NM+Website+-+Adding+Content

Learn how to login as a teacher publisher on the North Mahaska website.
 * Create a basic article in the editor.**

How to prepare a photo in iPhoto, upload to the website and insert into an article.
 * Images (jpg picture files)**

How to add text wrapping so the words are around the image in a nicer layout. Add margins to avoid the words on top of the images also.

How to insert a pdf file (such as a weekly newsletter that you create in Pages and then Export to a .pdf version) into our North Mahaska School website.
 * PDF files**

How to add a link to a video from Schooltube or Youtube.
 * Video**

May I suggest using the Read More.. button to sort of tease readers into clicking on that to view the entire article? It also saves space on the homepage for more articles. Just Click in the article where you want the break to occur. Then up in the editor icons, click on the Insert Read More icon. //See below - it is second from right in the last row of edit icons.// A gray bar will appear all the way across the edit area. Then you may save the article.
 * RECENT QUESTIONS - -**
 * Is your article lengthy? Use Read More... to continue it & save space.**

Staff pictures will be on the left side of the window once you click on the Image icon.. It will list Root in the Folders column...use the bright blue scroll bar right there to scroll down to find staff2010-2011 a ways down. Click on that staff2010-2011 in the list... in the middle, all the pict files will appear. You can see yours- - annevogts.jpg in the middle. Click on that and the preview will be at the right in the Details column. Click on Insert......
 * Are you having difficulty locating your staff picture?**

Here's a quick tip for when you create articles on our school website. Many of the articles on the NM website are of a timely nature and can end publishing after the event is over. This will not delete the article from the web server, but rather stop it from being published on the site.It is still considered 'good housekeeping' to delete your out of date articles!
 * Article Management**
 * Set a "finish publishing date"**

1) Example of an article with no ending -- it will go on forever: Note the Finish Publishing is Never.

2) Example of an article with an ending date of October 1 at 16:00 (military time) - that is 4 p.m..... NOTE -- You can even set an ending TIME. This is very handy if information is no longer relevant after a certain event. Example - Homecoming parade route changes would no longer be relevant after 4:00 p.m. on the day of homecoming and could be removed.