All authors (with or without write permissions) should know and practice the tips for all authors.

This page provides instructions for how authors with Drupal write permissions can edit their own blog posts.

And once you have demonstrated your skills with blog posts and Webmaster Tips and Snippets, some leaders might also be granted permissions to edit their own web pages.

Who should have Drupal write permission?

Any leader of any Sierra Club team, campaign, or event — who has the technical skills, confidence, and desire to edit their own web content.

How to request Drupal write permission?

Submit your request to the webmaster (see Leaders)

How to Edit Blog Posts

If you don't have Drupal write permissions, then to author a blog post, send an email to our webmaster, following the instructions for authors without write permissions.

The following instructions are for Sierra Club leaders who have Drupal permissions to author their own blog posts.

How get your blog post started

Log into Drupal using your Drupal username and password.

Either open one of your existing blog posts, or start a new one.

How to create a new blog post

Add Content > SC Entity Blog

Title

BRIEF descriptive headline

Thumbnail image

Thumbnail image is auto-sized from any larger photo. (Very easy)

See Images — Tips

Slideshow

If you don't know how to use Slideshow, then please don't try to use it.

Summary

Compelling brief paragraph to lure blog readers to click to see your full blog post. 

It is very important for your Summary to be a compelling teaser. Title and Summary are all that most visitors will ever see.

Body

Here's your playpen sandbox where you create the full post (perhaps with images).

It's pretty intuitive. Use what you know, and what you learn in Webmaster Tips and Snippets.

If you know HTML, you can edit source code.
Just beware that Drupal doesn't do much error checking, so you need to do your own error checking.

To change the date or time of a post

Click the 'Author Info' link near the bottom of the Drupal editing screen for the post.

Tip: Changing date or time will also move the post up or down on blog index pages. 

Don't mess with the techy fields

Unless you REALLY know what you're doing, don't mess with any of the other techy fields, like URL Alias or Metatags. 

Get approval to publish

Some authors will have blanket authorization to simply edit and publish their page(s).

Content approval: Many teams will establish their own rules or guidelines to formally approve publication of certain types of content. 

Technical approval: Most blog authors will edit their own first drafts, which will then be submitted to the webmaster (or other authorized web editor) for final review and publication.

@@@ The details for technical approvals have not yet been designed or tested. See Webmaster Notes.

Click the button to Submit

When your post is ready to publish (and has been approved to publish), then click the button in the lower left corner to 'Submit'.

Edit your Taxonomy codes.

Reminder: The field to edit Taxonomy codes only shows up after submitting the blog post, then clicking the tab to 'Edit' again.

Final Step: Do your error checking.

Edit your Taxonomy codes

It is extremely important to add Taxonomy codes to every Blog post!!!

Why taxonomy code(s)?

Because that's how your blog post shows up on the correct web pages.

If your campaign, team, or event has your own web page, then your page has a blog index at the bottom of the page — where your blog posts (and only your blog posts) appear if (and only if) your blog posts are marked with the Taxonomy code that was assigned to your campaign, team, or event. (Tip: your unique Taxonomy code is published in the blog index section at the bottom of your web page.) 

How to edit Taxonomy codes

The field to edit Taxonomy codes only shows up after submitting the blog post, then clicking the tab to 'Edit' again.

So... after submitting... click the tab to 'Edit'
then edit your Taxonomy codes
then click the button to 'Submit' again

Your blog post should always include at least the Taxonomy code for your unique campaign, team, or event. 
(Your unique Taxonomy code is published in the blog index section at the bottom of your web page.) 

You can also (optionally) add more Taxonomy codes,
separated with a comma.
Tip: when you enter the letter 's', a drowdown menu will soon appear, showing you all of the codes available. (All of our codes start with the letter 's'.)

• s1-events — for your blog post to appear on the 'events' page
• s1-protect — to appear on the 'Current Activity' page in the Protection section
• s1-volunteer — to publicize your request for volunteers on the 'volunteers' page

Note: Every post will always appear on our main 'What's Happening' blog page.

(and if you don't add Taxonomy codes, this is the ONLY page where your post will appear)