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• Adding to "Plone Library Sites"
• Adding to "Success Stories"
• Adding an Event or News Item

General Overview

Plone has two key features that make it extremely easy for anyone to start adding content to Plone site:

1. "In-place" Editing
   What is meant by this is that users navigate to the folder they want to add content to and (assuming they're logged in), use the "add item" menu to add content. Similarly, if a user wants to modify existing content, they simply navigate to that "page" and click the "edit" tab.
   
   
2. A "Visual Editor"
   If you can use any of the most popular "office" programs, you can use Plone's editor to create and format web pages, it's that simple!

So in general the steps to add content to the site are to log in (or register if you haven't already), navigate to the area of the website where you want to add content and use the "add new item" or "add to folder" dropdown menu and select what you want to add. For example,  if you have a news item for the site, go to News and then select "news items" from the "new item" dropdown menu.

Adding to "Plone Library Sites"

1. Plone Library Sites uses a special content type called "Location".
2. Log in (if you're not already).
3. Navigate to the Plone Library Sites / Locations Folder area of the site.
4. Click on the "add location" link.
5. Title should be the name of the library.
6. Description can be blank or can have a brief "about" description of the library.
   
7. Location minimally should be "City, State", "City, Province" or "City, Country" of the library. If you want, you may enter the full address for a more precise location on the map.
   
8. Marker Color should be as follows:
9. • Green for academic library
   • Red for public library
   • Blue for special library
   • Yellow for school library
   • Magenta for all others (including state/government libraries, museums, archival sites, etc).
10. Body should contain minimal information; it will show up in a "balloon" pop-up when the marker is clicked.
11. Scroll to the bottom and click the "save" button.
12. There's an extra step for Locations! Click on the "properties" tab and select a keyword for your country from the list on the left. If your country isn't listed, you can add it to the right just by typing it in. It will automatically be selected for you.
13. Scroll to the bottom and click the "save" button.
14. Last but not least, when your "location" is ready to be published, be sure to select "submit" from the "state" dropdown menu! This will let a Reviewer know that you're ready to have your Location published.
    

Adding to "Success Stories"

1. Log in (if you're not already).
2. Navigate to the Success Stories area of the site.
3. Click on the "add new..." link.
4. Note that an image (typically a screenshot of the Plone site you're writing about) is required.
5. Things to cover when writing up a "Case Study":
6. • What was the problem you were trying to solve?
   • How did Plone help you solve it?
   • What, if any, obstacles did you overcome (technical, organizational, financial, etc)?
7. You may save your Success Story at any time. Scroll to the very bottom of the page for the "save" button.
   
8. When you're ready to submit it for review, use the "state" dropdown menu and select "submit".
9. Note that other logged in Members of the site will be able to view your work in progress unless you make your Success Story "private" (using the "state" dropdown menu).

Once a Reviewer has published your Success Story, it will show up in the Success Story listings page and has a random chance of showing up in the Success Story "portlet" on the left.

 Adding an Event or News Item to the site:

1. Log in (if you're not already).
2. Navigate to the Events or News folder.
3. Click on the "add event" or "add news item" link.
4. Fill in the information as needed.
5. Click "save" a the very bottom of the page.
6. When you're ready to have your item reviewed for publication, choose "submit" from the "state" dropdown menu.

Published items automatically show up in their respective announcement pages and portlets (those boxes on the left and bottom of most pages) .

Questions?

• If you need assistance or run into problems using this site, head on over to the mailing list and let us know about it!