Editing Sagamore Hills PTA website

The [[Sagamore Hills PTA]] has a website at '''[http://sagamorehillspta.org <code>sagamorehillspta.org</code>]''' to serve the [[Sagamore Hills Elementary School]] community. There are other [[Sagamore Hills online#Website|Sagamore websites]] too. See the [[Sagamore Hills online]] page, and email the [http://list.9.0ne.org/list/listinfo/sagamore.online Sagamore Online mailing list] to discuss.

It is a [https://wordpress.org/ Wordpress] installation with [[Sagamore Hills online#Dreamhost|Dreamhost]].

==To Do==

* Experiment with different website platforms:

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

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

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

:: 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)

* 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)

===Done===

* 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)

==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>)

==Accounts==

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

===Wordpress===

The Wordpress site can be [http://sagamorehillspta.org/wp-admin logged into] by a single user, '''<code>admin</code>''', assigned [[Dave Barker]]'s email address (since passwords may be sent to the account email address, it's not appropriate to use the [http://list.9.0ne.org/list/listinfo/sagamore.online PTA online group email address]).

The password known to:

* [[Vera Kornylak]]

* [[Dave Barker]]

* [mailto:d_e_f_k@hotmail.com David Klein]

* [mailto:jenn@bimmia.com Jennifer Somers]

* [mailto:jmbaldwin@gmail.com Jonathan Baldwin]

===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]]