Editing Sagamore Hills PTA website

It is a [[Sagamore PTA Wordpress notes|Wordpress installation]] with [[Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account|Dreamhost]].

==To Do==

''See also: [[Sagamore online#To_Do]]

* Do some cleanup after the [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html Wordpress backend refresh] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

** Fix simple problems with existing content (broken links/images)

*** Like: [http://sagamorehillspta.org/fundraising Fundraising], [http://sagamorehillspta.org/?p=58 Parent Resources], [http://sagamorehillspta.org/board PTA Board]

** Make sure pages have cute URLs

** Deleting old media files (and making sure good ones are somewhere on the [[Sagamore Google Drive]] (may already be done))

* Find big images for each page's "featured image" --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

* Look into Wordpress new themeing (see also: [[Sagamore PTA Wordpress notes]]) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 11:40, 2 February 2013 (EST)

** Now I'm looking into balancing stock theme capabilities vs customizations, especially things like [https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields custom fields], [https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types#Custom_Post_Types custom post types], and such. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 10:33, 25 April 2014 (EDT)

*** Going to try and keep it simple (, stupid) for now and just have dumb pages manually linking to each other and manually defined navigation --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

** Possible starting points: [https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentytwelve Twenty Twelve], the default Wordpress theme, supposed to support major Wordpress features (probably the best to [https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes child off of]); [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/sempress SemPress], semantic goodness; [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/toolbox Toolbox] & [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/blankslate BlankSlate], in the raw to start from (almost) scratch --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:10, 15 February 2013 (EST)

*** With the [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html 2014-09 update], using default [https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyfourteen Twenty Fourteen] (with a header image) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

===Done===

* Experiment with different website platforms:

*:* [http://test-wordpress.sagamorehillspta.org/ '''test-wordpress'''.sagamorehillspta.org/] ([[Sagamore PTA Wordpress notes]])

*:* [http://test-google-sites.sagamorehillspta.org/ '''test-google-sites'''.sagamorehillspta.org] ([[Sagamore PTA Google Sites notes]])

** Discussed at [[2013-09-23, Website(s) Plan|website meeting with Dave & John]], continue discussion on {{discussion list|name=mailing list|id=sagamore.online}} --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 21:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

** [[Sagamore PTA Google Sites notes#Conclusion|Thinking ''not'' Google Sites]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 10:33, 25 April 2014 (EDT)

** Chose Wordpress while deciding [[Sagamore online goals 2014#Website_platform]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:00, 7 May 2014 (EDT)

::✓ Now have a [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html fresh Wordpress installation with old content imported] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

* Use prettier urls? See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks Using Permalinks] and the [http://sagamorehillspta.org/wp-admin/options-permalink.php the settings]. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 22:21, 3 February 2013 (EST)

** Leaving the site as is for now, and making sure this happens when new theming happens --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 10:33, 25 April 2014 (EDT)

** Done with the [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2014-September/000226.html site migration 2014-09-11] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:14, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

* Styled the http://test-google-sites.sagamorehills.org/ and took [[Sagamore PTA Google Sites notes]] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 19:40, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

* Use [http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2465776 Google Calendar]—embed in website and allow public subscribing

:✓ [[Sagamore Hills PTA Google account setup#2013-08-25_19:24_Create_a_calendar|Setup a calender]], still working out the details --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 22:35, 25 August 2013 (EDT)

:✓ Run a test on the [http://sagamorehillspta.org/?page_id=24 PTA Calendar page] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 22:46, 26 August 2013 (EDT)

:* Need to provide subscriptions instructions from school & PTA websites (like those at the [[Sagamore calendar]] page --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 17:58, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

:: ✓ [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-September/000102.html Done] (for the PTA website (the school site has the sidebar)) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 19:20, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

* Suggest adding a newsletter signup opportunity to homepage (Contact provides code under Contacts, Grow My Contact List) --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 17:33, 3 February 2013 (EST)

:: ✓ [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-August/000064.html Done] (for PTA homepage anyway) -[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 20:34, 18 August 2013 (EDT)

* Remove the ability to leave comments on PTA website pages—the site is not a blog to host discussion, it just disseminates information. Instead, make sure contact information is readily available on all pages. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 11:16, 2 February 2013 (EST)

:* Turned off interaction (notifying linked blogs, pingback & trackbacks, comments) by default for new content --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 16:46, 2 March 2013 (EST)

:* Disabled interaction on existing pages(13)/posts(3) (all we ever saw was spam, and our contact information (email) is available on the site)--[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 18:53, 12 May 2013 (EDT)

* Link to the Constant Contact provided webpage for weekly newsletters instead of copy & pasting them onto the PTA homepage. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 11:31, 2 February 2013 (EST)

:: [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-February/000001.html Started discussion] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 22:16, 3 February 2013 (EST)

:: ✓ [http://list.9.0ne.org/archive/sagamore.online/2013-February/000003.html Done] --[[User:Dave|Dave]] ([[User talk:Dave|talk]]) 14:02, 11 February 2013 (EST)

==Notes==

* [https://www.cliffvalley.org/ Cliff Valley] uses [https://www.finalsite.com/ Finalsite] (who provides nice [https://www.finalsite.com/page.cfm?p=779&eid=1180 suggestions for a school's homepage])

* A couple site solutions were looked into when [[User:Dave/visit/2014-07 PTA Convention Leadership Training|Dave attended the 2014 Ga PTA CLT#IT_Vendors]]

==How To==

===Link to the newsletter===

The most recent weekly Wildcat Update Newsletter should be linked from the [http://sagamorehillspta.org/ Sagamore PTA homepage].

Two methods are listed below, in order of preference. There are two because sometimes only one of the two will work.

====Method 1====

# From an email newsletter, copy the link from, "Having trouble viewing this email? Click here"

# Use the first part of the link (with the <code>ca</code> parameter (the <code>c</code> and <code>cc</code> parameters are not wanted)). For example:

#: <code>'''<nowiki>http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=bc3db49d-a82b-402d-8845-75ee3de7475e</nowiki>'''&c=cc737c60-de1b-11e2-93b0-d4ae528440e0&ch=cc763b80-de1b-11e2-93b0-d4ae528440e0</code>

====Method 2====

# Login to the [[Sagamore Hills online#Constant Contact|PTA Constant Contact account]]

# Find the Email Details page of the email (newsletter) to link to (in Recent Work, or Email)

# Under Social Sharing, select Simple Share, and find the URL (something like: <code><nowiki>http://conta.cc/UPZ93d</nowiki></code>)

===Show discussion===

To show current action from the [[Sagamore PTA discussion groups]] on the website, display the groups' syndication feed:

# Collect [https://groups.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/d/forumsearch all the Sagamore PTA discussion groups]' IDs; they're the unique part in the URL

# Find the right syndication feed address; they're available from a group's "About" page (e.g. [https://groups.google.com/a/groups.sagamorehillspta.org/d/aboutgroup/garden About Garden])

#* https://groups.google.com/a/groups.sagamorehillspta.org/forum/feed/garden/topics/atom.xml?num=15

# Aggregate the feeds into one; [http://chimpfeedr.com/ ChimpFeedr] might be good

#* e.g. http://mix.chimpfeedr.com/ba350-Sagamore-discussion-topics

# Display the aggregated feed on the website, like with the built-in Wordpress RSS widget.

==Accounts==

Several ''accounts'' are associated with managing the website.

===Wordpress===

The Wordpress site can be [http://sagamorehillspta.org/wp-login.php logged into] by a single user, '''<code>admin</code>''', and is assigned the [[Sagamore email|email address <code>communications@sagamorehillspta.org</code>]].

The password known to:

* Anyone who has access to the [[Sagamore Google Drive]] and the Password file there

* [[Vera Kornylak]]

===Log===

[[Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account#Log|The ''log account'']], is used to [http://sagamorehillspta.org/stats view website-access statistics] generated by [http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Analog Dreamhost's Analog].

===Server===

If you need access to the server files, check out the [[Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account#Server|server account]].

===Database===

Wordpress uses [[Sagamore Hills PTA Dreamhost account#Database|a ''database account'']].

==Usage==

See: [[Sagamore Hills PTA website logs 2012]]

==History==

* 2014-09 A fresh start with a new Wordpress installation and theme after looking into other platforms

* The first PTA website was served at '''<code>ptasagamorehills.org</code>''', as early as [http://web.archive.org/web/20080107214534/http://ptasagamorehills.org/ 2008-07] and no later than [http://web.archive.org/web/20110903155051/http://ptasagamorehills.org/ 2011-09].