Create a new Project We Fund Post

To create a new Projects We Fund post:

  1. From the dashboard, select POSTS > ALL POSTS.
  2. Find any post that has PROJECTS WE FUND listed in the category column.
  3. Mouse over the post title and click DUPLICATE THIS.

You have created a copy of the selected post that is unpublished and set to DRAFT mode. It will not be live on the site until you click PUBLISH.

The copy has all of the correct settings for a PROJECTS WE FUND project.

  1. Click the title of the draft post or mouse over the title and click the EDIT link.
  2. Change the title in the title field to your new PWF project title.
  3. In the main column of the post dialog window, update the content for your new project.
  4. Be sure to update the two POST META fields underneath the post content. These are COMPANY CITY, STATE and COMPANY NAME
  5. In the right (narrow) sidebar column, update the CATEGORIES selector to make sure “Projects we fund” and one of the three state categories (Michigan, Indiana, or Ohio) is selected.
  6. Further down the sidebar column, update the FEATURED IMAGE dialog with a featured image for the project Just click the current image to go to the Media gallery and upload or select a new image. You can also click the REMOVE IMAGE link and then click the SET FEATURED IMAGE link that will appear after. Either way gets the same result.
  7. Once all your changes are made, click the blue PUBLISH button to publish your new PWF post.

Organize Projects We Fund Posts

Projects We Fund (PWF) posts appear in two places on the GLTAAC website: A trio of projects are shown on the homepage and a larger group are displayed on the Projects We Fund landing page.

The projects are displayed in a three-column grid using a postcard display element. To organize the PWF postcards you will need to edit the element template. To edit their display order, visit the Projects We Fund landing page.

  1. Click EDIT PAGE.
  2. Scroll down until you see the POSTCARD element. Mouse over the element and click the PEN icon.
  3. In the postcard element dialog window, click the big blue EDIT POSTCARD button.
  4. You are now editing the PWF postcard element. At the top of the screen is the POST ORDER GROUPS panel. The top portion is for the Projects We Fund landing page and the bottom is for the homepage.
  5. To order the existing posts on either page, merely click and drag items on the right half of the panel.
  6. To remove PWF posts from active display, click the minus sign for an item on the right half of the panel.
  7. To add a PWF post, click one of the items on the left half of the panel. It will display at the bottom of the right half of the panel. Then click and drag it into the desired order.
  8. Once you have your PWF posts ordered as desired, click the blue UPDATE button.