Christian Conventions of Western Australia Inc.

These links and instructions are for CCOWA staff and admin.

Website Admin (login required)

Marketing Database (login required)

How to add an event

First login as an editor.  Use the Website Admin link above to access the admin side of the site.  If you have forgotten your username or password, then go to the public Homepage > Footer Menu > Login > Forgot your username/password.  If you have never been issued a login then request one from the webmaster.

Next create the article.  Events on this site are stored as content articles in the Joomla content management system.  To create an article go to Content > Article Manager > New.

There are a few requirements for each article that will make it appear properly as an Event.  These are:

1. Enter the event start date in the Created Date field of the article to represent the Event Date.   A limitation of this is that for events that run over more than one day, we need to show the date range in the actual article content, since there is not field to store the finish date.  The Created Date can be found on the RHS under Parameters (Article).
2. Each article in the system can sit under a Section and Category (which is a sub to the section).  Events are to be stored under Section - Category called Events - Calendar Entry.  These settings are found at the top block for the article, above the body content.
3. Each event article needs to be tagged by Conference Type (for example PMC, PWC, and so on) and Year.  To tag an article, click the CP Tags button at the bottom of the body content, and then you can Add or Replace tag selections.
4. If there are any related articles written such as Event News or a Report then it needs to be associated with this article by placing the identical keyword in the Keywords Metadata field for both articles.  Keep adding the same keyword to all articles which are related, and they will show up on the RHS column when viewing any one of them.  Our convention for keywords is pmc2010, pcmc2009, pwc2010 and so on.  Basically the conference acronym and the year.  The Keyword Metadata is found on the RHS under Metadata Information.  An example of this is the PYLC 2009 event.

As usual, enter the title and content for the article.

Hints on how to make the event content look good:

• Add images. Use the Insert/Edit Image button on the editor ( ) to upload and resize images.  Note that it also allows you to manage the folder structure that the image are stored in.  When choosing which folder to upload an image to, take a look at the current setup and follow suit for good housekeeping.
• Float images to the left or right.  These are almost always best to ALIGN left or right.  That is, to have the text wrap around to the right or left of the image.  To do this, use the Insert/Edit Image button on the editor ( ), and select Alignment to be Left or Right.
• Use TABS.  A good example is 2010 PYLC - A Tale of Two Mountains.  If you place inside two curly brackets {} the words tab=TITLE then a tab will appear with the TITLE as it's title and the proceeding content inside it.  Finish the tabbed content with /tab inside two curly brackets.
• Use the READMORE feature.  A button at the bottom of the body content is READ MORE.  Place the cursor in the content where you want a link to "read more" to appear.  This is a good way of providing an intro paragraph on the frontpage (as an example) and then full details after clicking on the read more link.