Site: How do I add a news story/article to the site?

1. First off you need to become a member and be logged in.
2. Next go to the 'create content' menu item (normally on the left under your username).  Depending on how the administrator has set up the site, you may not have the privilges to create a story.  If you see don't see a link on the 'create content' page to create a story, you don't have the privilege.
3. If you see the 'story'  link, click on it and a new page should appear.  It will give you some brief instructions.  At minimum you will have to give your story a title and some body text.
4. Once you have finished writing your story, click the preview button at the bottom of the page. This will show you what it will look like when it is published.  IF you are happy with the result, scroll down the page and click the 'submit' button.
5. Normally your story won't be published straight away. Typically an administrator will review each story and then decide to publish it once they are happy.  They will also have the ability to promote your story to the front page if they think it is big enough news.  Otherwise the story will appear under the 'articles' section of the site.

• To add an image to the story: see how to add an image. Click on the camera icon on the toolbar.  This pops up a new window letting you select exiting images on the site or adding a new one (again, you'll need correct privilges for this).
• To add a link in the story: type the text for the link (e.g. of the link is to 'www.bbc.co.uk' you could type 'bbc website'), then select this text with your mouse and click the 'link' icon on the toolbar (looks like a chain link).  This will pop up a new window in which you should paste the full link address (the http:// bit plus www.bbc.co.uk). Click 'insert' and the link will be created and end up looking something like this 'bbc website'.  If you wish to link to another page/story on this site you don't need to include the site name in the link.  For example if you want to link to the 'about page' go that page, copy everything after the site name (in this case '/about') and then paste this into your 'insert link' window (including the leading '/').

Site: How do I create an event?

On this site Events are handled as a specific type of content.

1. First off you need to become a member and be logged in.
2. Next go to the 'create content ' menu item (normally on the left under your username).  Depending on how the administrator has set up the site, you may not have the privileges to create an event.  If you see don't see a link on the 'create content' page to create an event, you don't have the privilege.
3. If you see the 'event'  link, click on it and a new page should appear.  It will give you some brief instructions.  At minimum you will have to provide some basic information - including a postcode for the location of the event.
4. Once you have finished putting in details for the event, click the preview button at the bottom of the page. This will show you what it will look like when it is published.  IF you are happy with the result, scroll down the page and click the 'submit' button.  Its important that you SUBMIT before navigating away to other pages or your work will be lost.
5. CURRENTLY events are set up to be published straight away. Typically an administrator will also be notified for the purposes of moderation.  They will have the ability to remove or edit the event if they feel that is necessary - for example if there is unsuitabe language.

• To add an image to the story: click on the camera icon on the toolbar.  This pops up a new window letting you select exiting images on the site or adding a new one (again, you'll need correct privilges for this).
• To add a link in the story: type the text for the link (e.g. of the link is to 'www.bbc.co.uk' you could type 'bbc website'), then select this text with your mouse and click the 'link' icon on the toolbar (looks like a chain link).  This will pop up a new window in which you should paste the full link address (the http:// bit plus www.bbc.co.uk). Click 'insert' and the link will be created and end up looking something like this 'bbc website'.  If you wish to link to another page/story on this site you don't need to include the site name in the link.  For example if you want to link to the 'about page' go that page, copy everything after the site name (in this case '/about') and then paste this into your 'insert link' window (including the leading '/').