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Author Guide
BRIDGE WEBSITEAUTHOR’S GUIDE
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Author Guide
Welcome!
BRIDGE is an online student initiated platform promoting creative practice, inspiring new initiatives, and advocating for community outreach. The website is an open platform for distributing information about the breadth of activities to the University of Waterloo School of Architecture and the broader design community.
We welcome interested community members to contribute to the content of the BRIDGE website. As an Author you have freedom to initate or select feature topics, events and subject matter on which to focus. This document explains how to use the WordPress system to author and edit content on the BRIDGE website.
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GETTING AN ACCOUNT
Interested in joinging the BRIDGE Author team? Email [email protected]• Sendusyoufullnameandemail• Wewillcreateyouausernameandtemporarypasswordforyou• Youwillreceivethelogininformationviaemail
LOGGING IN
http://waterlooarchitecture.com/bridge/wp-admin/LoggingintothebackendoftheBRIDGEsiteissimple!• WerunaninstallationofWordPress,hostedlocallyonarentedserver.• Tolog-in,gotothelinkaboveorclickloginatthebottomofthe
BRIDGEhomepageandtypeinyourusernameandpassword
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DASHBOARD
You will land on the DashboardFromhere,navigatetothePostssectioninthesidebar
• Youcanalsonavigateto:• MEDIA:toseealloftheimages&fileshostedonthesite• USERS:toaddoreditusernames• SETTINGS:foradvancedoptionsassociatedwithwebdesign,etc
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BEFORE YOU POST
Consider the type of post, topic, and target audience.Thefourmaintypesofpostsare:
1. Projects2. Features3. Series4. Events
Projectsarepostscoveringundergraduate,graduate,andfacultywork.
Featureshighlightauniqueinitiative,eventandhappeningwithinoratthefringesoftheschoolcommunity.
Seriescarryathemethroughmultiplepostsauthoredbydifferentpeople.CurrentongoingthemesincludeNourish,StudioSoundtrack,RecentlyRead,Co-opCityGuides,Re:Post,LectureSeriesandInterview.
EventsarepoststhatnoteanupcomingBRIDGEeventordescribeaneventthatalreadyhappened.
Whenauthoringapost,considerifitis:
1.Applicabletothewholeschoolandpotentiallythecommunitybeyond.
2.Interesting,inspiringorinformativeandcontributestolifewithintheWaterlooSchoolofArchitectureanditsbroadercommunity
Theaboveinformationisonlyintendedtoprovideguidancewhenwritingapost.Weareopentonewideas,seriesandtopics.Ifthereissomethingyou’remotivatedtowriteabout,justletusknow!
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POSTING
You can see an overview of all of the posts, published or in Draft
Fromhereyoucansortbyposttypeandeditcategories&tags
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FEATURED IMAGE, CATEGORIES & TAGS
Information about the post
2.SetaFeaturedImage
1.PickaCategory
3.Addtags
ThiswillbetheimagethatshowsuponthefrontpageofBRIDGE.Allotherimageswillsimplyappearinthefullpost.
Makesureyouareawarewhatyouarepostingfor,andfileitintheappropriatecategory!Thisisimportantformaintainingorganizationofthesiteetc.
Listkeywordsandnamestomakethepostmoreeasilyandfrequentlylocatedthroughsearchengines.
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POST CONTENT
Writing the post
InsertingTitleandBodyTextIt’sadvisabletowritepostsinanexternalwordprocessorandthenbringthecontentintoWordPressonceit’snearcompletion.
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POST CONTENT
Inserting body images
SelectAddMedia
ImageEditing
Thiswillproduceawindowinwhichyoucanuploadandmodifyimages.Allimagesshouldbeofhighqualityandscaledto900pxwide.
UndertheMediaLibrarytab,selectEditImageonthefarrighttocrop,rotateorscaleimagesto900pxwide.AfterwardsselectInsertImageanditwillappearinthebodyofyourpost.
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PUBLISHING A POST
Final steps
Changeto‘SaveasPending’Oncethepostiscompletechangethestatusfrom‘Draft’to‘PendingReview.’IfyouhavebeenworkingwithanEditor,notifythemthepostisreadyandtheywilllworkwithyoutohaveitpublishedontoBRIDGE.
SavingaPostWhileworkingonapost,always save it as a ‘Draft’inthePublishwindowuntilitisreadytobepublished.Thisisveryimportant!
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