- Logging in to the site
Point your browser to http://www.love2learn.net/user/login - Enter your username (your real name or your preferred username as given to me) and password. If you have forgotten your password, click on the “reset password” link to the top right and follow the directions in the email.
- Once you log in, new menus will appear at the top of the left sidebar: a User menu and a “Management" menu.
Creating reviews.
- Log in.
- Click on “ Add Review” under the User menu. Alternatively, click here to go to the entry form for a new review.
- Enter all the requested information. (See tips below.)
- Click “Save” at the bottom. You may wish to use the Preview feature, but not all the fields will be fully rendered in the preview. Also, please note that when viewing the preview, you may see
Home › Create content › Submit Review
at the top. Do not click the Submit Review there. The one you want is at the bottom of the page. - If you need to edit an existing review, go to the review and click on the “Edit” tab below the review's title.
Creating or editing your biography.
- Log in.
- Click on your name in the right sidebar.
- If you see a biography (might only be a stub),
- click on its title (which should match your name). This will take you to the biography node.
- You should see two tabs below the title (your name): View and Edit. Click the "Edit" tab
- Clear the text box under the word "Summary".
- Edit the contents in the text box under the word "Body" and click the “Save” button at the bottom when done.
- If you do not see a biography (not even a stub),
- click on “Create Content” in the left sidebar, and then on “Biography”
- Enter your name as the Title.
- List yourself under the "Reviewer" field as well.
- Upload a photo into the image field. It will automatically resize it if it is too large.
- Enter your biographical information in the "Body" field. (See tips below.)
- Click the “Save” button when done.
- Take a peek at Alicia’s bio for ideas. The guidelines from the “summit” on what reviewer bios should include are:
- Family size, general location
- Time spent in home education (i.e. How long have you homeschooled?)
- Educational style or styles
- Education, formal, personal, or family based, including relevant personal interests
- Photo
- Links to blogs or websites
- Note: the website will automatically generate a list of all your reviews on this site when visitors click your name in the sidebar.
Tips
Composing reviews and other formatted content.
- The WYSIWYG editor I had previously used is no longer supported. Therefore, if you want to add formatting to your reviews, you will need to add HTML tags by hand.
- If you enter a URL, it will be automatically converted to a link. However, if you want a named link, you will need to add a little HTML code. Ask me (Suchi) if you need help with this.
- Other items, such as copyright or trademark symbols, must be
added using their HTML codes; for a list of HTML codes for these special characters, please see here - Line breaks / paragraphs will be automatically generated from carriage returns.
- Divs, spans, and a few other goodies can also be added to your content.
Adding images to reviews and biographies:
- Image files must reside on your computer (i.e. no URLs in the image file location field).
- For reviews, please enter the Alternate text: "Book cover: ‘<book
title>’" - For biographies, please enter the Alternate text: "Photo of <your name>"
- For “Introduction to Review Collection” nodes, you may add more than one image if appropriate.
Known problems and quirks:
- Sometimes, adding images does not work. It has always worked fine for me (Suchi) but for Alicia it has only worked intermittently. On her kids’ computer, though, it works reliably. It appears to be a OS level (or possibly browser-related) problem, not a Drupal problem per-se.
- Occasionally, the “Edit” button near the node title disappears. Try resizing your browser window and see if it appears.