Editing the HCIL Website
To request an account for the HCIL website Wordpress: ask the coordinator or the ischool IT folks + your advisor)
To login in WordPress dashboard Go to hcil.umd.edu/wp-admin Use your UMD directory ID to login
To add an event
Thats the easiest thing: add a new Wordpress Event! No need to select any categories (see special case of the symposium below). It will automatically list that event on the Event list, remove it when the date is past.
Adding/Editing/Deleting People
Symposium Page
Updating WordPress
Redirects
Under TOOLS there is a Redirect tool. We already have many. You can forward anything that starts with hcil.umd.edu to another of our page, or outside
Pages
Most content on the HCIL is organized by pages. Similar to posts, you can add new pages, add media to pages, organize, tag and add a category and featured images. For pages, featured images appear at the top of the page.
Adding Media
Click on the media tab on the left dashboard, click "Add new" and select the file you want. Your file will appear as https://hcil.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/Year/Month/name.extension, e.g. https://hcil.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/test.png
- Make sure to name the file appropriately before uploading - you will not be able to edit the file's URL after uploading*
- Edit images properties: In the image library, click on the image, and click on "edit image" below the image. In the attachment details page, you will be able to rotate images, scale and crop the image.
- Delete images: In the image library, click on the image, and click "Delete Permanently"
to Edit the top Menus
To edit the HCIL menu (at the top right), look in "Appearance" in the left dashboard. Drag menu items around to change their position and hierarchy.
to edit the look of Pages
The appearance tab on the left dashboard leads to the template which can be edited to make changes the visual appearance of the website. You can change themes, customize website visual design, change widgets.
In editor, you can see the website code. Be very careful... Make copies before changing things.
- Themes - change the website theme.
- Customize - customize website theme colors/header/background image/homepage settings
- Widgets - customize widgets for different parts of the website
- Editor - See the style sheet and pHp files. You cannot directly edit the code in the editor, even though several links are hardcoded. You can make link edits in cPanel or by uploading an updated file via FTP.