HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DISTRICT 9650 WEB SITE

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to you contributing to the district website. Contributors are our most valuable asset, and are a huge force behind improvements to our site and the rotary community itself.

There are several areas in which you can provide assistance:

Add a new page to the website.

Submit an article or story.

Add comments to an existing page.

Add photos to the District Photo Gallery

The first step is to apply to become a  contributor / editor. See How to become a contributor

Create content:

Blog entry

DGs_News

Event

Forum topic

Page

Panel

Story

A blog entry is a single post to an online journal, or blog.

DG's News blog. The most recent will be displayed on the Home Page. Other published pages will be listed on the DG's News summary page.

Events have a start date and an optional end date as well as a teaser and a body. They can be extended by other modules, too.

A forum topic is the initial post to a new discussion thread within a forum.

A page, similar in form to a story, is a simple method for creating and displaying information that rarely changes, such as an "About us" section of a website. By default, a page entry does not allow visitor comments and is not featured on the site's initial home page.

A panel layout broken up into rows and columns. ( PS Please do not use this option - Only for the very advanced users)

A story, similar in form to a page, is ideal for creating and displaying content that informs or engages website visitors. Press releases, site announcements, and informal blog-like entries may all be created with a story entry. By default, a story entry is automatically featured on the site's initial home page, and provides the ability to post comments.

Publishing documents on the District Web Site

We accept the following document formats. (.doc, .pdf, .xls,)

pdf -  Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange originally created by Abode. Free pdf writers are readily available.

doc - Word documents - should be saved as Word 97-2003 Document (*.doc) - This is the most universal version that can be opened by older as well as the latest versions of work. Newer versions of Word save as (*.docx). Unfortunately .docx cannot be opened by older versions of Word.

xls - Excel spreadsheets.

ACCESS TO CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

The district website has 3 different types of access. 

1. Members Login (Found on the top right menu )
This area is for members of District 9650 Rotarians only The password to the members area is the DG`s home phone number as published on page 5 of the District 9650 Information Directory. Enter as 99999999 no spaces. It gives members access to all the contact details as found in the directory. This is Last years directoy. We will use your details as of July 1 or when the directory is delivered to clubs.

2. Web page editors (Login found bottom at bottom of Left side menu)

It is here you request access to become an editor of the web site content. Other features are Upload content, files, photos etc.o

3.Admin Login (Found at the bottom of the page)

Here you have access to the clubs and members contacts database.

HOW TO BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR

1. USER NAME: This is the name that will show up on all your contributions. It is best not to make it so cryptic that no one could guess who you are.
2. PASSWORD: Your password should contains at least eight characters. It should include numbers, punctuation, and both upper and lowercase letters.
3. Email the webmaster Bruce Hemmett requesting to become a contributor to the District 9650 include your USER NAME and PASSWORD. Copy the following text into your email.