Instructions for making basic updates to our website.

All instructions assume you are logged into our system.  To log in go to paloaltobridge.org/wp-admin and use your username and password.  If you need a username and password email our webmaster.

Overview

Pages contain information that is not linked to our calendars.

Events are activities that appear on our calendars.  There are a number of different types of Events on our website:

  • Club games: these are automatically scheduled on a repeating basis.
  • Education: classes, lectures, celebrity seminars, etc.
  • Special Events: special club games, club closures, unit games, tournaments, etc.
  • IFES conflicts: events at the IFES that restrict the use of our building or parking.

News provides information to our members about club games, education, Unit activities, ACBL Laws, etc.  We hope it will develop into an online Kibitzer that is updated continually rather than once a month.

Club Games are Events that repeat automatically on the calendar.  There is normally no reason to edit them unless a club owner wants to change the information on their club page.   Club owners must have a site administrator do this.

Unit Games are Events as well as a Page listing them.  They are initialized at the start of each year and new dates are added during the year as they become known.

Tournaments are Events added to our calendar by an automated system that reads events in the District 21 Tournament Calendar and enables them to be added to our calendar.

Classes are Events that repeat automatically on the Event Calendar.  They are automatically added to the Classes page.

Dashboard is the WordPress name for the first screen you see when you log into our website.

Permissions define what actions can be taken by each person with an account.

Website Update Roles

Website update and maintenance is performed by people in several roles including website administrators, Event Calendar coordinator and game owners.

Creating and Editing Pages, Events and News

There are several ways to create a new Page, Event or News:

  • Log into WordPress, use the dashboard controls to create a new one, or,
  • Log into WordPress, use the dashboard controls to find a similar one, duplicate it and then edit it, or,
  • Log into WordPress, then go to our website and select one to duplicate.  Use the Edit Page or Edit Event controls a the top the page to enter the editor, duplicate it and then edit it.

Similarly, there are two ways to edit content:

  • Log into WordPress, use the ‘dashboard’ controls to find the item and edit it, or,
  • (easier) Log into WordPress, then go to our website and select the item to edit.  Use the Edit Page or Edit Event controls a the top the page to edit the Page or Event.

Pages

Pages are typically created and updated by site administrators.

Events

Events are created and updated by numerous people – club owners, education coordinators, unit game coordinators, Unit secretary, etc.

Meeting Agenda and Minutes

News

Permissions

There are several levels of permissions.  Each person responsible for adding content or maintaining the site will have an account which may be restricted to certain actions.

  • Site administrators are able to to perform all tasks on the website.
  • People responsible for adding events are able to create new events but only edit those they have created.
  • People responsible for News are able to create new stories but only edit those they have created.