HINTS FOR BEGINNING YOUR ARTICLES
by Cindy Bridges
HINTS
1. web site address - www.dist102.org
2. to log in to the article
editor to create your article - use -
www.dist102.org/cs
3. your log in is your
email address @dist102.org (make sure to use .org)
4. your password is your
first letter of your first name and then your last name - example -cbridges
5. each teacher has a
section under the school you teach in - if you teach in more than
one school you should have multiple sections
6. YOU should only publish
in your school sections. Other sections such as Location, District,
Parents, etc. are for use as general information and district
forms. Some of these sections will not change and publishing to
them will cause problems.
7. Activity sections are
also set-up for your schools. You may use these for your
activities.
8. SECTIONS - sections
will only show up on the front page in the right hand menu if there
is an active article published in that section. I have created
articles (coming soon) so you can view your sections. I have
assigned each of you as the editor so you can delete or edit the
articles that I created as "Coming Soon". These articles are acting
as place holders. When you are ready to publish an article you can
do one of two things:
*delete the article I
created as a place holder - PLEASE BE CAREFUL THAT YOU ARE DELETED
THE CORRECT ARTICLE- once you delete an article there is no turning
back - they are gone forever
*edit the article that I
have posted- just change the information and re-post
it
9. DATES - when you publish an article you will have to set the
beginning and ending dates. I would create an information or
welcome article for your section without an ending date. Once an
article ends and you have nothing published to your section it will
not show up in the menu. Also remember you will not be able to view
your article on the web page until the start date and time is
reached. I always set the date one day earlier so I don't have to
mess with the time.
10. Any article you
delete will not show up in the archives. Articles you plan to
reuse leave them in the editor after they expire. There is no way
to retrieve deleted articles.
11. Be very careful or you will lose your work! YOU can not save
your articles before you publish them. If you use the back arrow on
your browser or go back to the editor page you will lose your work.
To save your work (any article that is not ready to display) simply
do not approve it. It will not show up on the web page until you
approve your article. You can still preview it so you can see what
it will look like once you post it.
12. Training
Guides can be downloaded once you log on to your cs - central
service page. They are located on the left side of navigation
under HELP Center
