Advanced WA editing techniques
The following material gives step by step instructions for how to add a graphic, document, or add a hyperlink.
To add a graphic:
- Navigate to the page you want to edit and click on the green “Edit” button.
- Locate the cursor where you want to insert a picture.
- Click on the “Image” icon in the gray editing menu. If the icon is not visible click on “More” then select “Insert image” from the pull-down menu. The first thing you need to do is get to the Picture/Events folder which is where all event pictures are stored. When you click on "insert image" this opens up in one of Wild Apricot's folders; probably the Picture folder (lots of head shots), If you are not in the Picture folder than the first step is to get to and open the Pictures folder as follows:
- Click on the blue “resources” link in the upper left side of the screen
- Scroll down until you find the Pictures folder
- Double click on Pictures folder to open it
- Once you are in the Pictures folder scroll down until you find the Events folder. Click on the folder to open it and you are now ready to upload your image.
- If the graphic you want is not in the folder it will need to be upload. Click on the “Browse” button located toward the top right of the screen. Navigate on your computer to the picture you want to use and click on “Open”. This will upload the picture to the Pictures/Events folder on WA.
- Click on the desired picture and then on the green “Insert” button in the middle at the bottom of the screen. You should now see the picture at the selected location
- If you want to edit the pictures, e.g., picture size, text flow, etc. you can edit the picture by mousing over the picture and clicking on the “Settings” link at the top left of the picture. When you click this link a popup menu appears which allows you to make some simple edits of the picture.
To link to a document, e.g., a registration flyer
- Navigate to the page you want to edit and click on the green “Edit” button.
- Add the text that will be the “place holder” link to the document, e.g., Registration Form.
- Highlight the text entered in Step 2.
- Click on the “File” button in the gray editing menu. If the icon is not visible click on “More” then select “Insert fifle” from the pull-down menu. This will open up in one of WA’s folders but not necessarily the folder you want. To get the correct folder:
- Click on the blue “resources” link in the upper left side of the screen
- Double click on the “Events” folder located in the list of folders
- Double click on “TemplatesForms” folder
- If the document file is not in the folder it will need to be upload. Click on “Browse” button toward the top right of the screen. Navigate on your computer to the file you want to use and click on “Open”. This will upload the file to the “TemplatesForms” folder on WA.
- Scroll down in the “TemplatesForms” folder until you find the document you want to link to and double click on the document. You should see the text you selected as now having a link to the document.
To add a link:
- Navigate to the page you want to edit and click on the green “Edit” button.
- Add the text, e.g., Map, that will be the link “place holder”.
- Highlight the text entered in Step 2.
- Click the “Link” button, looks like a link in a chain, in the gray editing menu and then select “Insert link” or “edit link” from the pull-down menu. A new Edit Link menu window opens.
- You have a choice for the type of link you want to use: Website/Email, (Wild Apricot) Site page, or (Wild Apricot) Event.
- If you want a Website or Email enter the URL or email address in the “Website URL or email” box and then click on the “Insert link” or “Apply changes” button.
- If you want an (Apricot) Site page, point to the page from the list of pages and then click on the “Insert link” or “Apply changes” button.
- If you want an (Apricot) Event point to the desired event and click on the “Insert link” or “Apply changes” button.