Summary Information
As User's guide to the Edmund Rice Oceania Web PortalSite User Manual
The Edmund Rice Oceania Web Portal offers a dynamic user-generated content tools.
Here's a guide for how to make the most of this tool-kit for you, your organization, your advocacy group or school.
Contents:
Site Overview
Signing Up:
- As a Page Publisher on the Site
- As a Networker in the Community
Uploading Content:
- How to Create a Page
- Selecting Type of Page – Organisational Profiles; News Features and more
- Submission Forms – Step by Step Guide from text upload to tagging!
- Uploading Photos, PDF’s and Videos
- Creating an Event for the Calendar
Positioning Content:
- As a non-administrator
- As an Administrator
How to Use the Community & Our Social Networking Tools…
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SITE OVERVIEW
The Edmund Rice Oceania Web Portal aims to educate, inform, inspire and unify the extended community.
The site essentially has 2 key components to it:
1. Information - Presentation and Self-publication of Content
2. Social Networking - Forums, Blogs, Chat Rooms, Groups, Personal Profiles
Each of these 2 parts require different member logins.
That's why when you sign up to become a member of the social network, it won't necessarily mean that you are automatically able to upload content into the core site. Just as when you Sign Up to become a publisher on the core site, the same sign on won't give you access to the social network. This is to protect the interests of our community and is used as a verification technique as well.
To discover more about the background vision behind the production of this site click here
Signing Up - How to & Why Bother?
Each of the 2 parts of the site [Main Infopedia & The Community Hub] require separate sign up procedures and each come with fantastic returns for going to the effort of signing up...
Sign Up #1 - MAIN SITE: (www.edmundrice.org)
As a Page/ Content Publisher
Simply go to the top right of any page on the site and click "sign up":
e.g.
You will be taken into an area where you can choose your type of login, dependant on who you are publishing content on behalf of:
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Which Sign Up Option is Right for You?:
Individual Sign Up:
- This allows for the complete freedom to play as an individual...
- You may publish any appropriate content you like.
- You won't necessarily receive Editor or Administrator Status and your role within a sub-ER organization will be required in a separate request email to the webmaster to alter this status.
School Sign Up:
- this constitutes for a more secure experience and assures that the login can be transferred among key school staff
- it has you in the running to receive potential Editor Status once requested of the webmaster
- You're acknowledged further in our database and may receive pertinent info for your school about how it can be used within the curriculum...
Organisation Sign Up:
- What if another director comes to replace you and can't access the site any other way but your email login?
- This positions you to receive potential Editor status once requested of the webmaster
Province Sign Up:
- While The Edmund Rice Oceania Web Portal is predominantly constructed for our immediate Oceanic community, many other Provinces may feel it would be a beneficial set of tools they can use.
- This is a feature to be used if you're joining on behalf of an entire Province and if you have the authority to present them online.
Benefits of Signing Up to the Main Site:
You can position your group, community and works or just personal passion related to anything ‘Edmund Rice' by contributing content, creating pages and articles in a highly sophisticated article directory manager so the content will remain forever and be ranked well on Search Engines.
For more specific benefits, see ‘Our Offering to You'
User Rights
There are a variety of different user access and publishing rights available dependant on your relationship with The Edmund Rice Oceania Network.
Administrator - You get access to all content, positing of this content; Access to all users and management of them & their content.
Editor - You can view all content but have no access to user management and content placement
Publisher - Your material is automatically published but not uniquely placed & you have no access to anyone elses' content
Sign Up #2 - SITE COMMUNITY: (www.edmundrice.org/community)
As a Networker
Go through to the ‘Community' link in the Navigation Bar
Once inside the Community section of the site, you will notice a ‘Sign In or Sign Up' box in the top right corner.
Follow the triggers to set up your personal networking profile from here on in.
More tips on setting up your profile here
CREATE & PUBLISH CONTENT
The Edmund Rice Oceania Web Portal offers a series of tools to create your own content in a variety of places across it.
One of the key places we recommend is within the key article directory for the site which will assure you of a key place within the search engine.
It's all about Search Engine Optimisation (a systematical approach to positioning content to be easily found by Search Engines) as well as the grassroots educational experience...
Submitting Content & Creating a Page
Create awareness for your mission; Produce your own organizational profile, Broadcast News; Inform, educate & inspire!
How to Create a Page
- Register to the site
- Login to your account in the top right corner of the page
- Look at the new ‘sub-navigation' bar and select ‘Submit Content' on the far left
- Select the type of Content Page you want to share with the Network
- Complete the composition submission form. Not all sections are mandatory, but the more complete your content/ article is:
a. The more attention and visitors it will get
b. The more value it will add to the community, and
c. The more positive, inspiring, educational change you will generate in the community
Submitting Content Pages/ Articles
Step 4 - SELECT TYPE OF CONTENT:
Several pre-defined formats are available for you to submit your articles. This approach:
- Assists to structure your writing and present information
- Creates a familiar format for the Edmund Rice Oceania platform
If you prefer not to have such a structured approach, the best strategy is to chose the ‘General Article' submit form which allows you to apply your own writing style to your content pages.
The following describes the different type of article formats available to you
Content Page Types:
1. Organisational Profile - How to Feature your Organisation
If you're a key group or region within the Edmund Rice Network then this submission form is a must!
Here you can create your very own online presence via the submission of this page. The format encourages a complete overview of who you are, your history, your achievements and more.
It allows you to feature up to 10 images, Feature a video; link to related Youtube clips & direct people through to your social networking group.
**Coming soon...the chance to have your very own URL extension (e.g. www.edmundrice.org/victoria)
Read More on how to optimise your organizations' presence using our tools!
2. News Article - How to Feature Your News
This form is coded so that whatever you place in here places your article on the homepage in ‘Latest News.'
This is where all your latest news or press releases can go as long as they have some interest for the wider Edmund Rice Community.
Be certain to add the dateline!
3. General Article -
This submission form is used to publish generic pieces with a free writing style. You can place all sorts of information here with videos, pdf's and more.
These pieces should be informative and inspiring. The dream of the site would be to offer an exhaustive representation of content related to Edmund Rice, The Christian Brothers and The Network so ... keep that content coming!
**Note that there are special spaces to give credibility to the content piece by adding references, further reading and links. This is perfect for any academic reports as well. How to Submit Your Content
4. Quote of the Day - How to Feature the Edmund Rice Family
This submission form is used to publish an online profile of a particular person or member of the past or present who relates to The Edmund Rice Network in some way.
The form encourages an introduction to knowing them or their vision via a particular quote they might have coined, or someone else had about them.
Be sure to upload their photo! (...and, if they're still around, link to their profile on the social community
5. Media Gallery -
This is an important location for uploading all photos, PDF's and documents.
It's the place you need to head before creating your content page/ article as it's where you can draw on your docs to attach within those submissions.
Media Gallery Features (coming soon)
6. Administration CMS -
This is a place for core navigational content to be placed - such as this ‘How to' Site Manual, or the Terms & Conditions.
Step 5 - Complete the Submission Form
"...and how to add some flare and pizzazz while doing so ..."
5a. Select a Category
You will notice that at the very top section of your form there is a list of categories.
You must select one so as to position and optimise your content piece.
Tip: Look through the first drop-down line as your primary reference and then take your eye along the horizontal parallel to discover the perfect placement:
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5b. Enter a title
Your Headline is important - but it isn't there to tell the whole story, so remember to simply place up to 3 words in this space. Your categories and content will tell the rest of your story.
Tip: Use the Words ‘Edmund Rice' wisely ... this whole site is for the Edmund Rice community so, perhaps considering placing these words in your tags and keeping the focus on the rest of your identity if you're an organization.
5c. Enter Text
In order to enter text for your page, simply copy it from wherever you have stored or created it and clean it up by first clicking the word or notepad icons in the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get ‘kitchen sink’ toolbox:)
Here you can also change the font size, style, and more.
If you know much about coding, then the HTML button will grant you a whole new world of opportunities!
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5d. Upload Images/ Documents
You can add up to 10 photos to your slideshow for each article/profile.
You can also upload a series of PDF and word documents in this space through the same system/ steps:
1. Log In to your account
2. Click on Media Gallery in the sub navigation bar
3. Click on ‘Add Image'
4. Click on ‘Browse' and select the image you want to upload
5. Type in a caption for your image.
6. Select/ Create a folder in which to place the image – this helps keep them organised. To create a folder for the first time, just type the name of the folder into the New Folder input box.
NB. If you are an Administrator you can see everyone's images and docs; If you only have Publisher status then you may only see your own.
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Upload Images or Text First?
In order to include an image in your articles or profiles, you will need to Upload an Image to Edmund Rice Oceania first.
From there you can insert it into whichever article you please.
If you submit the text of your article first, that's ok as well!
Submit the article to save it, then go back to Media Gallery to Upload the Image. After you upload the image, you can now go back into your earlier saved content page form and attach it via ‘Select Image’ and clicking ‘Submit.’
5c. Insert Video/s
Automatic Video Feed:
There is a place within the form to check or uncheck whether you would like the automated video feed represented on your page.
The first tag/keyword dictates which videos are presented. If you want to see which videos will be shown before you submit the article, go to Youtube.com and search using your primary keyword. The first 6 videos shown will be the ones which appear at the bottom of your article. To get the best video results, try several different keyword searches on Youtube until you are getting the most relevant results.
Feature Video:
You can also select a relevant video to be featured within a page by going to the box:
Simply upload the last part of the video code from the top URL address -
e.g. (coming soon)
5d. Create Web-Links
You can add up to 5 hyperlinks to the bottom of your featured page.
5e. Add TAGS!!
Tags are a REALLY important feature of these content page submission forms.
It’s as simple as listing keywords that your content piece relates to and putting comma’s between each one.
Why tag? …
Well, the internet is obviously massive and often finding what you’re looking for can be like searching for a needle in a haystack … So, tagging your content will help others find it. It will also help Search Engine bots find it, which places certain phrases and content in Search Engine priority lists when people search under those keywords or phrases.
That’s right, we did say ‘phrases’ … if you want to take it one step further than tagging, you can access the ‘metatagging’ options provided in the lower part of the form framework called “Best Quotes”
This is where you can put your summaries, sentences etc which are likely people are looking for.
e.g. A piece about the life of Edmund Rice would place a metatag of:
‘Everything about Blessed Edmund Rice’, ‘Edmund Rice – story’ etc.
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How to Leave a Comment
1. Log In to your account
2. Go to the article you want to rate (use the search engine if you don't know location)
3. Go to the ‘Comments' section at the bottom of the article/ content page where you will see ‘Your comment' input box
4. Enter your comment into the input box
5. Click on the ‘Submit' button
How to Rate a Page/ Content Piece
1. Log In to your account
2. Go to the article you want to rate (use the search engine if you don't know location)
3. Go to the ‘Comments' section at the bottom of the article where you will see ‘Rate this article'
4. Click on the number of stars you feel the article deserves (1 is lowest, 5 is highest)
5. Click on the ‘Submit' button
How to Position Content throughout the Site:
aka – “How do I get my content linked from the Home Page?”
Non-Administrator Access
All users who sign up can achieve the publication of pages are on the site until you or the administrator remove them. These are all searchable by anyone.
However, unless it is a News item, it is up to the Administrator to position or feature your content page with a link from any of the core site pages. You may write an email via the Contact Us Form requesting that the content be featured on a particular page however.
News items automatically go to the homepage Latest News Listings.
Administrator Access
An administrator can place content pages created by anyone in whatever page they desire.
They do this by hovering over the ‘Administration’ tab in the Publisher navigation bar and selecting ‘Site Options’ from the drop down menu.
This offers them yet another drop down menu from which they may select one of the core pages.
Positioning Content:
It’s all about taking the numeric reference for the content page that you want and placing it in the appropriate box.
For example, at Christmastime, a story of Christmas is appropriate to place on the left side of the homepage – you simply place ‘98’ in that row.
If you can’t remember the number of your content page/ article, just search on the category or headline in the Search bar on the right and the numbers will appear.
Automatic Fresh Content:
If you’d prefer to have the system automatically changing the content on a daily or weekly rotation without you having to look at it, simply place words such as ‘daily’ or ‘weekly’ with a colon next to it and list the content pages/ articles with comma’s next to them.
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Happy Web Development!! 
