Directions for uploading issues and articles:

1) Log in to the back end of the shared editorial site (http://YourURL.com/admin/ or http://naturalawakeningsmag.com/admin/)

2) Click into your publication (on the right hand side of the screen. i.e. CHI, Natural Awakenings Richmond, etc.)

3) Scroll down to “Issues in this publication.” To add a new issue, click “New Issue”

4) Set the Month and Year of the issue.5) In Price field, type in “0” (if you did decide to sell back issues of your magazine, this would be done through

your e-commerce site.)6) Include any desired Meta Tags for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes (OPTIONAL).

*Reference the document “Search Engine Optimization (S.E.O.) tips” (located in the “Website-GTxcel” folder on the FTP site) for further instructions and tips on SEO.

7) Click “Select image” to upload a cover image from your computer.8) Mark the checkboxes next to “Is Published?” and “Current Issue?” if this is the newest issue and you’d like

the issue to go live on your site.*You can upload all of your articles into the issue without having them go live on your site… just wait to click the two checkboxes until you’re ready for them to go live.*You can have all of your articles be published, but without that “Is Published?” checkbox selected, the articles will NOT appear live on your site.*The “Current Issue?” checkbox indicates to Rivista that this is the most current issue… and is very important because there are modules on the sites that are set to only pull in articles from the most current issue (i.e. the homepage.)

9) Click “Update.”

Now that we have the issue uploaded, we can begin to add articles within it…

12) After you’ve updated the page, a section should appear towards the bottom of the page that says “Articles in this issue.” Click “New Article”

13) Type in the desired Title, Subtitle, Byline, and Summary.15) Clicked the “Published” check box if you want the article to go live on your site.

*REMINDER: If the issue itself is not published, the articles can be published, but will not appear on your site until the issue is published.

16) Upload the main image that coincides with the article by clicking “Select image” underneath the “No Image” box.*Note: This is the image that will generate any thumbnails associated with this article.*If your image is larger than the width of the article column (637 pixels wide for classic sites, 800 pixels wide for responsive sites) the image will automatically resize down to fit within the width of the column. You may wish to resize your photos to approx 300 pixels wide in a photo editing software prior to uploading.

17) Add a photo credit or photo description if desired.

18) Paste your article text into the Body Content box.Various styling options/tips:*You can use the “Paste as plain text” icon or “Paste from Word” icon on the HTML editor toolbar to remove any formatting that could affect the HTML coding.*Make sure that each paragraph of the article is in its own individual “P” box.*To apply a drop cap to the first letter or word of your article, highlight the letter or word, then select “span.Dropcap” from the “Styles” dropdown menu (last option in the drop down menu.)*To apply a pull quote, or sidebar to your text, make sure that text you wish to apply the style to is in its own “P” box, highlight the box, then select the desired style from the “Styles” dropdown menu. *To apply a heading, make sure that the text you wish to apply the heading to is in its own “P” box, highlight the box, then select the desired heading from the “Format” dropdown menu (*NOTE: For headings, begin with “Heading – H3” because H1 is the size of your title and H2 is the size of your subtitle.)*To add a link to a website, highlight the text you would like to link, and then click the little “Link” icon on the menu bar. Type in the URL, then click the “Target” tab and set the Target to “New Window (_blank).” (This will make it so the link opens up in a new window and visitors won’t be sent away from your site.)*To link an email address, highlight the text you would like to link, and then click the little “Insert/Edit Link” icon on the menu bar. Set the Link Type to “Email,” and type in the e-mail address and a Message Subject and Body if desired.

If you have any other additional images that you wish to upload into the text, see directions below (if not, skip to Directions on tagging an article.)

Directions on how to add an image into the body of an article:

If you would like to add an additional image into the text of your article (other than the main image that you upload in the image field at the top of the page) follow these steps:

1) Click the “Image” icon on the HTML editor toolbar2) Click “Browse Server.”

3) Click Upload to get the image off of your computer4) Select the image file from your computer and click Open5) Double-click on the image after it has been uploaded to the server

6) Set the Stylesheet Classes to position the photo correctly in the text by doing one of the following:a.) If your photo DOES NOT HAVE a caption…

i.) Click the “Advanced” tab in the Image Properties box.ii.) In the “Stylesheet Classes” field, type in one of the following:

right-justify-pic

left-justify-piciii.) Click“OK” This will automatically justify your image to the right or left side of the text and put 10

pixels of padding (white space) between your image and the text.

b.) If you photo HAS a caption…i.) In the “Alternative Text” field in the “Image Info” tab, type in the desired caption for the image.

ii.) Click the “Advanced” tab in the Image Properties box.iii.) In the “Stylesheet Classes” field, type in one of the following:

right-justify-pic photo-captionleft-justify-pic photo-caption

iv.) Click “OK” This will automatically justify your image to the right or left side of the text, put 10 pixels of padding (white space) between your image and the text, and place the caption underneath the photo (*NOTE: the caption can only be seen from the front end of the site.)

Click “Update” to save your changes. Once the page reloads, a little “Article URL” link will appear underneath the Title. Click this link to preview your article from the front end of the site.

Directions on how to tag an article:

1) Under Rivista Tags, check off the appropriate tags needed for the article to appear in the specific location desired.*All articles need the following tags:i.) Your publication tag (i.e. DAL, NARD, MIDS, etc)ii.) Article type tag: Feature, News Brief, Publisher Letter, or KudosOptional iii.) You may choose to have a news brief or feature article display on other pages of your website other than your homepage (i.e. Health page, Fit Body, Green Living, etc). Select the tag of the page(s) you would like the article to appear on. Options are:*HEALTH**FIT BODY**EAT WELL**GREEN LIVING**INSPIRATION**NATURAL PET**COMMUNITY*

EXAMPLES:

Article Tags Needed Where Article Will Appear on SiteDallas Letter from the Publisher - DAL (publication tag)

- Letter from PublisherHomepage under Publisher Letter

Milwaukee News Brief about solar panels - MILW (publication tag)- News Brief- *GREEN LIVING*

Homepage under News BriefsGreen Living page under Local Briefs

Richmond Feature Article about acupuncture - NARD (publication tag)- Feature- *HEALTH*

Homepage under Local FeaturesHealth page under Local Features

Central Pennsylvania Kudos - CPA (publication tag)- Kudos

Homepage under Kudos

2) Under SEO Meta Tags, place a desired Title Tag, Meta Description, or Keywords (optional)*Your title tag is automatically generated from your article title, publication name, issue period, and location (i.e. New Health Club Now Accepting Memberships – Natural Awakenings Buffalo – April 2015 – Buffalo, NY) If you would like anything different, type it in the Title Tag Override field.*Search engines such as Google can automatically generate a meta description for you if you leave them blank using their algorithms.*Google does not look at keywords

*See Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips on FTP site for more info

3) Click Save/Add New or Save & Done