How to Post
Welcome to www.MyHydaburg.org – Your New Website!
This site belongs to all people of Hydaburg. And we don’t mean it rhetorically. You can actually use this site.
On this web site, you can:
- post information
- upload files
- share news
- share documents
- make birthday announcements
- advertise jobs
- advertise events
- share pictures
- comment on other people’s posts
- share links
There is, really, no limit to what you can do!
The content has to be appropriate, however, to all age groups, and related as much as possible to our city of Hydaburg.
The site is easy to use. If you ever used an online email service such as Yahoo or Hotmail, you will learn how to post in no time. If you need help, please don’t hesitate to contact Charles Peele at HBC – he or other employees of the HBC can show you how stuff works – all you have to do is ask.
The best way to learn is to print this page for reference and try things out. The first step is to get registered.
1. Getting Registered. It is easy. Click on the “Register” link in the sidebar in the lower right corner of the home page. WordPress, our blogging software, will ask you to choose a Username and provide your Email Address. Please use your real name as your Username so that everyone knows who you are. Click “Register” and go and check your email—your password will be emailed to you. Please note that usernames and passwords are case sensitive.
Or, you can ask Charles or another HBC employee to get a Username and Password for you.
Use your Username and Password to log in. When you log in, you will see a Welcome screen and a link to “Update your profile or change your password.” Please follow the link to add information to your profile and change your password.
2. Posting Information. In this section you will learn how to make posts, attach files, and insert images into your posts. After signing in, click on the “Posts” tab, “Add New” or “Edit” links. You will be taken to a new screen that will look like a basic online text editor, like Yahoo mail. Please fill out the “Title” field—this will become a title of your post. Also, you will see a list of “Categories”—check a category that applies to your post (like News, or Job Announcements, etc.). Additional categories can be added by Charles upon request.
To attach files (images, text, or any other), on the same text editor screen please notice the “Upload/Insert” icons right above the text formating buttons, above the main text box. Using these buttons, you can add image, video, audio, or any other media file. Click any of them, follow directions on screen, find the file that you want to attach, and click ”Insert Into Post” button when done. Attachments are limited to 2MB.
When you are ready to publish your post, click the “Publish” button that is located on the right handside. Your post will appear in the category that you have selected and will become visible to all web site visitors immediately. If this is the first post that you make, Charles will have to approve it, which may take up to 24 hours, or less – if you ask him.
3. Commenting on Other People’s Posts. Find the post that you would like to comment on, click on its title to get to the post’s page. Scroll down and at the bottom of the page you will see a text box for comments—“Post a Comment.” Type in your comments in the text box and press the “Submit” button. Your first comment will have to be approved by Charles. After your first comment is approved, your subsequent comments will not require approvals and will be published immediately.
More detailed instructions and explanations of additional features are available on your “Dashboard” tab—follow the link to “Documentation” and “Support Forums.” Please don’t hesitate to contact Charles Peele, your Business Center host, with questions.