Email List

PALS email list for SiteMaker announcements and discussion.  Archives are available to list members.

http://mailman.palsnet.info/mailman/listinfo/sitemaker

 

 

Library Staff Manual

Basic instructions for site maintenance. Word document attached.

Training Videos

Short video tutorials (most are under 5 minutes; the longest runs less than 17 minutes) about SiteMaker features and functions.  Flash player is required to view the tutorials.

Screencasts prepared by Brian Smith (PALS), using Camtasia Studio, June/July 2010.

Event Signup Feature

Instructions for configuring and using the optional online registration module for events.  Word document attached.

Notes about the sign-up feature:

• There is no way to permit a "family" sign-up (i.e., one member of the family registers for multiple openings) that observes the number of openings left.
• Each person signing up needs a unique email address. (The software accepts fake email addresses.)
• Enabling sign-up for a repeating event does not create a single registration for the entire series of repeats.

The first two of these issues have been addressed by a workaround: Patrons can enter an email address at the librarysignup.com domain, which PALS registered specifically for this purpose.

That is, a parent who wants to register three children for an event can sign up each child separately, using child1name@librarysignup.com, child2name@librarysignup.com, and child3name@librarysignup.com in the email field.

People who use these workaround email addresses do not receive confirmation and reminder email, but library staff members do not get "undeliverable" auto-responses. 

 

Bug: Scheduling Options Not Working for Events

Problem:  The publish/unpublish Scheduling Options are ignored for Events.

This is a known issue, and we are still looking for a fix.

Events cannot currently be set to be automatically published or unpublished on a date in the future. The only workaround is to save the events without publishing them, and manually publish the events later.

To create events in advance of the date you want them to appear on the site, uncheck the Publish box in the Publishing Options before submitting the event.

On the day you want the event(s) to appear on your website, go into Content administration, check the boxes for the "not published" events, and update their status to publish them.  To make it easy to find the unpublished events, use the filter to display only events which are "not published".

 

How To: Use a Simplified Editor Toolbar

If you find that you don't use most of the buttons available in the body-text editor, you can switch to a simplified toolbar:

This toolbar includes only the buttons for bold, italic, numbered list, bulleted list, link, and image.

Here's how to switch your site to this option:

• Login as LibraryAdmin or another superuser.
• Go to Administer > Site configuration > FCKeditor.
• For the "Advanced" profile in the FCKeditor setup, click Edit.
• Expand the "Editor Appearance" options.
• For the "Toolbar" option, select DrupalBasic.
• Scroll down and click the Update Profile button.

Questions?

Email Brian Smith at brians@palsnet.info, or send an instant message using the box below (when status shows "Online").