Team Information

Automatic Logout

WARNING Be careful.. 

If you are inactive (not saving work or moving around in the site)  you WILL be logged out after 15 minutes!   This is for Security.

If you were in the middle of editing when that happens, your updates will be potentially lost.   

Always stay at your computer, finish your work and then go to the frontend (HOME Page) and logout.  

Footnotes

Creating a footnote is incredibly simple – you just need to include your footnote in double parentheses, and the footnote will then appear at the bottom of your post/page.  This is how one looks¹

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to refer to a previous footnote a second (or third, or fourth…) time. To do this, you can insert the exact same text as you did the first time and the identifier should simply reference the previous note.  An easy way to do this is to copy paste the original footnote including the double parentheses.

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Website System Backups

• The website is backed up automatically every Wednesday in rotation, keeping 2 copies of backups. 
• We make additional ad-hoc backups when needed.

This means that if anything happens to the website, we can restore it after an "event".
BUT you have to let us know immediately if anything is not working right i.e. you get a Server Error etc.

When we have to do a restore, everything done after the most current backup is lost.  

Team Access and Passwords

You must be signed in to see your special menu which lets you access your available backend functions not available to the public.

Since it is Extremely important to have secure password access to the website, the following Rules are in place for passwords, and we will assign one to you.

If you feel your password has been compromised let us know immediately and we can change it.

1. Must contain Both Lower and Uppercase Letters [ a-z | A-Z ]
2. Must contain Numeric Digits [ 0 to 9 ]
3. Must contain Special Characters [ @, #, $, %, etc ]
4. Length of password must be 15 or greater.

Roles / Permissions on the site

• • Super Admin: Has complete control over the entire network: Domains, Content & Email servers, VoIP, Security, and Backups.
  • Administrator: Has the highest level of access and full control over every aspect of the site. They can manage content, install and update themes and plugins, change site settings, and add or delete other users.
  • Editor: Editors have overall control over the site's content. They can create, edit, publish, and delete any post or page (regardless of who the author is), as well as moderate comments and manage categories and tags. They do not have access to administrative functions like installing plugins or themes.
  • Author: Authors can write, edit, publish, and delete their own posts, and upload media files to their posts. They cannot, however, access or modify content created by other users, nor can they create new categories or work with pages unless they are assigned to them.
  • Contributor: Can write and edit their own posts, but they cannot publish them. Their content must be submitted for review by an Editor or Administrator before it can go live. Contributors also cannot upload media files (images, etc.).
  • Subscriber: Has the most limited access, primarily serving users who need an account to log in. They can manage their own profile and, if enabled, read content and leave comments on posts, but they cannot create or edit content.  We do not currently used this role. 
  • Public: This is the normal viewer of the website, and can only view it.

• • Special roles:
    • BoD Member: Has access to pages and information that is for Internal Use by the current sitting Board of Directors.
    • SEO Editor: Optimizes digital content for search engines (like Google) to improve its ranking and visibility, focusing on keyword research, readability, and technical SEO, analyze Search Engine Results Pages, suggest improvements (headlines, links, structure), and ensure content is comprehensive and authoritative for both users and algorithms. They bridge traditional editing with data-driven search marketing, making content more discoverable and engaging.
    • SEO Manager: Develops and executes strategies to boost a website's visibility and organic traffic from search engines, leading the SEO Editor team and ensuring alignment with business goals through keyword research, content audits, link building, and adapting to algorithm changes, often requiring a marketing degree and years of digital marketing experience.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Definitions

• Bounce Rate: A website’s bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who leave after viewing only one page. It indicates how often users “bounce” away from a site without further engagement, such as clicking another link, filling out a form, or navigating to a second page. A high bounce rate can signal problems with user experience, content alignment with user intent, or technical issues, though it may be a positive sign for certain pages like blog posts that successfully answer a question.
  • Calculation: Bounce rate is calculated by dividing the number of single-page sessions by the total number of sessions and expressing the result as a percentage.
  • What is considered a “bounce”: A bounce occurs when a user lands on a page and then leaves by closing the tab, clicking an external link, or simply not interacting with any other elements on the site.
  • What influences it: Factors like slow loading times, poor design, irrelevant content, or technical errors can increase bounce rates.
  • Not always a negative sign: A high bounce rate can be acceptable or even desirable for specific pages. For instance, if a visitor finds the answer to their question in a blog post and then leaves, the page has successfully fulfilled its purpose.
  • Key takeaway: Bounce rate is a crucial metric for understanding user engagement and website effectiveness, but it should be analyzed in the context of the specific page and website’s goals.

Styling Manual - Timeline and general Date:

• We have adopted the convention of BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) - primarily used to avoid religious connotations, but they are functionally equivalent to BC and AD.
     
• Circa is a Latin term meaning "around," "about," or "approximately".  It is primarily used in historical contexts, literature, and archaeology to indicate that a date or time is approximate rather than exact.  It is to be always combined with BCE or CE to be clear on the era being mentioned.
     
• We express dates System Wide as YYYY/MM/DD for accurate listing of dates by Ascending Order.
     
• Each Timeline Story is set to "Custom Order Based" so that the Order code is:
  • A BCE date is 10400010101
    • leading 1 is required for sort order to work
    • next 4 digits are the Year
    • next 2 digits are the Month
    • next 2 digits are the Day (if known)
    • last 2 digits allow for multiple events with the same date. i.e. 01-99