Welcome to MediaMite's Model Site

Since we are already logged in as an editor, let's get started.  How about adding a news item? (Print this page with the "Print Button" located on the upper right of this page and then follow these instructions).

• Put your cursor on the NEWS menu item (above right) when the drop down menu items appear
• Click on "News Archive"
• All of the news items will now be listed along with the "Easy Edit Icon" . This icon will appear in every one of the features which comes with your MediaMite site.  It is only visible to editors.
• Now click on "Add a News Item"
• The News Form will pop up.
• Type in a Title for your news story in the Headline Box
• In the Start Date put todays date
• In the Archive Date put in a date in the future.  This date represents when your news story will be automatically moved by the system from a current news item to an archived news item.  This is significant in that only current news headlines are scrolled on the home page.
• We'll let everyone view this news item and leave the "User Level" set at "Public".  If we wanted to, we could choose to allow only members to view this news item after login.
• We are now ready to type in our news story ... so let's click onto the body of the news form and type in your news story.
• Play with the formatting tools which are avaiable via the icons.  You can see that it is similar to the formatting in your word processing program.
• When you're finished check the "Publish Box" and then click on "Update"
• You will now see your Headline scrolling on the Home Page.  If you click on the scrolling headline you will be taken to that particular news story or you can view the story via the News menu selection.