NYCGA.net Announcement bar

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The NYCGA.net announcement bar is a great way to promote upcoming news and events.

Get on the bar

News and Events that are related to the NYCGA or local New York City Occupy movement should be placed on the bar.

It's important that news and events are timely, relevant, and don't crowd the top of the web site.

Connect with NYCGA Tech Ops at tech -at- nycga -dot- net to request.

How admin add to the bar

It's super simple if you have a basic understanding of HTML:

• Log in to NYCGA.net
• Navigate to the admin dashboard
• Navigate to appearance > widgets
• Edit the Hero-login > text and Hero-no-login > text items
• Double check spelling, grammar, and information
• Click save on each text widget!

Editors and Admin of NYCGA.net can log in to:

http://www.nycga.net/wp-admin

This is the back end of NYCGA.net where things are managed.

On the left hand side navigate over to Appearance and click Widgets.

This is where "content areas" get their content.

On the right side of the page is a list of Widgets. The two you will focus on is

Hero-login and Hero-no-login.

By expanding each section you will see a "text widget" inside which you can expand. The HTML code is inside, it will look something like this:

<div style="line-height: 1.6em;">
<strong>»</strong> Join Us for the <a href="" target="_blank"><strong>#A1
March to Commemorate the 6-Month Anniversary of the Mass Arrests on the Brooklyn 
Bridge</strong></a>, <strong>TODAY</strong> at <strong>2:30pm</strong>!<br/ >
<strong>»</strong> Start Training for <a href="http://maydaynyc.org/" 
target="_blank">May Day</a> and <strong>Join the Spring Resistance!</strong> <a 
href="http://www.nycga.net/events/event/weekly-wall-street-marches/">Marches 
Every Friday</a>, 2pm in Liberty Square!<br />
<strong>»</strong> OWS@UNSQ <a href="http://www.nycga.net/union-square/" 
target="_blank">Union Square</a> Has Been <strong>Occupied.</strong><br />
</div>

Let's break it down:

<div style="line-height: 1.6em;">
...
</div>

This is a div which set's the text size, no need to change that.

<strong>&raquo</strong> Join Us for the <a href="" target="_blank">#A1
March to Commemorate the 6-Month Anniversary of the Mass Arrests on the Brooklyn 
Bridge</a>, <strong>TODAY</strong> at <strong>2:30pm</strong>!

This is a single item.

<strong>&raquo</strong> is the standard little arrow that precedes each item on the bar.

Be sure there is a link to event information. <a href="" target="_blank">...</a>

Once you make the edit, click the blue save button.

Check List

1. Make sure everything is spelled right
2. Add a link to the event or news item
3. Make sure all the information and links are correct
4. Click save