How to manage your News Blog

Welcome News Editors,

This article is designed to train you as a local editor for your news magazine. There are a series of video tutorials you can watch as well as links to various resources. Bookmark this page so you can access it easily in the future.

Quick links: (mentioned in the videos)

• To view your local centre news blog: www.yourcentre.shambhalatimes.org
• To log in to to the back end of your news blog:
  
  
  • Local centres: www.yourcentre.shambhalatimes.org/wp-admin
  • Shambhala times editors: http://www.shambhalatimes.org/wp-admin

Training Videos

Below are a series of movies to train you on the basics of managing the content on your news blog.

Introdcution
 

More Movies:

For all the movies below, you can right click (save link as..) and save them to your desktop if you would like to refer to them often. If not, you can simply play them in your browser.

How to Log in

Write and Edit a Post

Create a Photo Slideshow

Add a Movie

Add a movie into your blog that is posted on youtube (5.8M)

More Resources

Advanced issues regarding the Shambhala Database

• Reset and retrieve your password: https://secure.shambhala.info/database/recover.php
• Add yourself into the SDB: https://secure.shambhala.info/database/request_access.php
• View the international news magazine, the Shambhala Times: www.shambhalatimes.org (the site will launch for Shambhala day, 2009)
• Learn more about RSS and how members can subscribe to your news section for instant centre updates.
• Shambhala Times Editors - Editing Guide (PDF)

For more questions on training, start a support ticket in the help desk.

Shambhala Times resources: