How to Post a General Newspaper Article

To post a “Regular” Article:

1. Log in to www.catawbapioneer.com and Word Press using assigned Username & Password
2. Under Word Press, click the “NEW POST” button located at the top right of the page, beside username and the LOG OUT option
3. Type the ARTICLE TITLE (ex. 25 Random Things About…) in the first entry bar under ADD NEW POST.
4. In larger text box below the title, copy & paste or type article. Space paragraphs, numbers, and bullets appropriately. Then, leave as is. Do NOT add the “read more” tab. WordPress will do this automatically.
5. Scroll down to “CUSTOM FIELDS” section under the same page. Under the “name” section, click the drop box for options. Choose WRITER. Then, under the “VALUE” box beside it, type BY and then YOUR NAME (no, not those words, your actual name).
6. Under these boxes will be another option, to ADD CUSTOM FIELD. Click this. Then, under the same format as that mentioned in STEP 5, click the drop box under NAME, and choose POSITION. Under value, type what applies (ex. WRITER, EDITOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, ect.)
7. Then, mid-page and to the right, there will be a box entitled POST TAGS. In the entry bar entitled ADD NEW TAGS, type the keywords that apply. This could be the person interviewed, your (the authors) name, the subject, the category, ect. SEPARATE the entries with a comma, and click ADD.
8. Directly under ADD NEW TAGS is the section entitled CATEGORIES. This will have many option boxes. Click the appropriate category for the article your posting. Look under the many tabs of the home page and clarify which category your article would go under. Do NOT categorize as “all news”
Adding “Feature” Article Picture:
• Select desired photo
• Make sure the photo is edited to be 300x200 pixels (a good website to use is www.piknic.com)
• Under the GALLERY section on the left-hand side of the page, click the drop down box and LEFT CLICK on ADD GALLERY/IMAGES
• Choose the option “Open Link in New Window”
• This will navigate you to a new page. In this page, there will be four tabs, saying “Add new gallery”, “Upload a Zip-file”, “Import Image Folder”, and “UPLOAD IMAGES”. Choose this last tab.
• Under the CHOOSE GALLERY drop down box, choose your assigned gallery (probably will have your name on it). Then, beside UPLOAD IMAGE click BROWSE and find your article’s feature photo.
• Once the photo is successfully uploaded, go back to the GALLERY tab on the left side of the page and choose MANAGE GALLERY under the same drop box as before.
• Then a list of galleries will appear. Choose yours and it will navigate to your personal photos.
• Go to the photo you will use in your article. LEFT CLICK. Choose the option COPY IMAGE LOCATION.
9. Add a new CUSTOM FIELD under your name and position (don’t remember? Refer to steps 5 and 6). Under the same name drop box, choose FEATURE_PHOTO.
10. Then, under VALUE, left click and choose PASTE. This should copy your picture’s attachment from the gallery into the article
11. If all these steps are completed, click the blue PUBLISH button that is mid-page on the right hand side.
12. Congrats, You’re Published! 

Help Sheet by Lizzle Davis