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Posts and Pages Best Practices and Policies

Summary

  • Posts are to capture a point in time (such as an event).
  • Pages are for regular website content
  • Always use Page Builder to create all types of content--makes it easier!

Instructions

  • Posts
    • Use a post (instead of a page) when:
      • You want to capture a point in time - will not be updated over time
        • News
        • Blogs
        • Events
    • Who can create and edit posts?
      • Contributors - Can create posts which will then be moderated
      • Authors - Can create, edit, and publish their own posts only
      • Editors and Admins - Can create, edit, and publish any posts
    • What is the approval process for posts?
      • Main MLML website - Approved by Kathleen or Jim
      • Tier 1 sites - Approved by website owners
      • Tier 2 & 3 sites - Approved by website owners or web admins (as website owner decides)
    • Where can I find more information about posts?
    • How are posts re-used on the website?
      • Posts are displayed by the order of when they were created. You can change the post date to make sure that events stay in order--please do this!
  • Pages
    • Use a page (rather than a post) when:
      • You want content not tied to a specific date - may be updated over time
        • About page
        • Project pages
        • Bio pages
    • Who can create and edit pages?
      • Editors and Admins - Can create, edit, and publish
    • How does one request a new page or an update to an existing page?
      • Main website - iTicket
      • Tier 1 sites - iTicket
      • Tier 2 & 3 sites - Website owners and web admins
    • What is the approval process for Pages?
      • Main website - iTicket > WAG review > approval > page updated
      • Tier 1 sites - iTicket > WAG review > approval > page updated
      • Tier 2 & 3 sites - Approved by website owners and web admins.
  • Posts and Pages
    • Use Page Builder for everything, even the simplest posts and pages
      • Text
        • SiteOrigin Editor widget
      • Images (Image Use Guidelines)
        • Inline with text wrap around
          • SiteOrigin Editor widget
        • Photo gallery/slideshow
          • FooGallery - use shortcode in Custom HTML widget
        • Single image
          • SiteOrigin Image widget
      • Page layout
        • Organize with rows and columns
        • Copy and paste rows and widgets



Kim Elson’s Post Guide

Website Posting Guidelines

Updated September 5th, 2018

News

You can start with a previous news posting as a template if you wish.  When posting a story to press coverage, try to make a catchy title and be sure to make it about MLML.  Add pictures! If you did not receive a photo with the news item, find a photo of the MLML personnel involved or get a picture of the journal the article is published in.  At a minimum, set a “featured image”. Add links wherever you can – hyperlink all MLML personnel names to their pages on the website, if you mention a lab, link to that lab.  Link to original article if appropriate. Add tags of faculty names, subject matter, MLML lab, etc as you see fit.

Seminar Speakers

The Visiting Scientist collects information about the speakers and adds them to a google sheet schedule and a google drive folder.  Use previous posts as a template.  Link hosting lab’s webpage.

Speakers are asked to provide a headshot, photo related to their research, talk title, talk abstract, bio, and website.  Sometimes they provide all of this, other times, just the title. When the seminars are announced, add each as a new post, starting with the last one (this will show them in chronological order on the home page). Put this at the top of each page:

Name, Institution

Moss Landing Marine Labs Seminar Series - Month day, year

Hosted by the xxx Lab ß make this a link to the lab’s page

MLML Seminar Room, 4pm

Open to the public

~More info coming soon!~ ß until you receive more info

Generally, I have the headshot with the bio in italics next to it, then have the title and abstract below.  If they send a link to their website, I hyperlink their name in the bio with it. Use other posts as templates/examples.  If they send an extra photo, I use that as the “featured image”.

The title of the post is: Title of Talk – Month DD, YYYY.  Be sure to put it in the “Upcoming Seminars” category. You will need to change the category to “Seminars” once it happens.

Thesis Defenses

When a student is planning their defense (you’ll notice them reserve rooms for practice talks), send them an email asking for the following:

  1.     The title of your thesis and date/time of defense
  2.     A few photos -at least one of you, plus photos of your fieldwork or other images related to your thesis- with captions (or enough information that we can write a caption).
  3.     Your thesis abstract
  4. A short bio (only if you have something already prepared, don't stress too much about this!)

The title of the post is: “Thesis Defense by name – Month DD, YYYY”.  Be sure to put it in the “Upcoming Thesis Defenses” category.  You will need to change the category to “Thesis Defenses” once it happens.  Don’t forget you can add tags!

Top of post:

Title of Thesis

A Thesis Defense by Name

Lab Name ß link to lab’s webpage

Day of Week, Month day, year at time

MLML Seminar Room

Generally I put a few pictures underneath the headings, then their bio in italics followed by the thesis abstract.  If they send more than 2 or 3 photos, I add more beneath the abstract. You can use previous posts as templates/examples.

Note: having a website post is not a requirement; the students are probably fairly busy and stressed out about the talk, so don’t bombard them with emails nagging them to send the info.

For all posts:

  •       Add hyperlinks (anywhere you can encourage people to click and look at other MLML pages is great)
  •       Add photos
  •       Add tags
  •       Change the url ending (default is title of post with dashes), eg for a seminar speaker, you can change the url to be firstname-lastname-seminar or something else pithy.
  •       Don’t forget to select a category for the post (and update it if it’s upcoming ___ and then happens)
  •       Don’t forget to choose a featured photo.



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