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Short Version
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Logon using the
Artman
Login' link on home page of BramhallWeb
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Click 'Create Article'
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Give your article a Title.
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Click the filename box - this should fill
automatically - leave this as is.
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Make status - Visible
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Select the categories under which you want your
article to appear. (more than 1)
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(If the category options are not showing you are using Internet Exporer 9+ and you will need to click a small
button at the top of your browser window to enable Artman to work correctly. Go to the website address at the
very top of your browser window and click the little icon on the right that looks like a torn piece of paper
- wait ........ and the category options should now be showing.)
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Leave the date alone.
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If your news item is about an event, enter the
date of the event.
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Write in your organisation
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Type a short summary.
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Write your article.
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Click submit.
Ground Rules:
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Do not give your passwords to anyone else - we don't want the system to be
abused as this would spoil it for everyone.
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Feel free to write a new article whenever you have news of your organisation.
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We do not allow people to be identified in a negative story. Provided you have
obtained permission from the individuals, you may write news about people in a positive manner. Eg. 'Local
football team won cup and John Smith scored a great goal. His dribbling was wonderful'. Be factual.
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Only write news about your organisation. Do not write personal views etc. For
this we have the Bramhall Forum.
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Please don't SHOUT by writing your headline, summary or story in all CAPITALS.
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Please only enter pictures in the Content section - do not enter pictures in the
Summary section as this will spoil the overall layout.
Please note that to move
down one line only in the news content area (the wysiwyg) you will need to hold the shift key down while you
press enter.
Procedure for writing an article :-
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Logon using the
Artman
Login' link on home page of BramhallWeb
(below navigation).
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Click 'Create Article'
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Give your article a Title. This will appear at
the top of your article - Please limit your title so that it fits into the space provided. No long Titles !
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Click the filename box - this should fill
automatically - leave this as is.
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Make status - Visible
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Select a category under which you want your
article to appear. Then click 'add another category' to add your article to more pages. For instance, if you
are a school, select 'Bramhall News' (this will add your article to the home page) then add it to the
'Community' category (this will add the article to the Community News Page) - and you would also want to add
it to the 'Education' category so it appears on the Schools and Education page.
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(If the category options are not showing you are using Internet Exporer 9+ and you will need to click a small
button at the top of your browser window to enable Artman to work correctly. Go to the website address at the
very top of your browser window and click the little icon on the right that looks like a torn piece of paper
- wait ........ and the category options should now be showing.)
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Leave the date alone. This is the date you
write the article.
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If your news item is about an event, you need
to make the Event Date the date of the event. This will ensure the event date is displayed on the 'Events'
page.
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Type your name as author.
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Type in your organisation - always keep this
exactly the same each time you write an article - that way a list of ALL your articles will appear to
the right of each article.
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Summary - write a brief summary of your story.
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Content - write your story using the WYSIWYG
editor - note - If you are copying the content from another program, it is best to paste it into notepad
first and then copy it from notepad and paste into the Artman wysiwyg. This gets rid of any formatting and
displays the article correctly. You can then use the wysiwyg to format your story. Find notepad at
Start>Programs>Accessories on your computer.
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Click 'Save' at the bottom of the page.
Upload Images instructions (
400 x 400 pixels maximum )
Click Add or Upload File
An 'Upload Files' pop-up window should open.
Browse your computer to find the image file and
select or click 'open'
Click the 'Upload' button at the bottom of the
'Upload Files' pop-up window.
Give your image a Title
You can then give the image a caption (optional)
Leave 'thumbnail' unticked
Leave align left
Untick the 'wrap' box
Leave link 'unlinked'
Click the 'Save' button
The image should now appear in the 'Upload
Image' section below your article content wysiwyg box.
Then copy the placeholder text eg
***image1*** into the wysiwyg where you want the image to appear.
That's it!
You can always go back and modify your image.
If you want to use an image from the internet,
just copy and paste it directly into the content wysiwyg box.
Please Note: Make sure your image size is less than 400 pixels x 400 pixels. Images above this size will not
be uploaded. It must be in gif, jpg or jpeg format.
Upload File instructions (
.txt .pdf .doc .docx )
Follow the instructions above as for images.
Adding You Tube Video
clips
Go to the You Tube page and on the right near
the top you will see some code for 'Embed' - click the little blue cog wheel on the right and make sure all
the boxes are unticked. Then select the embed code and paste it into the 'Embedded Video' window on your New
Article page.
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Contact the webmaster if you have difficulties:-
Colin Eyre
editor@bramhall.co.uk
01625 858 860
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