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Table of Contents
Page 2: Table of Contents
Page 3: Chapter 1: Start-Up
• Account Set Up
• Signing In
• Adding Information And An Account Photo
Page 16: Chapter 2: Posts
• How to Post
• Author Checklist
• Troubleshooting
Page 27: Chapter 3: Photos
• How to choose your photos
• Photo checklist for uploading
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Chapter 1: Start-Up
Account Set Up
First an account will be set up for you by one of your Online Editors. The account
will be set up with your DC Mail account. The set up page will look like this.
You will have a Username that will be your First Name and your Last Name.
This will show up as your Byline for your articles.
Next it will ask for your email, which again will be your DC Mail account.
It will then again ask you to fill in your name separately this time.
There is a website section, this is where you can put your e-portfolio link. The
website that you link to your account needs to be professional because future
employers will be able to see it.
Next is a password of your choosing. Once you have been added you can sign into
the website.
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Signing In
After your account is set up you will be able to sign in on your own computer at
Chronicle.durhamcollege.ca/wp-admin
The screen will look like this.
Your Username is your First Name-a space-Your Last Name. Your
Password is the one you set up.
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Adding Information And An Account Photo
After you have signed in you are going to finish your account set up. There is a
Biography section you can fill out for your account.
Once you are signed in it is going to take you to your dashboard, which looks like
this.
You are going to go to Profile, which can be found on the left hand side
highlighted here in blue.
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Clicking
on
Profile
will
bring
you
to
this
page.
The
colours
on
the
top
allow
you
to
change
the
colours
of
your
interface.
You
can
also
change
some
other
things
on
your
account
and
add
your
Biography
information.
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Your
Biographical
Information
will
follow
this
format:
(Tentative
bio
info)
Hello,
my
name
is
___________________________.
I
am
______________,
______________
and
____________.
I
like
to
write
____________,
___________
and
____________.
You
can
also
add
your
professional
Twitter
handle
in
as
well.
Once
you
are
finished
click
Update
Profile.
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Adding a Photo to your profile
To add a photo to the user’s you need to use a third party site called Gravatar.
You are going to have them sign in on their computers to The Chronicle Website
first.
They sign in at chronicle.durhamcollege.ca/wp-admin. The username is the
user’s First Name a space and then their Last Name and the password is the one
they set up.
Then open a new tab and go to en.gravatar.com. It will look like this.
You are going to click on the top right hand button that says WordPress.com Sign
In. Once you click that it will take you to this screen.
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You are going to go to Create an Account. The user needs to use the same email
address as they used on The Chronicle website – their DC Mail account. Again the
username is going to be their first and last name but this time no spaces. The
password needs to be the same as The Chronicle website as well. Then hit Sign
Up.
It will then take you to a screen that looks like this and will send a confirmation
email to the one you used.
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The email will look like this. (If you don’t see it right away check your junk mail
or wait it can take a couple of minutes.)
You are going to Activate Account once you get the email. That should bring
you back to Gravatar. Once you are back at Gravatar if it doesn’t automatically
sign back in using the information that you just gave it.
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It should bring you to this screen. This is where you are going to add your STAFF
photo that was taken for your Media Pass. No other photo can be used. You are
going to click Add one by clicking here!
It will take you to this screen.
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You are going to upload from My Computer’s hard drive.
Once the photo is uploaded it will bring you to the editing screen, which will look
something like this.
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You are going to crop and move the box over your face and position it properly.
Once you are happy with the placement hit Crop and Finish! After it is finished
it will take you to a ratings page. Rate the photo G.
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After you pick G it should then take you to this page. Make sure it is the right
photo and that the primary address is set up as the DC Mail address.
After a couple of minutes this should reflect on The Chronicle Website. Sign back
into The Chronicle and the photo should be seen in the upper right hand corner.
Close up it looks like this.
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Now you are completely finished and ready to start making posts.
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Chapter 2: Posts
How to add new posts
Once you are signed in as an editor your dashboard should look like this.
You are going to go to Posts and either click on Add New like you see it here or
just click Posts and it should take you to this screen.
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You are going to click Add New at the top of the screen. It will then take you to
this page. If you get the popups you can just exit out of them.
You are going to put your HEADLINE where it says Enter title here. Your
headline should be no longer than 33 characters for ONE line or 66 characters for
TWO lines.
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Next you are going to copy and paste your ‘OK J’ or ‘OK with fixes’ final version
of your article into the body of the post. When you copy and paste it make sure
you are copy and pasting after your Byline. It isn’t needed in the post you just
need your body copy.
If your article comes with photos you are going to add them in now. (See photos
section for more information on photos) Space your article down one and with
the cursor above the article hit the Add Media button that is above the body
copy box. Once you hit the Add Media button it should bring you to this screen.
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You are going to Select File and upload your photo. While it is uploading it
should look like this.
After the photo has uploaded you are going to add a
Cutline to your photo in the Caption box on the
right hand side. The Cutline should have where, who,
and what is going on in the photo. The Cutline
doesn’t have to have the photographers’ name in it if
it’s the same person who wrote the article. It does
need to have the photographer’s name in it if it
different.
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Once you are finished with the Cutline you are going to
finish the settings on the photo. These settings are
below the Caption box. You are going to make sure
your Alignment is Center and the size is Large.
After everything is set then you can hit Insert into
post.
After you hit Insert into post it will bring you back to the editing post page
like this. Here you can see where the Caption is and how the photo sits in the
post
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If you forget to do any of the steps its okay because you can click the photo to
get this menu to edit the photo. You will need to click the symbol that looks
like a pencil to edit the photo.
It will bring you to this page where you can edit those settings and then hit
Update.
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If you have more than one photo make sure the top one is in the Centre and
Large. Stagger the rest within the post making sure they are Left then Right
Aligned staggering them as they go down and they are Medium in size.
After your photos are all in and your body copy is in now you have to put it in
the right Category. The Category puts it in the proper section of the
website. You are going to click the proper box. The Category section is on the
right hand side of the post page.
Then you are going to set a Featured Image. This photo HAS to be
Horizontal or it won’t be able to be the big photo on the front page of the
website. You will find the Featured Image section below Categories and
under Tags.
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You are going to click the Blue Link that says Set Featured Image. It will
take you to this page once again. Chose the photo you want as your Featured
Image and hit the Set Featured Image button.
Then it should look like this once it is uploaded.
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After everything is checked again make sure:
Headline: is 33 characters for one line and 66 characters for two lines
Body Copy: doesn’t have a byline and is the Final Copy
Photos: are in the Center are Large and have a Caption or Cutline
Category: is selected for the proper section the article goes in
Featured Image Set: is Horizontal and set to the right photo
Then you are going to hit SAVE DRAFT – DO NOT PUBLISH. The Save
Draft button can be found back at the top on the right hand side of the page.
You can Preview the article before it is fully published by an editor by hitting
the Preview button either on the right beside the Save Draft button or after
you have Saved your Draft at the top of the page.
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Author’s Checklist for Making
Posts
Before you hit Draft make sure that you have everything checked off
this list.
ü Headline
o Makes sense and doesn’t have too
many characters
o Is appropriate
o Has no spelling or grammar errors
ü Body Copy
o Doesn’t have a byline in it
o Is the proper format and appears to be
the final copy
ü Photos
o Are the proper alignment and size
o All have a cutline
o Are appropriate
o That there is a Featured Image and
that it is horizontal
ü Category
o Is checked
o Is the right one
If any of these things aren’t proper you need to fix them before you hit
the Draft button.
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Chapter 3: Photos
How to choose your photos
ü Is it appropriate?
o Is it offensive?
o Does it give meaning to the story?
ü Do you have all the information needed for
the photo?
ü Do you have permission to use the photo if
you didn’t take it?
Photo checklist for uploading
ü Jpeg Format
ü Have a MAX upload size of 25MB
ü Need to have a cutline
ü Featured Images HAVE to be HORIZONTAL
