Manchester Drive Allotment Society

You will be able to add documents to the site if you have been authorised to perform the task.

To add a document, click on Create Content from the menu on the left hand side of the home page. Depending on your level of authorisation, you will be able to create the following types of document :-

• Public Document : A document which is available to anyone who looks at the web site.

• Registered User document : A document which is available to any user who registers on the site. This is not a MDAS registered user, so is not suitable for sensitive or restricted information.

• MDAS Document : Documents of this type will only be displayed to users who are registered as MDAS members.

Click on the content type you wish to create.

You should now have a screen that has some areas in which you can type, and some expandable options (see attached / below).

You can enter the title of your work into the “Title” box at the top, and the main document in the “Body” section. In the document, you can use the editing tools available in the on-line editor. Just hold your mouse pointer over each icon to see what it can do for you. Functions such as inserting web links or images are available, as are inserting tables, indents, bullets and numbering. Alternatively you could just copy and paste from an application such as Microsoft Works or Word and all the formatting should come across with the text.

The options at the bottom of the screen may be useful, although you can just leave them as they are for most documents.

• Input Format : You almost certainly want to leave this set to “Full HTML” to keep any formatting you have entered into the document.

• Images : Change how images are displayed on your document – if you have added any.

• Revision information : Documentation about any revisions you make to the document – normally for your own information about changes to the document later on.

• Comment Settings : Control if users are allowed to post comments about your document.

• File attachments : Attach files to your document for users to download.

• Authoring information : If you have permission, you can change who created the document.

• Publishing Options : You can choose if you want to publish the document now, if it is posted on the front page, and whether it is permanently fixed to the top of the home page. If you choose not to publish the document now, you can go back to your document later by clicking “My account” then “Track”.

When you have finished with your document, you can preview how your document will look once it has been saved (it will display how the teaser (the shortened version displayed on the home page) and the full document will look). You can then make any last minute changes before you save your work. When you save the document, if the options are set to publish and promote the document to the front page, it will be published to the front page of the site.

Advanced editing options are to follow..........