Click here for part one of the screencast on this subject (editing)...

... and click here for part 2 (saving articles).

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This tutorial will guide you through the process of adding a new article to your site. Before you start adding a new article, you will need to log in to the site, then determine into which category you will place the article. You can find a list of your site's categories by click on the link in your User Menu, which shows up when you are logged in. You can see both the "Category Help" and "Add Articles" options on the User Menu at left in this picture:

View when logged in

Once you've determined the category for your article (based on where you want it to go), you can click Add Article, which will take you to this screen:

The Add Article screen

You will need to choose a title for the new article, which you may want to make match other articles in the same category. Then you can enter the content of the article. Here, you can see that I'm typing a fairly boring monthly report for the month of February.

If you have written the article somewhere else, you will have to cut and paste it in. The editor has several ways to do this. If you wrote it in notepad or a text editor, you can just copy and paste. If you wrote it in Word, you have to use a special paste button - Word produces output that doesn't work well with other programs. There is a button at the top of the editor that looks like a clipboard with a blue W. Click that button, then paste your article into the box that pops up, and press OK. It should work well.

After entering content

After you are done typing the article, you'll need to set the section and category. If you forget where it should go, you can set it to anything you like and leave it unpublished (see next item below) then set it later.

After setting section and category

After setting the section and category, you'll see the options "Published" and "Display on Front Page". These are important items.

• Published: This indicates whether anyone can see the article. If you Publish it, it will show up on the site. You will still be able to edit and change it. If you leave it unpublished, it will still be there, you will be able to edit it and change anything about it, but you will need to change it to published to make it visible. You can also set an article to be published later.
• Show on Front Page: This option is useful if you have the front page of your site set up to show recent news items. If you look at the front page of this site, you can see that I do that. This is a good option if you make a lot of frequent changes. If you don't, you probably won't be publishing to the front page - if you have less frequent changes, it's good to leave the same thing there.

Here, I've set this article to not be published, because I haven't finished it yet. I've set it to display on the front page because I want it to show up as soon as someone visits the site.

After setting published and front page

Your article will always be easier for people to find if you enter a description and some keywords. It's not necessary, but it does make a difference.

After entering metadata

After entering (or not entering) keywords and a description, scroll back up to just above the edit box and find the save button. Click that button to save the article. If it has a problem saving, it will tell you why (one reason might be that you forgot to set the category or section - if you did, it will give you another chance).

Just before saving

After saving the article, you will return to the screen you were on. If you've just published an article, it will show up if you are on the right screen to see it. In my case, I chose to save my article but not publish it, so it's highlighted in blue to let me know that it's not public. I can edit it, and publish it, using the pencil next to the article.

View after saving the new article

If this tutorial doesn't give you enough help to publish an article, please let me know why so I can adjust it. I am always available by phone at the SABR office or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .