CMS Guide
How to Add a Series
- Log in to WordPress;
- Navigate to Events > Event Categories;
- Enter a Name, Description, Subtitle and Featured Image;
- To save the new Series (category), click the blue button titled “Add New Event Category”.
You may edit the information for any series (event category) in this area.
How to Add a Film
- Log in to WordPress;
- Navigate to Events > Events and click “Add New”;
- Enter a Title (e.g. “All-Star Video November”);
- Enter a Timing Summary (e.g. “Mon/Tues October 26-27”)
- To include a Slideshow/Slider, click the “Add Slide” button in the “Film Slideshow” field group. Upload as many images as you like. Videos may be added by including the share URL (Youtube, Vimeo, etc);
- Enter the film summary/description in the main text box/WYSIWYG editor;
- Select the film series from the “Event Categories” field group;
- Upload an image to be used as the main thumbnail in the “Featured Image” box;
- Input date/time and recurrence rules in “The Events Calendar” box under “TIME & DATE” (see here for help with recurrence rules);
- Select a venue under “LOCATION”;
- To add Tickets, locate the “Tickets” box/field group and click “Add new ticket”. Ticket settings:
- Sell using: WooCommerce
- Ticket Name: date and showtime (e.g. “Wed, November 16 @ 9pm”)
- End sale: enter the date and time you would like to stop online ticket sales
- Price
- Stock: quantity you’d like available online
- SKU: unique ticket identifier (e.g. “allstarnov-1116-9pm”)
- Repeat for each showtime
- To save your changes, click the blue “Publish” button.
You may edit the content of a film(event) at any time. Simply navigate to Events > Events, locate the film(event) from the list (search by title, etc), hover over the title until the *edit links appear and click it.
*Note: for recurring events, make sure to edit the entire series by clicking “Edit All”. If you select “Edit Single” this showtime will be “broken off” from the rest of the showtimes for the film.
How to Edit the Homepage Banner Content
- Navigate to Pages > All Pages;
- Locate the “Home” page to edit;
- Locate the “Banner Images” box/field group;
- Here you may delete existing banners or add more;
- To add a banner, click the blue button “Add Banner”;
- Fill in desired fields (image, text, links).
- To delete a banner, hover over the field box and click the “minus” icon that appears in the gray bar on the right.
Article Elements Styles
Blockquote
Highlight text and and select the Double Quote (“) button from the WYSIWYG editor toolbar. This will result in a default (left aligned) blockquote.
Alternately:
- Place cursor where you’d like blockquote to appear, then click the “Insert Blockquote” button;
- Enter blockquote text in the designated field;
- Select alignment (Left or Right);
- Click “Ok” to insert.
Image
- Place cursor where you’d like the image to appear;
- Click “Add Media” button;
- Upload image;
- Specify alt text, size, and alignment (left, right, center, none);
- Click blue “Insert into page” button.
Video
Copy the video’s embed code.
Place cursor where you’d like it to appear within the text in the WYSIWYG editor. Paste embed code.
Alternately:
- Place cursor where you’d like the video to appear, then click the “Insert Video” button;
- Enter video embed code in the designated field;
- Select alignment (Left, Right, or None);
- Click “Ok” to insert.
Text Styles/Sizes
- Highlight the text you would like to change from the default paragraph style;
- Select the desired text type from the text style drop-down menu in the WYSIWYG editor toolbar.
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 5
Heading 6
Text Styles
Italic
Hightlight text and click “italic”(I) button in WYSIWYG editor.
Bold
Hightlight text and click “bold”(B) button in WYSIWYG editor.
Color
Hightlight text and click the text color picker from the WYSIWYG editor. Choose “custom…” to set a custom color.
If you don’t see all the options in the text editing toolbar, click the “Toolbar Toggle” icon. This will open and close some of the content and styling options in the toolbar.
How to View and Print Attendees List
- Navigate to Events;
- Locate an event, hover over the title (a set of links will appear); click the “Attendees” link;
- The list is sorted alphabetically. In the filter/search box on the upper right, start typing in the date or ticket name (e.g. “Sunday Nov 13…”). The list will be filtered accordingly.
- Click the “Print” button above the list to print.
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How to Add a Product
Click here for a detailed description of adding a product.