An "Entry" within your website is a block of text and pictures, with a title and some other information. It's like an article in a magazine - it has a title, a date, and it can be in a category. There can be more than one Entry on a page of your website, or a list of Entry excerpts, with "Continue Reading" links at the bottom of each one. Your homepage will display the latest 10 entries in reverse order, newest at the top.
You can also place a fixed entry, called a Page, at the top of your homepage to hold important information there like your calendar, booking info, or contact information. You can read about Pages in this tutorial: Placing info at the top of your Home Page.
Let's take a tour of Entries and explore how to create, edit, and save one to your website.
To the left is the top of the Create/Edit Entry screen. You can open this screen by clicking the red Write Entry button, or rolling your mouse over Create and clicking Entry. You can edit an entry by rolling over Manage, clicking Entries, and then clicking the title of the Entry.
There are a few options you can explore in the image to the left. (Click it to enlarge) The title field is located at the top, and below that, the Body area. Your content goes into the body, including pictures, video, links and text. The buttons above the Body area give you the ability to format your text and insert pictures.
If you roll your mouse over each button, a little fly-out will tell you what each one is for.
Below the Body area, there is a Tags field and some action buttons. Use these to define your entry with tag keywords, and save.
If you get into the habit of defining three to five Tags when you create an entry, you can help your readers find the content they are looking for, as well as use a Tag-Cloud feature on the sidebar that helps readers in navigating to parts of your website they want to visit.
By default, your homepage will show the latest 10 entries, newest at the top.
Here are a couple other entry properties you can define, that will be addressed in more detail in other tutorials.
You can also place a fixed entry, called a Page, at the top of your homepage to hold important information there like your calendar, booking info, or contact information. You can read about Pages in this tutorial: Placing info at the top of your Home Page.
Let's take a tour of Entries and explore how to create, edit, and save one to your website.
There are a few options you can explore in the image to the left. (Click it to enlarge) The title field is located at the top, and below that, the Body area. Your content goes into the body, including pictures, video, links and text. The buttons above the Body area give you the ability to format your text and insert pictures.
If you roll your mouse over each button, a little fly-out will tell you what each one is for.
If you get into the habit of defining three to five Tags when you create an entry, you can help your readers find the content they are looking for, as well as use a Tag-Cloud feature on the sidebar that helps readers in navigating to parts of your website they want to visit.
By default, your homepage will show the latest 10 entries, newest at the top.
Here are a couple other entry properties you can define, that will be addressed in more detail in other tutorials.
On the right side of the Entry screen, you can control the Published or Draft status of your entry, and choose a date. When you edit the date of an entry, it controls the order in which your entries are displayed. You can move an entry to the top of the homepage or a category page by choosing a later date than other entries for it.
You can also choose and manage categories from here. Use the green "plus" buttons to add a category, or choose from a list of categories you already have on your site.
You should always place your entries in a category, to help display all your content on your site, and make it easy to find. You can look around at other MSP websites to see how others are using categories. Check out Jon Lawson's page to get a good feel for it. Don't think you have to start with so many, though. You can define them as you go, so there's no need to create a big list of categories first.
It's always a good idea to leave Accept Comments checked, so readers can communicate and interact with you and other readers on your website. Maybe some of your entries will start a good conversation! When you place an image in an entry, it becomes an Asset on your website, and is accociated with that entry. You can manage these from here on the Edit Entry screen, and you can also use images in more than one entry on your site.
The default setting is to have Comments enabled, and trackbacks are a blogging feature that we'll discuss in a later tutorial. By default, commenters need to create an account on your site or sign in before they are published on your website.
We'll discuss Comments later in another more comprehensive tutorial.
Here's a few steps to get you started!
at the top right side of the Navigation bar. Check it out! What you've just written is up on the internet for all to see!
You can also choose and manage categories from here. Use the green "plus" buttons to add a category, or choose from a list of categories you already have on your site.
You should always place your entries in a category, to help display all your content on your site, and make it easy to find. You can look around at other MSP websites to see how others are using categories. Check out Jon Lawson's page to get a good feel for it. Don't think you have to start with so many, though. You can define them as you go, so there's no need to create a big list of categories first.
The default setting is to have Comments enabled, and trackbacks are a blogging feature that we'll discuss in a later tutorial. By default, commenters need to create an account on your site or sign in before they are published on your website.
We'll discuss Comments later in another more comprehensive tutorial.
Here's a few steps to get you started!
- Log in to your dashboard by clicking "Members Login" on MySnowPro.com or your own page, at the top right
- Click Write Entry - the red button at the top
- Choose a title, and write some text in the Body field
- Create a Category on the right side for your entry
- Label your entry with several Tags
- Make sure Published is selected and Comments too
- Click Save
at the top right side of the Navigation bar. Check it out! What you've just written is up on the internet for all to see!
This is great and easy to use! Thanks fellas!
Shep