Frequently Asked Questions - Questions about this website
The difference between what appears in the 'Featured Resources' section of the resources page and the 'Other featured resources' section is 'stickiness'. Adding or removing stickiness to an item can be done in the following ways:
If you are currently editing the item...
Go to "Publishing options" at the bottom of the edit page and select 'Sticky at top of lists'.
If you are not currently editing the item...
- Go to http://anisa.org.za/admin/content/node.
- Filter the catalogue item(s) so that you can see the items you wish to make sticky.
- Check the box next to the items you wish to make sticky (remembering that only two items will be displayed.
- Under 'Update options', select 'Make sticky' and click on the 'Update' button. If you want to remove the item from the 'Featured Resources', select 'Remove stickiness'.
Declaring a catalogue item to be a featured resource simply involves promoting an item to the front page. The method that you use to accomplish this depends on where you are currently in the site:
If you are creating the item or are currently editing the item you wish to promote...
Go to "Publishing options" at the bottom of the edit page and select 'Promoted to front page'.
If you are not currently creating the item and are not currently editing the item...
- Go to http://anisa.org.za/admin/content/node.
- Filter the catalogue item(s) so that you can see the items you wish to promote.
- Check the box next to the items you wish to promote.
- Under 'Update options', select 'Promote to front age' and click on the 'Update' button.
To distinguish between which items are in the 'Featured Resource' section and which ones are in the 'Other Featured Resources' section, go to http://anisa.org.za/faq/faq_categories/how_do_i_add/how_do_i_control_whether_featured_resource_featured_resources_sectio.
The news stories are actually the content type listed as "Story". To add a news item to the site, do the following:
- From the administration menu, click on Create Content > Story.
- Create a title for the news story. This is your headline.
- Enter one or more tags in the News Categories field. For example, a story that was about reconciliation in Diepsloot might have two tags: reconciliation and Diepsloot.
- In the page icon, you can upload an image that is the primary photograph for the news story. Other photographs will be entered separately.
- In the teaser text field, you should enter just a few sentences about your news story to entice people to read the entire story. If you are a very good journalist, the teaser text is the first paragraph of your story.
- Enter the text of your news story in the Body field.
- The only additional item that you need to concern yourself with is Additional Images. If you have more than one graphic and you would prefer not to enter them into the story in the "Body", they can be entered here and will appear when readers look at the entire story.
- When you are done, select Save at the bottom of the page. The news story should now appear on the News and Notes page.
Starting a newsletter is quick and easy to do, but take the time to think through how you are going to use the newsletter, how you are going to create it, and how you are going to measure its success.
- Once you are logged in, use the top menu to select Administer >> Content Management >> Newsletters >> Newsletters. See figure 1.
- Select the "Add newsletter" tab.
- Give the newsletter a name and description. Don't worry about weight. See figure 2 for a sample newsletter called "Test"
- The "Sender Information" is the information that will be displayed to the recipient. Be sure to test the "Name" against spam filters.
- Finally, in the "HTML to text conversion" section, you can decide whether you want hyperlinks to be displayed inline or as a set of end notes.
To add an image to a page, do the following:
- If you are wanting to upload an image to the page, follow these substeps. If you are simply linking to an image on another page, skip to step 2.
- In the File attachments section of the editing interface, browse to the file you want to upload and Attach the image.
- Once the file is attached, its URL will be listed below the image. Highlight that URL and copy it to your clipboard (e.g. Control-C or Command-C, usually).
- Put your cursor in the place where you want the image to appear.
- Click on the link that looks like a picture of a mountain (
). This will open the image add dialogue.
- Paste the URL of the image in the URL box.
- Be sure to enter the Alternative Text, so that people who have set their browsers to not load images automatically will know what is there.
- It is strongly advised to ignore the remaining settings. We are currently working on disabling them, as they are not recommended.
- If you want to link the image to another page, click on the Link tab and insert the URL of the page that you would like to link the image to.
- Click OK
- Highlight the text that you want to be the hyperlink.
- Click on the icon in the toolbar that looks like a globe with a chain link on it (
). - You will then see the link dialogue.
In general, you won't need to change the Link Type or the Protocol settings. They should be URL and http://, respectively. If you do change them, you need to know what you are doing and you probably wouldn't be reading this FAQ entry. - In the URL text box, put the URL of the page you are trying to link to. Make sure that you do not include the http:// in this text box, as that will fail to link properly.
- Click on OK.
Recovering your password is easy. All you need to do is the following:
- Click on the "Login" link in the secondary menu or go to http://anisa.org.za/user.
- Click on the tab that reads "Request New Password".
- In the box, enter your username or the email address that you used for registration.
- An email will be sent to you with a one-time login link. Follow that link and you will be able to reset your password according to the password rules.
Creating an account on the ANiSA website is an easy, three-step process.
- Start by going to the home page. On the left side of the page, there is a login block. Click on the "create new account" link.
A new page should have loaded that looks like this one. Now you will need to provide three pieces of information: a login id of your choice (assuming it isn't already taken), an email address (if you can't access this address, you won't be able to confirm your application), and the captcha text. Once you enter all of those correctly, click "Submit".- Next you will receive an email with a link to login to your new account. After you click on that link, you will need to provide a new password.
You may also want to read the next FAQ about how to set up your account.
When you set up your account, you are required to provide a new password. However, there are some other things that you might want to consider. Here's a description of your options:
- Rich Text Editor Settings: There's a lot that you can tweak here. But, if you aren't comfortable with HTML, you should be careful. There are really just two things that you will want to set:
- Default State: This determines whether you will use the Rich Text Editor by default. If you are comfortable with HTML, you can set this to Disable. If you aren't, keep it enabled and move on.
- Language: The default setting for this is English. If you want to try another language for the Rich Text Editor, try changing it.
- Personal Contact Form: This allows people to contact you via email using a form, rather than revealing your email address in your profile. It is not recommended to change this, but you may if you like.
- Default Time Zone: The default is "Africa/Johannesburg", but you may set it to whatever time zone describes you.
We are going to be adding new features to the profiles, so you may soon have more options. You might want to check your profile occasionally.
You can edit these items any time you like by following the "My account" link, or by clicking here.