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Instructions
Hi there! Here you’ll find instructions on how to update and add new content to the MFS site. If you need more help, check these general WordPress editor instructions as well.
Table of Contents
Important – Check Your EditsWhere to Find Content
If Something Goes Wrong – Revert
How to Edit Page Content
How to EDIT Faculty and Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
How to ADD NEW Faculty and Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
How to Change the Order of Faculty and Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
How to Edit Course Descriptions
How to Check Practicum Inquiries Form Entries
How to Change Who Gets Practicum Inquiry Emails
Important – Check Your Edits
Always double check your edits on the site to make sure they look right and everything is still working properly. You can preview edits before publishing them by clicking the “preview” button instead of “update.”
Where to Find Content
There are two places to find your content: Posts and Pages (see screenshot below).
Under Posts you’ll find the information for Faculty, Success Stories, and Practicum Projects. (The content for these individual stories is pulled into different pages, but you’ll edit it here).
Under Pages you’ll find information for all of the pages on the site (for example, Home, Practicum, Admissions, etc)
IMPORTANT: Some of the information you see on the site for Faculty, Success Stories, and Practicum Projects is the main content and some of it is the excerpt and they should match. If you change one, make sure to change the other. See the section on editing faculty information to see where to edit this information.
If Something Goes Wrong – Revert
All of the pages here store past versions (called “revisions”), so if you’ve made a mistake, look for a “Revisions” link and choose a version to go back to.
This image shows where to find revisions in the right sidebar on a page editor screen.
How to Edit Page Content
Click on Pages in the left sidebar and then click on the name of the page you want to edit. You’ll be able to edit content directly in the main content area in the middle. If you want to change the image at the top of the page, you can do this in the right sidebar under Document > Featured Image. Note: The best size for images is 1500px x 1000px JPG.
IMPORTANT: If you see any blocks of HTML code in the main content editor, do not move or change them. It will break the page. If you break the page by accident, you can revert to a previous revision by using the revisions link in the right sidebar. See screenshot above.
How to EDIT Faculty and Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
You’ll find this content under Posts. They’ve all been labeled here with the person’s name as the title. If a student has entries under both practicum stories and success stories, there may be two, and you can tell which one it is by checking the “categories” field in the table.
The main content will be in the main window in the center. You’ll see a couple chunks of website code above and below the main content – don’t change these. If these blocks change, it will break the page.
This image shows what a code block might look like.
Main Content
Edit this in the main window in the center. You can add headings, paragraphs, links, buttons, and images. If you are adding headings, please use H2 or H3
IMPORTANT: If you edit the main content, you should edit the excerpt to match (see below).
Title or Areas of Specialization
Below the main content, you should see a section for custom fields. If you don’t see this section, click the menu option in the top right (the three dots) and then “Options” and then check off “Custom Fields.”
For faculty, “title” is used for the person’s job title and “specialization” is used for their areas of specialization. For success story and practicum projects, “title” is used for the main titles on the site.
IMPORTANT: Sometimes the system is glitchy and will duplicate one of the fields. Make sure you check to see what it looks like on the site and if something is duplicated, just delete one of them in this section.
Photo
You’ll find these in the right sidebar under Document > Featured Image. This will open the media uploader where you can just drag-and-drop in a new photo. Best size for photos is 1500px x 1000px JPG.
Excerpt
You’ll find this in the right sidebar under Document > Excerpt. This text is the small blurb that shows up on other pages – for example, you’ll see a short snippet of text with each person on the Faculty and Staff page. This is the excerpt. When you click through to the individual page for that person you’ll see the content entered into the main content area for that post.
IMPORTANT: If you edit the excerpt, you should also edit the main content to match.
Category
The category setting is what tells the website to pull the content into the right pages on the website. For Faculty, Success Stories, and Practicum Projects, make sure they have the right category set. If you want a faculty or staff member to show up on the home page, check both “Faculty & Staff” and “Featured Faculty” categories.
How to ADD NEW Faculty & Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
Follow all of these steps in order.
1. Create New Post and Add Title
Create a new post by using Posts > Add New in the right sidebar. On this page, add your title. The title should be the person’s name.
2. Add First Code Block
Click on the + icon in the top left and add a “Custom HTML” block. You will need to copy and paste the code from the right snippet below into this block. IMPORTANT: This block needs to be at the very top, below the page title.
3. Add Headings and Text
Click the + in the top right corner and add a “Heading” block. It should be set to h2. For Faculty and Staff, you can use “Biography” as your heading. For practicum projects and success stories, each question in their story should be an h2 heading.
If you hit ENTER/RETURN after typing a heading, WordPress will automatically make a new paragraph block for you to enter text into.
NOTE: For practicum projects and success stories, write them to use the same question headings as the existing stories on the site.
4. Add Second Code Block
When you’re done adding your page content, you’ll need to add a second closing block of code. Click on the + icon in the top left and add a “Custom HTML” block. Copy and paste the following code into it. You can use the same code for faculty, practicum projects, and success stories.
IMPORTANT: This code needs to be the very last block.
</div><!-- .single-content -->
</div><!-- .single-wrap -->5. Add Custom Fields
Scroll down and look for the “custom fields” section. You’ll have to add some additional information here.
FOR FACULTY: Add a job title with a “title” field and add the person’s areas of specialization with the “specialization” field.
FOR PRACTICUM PROJECTS AND SUCCESS STORIES: Use the “title” field for the title you want to show up on the site. For example “Becoming a Team Leader.”
6. Set the Category
To make the content show up in the right areas on the site, you’ll need to set the category. Find this in the right sidebar under Document > Categories. The categories are “Faculty & Staff”, “Practicum Projects” and “Success Stories.”
If you want a faculty or staff member to be featured on the home page, make sure to check off both “Faculty & Staff” and “Featured Faculty.”
7. Add Featured Image
Upload the person’s photo under Document > Featured Image. Best size for photos is 1500px x 1000px JPG.
8. Add Excerpt
Add the excerpt under Document > Excerpt. This is the short blurb of text that shows up on other pages – for example, you’ll see a short snippet of text with each person on the Faculty and Staff page. This is the excerpt. When you click through to the individual page for that person you’ll see the content entered into the main content area for that post.
How to Change the Order of Faculty and Staff, Practicum Projects, and Success Stories
Content shows up on the site in chronological order, so if you want to change the order of your posts, you’ll have to change the published-on date of each post. You can access this by going to the Posts page, hovering over the title of the post you want to edit, and clicking “Quick Edit.” A panel will slide open where you can change the date. Newer posts show up first.
How to Edit Course Descriptions
Click “Pages” in the right sidebar and then click on “Courses” to edit this page. In the main content here, you’ll see some code that creates the “accordion” layout of this page. Find the one with the title for the course you want to edit, and edit the description directly below that title.
How to Check Practicum Inquiry Form Entries
The practicum inquiry form on the Practicum page will send an email to Jerzy when someone submits it, but you can also manually check the entries by accessing Forms > Entries in the left sidebar.
How to Change Who Gets Practicum Inquiry Emails
In the left sidebar, click on “Forms” and then “Practicum Inquiry Form.” Then go to Settings > Notifications, click on “Admin Notification” and change the “Send To Email” field.