Creating Banners

1. In the Admin area under the AdRotate menu select “Add/Edit Banner” (If this plugin has already been setup you may have other example ads already setup under AdRotate > Manage Banners)
2. If you have the code already for you add you can paste it in the Code box, add a title and edit the display information below.

If you need to upload your own image for a banner you’ll need to make sure the images are formatted in the correct size

1. In the Admin area under Media select “Add New” and upload the ad image you’ll be using and “Save all changes”
2. Go back to the AdRotate menu and select “Add/Edit Banner”
3. Type in your Banner title and use this code sample:
   <a href=”%link%” rel=”nofollow”><img src=”%image%” width=”180″ height=”150″/></a>
   You can also type text in this box if you’d like it to show up in the ad space.
4. Find the Banner image you’ve uploaded and type in the URL you’d like this image to link to.
5. Select the Group you’d like this ad to show up in and press the Save banner button.

Creating Groups (this may already be done if this plugin has been integrated to your theme)

1. In the Admin area under the AdRotate menu select “Manage Groups.  (If this plugin has already been setup you’ll see a list of groups here which banners may be added to).
2. Under “Create a new group” type in your group name and decide whether you want to use fallback banners from another group if no banners are active in this group.
3. To show this group on your site you can either use the AdRotate Widget (Under Appearance > Widgets) or use this simple PHP code, using the ID of the group you’d like to show: echo adrotate_banner(’1′);

Option 1 (plain text editor)

1. Copy the text first into a plain text editor like NotePad or TextEdit.
2. Select All and Copy the text again from the plain text editor.
3. Paste into the Edit Post/Page area of WordPress.

Option 2 (HTML View)

1. Copy the text from Word (or other desktop publishing application)
2. In the Edit Post/Page area of WordPress select the HTML tab (next to Visual on the top right of the screen)
3. Paste the text you have copied into the text box.
4. Go back to the Visual tab and format the text as needed.

Option 3 (Paste from Word)

1. Copy the text from Word (or other desktop publishing application)
2. On the Edit Post/Page menu bar press the Show/Hide Kitchen Sink button () to show more options
3. From this new row of options press the Paste from Word button () and window will pop-up to allow Word text to be pasted in.
4. Select the Insert button and perform further text formatting as needed.

How to create a new Gallery and Add Images:

1. Go to the Gallery tab () and choose Add Gallery / Images
2. If you would like to create a new Gallery you can type in the name here and press the Add Gallery button
3. Using the other three tabs (Upload a Zip-file, Import Image Folder, and Upload Images) you can select images from the server or your computer and upload them to the Gallery of your choice.
4. Most of the time you’ll be using the Upload Images tab.  To add new images to a gallery choose the Browse button and select the image(s) you’d like to add.
5. Once you’ve selected your images make sure to Choose gallery in which these images will be placed.
6. Press the Upload images button and wait for them to upload.  If you get an error message you may have to upload smaller images (try to keep them under 1000px by 1000px) and/or upload fewer images at a time.

Managing Gallery Images:

1. Go to the Gallery tab and choose Manage Gallery
2. Select the gallery you’d like to edit (you may also delete galleries from this screen if they are no longer needed)
3. From this screen you may edit the Alt & Title Text / Description.  Most uses of the Gallery will show the Description that is typed in this box, so be sure to enter some text about the image here whenever possible.
4. Tags may also be entered to help categorize images.  However the Tag functionality for NextGEN Gallery is still very rudimentary.
5. By checking the Exclude box on the right of each image you may hide certain images from the gallery.  They will still be accessible in the admin area and you can always un-check them at a later time to make them public again.
6. Use the Sort Gallery button to drag and drop images in the order that you would prefer them to show up.
7. Be sure to press the Save Changes button after making any changes to the gallery page.

Adding Galleries to Posts & Pages

1. From the edit screen of any post or page you will see the Add NextGEN Gallery icon () to the right of the edit bar.  Clicking this icon will open up the NextGEN Gallery pop-up window.
2. Choose the Gallery you’d like to add from the drop-down list.
3. Show as: Image list (a standard list of thumbnail images which may be expanded when clicked), Slideshow (a flash slideshow of the image gallery) Imagebrowser (A single image browser with next/previous links.  Only use this option if the gallery is the ONLY thing shown on this page)
4. When you press the Insert button the code to insert a gallery will be added to your Post/Page wherever your cursor was placed.  Make sure to move this to either the top or the bottom of your post for best results.
5. Be sure to Update your Post or Page to save the changes you’ve made.

Albums

An Album is a collection of Galleries

1. To manage Albums go to the Gallery menu in the admin area and select Album
2. From this screen you can Select album or Add new album
3. Once you have selected an Album from the list you will be able to drag and drop all of your Galleries which automatically show up in the right column.  Simple drag them over to the Album column (left side) and click the Update button.  These Galleries are now part of your Album.
4. Most of the time your Albums will already be placed on a page.  However if you need to insert them into a page simple click the Add NextGEN Gallery icon () to the right of the edit bar on the page or post you’d like to add this Album to.  From there you can choose from any Albums which have been created and insert either the Extended version (thumbnail of gallery with title and description) or Compact version (just a thumbnail of the gallery).

Editing Pages & Posts from the admin area

1. From the admin area you can see all pages and posts by selecting Edit under the appropriate menu.
2. From the Edit menu you can either click the name of the Page or Post to go to the editing area or select Quick Edit under each entry to make quick updates.

Editing Pages & Posts from the front end

If you are logged into the admin area and then go back to view the site you will see an “edit this entry” link at the bottom of each post or page.  Click this link to go directly to the editing area for that specific page or post.

Page Order

We often install the My Page Order plugin which allows for easy re-ordering of pages.  To modify the order in which your pages show up in menus simple go to Pages and Edit Page Order.  From there you can drag pages around to order them as needed.

How to add images

1. From inside of the edit screen for a Post or Page use the Upload/Insert image icon () above the menu bar to open the image browser.
2. A window will pop up.  From here you may either choose an image to upload From Computer, From URL, or from files which have already been uploaded (in the Media Library or Gallery tabs)
3. Once you’ve uploaded (or selected an image) you can then give it a Title, Caption (this will show up in a box below the image) and Description.  The Link URL will determine what happens when the user clicks on the image and if you select File URL the user will see the fullsize image upon clicking.  Most of the time the Link URL should be blank.
4. Alignment will determine how the image is aligned in regards to the text on the page/post.  If you’d like the image to float all the way to the right of the page with the text wrapping around it to the left then choose Right align.
5. The Size determines which version of your image is uploaded.  WordPress automatically creates a Thumbnail (and sometimes Medium and Large size) of your image and allows you to choose which version to use.
6. To add the image into the content of your Post/Page use the Insert into Post button and you’ll be brought back to the regular edit window where your image has been added.

How to add PDF’s, Docs and other files

1. From inside of the edit screen for a Post or Page use the Upload/Insert media icon () above the menu bar to open the Media browser.
2. A window will pop up.  From here you may either choose a file to upload From Computer, From URL, or from files which have already been uploaded (in the Media Library or Gallery tabs)
3. Once you’ve uploaded (or selected a file) you can then give it a Title (to be used when you add the file to your post).  The Link URL will determine what happens when the user clicks on the title of the file and if you select File URL the user will be able to download the file upon clicking.
4. To add the file into the content of your Post/Page use the Insert into Post button and you’ll be brought back to the regular edit window where your image has been added.

How to add Video

Coming soon…

How to create a new page:

1. Go to the Pages tab and choose Add New
2. Type in the Title and Page content.  You can format the content (bold, italic, list items, etc.) by using the menu bar above the post just as you would in any word processing program.
3. Use the Upload/Insert icons () above the menu bar to add images or other media (pdf, docs, etc.) as needed and insert them into the post.
4. Under the Attributes box choose a Parent for this page to be placed under.  This will determine where the page is located in the menu.
5. On the right box push the Save Draft button to save the post for later editing, or the Publish button to make the post live.

Optional Items

• Under the Attributes tab you may also choose a Template.  Some themes we design require different page templates for different types of content.
• The All in One SEO plugin & Platinum SEO plugin both let you add information for search engines.  This Title, Description and Keywords will replace the default information for this post.

How to create a news post:

1. Go to the Posts tab and choose Add New
2. Type in the Title and Post content.  You can format the content (bold, italic, list items, etc.) by using the menu bar above the post just as you would in any word processing program.
3. Use the Upload/Insert icons () above the menu bar to add images or other media (pdf, docs, etc.) as needed and insert them into the post.
4. Choose a Categories for this post to reside in.
5. On the right box push the Save Draft button to save the post for later editing, or the Publish button to make the post live.

Optional Items

• Add Tags as desired (Tags are a simple way for users to find other similarly tagged posts)
• You may add an optional Excerpt.  This should be a summary of the post and will be shown when a shortened version of the post is needed.  If no Excerpt is entered here, the first 55 words/code of the post will be used.
• You can modify the date this post was published under the Publish box.  Simply click Edit next to the Publish on: date and modify it.  Future dates may be used causing the post to be published on that date.
• The All in One SEO plugin & Platinum SEO plugin  both let you add information for search engines.  This Title, Description and Keywords will replace the default information for this post.