July 13th
First of all, thank you ..for your time working with ABFR and getting involved on our site. I am proud of this ABFR site, having a considerable amount of time evolving to this point. Now its up to you.
I am happy to do the same for ABFR, as I had created, maintained the EBR site from the BEGIN to its web present success today. Just for some reason, I found myself not there no longer working on my own creation. Anyways, I am going to do the same for AFBR, support you ALL maintaining, cleaning up any problems, help you to understand. So please send me email for any reasons. For thsi sites success, it' all about content, links, submission search engines. So far so great... This time certain members will be designated to work certain pages. Menu item1-3 are up and editable to start and I will add more pages to the coding later.. Unlike EBR, whereas I worked adding content from a 'ToDoList' spending 20 hours a month and way a lot more at the begining evolving site structure, graphics and style as it is today. THIS TIME YOU GET TO HELP.
ABFR members will use a special online editor, call it content management system or CMS. You will instantly save live to web your changes Edits/ Adds/ Previewing the finished page. If so oaky, then Save. READ ON about SnippetMaster
Its all about the birds for me! Not people problems! Why the name is ALWAYS BIRDS FIRST... hopefully everyone gets along and communicates.
CMS SnippetMaster Editor will allows other volunteers the opportunity to help.
Webmaster Rod Minarik, I have birds too!
I have create new 3 User/Password
for starters,
each for menu item 1,2, and 3
I have tested, seems quite
simple & usable for users.
Test/// ...if the users can understand SnippetMaster, Content Management System aka CMS
Each Editable Numbered
Menu item on our website is an HTML page.
Each has its own logon in user and
password for now..
Basically, an user can be assigned the ability to edit any
number of assigned pages
to EDIT page1,
aka menu item1 or our Contact Page
to
EDIT page2,
aka menu item2 or our Mission Statement
to
EDIT page3, aka menu
item3 or our Class Schedules
Later,
when you are more comfortable with this new editor, we have 12 more pages, menu
items to correct, edit and/or replace.
Logon as User/Password each item Contact, Mission or Schedule pages
AFTER YOU LOG ON...
On left you should see displayed a Folder pulldown box, Select DETAILS from pulldown and then click Open
Then, you should see on the right
another File pulldown box,
Only
1 file will show currently per user logon and a test page for your experimentiung
Select the Editable Page (either contact, mission or schedules) ....and click Open
You should then be in the EDITOR,
You can not edit the leftside menu or top header. When in the editor, you only can edit the 'white area'
One word of caution..After saving, test checking your work... Its a good idea to Final Test 800x600 and 1024x768 screen resolution. That is, right click your desktop, select properties and temporary check your resolution to the other,,, Afterwords, resetting it back to the resolution you normally like to work on your computer.
Please be consistent with style so all pages in this site conform. I usually try to be critical of myself on this point... This is a public world wide web! The technic understanding a Editor like this, is practice and ask questions is you need help.
If you select the ABFR TEST PAGE, and we suggest thats what you use to play with first, save and preview it to with your web browser! Doing this, having fun learning, using a new tool, and THEN when your ready for the new world, go for it ..
Rod
Minarik
541-606-9272
Your welcome to call me if I can help you with tools
or technics
OLDER
NOTES date July1st
I have been busy. I moved the Hosting site from
our free Doteasy.com to another host that I have several sites already. Specifically
we need having the ability to use PHP/MySQL. Doteasy is still there. or our registrar,
that Our domain name is due DotEasy registration again Jun 8th 2008
I am learning to set permissions for regular users, using SnippetMaster
In the mean time (1) checkout demo, (2) get involve in the Petfinders account... that needs better linking if you click that button. (3) click Webshots, learn and post pictures (4) click Local Calendar.. Neat thing, it will display others posting to our area 'other events not related to ABFR
All this is busy busy time ..... hope to hear back with your comments, your questions or just asking for more help your difficulties.. Then email the webmaster
The Php allows us to use a special tool for allowing users to simply edit a pre setup text area on a webpage.
The MySQL is freeware and very popular database, where if we decide to.. Save and store data on the server.
Please
review whats new and coming..
What is CMS ? Visit SnippetMaster
Looking at any page, the leftside and top header are not editable areas..
The menu items, 1-15 link to 15 different pages.
I am setting up your ablity to edit
the 'white area' from each menu item 1-15 selections.
The numbering isfor training
purposes now, maybe remove later?
Each item with have
its own Password
To allow a single or muliple
assigned members
User/Passwords to enter into
a this WYSIWYG online eiditor
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Checkout the SnippetMaster site for a DEMO
Enter any one of the following user /passwords to preview this editor
PLAY AROUND... later you will be able to practice on a ABFR 'Practice Page'
Admin User
Username: admin
Password: admin
Regular User Most likely what ABFR will distribute
to a number of members
who are specifically assigned certain pages..
Username:
user1
Password: user1
CLICK HERE ---> its a neat little SnippetMaster site demo
CMS program. aka Content Management System
.
And Finally our ABFR pages, 1-15, those pages in menu check out sample screen image. NOT GOING TO TURN YOU LOOSE YET CHANGING THINGS!
... the snippets are editale setup areas on each page --that in the 'white area' of the page
