Help for Editors

This section contains some basic help information for editors.

Adding a page

There are several different types of pages available on this site. So, the first thing is to decided what type of page you want to add:

Book pages
Most of the information pages are book pages. This are any pages which are organised into "books". A "book" is a way of collecting and structuring pages, so that the site automatically generates the list of contents and the links to the next and previous page in the book. For example, this help section is a "book".
Press Releases
Press releases have their own page type.
Events
Events are another page type
Static Page
If you really don't want it to fit into the book structure and menus and it does not fit anywhere else, you can post it as a static page

Adding a Book Page

The books on this site have a tree-like structure. This means that each page can been a section/chapter, with other pages "in" that section. The site will automatically generate a contents list on any book page showing all the other pages in that section.

These are called "children" or "child pages" of that page. For example, The page called Nuclear Power has several "children": Climate Change, Nuclear Waste, Risks and Dangers and so on. They are all listed automatically on the Nuclear Power page. The History, Climate Bluff and so on.

So the first thing is to decide where in the structure it would come. Then, go to that page and at the bottom of the main content there is a link "Add child page" (click the picture below for an example) This will take you to the page where you can enter the contents

the 'Add child page' linkthe 'Add child page' link

Adding the actual content

Adding the content is quite easy. Simply follow the check-list below

  1. The first thing you need to do is type a title in the Title: box (number 1 in the first image below).

  2. Next choose a topic, if any are relevant. This will make the page easier for people to find. (This is number 2 in the first image below.)

    You can select one topic by simply clicking on it. If you want to select more than one, just hold down the Ctrl key while you click the others.

  3. Next you choose the language from the drop-down list (number 3 in the first image)

  4. The Body: box is where you put the actual content of the page. You can format it using the buttons at the top of that box. This is the secondimage below.

    Note that there are two paste buttons: Paste as Plain Text and Paste from Word. If you have already formatted the text in word, us that one. Otherwise, use the paste as plain text.

    If you do know HTML and prefer to write directly in that, click Disable rich-text underneath the body area. If you don't know HTML ignore this paragraph and do the above

  5. Unless you have some special requirement and know how to do it, you can ignore the rest of this form and just click the submit button (right at the bottom of the page). If you want to check how it looks first, you can click the preview button first.

Editing a page

To edit a page, simply:

  1. Make sure you are logged in.
  2. Go to the page you want to edit.
  3. Just under the page title will be a series of buttons.  Click the edit button.
  4. This will take you to the same page as when adding page, but with the current page there to edit.
  5. Make your changes and click save.

Translating a page

To edit a page, simply:

  1. Make sure you are logged in.
  2. Go to the page you want to translate.
  3. Just under the page title will be a series of buttons. Click the translate button.
  4. This will take you to the same page as when adding page, but with the current page there to translate.
  5. Change the language.
  6. Translate the content and click save.