When creating a post, and officer/committee head/admin can trigger the contents of the post to be posted to some or all of the RAC Social Media sites. This includes: Facebook Twitter Google+ When using this function please note that it will only post the FIRST time the article is published. Changes after the first time will not be pushed out to Social Media. Also, it is good idea to keep social media posts very short and concise. In order to…
By default, posts from members need to be moderated before they will publicly appear on the site. When a user enters a post from the front end of the site, the post will automatically go into a Pending state. An email will be sent to the RAC webmaster and officer alias to identify that a user post has been submitted. It must then be manually approved. In order to approve the post, go to the admin part of the site…
The notification bar is used to show timely information at the top of the page for members (and optionally) the general public. In order to change this, navigate to the WPFront->Notifcation Bar menu entry. Te settings page contains all the field needed to configure the bar. The top part of the screen is displayed below: In this part of the screen, you should not make edits. Just insure that the Enabled box is checked. It is also highly recommended that…
There is not much user maintenance required on the RAC site. This post describes common tasks for officers in managing users. User List The User menu on the site dashboard allows you to view the current user listing for that site. You can access it via the Users or Users->All Users menu listing. If there are any actions needed you will see a red circle with the number indicating the outstanding number of actions needed (see above). Electronic Payment User Process…
Officers and Admins can create a user account manually, as opposed to requiring a user to go through the registration process. In order to create a user manually, go to the Users->Add New menu entry: Once you click this, you will see the new user screen: At a minimum the following fields need to be set. Username – must be unique on the site Email Role – See the Managing Users help post for more information on roles Optionally, you can set…
Events (calendar entries) are created separately than pages and posts. In order to mange the events, select the Events menu on the site dashboard. The default action is to list the current future events list. Editing an Existing Event In order to make changes to an event, click the event on the list to get the event editing screen. alternative, you can create a new event by clicking Add New. On this screen, you can change the event particulars: Title…
