HHP Training

Training session 1 – 26092022

[ ] New website layout – walk-through of new features

[ ] Admin – new page templates

[x] Use of new custom fields and sections

[x ] The 3 different section layouts – P
Any changes to these?

[x] Colours – https://csoolors.co/ – 

Colour 0
background-color:#bcb9b9
Text colour: white
Colour 1
background-color:#0E8081
Text colour: white
Colour 2
background-color:#4E9899
Text colour: white
Colour 3
background-color:#1ae272
Text colour: white
Colour 4
background-color:#FF5B7F
Text colour: white
Colour 5
background-color:#CC0293
Text colour: white

HOMEPAGE

Films
background-color: #5E338F
Text colour: white
Oral Histories
background-color: #9FA647
Text colour: white
Working lives Project
background-color: #B3005C
Text colour: white

[x] WordPress’ç’ page – (non published – can be used to store colour schemes)

[x] Housekeeping – removing clones, unwanted pages, setting expiry dates

[x] News posts – use of post expiry?

Page Content – P

  • Text / headings / links
  • Featured images banner sizes – using Canva / photopea https://www.photopea.com/
  • Banner sizes
    Square Featured image sizes
  • resizing Modes images
  • Using canva templates https://www.canva.com/
    Using canva for social media posts
  • Searches and search results – discussion and feedback
  • Feedback on current advanced search
    alternatives to wildcard as v v slow
    example http://haltonheritage.co.uk/search-results/?q=dog&modes_query={text}*=*{otog
  • feedback on performance – can be improved if no images are loaded
    canned searches – create these as sections
  • P (relate to news / events)
    link to all objects?

Collect feedback throughout the session and implement changes

Training session 2 – Catalyst

  • Google Analytics
  • new admin url
  • Social Media – AL
  • Reviewing existing content – all
  • Setting Publish dates and expire dates
  • 404 page not found – content on this page?
  • create canned search page
  • canva
  • faq page
  • plugin hide admin url
  • Creating as news post
  • Creating a new page

Training session 3

  • google drive
  • google sheets object data
  • photoshop  – brightening images
  • google analytics
  • plugin hide admin url

Training session 4

  • recap – google drive – locations of media
  • media library – mp3 files
  • photoshop  – brightening images
  • * Blocks Editor – pages-
    • gallant heroes
  • * Blocked Editor news items
  • * Banner images / square images
  • Update Training Page
  • Update admin notes page
  • navigation !!! – diagram ?
  • default colours – admin notes page / coolors
  • google analytics – gtag(‘config’, ‘G-MNL206MK49’);
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