Website Updates and Instructions

[Avi]

Due to some confusion with the website, I have changed some things, and wanted everyone to know how to use them.

First, and this is an aside, please whatever you do to the rest of the website don't modify the page titled "Home", unless you *really really really* know what you are doing. No one has done this yet, but I just wanted to make sure that no one accidentally messed it up. There's a bunch of custom code running on it, and if you click on "Visual" editing mode, it *will* mess it up (I tested it just to make sure). If you know what you are doing, that's fine, but unless you are trying to change the layout and know PHP, your best bet it to leave it alone. None of the content that you see on the home page (calendar, blog, announcements) actually exists there anyway. Thanks in advance.

On the blog posts and announcements. Due to some layout issues and confusion, I have made some changes to the way things work.

Announcements: Announcements are for announcing important changes to the calendar (classes being cancelled or postponed). You will notice that there is no longer an announcement box on the front page. Announcements now appear as a yellow bar across the top of the page (very noticeable, but out of the way). Announcements can now be dated, so they can automatically turn themselves on and off at a particular date and time. To edit / create an announcement either follow the links on the Dashboard, or on the administration menu bar at the left where it says "Ninja Announcements". Note, that for the moment, by default when you create a new announcement the "Not Scheduled (Will display whenever active)" button is checked; if you want the announcement to turn itself on and off based on the dates/time you have provided you must uncheck this, otherwise it will stay on until deactivated. When you are ready to post an announcement, click the "Activate" button.

Blog Posts: The blog is currently being displayed as follows... the newest post is displayed at the top of the page, followed by the calendar, the next four most recent blog entries, and then a link to the blog archive. Blog entries can be made by either entering them directly on the Dashboard (under where it says QuickPress), or by navigating to the Posts section of the admin menu.

Other things to note: tampafreeschool.com now redirects to tampafreeskool.com so hopefully that will alleviate any confusion on the part of the general public.

As always, if anyone has any comments or suggestions on the new site design, good or bad, I'd love to hear them.

-Avi