Email me for a Los Cedros username and password. Once I’ve set you up, go to:

reservaloscedros.org/wp-admin

(or you can just click on write in the upper right hand side of the main page.)

Enter your username and password as requested. This will take you to the control page. reservaloscedros.org is built around the wordpress blogging engine. There is lots of helpful documentation on the wordpress website. Here are the basic steps:

On the main menu across the top of the screen, click on write. (second option to the left, after dashboard)

• Enter the title of your new post in the title box.
• Enter the text of your new post in the big open box below that.
• When you’re done, press publish.
• That’s it.

To edit old entries, click manage in the main menu. A list of old posts should show up. Find yours in the list, and click the edit option to the right of it’s name.

To delete a post, whether you’re writing it for the first time or editing it, click the delete button near the bottom of the screen.

Note that cookies have to be turned on in your webbrowser or the editing page won’t load after you log in.

Click on write in the top right corner of the main page of the website. Sign in with your username (if you need one email me and I’ll generate one for you).

If you want to edit an existing page:

• Click Manage from the top toolbar.
• Click Pages in the toolbar that appears beneath the top one.
• Find the section you want to edit, and click Edit next to it.
• Edit away, then press Publish to make your changes appear on the website.

If you want to create a new section:

• click Write in the top toolbar.
• click Page in the toolbar that appears beneath it.
• Give the page a title and enter your text. You can save it without putting it on the website yet by clicking the save or save and continue editing button.
• Unless you’re creating a separate page, you need to choose where your section will fit into the existing pages. So make a a selection from the Page Parent drop-down menu on the right side of the editing page. For example, to put your new section in the “Volunteer” section, choose “volunteer” from the Page Parent menu. Next, choose “subpage” from the Page Template drop-down menu. That way the section will show up with the proper formatting. (It’s possible to pick the order the pages will show up using the page order setting, but it’s a bit tricky. You can just leave it and I’ll clean it up later.)
• Once you’re done click the publish button and the new section will show up on the site. Fantastic.

If your new material is a translation of an existing section, let me know and I will go through later and click the right buttons to make it show up under the appropriate language version of the website.

Generally, don’t worry about the details. As long as you don’t delete anything you wanted to keep, the important thing is to get the text onto the site. I can easily clean up any formatting or placements problems later on, if you let me know the material is there. And if anything goes drastically wrong I can restore the website from a backup.

Instructions for translating bits of the website into a language you know are coming soon. Maybe.

To send or receive mail, log on at:

email.reservaloscedros.org

Reserva Los Cedros’ email is system is powered by Google’s gmail. email.reservaloscedros.org will take you to the gmail system, using a modified interface which has fewer fancy options but is quicker to load (in case you’re trying to access it over the reserve’s crazy phone lines). To access the full-featured and slower loading version, go to:

www.google.com/a/reservaloscedros.org/

If your internet is really slow, you can use the ultra-simplified interface at:

e.reservaloscedros.org