Administration Tools

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Administration Tools

• How to add information to the website

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Adding Information

• Requirements
• Computer with Internet connection
• Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser
• Skills Required
• Using a web browser
• Optional Using a word processor

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Programming Skills Required
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Easy!
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Steps to gain access

• Contact Town Hall Mayors Office to obtain an
  account!
• You MUST Supply a Valid working email address to
  Mayors Office.
• Specify what sections you want to have access to
  Calendar / Newsletter / Files
• Mayors office will contact UXB to setup
  account/password

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Steps to gain access cont

• Once setup an email will be generated from the
  website (admin_at_wolcottct.org) and sent to the
  supplied email address. NOTE Email Address MUST
  be valid
• UXB INTERNET WILL NOT issue accounts unless
  directed by the Mayors office!!!!!

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Notification Email
Town of Wolcott User Administration
Settings
Town of Wolcott Account
Information for Dennis Powers UserName
dennisp_at_uxbinternet.com Password xxxxxxxx
Account Status Active User Administration
Access is enabled for
File Archive Application Section
Website Administration Instructions Section
Town Forms Newsletter Application Section
Mayor's Office Updates Section Public
Library Event Calendar Application Section
Farmingbury Woman's Club Section Town
Meetings Administration login is located
at http//www.wolcottct.org/users/
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Administration Menu
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Community Calendar

• Allows you to add Calendar Events
• Preview Events before publishing
• Edit existing Events
• Take Events off-line
• Delete Events
• Add detailed event information

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Adding A New Event

• Enter an Event Title
• Select a section
• Select Dates
• Enter an Event Summary
• Enter Detailed description
• Click add Event

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Preview the new Event

• Preview the event before placing it on-line
• Check schedule for email to have the event sent
  in the monthly email notice
• Click Place On-Line to publish to web

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Editing an Existing Event

• Edit event just like adding a new one
• Change title, section, dates and descriptions
• Click Update event to complete
• Note Editing an event takes it Off-Line

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Editing an existing event

• Preview the changes
• You Must remember to place the event on-line
  after editing

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Bulletins

• Allows you to add text based articles and
  information
• Upload up to 2 pictures per article
• Preview Articles before publishing
• Edit existing articles
• Delete articles and images
• Sort articles

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Creating a new Article

• Type your article before hand using Word or other
  word processor
• Use spell check and grammar checking in word
  processor program
• Carefully review the article content.
• Do not insert images or graphics text only
  image are uploaded separately

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Login in to the Website Tool
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Copy from Word Processor

• Highlight text of article and select Edit gt Copy

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Paste into web browser

• Return to Web Browser and click in the article
  box.
• Select Edit gt Paste to insert the text of the
  article

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Finish editing

• Add the Headline
• Select a Section
• Add the summary short paragraph or sentence
  (used in email)
• Enter author and optional email address
• Click Add Article

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Preview Article

• Preview article.Note article is not yet on-line
• Check the layout in the preview and adjust
  paragraphs as necessary.
• Upload any pictures and picture captions

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Lead article for section

• The Article seen when a section is selected
  regardless of sorting

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Editing an Existing article

• When you Edit an article that is on-line it will
  be automatically taken Off-Line!

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Editing an Article

• Works just the same as adding a new article.
• Dont forget to click Publish to place it on-line.

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Deleting Articles

• You can delete one or many articles at once
• You will be warned before deleting the article
• The images in the articles will be deleted from
  the website also

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Sorting Articles

• Allows you to determine the order the articles
  are listed on the page

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File Archive

• Allows you to upload any type of file to the
  website
• Standard uses are .PFD files, Word Documents,
  PowerPoint documents etc.
• Add descriptive names to file
• Add detailed information about each file

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Adding New file

• Select the file section
• Select file status (inactive or on-line)
• Change file display name
• Add short description (used for email)
• Add long description (used on website)
• Click update record! To save changes

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Sorting Files works the same as sorting articles
in the Newsletter/Publishing administration tool.
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Loggin out

• Clicking the Main icon returns you to the
  public website.
• This will keep your session active for up to 20
  minutes and let you return without logging back
  in by using the back button.
• Clicking Log out will kill your session and
  return you to the login screen.

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Dennis Powers UXB Internet690 Wolcott Road P.O.
Box 6028 Wolcott, CT 06716 P [phone] denni
s_at_uxbinternet.com
A Web Design Hosting Company

• www.uxbinternet.com