Posts: How to Create, Change and Use – Jackson-Reed High School

Posts: How to Create, Change and Use Them

Please note - the accordion below holds information on how to create & edit posts via the Dashboard. The Jackson-Reed website has a form built that allows you to create posts using that. Please use that form unless you have been trained otherwise!

To Add a Post:

Login in to the Jackson-Reed website - that link is under the Quicklinks menu.
You can access the form two ways.
Many pages display a button to users with the appropriate access to allow them to directly access this form. Pages like the home page, Career & College Page, PTSO class pages, etc.
If you do not see that button, go to Tools->Add An Update menu option.

The Form

There are two options: News & Event - you can choose either or both. News creates a post which can be displayed on the website and event creates an event in the calendar.
If you create a News item - or a post - make sure to select the appropriate category so it will display on the correct page. Categories include:
- college: College & Career page
- principal: Principal Updates archive page
- Parents - 2024 Class Notes, Parents - 2025 Class Notes, Parents - 2026 Class Notes and Parents - 2027 Class Notes: appears on each of the appropriate class pages in the PTSO section.
- WebsiteClub: appears on the website club page
- weekly: weekly newsletter archive
If you want the News item to appear on the front page - put front in the tag.

Creating Posts from the Dashboard

Make sure you are logged on!
The easiest way to add a new Post is by clicking the New menu item in the top black menu and then selecting Post.
You can also create a new Post by going to Post -> Add New on the left hand side column when in the Dashboard.
After creating a new post through either method, you will then see the editor which looks like this:

Add the following information:

Enter title here - this is the header for the post - choose one that gets your point across and is as pithy as possible.
- In the main window - add the content for your posts - this can be text, images, links and more. There is a toolbar to help style your text similar to a word processing app.
- Set the Category for the post as needed. This makes sure that the post shows up on the web page where it belongs. Don't forget.
- Featured Image is what shows up when you have an excerpt of a blog - this is especially useful if you are creating a grid or carousel of posts so that a graphic image is shown. Add a featured picture – aim for rectangular photos of decent quality. If you are creating a post which will be displayed on the home page or the home page slider, this is a requirement. See the image below - all the circled images are the Featured Image.
- Post Expirator -if a post does not contain useful long term information – give it an expiration date.
Click the Publish button to save.

Edit a Post from the Dashboard

The first step to changing an existing post is to access the post you want to update.. Go to the Dashboard and click on the Posts->All Posts menu option.
A list of all our Posts will be displayed. You can simply click on the title of the post to open it in the editor or if you hover over the title you will see a menu displayed below. Click on Edit.
You will then see the editor which looks like this:
You can then change the title, the text or other attributes. A few things to note:
1. Two tabs: Visual & Text. Visual is similar to word processor. Text allows you to directly edit the underlying HTML.
2. You can change the Category as needed.
3. Featured Image is what shows up when you have an excerpt of a blog.
4. Search Exclude will hide it from the search function of the website.
5. Click the Update button to save.