Instructions
Login WordPress website ADAM Quartet:
https://www.adamquartet.com/wp-admin/
Login details see mail
News releases
- Latest posted news item appears at the top of site (homepage and news page)
- On Homepage, the two most recent posts are displayed
- News page contains all posts
- Date of the message determines its position in the overview (date and time are customisable)
News release posting:
- Cut image to correct size 600×400 pixels (resolution 72dpi) (via an editor on web or app)
- File naming: always start with 'adam-quartet' + something that says something about the image or name photographer + number (use lowercase letters and hyphens instead of space (adam-quartet-something-about-image-1.jpeg)
- Upload image at 'Media'
- Click on 'Messages
- Mouse over last placed news-message and select 'duplicate'
- Hover over duplicated message and select 'Edit'
- Customise the message text
- Adjust the web link by clicking on it and enter correct web address and click on the arrow
- If no web address is known then link to contact page: https://www.adamquartet.com/contact/
- Replace the image
- If no image is available, choose the image of you with three violins (with size 600×400)
Search 'general' in Media - Possibly place a text in 'Summary' in the message settings (click the wheel)
- Click 2x at the top on the blue 'Publish' button and post is online
- Check on the site if it was successful (possibly in another browser)
- By adjusting the date (and possibly time), you can determine the place of the message in the overview on the site (e.g. putting an older message at the top again is done by adjusting the date to most recent)
Agenda
- Homepage displays up to five calendar items from 'Upcoming' category
- Agenda page lists all agenda items, divided into 'Upcoming' and 'Past'
- Date from when the calendar item was created determines its place in overview (date and time are customisable). Note that the date in the title does NOT determine the position in the overview
- Latest created calendar item 'Upcoming' is added at the bottom of overview
- When moving a calendar item to 'Happened', the calendar item appears at the top
Place calendar item in 'Upcoming' or move to 'Past':
- Click on 'Messages
- Hover over a calendar message with category 'upcoming' and click 'duplicate'
- Hover over duplicated calendar message and select 'Edit'
- Change message content
- Adjust the 'INFORMATION' link by clicking on it and enter correct web address and click on the arrow ('open in new tab')
- If no web address is known then link to contact page: https://www.adamquartet.com/contact/
- Click 2x on blue 'Publish' button and post is online
- Check on the site if it was successful (possibly in another browser)
- By adjusting the date (and possibly time), the position of the calendar message in the overview ('Upcoming' and 'Happened') can be determined (via 'Quick edit' of relevant calendar message under 'Messages')
- Moves a calendar item from 'Upcoming' to 'Been' by changing the category under 'quick edit' (item disappears from homepage and appears on the Calendar page on the site under 'Been' at the top)
Opinion
- Don't go building your own posts with the block editor, you are changing the design by doing so
- Never delete posts altogether but make them invisible by unchecking the categories (in 'quick edit')