SiteWorks and WordPress ‘how-tos’
These more advanced SiteWorks and WordPress articles are generally aimed at Administrators and site Editors. Some discuss approaches to a topic and should be treated sources of ideas.
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Editing and Media
These articles give insight and suggestions relating to various WordPress editing features.
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Bulk delete u3a Events
Bulk delete u3a Events SiteWorks can now generate a series of u3a Events based on an existing u3a Event. On the Dashboard select u3a Events > All Events and hover…
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Show a YouTube (or other) video on your site
Show a YouTube (or other hoted) video on your site SiteWorks does not support uploading videos (ref. Web Manager > Operating Procedures) but it is easy to have a video…
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Media Library – replacing items beware
Media Library – replacing items beware You may have found that deleting an image or other item in the Media Library before uploading a replacement with the same name is…
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About image file formats
Image file formats and when to use PNG There are various file image formats out there. The most common on the web are JPEGs (extension .jpg or jpeg) and these…
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Marquee Banner (rotating text)
Create a Marquee Banner (rotating text) A Marquee is text that rotates. “STOP PRESS: THEATRE OUTING: Life with SiteWorks. Anytown Civic Hall, Sunday 29th June, 7.30pm. Cost of ticket, maximum…
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Page or Post?
Page or Post and how does SiteWorks fit in? The first point to make is with SiteWorks many u3as will have no need to create Posts. They will find the…
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Templates, Headers and Footers
Templates, Headers and Footers Templates in WordPress provide a layout for pages and posts. Templates are part of the WordPress theme or come with plugins and referring to generic WordPress…
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Authoring tips (advanced)
Aimed at experienced Web Managers – suggested SiteWorks authoring best practice and tips. Includes points on u3a plugins and ways of working.
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Query Loop and u3a plugins (advanced)
Advanced. The ‘Query Loop’ garners more questions than any other editing topic. When to use u3a features and when a Query Loop may be appropriate?
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Query Loop additional attributes (advanced)
Advanced. Accessing through a Query Loop additional attributes of u3a features – groups, events, venues, contacts and notices.
Administration, forms
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Broken links to your live site
This topic should be useful to u3as moving their site to SiteWorks, but works equally well as a way to find out who is linking to your site. Some external…
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Forms on your SiteWorks site
Forms on your SiteWorks site A form allows information to be captured in a more structured way than the SiteWorks contact form. For example registering for a coach trip. Bear…
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Add a new user step-by-step
Advanced. Moving a SiteWorks WordPress site to another host (including Local WP) is not supported by the team. Nevertheless, these notes will assist anyone giving it a go.
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Website styles
There is a different website design styles out there, much of which stems from sites having various purposes. These are described and discussed.
Local WP and copying your site
The SiteWorks Operational Procedures (linked from the Web Manager menu) mandate that 3rd party plugins must not be tried out on the Trust hosted SiteWorks sites. Use Local WP with a copy of your site to try them out first.
Instructions to install Local WP can be found on menu Web Manager > New Web Managers > Install Local WP and Demo site. Ways to copy your site are documented here.
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Copy a SiteWorks site WPvivid (unsupported)
Advanced. Moving a SiteWorks WordPress site to another host (including Local WP) is not supported by the team. Nevertheless, these notes will assist anyone giving it a go.
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Sharing Local WP
How others not in your home can share your Local WP site safely.
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Local WP email testing
Explains how to find emails sent from your Local WP, for example sent from a form.
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Old: copy a SiteWorks site All-in-one plugin (unsupported)
Advanced. We have more experience of WPVivid and our instructions for that will be more robust.