To Post a Review Under “A&E”
1. Log in to www.catawbapioneer.com and Word Press using assigned Username & Password.
2. On the left side of the screen, under “Posts”, scroll until you find the tab entitled “A & E” section (the forth one down). Click just below it on the word “new”.
3. Under WRITE POSTS>>A&E enter the ARTICLE TITLE (i.e. A Movie Review on such-n-such).
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. OPTIONAL: Under the space allotted for the article will be the excerpt box. If need be, enter a small, concise piece summarizing your review. This should be an about two to three sentence piece.
6. Directly under the excerpt box lie the A/E SPECIAL CUSTOM FIELDS. Beside the entry entitled TITLE OF MOVIE, ALBUM, BOOK, ECT… enter, quite naturally, either the name of the movie, album, or book you are reviewing.
7. Below the title entry, there is a place allotted for “teaser text”. This will show up with the thumbnail feature picture. In the space provided at the right, type a two to three sentence summary or “lead in” to grab reader’s attention to the review.
8. Before moving on to pictures/graphics/film clips, notice at the right of the page, about midway down there will be a POST TAGS section. In the entry bar provided directly below it, saying “Add new tag”, click and enter related tags concerned with the movie, the movie review, the author (your own name), subject, ect.
9. Under the POST TAGS section will be another section called CATEGORIES. Under this field will be the different sections of the newspaper. By default, the only section you will click will be ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT box.
10. Next, you will finish your custom fields. Under TEASER TEXT, there will be a space allotted for “URL of thumbnail photo (60px wide by 90px tall)”. To accomplish this, follow the steps below:
a. Select and save desired image
b. Convert image to a 60X90 picture (a good tool to use is picnik.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.
To paste this picture into the correct slot, simply click on entry bar for 60X90 picture and PASTE the picture’s location.
11. Under the section, “URL of thumbnail photo (60px wide by 90px tall)”, scroll two entries down to find “REVIEWER’S RATING”. In this entry bar, enter how you, as the reviewer, would “rate” the film (i.e. A+, A-, B+, B-, C+, F-, ect.)
12. Two entries under REVIEWER’S RATING is the entry for “Embed code for movie trailer”. It is suggested you go to www.youtube.com to find an appropriate movie trailer to accompany the review. When you choose one, WATCH THE TRAILER ALL THE WAY THROUGH, to make sure you’re not getting any “surprises” with your clip.
13. Still in www.youtube.com, having found the appropriate trailer, click the “EMBED” option. It will then offer you a code for embedding your trailer. Left click and COPY the code. Most clips will also give you a list of options under the code. Be sure to UNCLICK the box entitled “INCLUDE RELATED VIDEOS”.
14. Then, PASTE the same code for the Embed code for movie trailer section.
15. After you have pasted this code, go through the url and change all size settings to 300 X 200. Here is an example below:
a. BEFORE:
b. AFTER:
16. Now we’re in the home stretch. Under the SPECIAL CUSTOM FIELDS is the familiar STANDARD CUSTOM FIELDS.
17. Beside “photo credit line” enter the name of the source of the feature picture, or the website to which it can be located
18. Below the photo credit line will be the entry for “writer’s name”. Type “By:” followed by your name
19. Under that will be “writer’s job title”. Enter your position within the newspaper (i.e. editor, photographer, writer, reporter).
20. Next will be URL of uploaded photo (300px by 200px). Enter the appropriate URL. If unsure, refer to the “ADDING FEATURE PHOTO” section in the first set of directions.
21. OPTIONAL: If necessary or desired, type a brief explanatory/ descriptive sentence under the next entry entitled “PHOTO CAPTION”.
22. If all these steps are completed, click the blue PUBLISH button that is mid-page on the right hand side.
23. Congrats, You’re Published!
Help Sheet by Lizzle Davis
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