DementiaFriendlyKent.org.uk website training Andrew Wigmore & Tracey Schneider March 2017

Agenda Housekeeping The website Signing in The dashboard Page types Creating a page Adding pictures Hyperlinks Editing an existing page SEO

Housekeeping ICE Facilities WiFi

Introduction To demonstrate the administrator use of the DFK website

DO NOT TRY TO SIGN IN UNTIL ASKED TO! The Website To view: http://dementiafriendlykent.org.uk/ To edit: http://dementiafriendlykent.org.uk/wp-admin DO NOT TRY TO SIGN IN UNTIL ASKED TO!

Signing in Enter your username and password. Your username is your email address Tracey will issue your details this week.

The dashboard The important bits are all down the left edge. Rearrange the items if you want by dragging them to the order you want Change your password in the “Profile” section

Page types News Business Services Activities Projects Events Pages – but these are not for you! 

Creating a page Plan your page first Where does it fit? What do you want to say? Think about your language What images do you want? Are there any links to other pages or websites? What location does it apply to? Dementia Words Matter!

Adding pictures All pictures are left aligned We hope to have this fixed soon Add meta data so you can find your picture again Ratio for slider approx. 2:1

Hyperlinks Internal hyperlink to another page External to another website Replace the hyperlink displayed name with something sensible please! Limit the number of hyperlinks on a page, use the “Related links” left widget.

The editor screen

Have a go! Sign in Change your password Create an article Save and Preview it when you want …but don’t publish it yet

Editing an existing page

SEO Add keywords so your page can be found when searched for by Google

That’s it!