Image, will open a browser to look for and upload an image
Page break probably won't be used
. Read More is useful if your article is long It adds a line and a “Read More” link to the article
The next section refers to publishing your article or document.
The first field is a drop down list, choose where you want your article to appear.
About MSCBWV more than likely will only be used by the web master.
Board Announcements should only be submitted by the Officers and Board of Directors. These are announcements from the board concerning policy, procedure, bylaws and legal issues concerning the whole organization.
Latest News From the President. This is news and announcements that have been sent via email.
Newsletters are your MSCBWV newsletters that are published four times per year. BTW, there is an archive of all of the back issues that have been sent to me.
Technology Bits and Bytes New technology and changes in technology specifically for the sight challenged. Conrad Bennett will be adding to this section. You are welcome to add your own personal knowledge about using the technology, your review of a piece of technology could be of great help to others.
Helpful resources include links and articles about ACB, businesses that cater to the needs of the blind and West Virginia resources. You will find links to the Hadley school, the Assistive Technology Center, WV school for the Deaf and Blind in Romney and more. Please let Glen or me (your webmaster) know of any links that you feel should be added. It is important for all of us to have the right resources when we need assistance with legal and issues that make life more manageable.
The Local Chapter announcements is pretty self explanatory. Perhaps one person from the chapter I.E. the chapter secretary could post minutes from the meetings, issues to be voted on, good news about the members, and pictures from local events.
A newsflash is a very short message. It should be one or two sentences long. Special events coming up would be announced in this flash. The news flash would probably only be posted by one of the board members, or the web site committee.
Author alias again is your name or nickname
State is a drop down box the default is published since that is what you are writing it for is to publish it.
Start publishing has a calendar attached to it, if you don't enter a date it will publish as soon as you click save
Stop publishing again is a calendar if there is an end date example the convention may be announced beginning the first of the year, but has an end date the day after convention is over.
The access level is important:
Public everyone visiting the site can read. This is information you want the world to know and see.
Registered is just for members registered to the site. One would have to log in to see this information.
Special is for registered members but only certain members like the board. We will be adding groups in the future as we find a need for them
Language the default is all and really doesn't require any attention
Meta Description – Copy and paste the first two or three sentences into this text box. It generally tells what the article is all about.
Keywords – these are word and or phrases that will help a person find the article through the search box. Maybe they are looking for the next meeting times. Keywords would be meeting times, local meetings, chapter meeting, Write the word or phrase separated by a comma.
Be sure to go back to the top of the page and click save, your article will then be published.