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WP Editors sought #8

Closed dscotese closed 6 years ago

dscotese commented 9 years ago

I'd like to copy the content of each article on the site into WordPress. This is a big job, obviously, but it can be done piece by piece. In order to avoid two people trying to do the same thing, I propose that we use WP features like so:

dscotese commented 9 years ago

Sure, except for the byline :-). I was about to fix it, but left it to you. I like the additional graphic too.

I edited the category description to A) have the content of the main How I Became page, and B) Indicate that you're working on adding them.

If you use the link at the bottom of the email to "view it on Github" then you can add a comment without all the extra stuff (see how I edited your comment above).

dscotese commented 9 years ago

Sure, just wordpress is fine. GH in this case is just so other people can see what's going on.

dscotese commented 9 years ago

Yes, that's the plan.

dooglio commented 9 years ago

You can do both. Make your changes in Wordpress. Tweak the theme, etc. Then make sure you do regular backups to github so we can mirror the site.

frydaho commented 8 years ago

I'm a WP template designer...still need help?

Just got the email; I'll clone the repo when I'm back to my laptop.

dscotese commented 8 years ago

Shepard Humphries did all the "How I Became" stories. I just finished the "Action" section, and now I'm working on the Articles section.

dscotese commented 7 years ago

David Butler is working on the Articles section now. I wrote the following instructions:

  1. I have one browser window on the "legacy" page at http://voluntaryist.com/articles/ (You'll notice that this URL gets a #name added to it - this is so that AddThis can track the URL if it's copied and pasted to someone else.)
  2. I have another window open on the "WP" page at http://voluntaryist.com/Articles/ (The only difference is the case of the A - since there is no folder on the server named Articles with a capital A, WordPress shows the category page - you can also use http://voluntaryist.com/category/Articles/ and you get the same page). The bolded "Issue" entries on this page are categories that are under the parent Articles category. I wrote some custom code (in /wp/wp-content/themes/devalu and lower folders) that causes them to be displayed that way.
  3. I note the first article on the legacy site that is not also on the WP site. If it's in an Issue for which there is not yet a category, then I go add that Issue category to WP giving it Articles as the parent category (Dashboard - Posts - Categories).
  4. I visit the article on the legacy site and copy the title.
  5. I create a new post and paste the title in.
  6. I copy the byline and article contents from the legacy site and paste them into the new post. The byline should be in an h4 tag (WP's "Heading 4" style), and centered. Sometimes this requires a little finagling.
  7. I make sure the right Issue # category is checked on the right (but that can be fixed later) and Publish it.
  8. I repeat steps 3 - 7 until I'm bored with it. Sometimes I read the article :-).

I have been removing the " - Issue Num. ##" from the titles as I move them into WordPress, and Carl said that removing that part of the titles is fine.

Shepardh1 commented 7 years ago

While it takes additional time, I suggest we be mindful of SEO. If we do not already have the "yoast" plugin installed, it would probably be wise.

  1. If possible, find a free & legal picture and add it to the article, making sure the article keywords are copy and pasted as the atl tag for the photo.
  2. If possible, add the keywords at the bottom of the article to that the density is higher.

Shepard Humphries | www.ShootInJH.com http://www.shootinjh.com/ *Jackson Hole Shooting Experience | *Proudly the international leader in luxury entertainment shooting.

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 8:27 PM, Dave Scotese notifications@github.com wrote:

David Butler is working on the Articles section now. I wrote the following instructions:

  1. I have one browser window on the "legacy" page at http://voluntaryist.com/articles/ http://voluntaryist.com/articles/ (You'll notice that this URL gets a #name added to it - this is so that AddThis can track the URL if it's copied and pasted to someone else.)
  2. I have another window open on the "WP" page at http://voluntaryist.com/Articles/ http://voluntaryist.com/Articles/ (The only difference is the case of the A - since there is no folder on the server named Articles with a capital A, WordPress shows the category page - you can also use http://voluntaryist.com/category/Articles/ and you get the same page). The bolded "Issue" entries on this page are categories that are under the parent Articles category. I wrote some custom code (in /wp/wp-content/themes/devalu and lower folders) that causes them to be displayed that way.
  3. I note the first article on the legacy site that is not also on the WP site. If it's in an Issue for which there is not yet a category, then I go add that Issue category to WP giving it Articles as the parent category (Dashboard - Posts - Categories).
  4. I visit the article on the legacy site and copy the title.
  5. I create a new post and paste the title in.
  6. I copy the byline and article contents from the legacy site and paste them into the new post. The byline should be in an h4 tag (WP's "Heading 4" style), and centered. Sometimes this requires a little finagling.
  7. I make sure the right Issue # category is checked on the right (but that can be fixed later) and Publish it.
  8. I repeat steps 3 - 7 until I'm bored with it. Sometimes I read the article :-).

I have been removing the " - Issue Num. ##" from the titles as I move them into WordPress, but we might want to keep that, so hold off on this until I revise this message.

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dscotese commented 7 years ago

Yoast has been installed and Shepard is managing it.

dscotese commented 7 years ago

I noticed that the Yoast plugin added a "readability" column to the admin page for the posts, and many of our posts have a "readability" score of "bad." Let's discuss this to see if there's something we should do while posting to fix that. I'll make a new issue and copy any emails about it for future reference.

Keep in mind that I LOVE automating stuff, so if we discover that we want to do something to every post, before we start working on that, give me a chance to see how easy it will be for me to do it all in one shot.

dscotese commented 7 years ago

David Butler completed the duplication of the articles section. I think Shepard is working on non-voting.

Shepardh1 commented 7 years ago

Hello Dave, will you please forward this to all editors?

I (Shepard) made a quick video tutorial about Yoast: https://youtu.be/e0gr9M1AIwc

Shepard Humphries

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Yoast has been installed and Shepard is managing it.

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Shepardh1 commented 7 years ago

Yes... slowly.... :)

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David Butler completed the duplication of the articles section. I think Shepard is working on non-voting.

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dscotese commented 6 years ago

CONGRATULATIONS! We did it! I don't remember how long ago this task was completed but I wanted to thank everyone who helped.

Shepardh1 commented 6 years ago

Yay! At the speed of light we get it done! lol :) It DOES get done and that is great! Ya'll rock!

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Closed #8 https://github.com/voluntaryist/site/issues/8.

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