How to use this site

It is important that you keep your profile up to date, especially if your email address changes. Click on "my account" in the left-hand menu to access your information, then click on the "edit" button at the top of the screen to update information.

You may upload an image to accompany your profile; the maximum file size is 50KB and dimensions 300x300 pixels (larger images will be automatically resized).

Profiles are not publicly visible; they are only accessible to other logged-in members. If you do not wish other members of the network to see your profile, you can tick the check-box "Hide in members page" following "my profile > edit > about me"

You may post your own news or events to this site. Please first consider whether it is relevant to the members of the Magdalena Project, whose common interest is women's creative/artistic work in non-mainstream theatre and performance.

News and events are treated differently: events will appear in the calendar, while news items will appear in the news section. Events have specific dates attached to them, while news items can be general announcements, stories of interest, information about publications, etc.

To post an EVENT

1. Sign in to your account by pressing log In on the main menu that appears on the left-hand side of the screen. 

2. When you have signed in you should see additional navigation options in the left-hand menu.

3. In this menu go to create content and click on Event

4. Enter the name of the event (Title), date and other information; fields marked with a * must be completed.

5. Select a language for the post (Note if you want it to appear on all versions of the site then leave the language setting as neutral).

6. You may enter a website; if you also enter a title for the website, this will appear as a text link.

7. Upload an event logo: this image will be cropped to 220 x 110 px and appear at the top right corner of the event page; if you don't upload a logo, a placeholder image will appear there.

8. Audience: if you are a member of any groups, you will be offered check-boxes to determine whether this event should appear only within these groups; leave all of the check-boxes unchecked to ensure your event is publicly visible.

9. Enter a short introductory sentence, then the body of the information.

10. Images: use the image icon in the formatting bar to insert images into the main body of the text.

11. Subscriptions: you don't have to enter anything here, but if you want to receive notification if anyone comments on your event post, tick "This post". (Ticking "Posts of type Events" will send you notifications for all new Events; you can manage how often you get these notifications from your profile).

12. Notifications: if you are making a minor correction to a post you may tick "Do not send notifications for this update."

13. Preview your event post (button at end of form) to check that everything looks the way you want it. This is particularly important to check as this will be how your event appears on the webpage.

14. Hit Save when you are happy with how the post looks.

To post NEWS:

1. Sign in to your account by pressing Log In on the main menu that appears on the left-hand side of the screen.

2. When you have signed in you should see additional navigation options in the left-hand menu.

3. In this menu, go to create content and select News

4. Enter a title; try to keep this short - if you need more space, you can enter a "subhead" as the secondary part of the title.

5. If you wish, you can add tags: these are keywords that allow people to easily find related information on the website. Type the first letter or two of the keyword you want, and wait for the drop-down menu to appear; if an appropriate tag is there already, select it. Separate tags with a comma. If the tag you want isn't there, type it in - but please check for related words or different spellings of the same word first, and use that if it's already there.

6. If you wish, add an "event logo" (image); this image will be cropped to 220 x 110 px and appear at the top right corner of the event page; if you don't upload a logo, a placeholder image will appear there.

7. Enter the "Body" of your post - text, and images. Use the image icon in the formatting bar to upload and insert images.

8. Select a language for the post (Note if you want it to appear on all versions of the site then leave the language setting as neutral).

9. Subscriptions: you don't have to enter anything here, but if you want to receive notification if anyone comments on your news post, tick "This post". (Ticking "Posts of type News" will send you notifications for all new News posts; you can manage how often you get these notifications from your profile).

10. Notifications: if you are making a minor correction to a post you may tick "Do not send notifications for this update."

11. Preview your news post (button at end of form) to check that everything looks the way you want it.

12. Hit Save.

You can upload images to insert into a post or blog entry.

TO UPLOAD/DELETE AN IMAGE

When you are in the edit interface of a post, there are tool buttons at the top of the "Body" field. One of these is a square with some colours in it, and when you put the cursor over this icon, it should display the name "Image".

1. Put your cursor at the place in the body (text content) of the post where you want your image to be. Note that you can align an image left, right or centre; so if you want the image to be aligned to the right, you can still put the cursor on the left, and align the image once it's there.
2. In the toolbar above the text input field, click on the small square image icon: a pop-up window will appear.
3. Click on browse server and a another small window will open - this is the file browser.
4. In the top left corner of this window, click Upload and the Browse to locate your image on your computer, then click Upload. The image that you have uploaded will appear in the this window, and you can click Insert File in the menu at the top of the window.
5. The file browser window will close, and you will see your image in the smaller pop-up window. Enter "Alternative text" (a brief description of the image) and set the size and alignment that you want. Note: "Hspace" will add space on the left and right sides of the image, meaning that if it is left or right aligned, the text will not be squashed against the image.
6. Click OK and the image will appear in the body of the text.

TO DELETE an image in the body of your text click on the image; a square line around the image will show that you have selected it. Press the "delete" button on your keyboard and the image will be erased.

To edit an image, e.g. change the alignment from left to right, add Hspace, etc.: double-click on the image and the pop-up window will appear where you can change the alignment information.

Always remember to click "Save" at the bottom of the edit interface when you have finished, to save the whole post.

There are a number of ways that you can use this site to communicate with other members of the network:

• comments: you can leave a comment on most of the content of this site, and reply to others' comments.
   
• contact form: if you have enabled your contact form (my profile > edit > contact settings) then other members can send you an email via your contact form. You can do the same: go to a member's profile page and click on "Contact" (if they have enabled this); your message will be delivered to their email address.

Blogs are intended to be personal opinion pieces; you could use your blog to publish reviews and festival reports, reflect on your work, or write about relevant issues that are important to you. Blogs can be long articles, with images and links. If you would like to have a personal blog on the Magdalena website, please email webqueen@themagdalenaproject.org.

The site allows for translation of content into multiple languages. At the moment we have Spanish and Portuguese. If you would like to contribute to these or other language translations, please email webqueen@themagdalenaproject.org.

The Bibliography provides references to articles, books, online material, and other publications that discuss the Magdalena Project. You are very welcome to add your own publications or other publications that you have found. Before adding an entry, please browse and search the Bibliography to ensure the entry is not already there.

To add a new entry:

1. Go to create content and select Biblio entry.

2. Select the appropriate Publication Type from the drop-down menu.

3. Enter as much information as you have (fields with a red asterisk are required); use the "Abstract" field to enter an abstract or brief description of the publication.

4. When entering the author, as you type the names of authors already entered will display below the field. If the author you are entering is already on the list, you can select them from the list. This helps to ensure that everyone's name is spelled correctly and that we can easily find all publications by one author.

5. Click save and view your completed entry.

If you see anything that needs correcting, click on "Edit" and correct it.