Would you like to help finish this new site?

We need people who:

• Have a lot or little time to contribute. No commitments required.
• Have writing skills and can edit some of the articles and correct spelling and grammar. (obviously I don’t)
• Have html skills and can go in and clean out extraneous code that got ported into articles. (wordpress doesn’t need this. It just looks sloppy both on the inside and out) Also, check links and troubleshoot images that are not displaying.
• Know Wordpress and have ideas or can help with issues that come up.

Would you like to post some new articles?

This site is on-going and this is a place to share your ideas and tips for alternative energy and playa life in the AEZ.

First Register!

The links below will help you get started writing your own post. If you can use a word processor then you can do this. You don’t need to know anything about html. If you need help or get stuck you can just save your draft and ask for help. You can’t really mess anything up and we will check your post for you before it gets published.  So why not give it a try?

How to Write a Post

Using Categories
Categories Explained (video)
Adding Images to Your Post
Posting Your Picasa Images
Posting your flickr Images
Posting an Event

Once you have registered, you will be assigned “author” permissions so you can post.

Categories are the main organizational structure of our site.  Our categories display as TOPICS on the sidebar of every page. It’s important to use categories when you post to help others find your post. If you do not select a category, your post will default to the category named “Misc.”

Select the category that seems best for your post. You can select more than one if it is appropriate. Just use your common sense. Imagine if you were looking for info on something…where would you look.  If you have suggestions for more categories, please let us know.

Here is wordpress documentation on categories:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Posts_Categories_SubPanel

This video is helpful too. It is for an earlier version of wordpress and the interface has changed slightly since that update.

http://wordpresstraining.com/videos/blogging/wordpress-categories-explained/

Below are some screen captures of our Categories.

The side bar displays them as TOPICS.

When you are logged and writing a new post, it is important to select an appropriate category for you post.

If you have “Editor” permissions, you can also manage categories.  Add delete etc.