Create Event

Create Event

Pathfinder District Web Page Before Logon

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Step 1

Enter your user name and password.Then press the logon button button.  If you don't see the logon button then scroll down the screen.

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Step 2

Screen shot showing the logon button.

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Step 3

After logging on you should have the administrator menu at the top of the screen.

Note:  if this does not show then contact the web administrator to add it to your role/permissions.

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Step 4

Click the content menu.

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Step 5

Click the Add content menu.Then click the Event menu

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Step 6

The Create Event Screen shows

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Step 7

Enter the desired information in the fields.

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Step 8

Notice the Microsoft Word Like Menu on the edit summary.  Entering a summary is as easy as creating a word document.

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Step 9

The paste from Text or Microsoft Word buttons allow you to paste from any document you have on your computer.  If you are comfortable creating documents in MS Word then do so and just paste it into the web site>

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Step 10

To Add a Map link then highlight and copying the address.

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Step 11

Open another web page and go to http://maps.google.com and paste the address into the address bar.

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Step 12

Click the Search button. 

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Step 13

Click the Link button

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Step 14

Copy the highlighted link

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Step 15

Click the link button in the editing ribbon.

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Step 16

Paste the link into the url. 

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Step 17

Click the drop down arrow and select _blank in order to pop the link up in a new window.

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Step 18

Click the Insert button to set the link.

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Step 19

Scroll Down to enter the event date.

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Step 20

Clicking in the date field pops up a calendar to select the date.

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Step 21

Enter the time.

Time is maintained on a 24 hour clock.  6:00 pm is 18:00 for time

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Step 22

If the event repeats over a period a time then select the repeat button and enter the appropriate information.

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Step 23

Add an event flyer if there is one. 

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Step 24

Click the Choose File button. A browse file window opens. Navigate to the location of the file on your computer and select the file.

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Step 25

After selecting the file click the Upload button

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Step 26

Up to 5 files can be attached to an event with a max size of 2MB each.

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Step 27

An event is not typically going to have a menu item so this box should not be checked.

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Step 30

You can create a new revision by checking the Create new revision.  This allows you to restore from a previous version.

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Step 31

Every item can be printed, created as a pdf or emailed.  To change that on individual items then remove the necessary check boxes from this section.

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Step 32

This can be changed but it is not necessary.

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Step 33

This defaults to the person creating the content.

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Step 34

All Content is considered publish (viewable on the web site) unless the check is removed. 

To have an item show in events as well as on the front page then check the Promoted to front page check box.

The sticky box will make the item the first one on the list.

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Step 35

This event is posted to the front page so the promote to front page check box is checked.

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Step 36

Click the Preview button to see how it will be displayed.

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Step 37

Scroll to review the preview

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Step 38

Click the Save button

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Step 39

This screen displays the event as it was created and allows changes.  See the View, Edit and Repeats link above.

NOTE:  the error shown is due to the installation on my PC and email is not setup.  This will not happen from the hosted site.

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Step 40

Click the Home to see the front page.

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Step 41

This shows the homepage as the content was added.

You are now finished posting an Event to the web site.