How to login

Login by following the "Admin Login" link at the bottom of the home page (and any other page of the site). Use "editor" (without the quotes) as user name and get the password from the webmaster.

How to edit items

Once you've logged in, you can visit any folder listed in the Navigate box and then click on any article (or news item, link, etc). When you get to the item that you want to edit, there will be an Edit button just above it (along with other buttons such as Contents, View, and Properties). Click the Edit button and you'll see the item in an editable box titled "Body text"--you should be able to add, delete, or change any text you see.

If you want control over bold/italic, lists, etc: either use html for a high degree of control or structured text for less control but greater ease of writing. (This document is written in structured text, so if you're logged in, click on the Edit button to see the structured text that results in what you're reading.)

How to add items

Once you've logged in, click on any folder in the Navigate box. You'll see a set of buttons (such as Contents, View, and Edit), and just below them you'll see an "Add New Item" menu. In general, 1. choose the type of item that you want to add, 2. fill in the boxes in the resulting form page and hit the save button at the bottom, 3. change the state from "visible" to "Publish" in the "State:" menu (right next to the "Add New Item" menu), 4. hit the "Contents" button, and 5. hit the up arrow (in the rightmost, or "order", column) repeatedly until the new item attains the desired position in the list. Some specific examples:

• to add a newsletter, follow the "Newsletter archive" link in the Navigate box, select "File" from the "Add New Item" menu, fill in the resulting form and hit the save button at the bottom, and finally select "Publish" from the "State" menu and reorder the list if desired.
• to add a link to a page at another site, follow the "Related Sites" link in the Navigate box, select "Link" from the "Add New Item" menu, fill in the resulting form and hit the save button at the bottom, and finally select "Publish" from the "State" menu and reorder the list if desired.
• to add an event, follow the "Upcoming Events" link (which is visible only if you login) in the Navigate box, select "Event" from the "Add New Item" menu, fill in the resulting form and hit the save button at the bottom, and finally select "Publish" from the "State" menu. If you want the end time to be the same as the start time, enter "--" for the hour, minute, and am/pm settings of the end time.
• to add an article as a link to another website, follow the "Articles of interest" link in the Navigate box, select "Link" from the "Add New Item" menu, fill in the resulting form and hit the save button at the bottom, and finally select "Publish" from the "State" menu.
• to add an article as text (as opposed to just linking to a copy at another site), follow the "Articles of interest" link in the Navigate box, select "Document" from the "Add New Item" menu, fill in the resulting form (including typing or pasting the article into the "Body text" box) and hit the save button at the bottom, and finally select "Publish" from the "State" menu.

How to move items between folders

Once you've logged in, click on the folder with the item to be moved. You'll see a set of buttons (including Contents, View, and Edit); select Contents. This produces a list of the folder's items with a column of checkboxes on the left. Check the item you want to move and select the "Cut" button below the list. Then click your way to the item's destination folder and click the "Paste" button there. To move several items between the same two folders, you can select several checkboxes and "Cut/Paste" several items at once.

How to delete items

After logging in, follow the link (in the Navigate box) to the folder that contains the items you want to delete. Select the "Contents" button to view the list of items in that folder. Click the checkbox to the left of each item you want to delete, then select "Delete" at the bottom of the page.

How to undo changes

[This is only possible in the Zope interface. I put it here just to let the reader know that unlimited undo and history information is available] Click the "Undo" button in the Zope management interface, click the checkboxes next to the changes you want to undo, then select "Undo" at the bottom of the page. You can even undo your "undo's". To get an idea of how many changes you need to undo, use the History tab.

Structured text essentials

Enter this: *italics* to get this: italics

Enter this: _underline_ to get this: underline

Enter this: **boldface** to get this: boldface

Enter this: "A link to CNN":http://www.cnn.com to get this: A link to CNN

To add a link to an item on the local site, omit the site info. For example, enter:

"A link to Who We Are":pmes-about/who-we-are"

to get: A link to Who We Are

Enter this: "address@example.com":mailto:address@example.com to get this: address@example.com

More on structured text

URL

The url of this document is http://pmes.org/ploneHowto