EurActiv Mothership

Category: HOWTO

  • Shortcodes

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    Tolis Papastolopoulos
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    Spotify  [easpotify id=”xxxxxxxxxxx” ] You will need to fill in the id and title for the infogram you want, for example for this infogram https://infogram.com/infogram-8-years-of-greatness-infographic-1h1749mrpwkq6zjClick on the share button on the top right corner and select Responsive (the first option) and then copy the id and title as you see them YouTube [eayoutube id=”xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”] Vimeo [eavimeo id=”xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”]…

  • Change the spell checker

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    Alain Capelle
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    For Google Chrome : 1. Settings Click on the “stack” like button in the top right corner Click on Settings 2. Search Type “spell” in the search box (top right corner) Select the Manage languages link (bottom) 3. Add a language Click on the language you want to use Check the corresponding box “Use this…

  • Publishing Statistics

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    Matthew Hawker
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    This page is under construction. It isn’t done yet because the stats pages are scheduled for a major overhaul in the near future. https://cdnd.icons8.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Website-Under-Construction.jpg

  • Translation Management

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    Matthew Hawker
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    Translations are managed from a metabox on the right side of the edit content screens (see image). Creating a new translation If no translated article exists, check the box labeled “or create new” and save the post.  All of the post data (Text, meta-text, featured image, authors, content providers) will be copied into a new…

  • Syndicated Content

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    Matthew Hawker
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    Pulling in Syndicated content is pulled in with the FeedWordPress plugin.  FeedWordPress fetches content from the syndicated source once an hour and dumps all of the fetched content into the “Syndicated Articles” content type as  a Draft. Note: under some circumstances, FeedWordPress may not fetch updates as desired. Or, you may wish to fetch feeds now.…

  • Embedding

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    Matthew Hawker
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    Embedding Content on EurActiv – Basics (Youtube, Vimeo…) – Embedding EurActiv content on EurActiv – More Providers – Google Trends – Tiki-Toki timelines – Storify – CartoDB maps Embedding EurActiv content on another website Embedding Content on EurActiv Embedding content is generally handled by WordPress itself.  It is as simple as copy/pasting the page URL…

  • LiveBlogging

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    Matthew Hawker
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    LiveBlogging is available via the Liveblog plugin by Automattic.  The plugin’s online documentation is very complete. In the EurActiv implemenation, LiveBlogging is available on the “News” content type only. To turn a News item into a live blog, find the “Liveblog” metabox in the right column.  Click the “Enable” button to activate the liveblog. You…

  • Publishing a Post

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    Matthew Hawker
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    This post covers how to publish a post from the post edit screen.

  • Publishing Pipeline

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    Matthew Hawker
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    This page is under construction. We haven’t done it yet because the publishing pipeline is slated for changes that will be implemented in the near future.   https://cdnd.icons8.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Website-Under-Construction.jpg  

  • Bylines

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    Matthew Hawker
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    Bylines are the taxonomies that record the authors, translators and sources of articles. The bylines metabox used on EurActiv is an extension of the default WordPress tags box; information on the behavior of the tag boxes can be found in the online documentation. IMPORTANT: Do not create hybrid taxonomies. For example, the author “Bill Smith and Jane…