Edit/Contribute

Edit/Contribute
Once logged in your will find yourself in the dashboard section – this is where all website administration takes place. As a member you can use this section to edit your member profile or contribute (but not publish) an article (know in the dashboard as “posts”.
Return to Website
At any time to can click the site name or the visit site button at the top left of page to leave the dashboard and return to the ASC website. Even when you have left the dashboard you will remain logged in and thus able to comment. You can return to the dashboard by clicking edit/contribute at the top left of the page.
Your Profile
Click the “Users” tab in the left column.  This reveals “Your profile” click to edit. Here you can vary everything about your member profile except your username.
We strongly recommend changing at least the “Display name publically as” field. The default is your username which just looks a bit odd if everyone else has the “Firstname Lastname” on display either as an author or in the member listing.
Always save changes to commit a change. Otherwise closing the page or nagivating elsewhere may cause your edits to be lost.
And remember the information provided here is available on the website. Email addresses with be obfuscated (making it exceedingly difficult for spam bots to harvest your address).
New Post
Simple word-like interface to enter text and images.
This allows you to submit a draft for editor approval. Editors are notified when you submit a  draft.
We recommend wrtiting your post into another text editor and then copying and pasting it into the Wordpress interface. No hidden meaning to that advice- it’s just easier to write in your usual editor than faff around with something new. Please use the paste from text or paste from word shortcuts in the editor.
Always save changes to commit a change. Otherwise closing the page or nagivating elsewhere may cause your edits to be lost.

Once logged in your will find yourself in the dashboard section of the WordPress content management system – this is where all website administration takes place. As a member you can use this section to edit your member profile or contribute (but not publish) an article (known in the dashboard as “posts”).

If you are seeing over-lapping page elements endeavour to make your window larger or reduce your font size (WordPress assumes a minimum  screen width of about 960 pixels- which is ok for any recent screens, not always good for older units)

Return to the Website

At any time to can click the site name or the visit site button at the top left of page to leave the dashboard and return to the ASC website. Even when you have left the dashboard you will remain logged in and thus able to comment. You can return to the dashboard by clicking edit/contribute at the top left of the page.

Your Profile

Click the “Users” tab in the left column. This reveals “Your profile” click to edit. Here you can vary everything about your member profile except your username.

We strongly recommend changing at least the “Display name publically as” field. The default is your username which just looks a bit odd if everyone else has the “Firstname Lastname” on display either as an author or in the member listing.

Always save changes to commit a change. Otherwise closing the page or nagivating elsewhere may cause your edits to be lost. In the case of your profile use the “Update prolfile” button at the bottom of the page.

And remember the information provided here is available on the website. Email addresses will be obfuscated (making it exceedingly difficult for spam bots to harvest your address).

New Post

Simple word-like interface to enter text and images.

The official WordPress user documentation is here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_Posts

A (slightly out of date but still very useful) video tutorial is here: http://wordpresstraining.com/videos/blogging/how-to-write-a-post-in-wordpress/

Remeber your current permission level will restrict the tools you can access but it will allow you to submit a draft for editor approval. Editors are notified when you submit a draft.

We recommend wrtiting your post into another text editor and then copying and pasting it into the Wordpress interface. No hidden meaning to that advice- it’s just easier to write in your usual editor than faff around with something new. Please use the paste from text or paste from word shortcuts in the editor (the button icons show clips boards with a “T” and “W” respectively).

Always save changes to commit a change. Otherwise closing the page or nagivating elsewhere may cause your edits to be lost. In the case of a post use the “save draft” button at the top of the right column.