From newsletter_admin at netadventist.org  Thu Mar  5 16:16:02 2009
From: newsletter_admin at netadventist.org (NetAdventist Newsletter)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:16:02 -0600
Subject: NetAdventist News & Notes - Volume 4, Issue 5
Message-ID: <dc28d5c20903051616u3049a769jb3c8222afa697c0@mail.gmail.com>

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*Vol. 4, Issue 5, March 5, 2009*

In this Issue:

?         Video Tutorials Now Available

?         Sharing and Adding Content Feeds in *net*Adventist v.3**

?         FAQ: What is the ?label? field for at the bottom of each content
page?










net*News  **What?s new in netAdventist?***

Video Tutorials Now Available

Training videos are now available to help you learn how to use
*net*Adventist. Visit
www.netadventist.org/documentation to view a complete list of topics. To
watch the tutorials simply scroll down the page and click the topic of your
choice. More videos are scheduled for production so if you don't see a topic
you?re interested in, check back later. Can't find what you need? Send us a
suggestion. <http://www.netadventist.org/forms/19/form_submissions/new>











net*Tip  **Tips and shortcuts for netAdventist users*

*Sharing and Adding Content Feeds in netAdventist v.3*



You can share content feeds from your site with other *net*Adventist Web
sites, such as your news or events. *net*Adventist v.3 automatically
generates an RSS feed for you when you select ?share this page? under your
page properties. News, Events, Announcements, Document Groups, My Podcasts,
Forms, Content pages, Photo Albums, and Mailing Lists all have this feature.
In addition, the Calendar has its own feed called Subscriptions (ICS), which
refers to iCalShare (a file format used to share scheduling information).



In addition to sharing your feeds, you can also add a feed from another *net
*Adventist site to your own site. It works the same for all the extensions,
but we?ll use News as an example. If you want to add a news feed from your
union to your local church Web site you would go to the *Website Pages* tab
in your Dashboard and click on *Content Feeds (RSS)* under the *News *submenu.
Next you would click on *Browse Available Feeds* and a lightbox would
display a list of all available feeds. Then find your union?s feed and click
on the* Subscribe* link. When the feed has been added the link will change
to Subscribed. Then click *Done*. News added from other feeds will be
available on your site?s News index page.



The Calendar feed works a little differently in that you have to enter the
URL of the calendar feed you?re subscribing to. Every *net*Adventist v.3
site has an ICS file that they can share with other sites. The file is
located at http://[webaddress]/events.ics<http://%5bwebaddress%5d/events.ics>.
This is the URL you will need in order to add a new calendar feed to your
site.



You can also add external RSS feeds to your site. To do this, go to the *
Settings* tab in your Dashboard and select *Themes and Templates* from the
menu. Then select the template you wish to use (or create a new one) and add
the *External Feeds Widget* to your template. Next, paste the URL of the
feed into the widget and select how you want it to be viewed. Be sure to
click *Done* to save your work.











net*FAQ  **Frequently Asked Questions*

*When I create or edit a content page, there is a box near the bottom that
says "labels". What is this for? I can't find a description of it anywhere.*



The Labels field at the bottom of each content page allows you to add
keywords related to the topic of your page to help with search engine
optimization (SEO). It should generate keyword meta-fields used by search
engines, however, it isn't currently working. It should be available in the
near future.






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*To submit a question or an article idea* for future newsletters,
click here<nicoleb at netadventist.org?subject=Newsletter%20Question%20or%20Idea>to
email Nicole Batten. We also encourage you to share your user
experiences
with us. We may use your story in an upcoming issue. Great ideas and
innovative content are meant to be shared! We also encourage you to share
links, content, or applications that you think would benefit other
*net*Adventist
users.

*To submit a change of email address* for your own subscription or to
unsubscribe, click
here<newsletter-owner at netadventist.org?subject=Subscription%20Change>.
This newsletter is published twice monthly, on the first and third week of
the month, for *net*Adventist users.

*Publisher:* Office of Global Technology & Software, General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists

*Director:* John Beckett

*Editor:* Nicole M. Batten



*This e-newsletter is a service of netAdventist and the Office of Global
Technology & Software.*
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From newsletter_admin at netadventist.org  Mon Mar 23 15:38:16 2009
From: newsletter_admin at netadventist.org (NetAdventist Newsletter)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:38:16 -0500
Subject: NetAdventist News & Notes - Volume 4, Issue 6
Message-ID: <dc28d5c20903231538y41f44d57v808873156e8b5c0d@mail.gmail.com>

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*Vol. 4, Issue 6, March 23, 2009*

In this Issue:

Creating Announcements in *net*Adventist v.3

Make Your *net*Adventist Site More Effective with Google Analytics

FAQ: Are navigation links viewable based on login access in v.3 the way they
were in v.2?








 net*Tip**  **Tips and shortcuts for netAdventist users*

Creating Announcements in *net*Adventist v.3

The Announcements module in *net*Adventist provides a place where you and
your members can post information in bulletin-board style. You can designate
who you want to view each announcement in its Page Properties by selecting
Anyone, Member, Publisher, Web administrator, or a custom role. You can also
choose to create a link in your main menu for your announcements or have
them automatically displayed on your home page as a widget. This is a great
place to put reminders about projects or upcoming events, as well as share
updates.



To create an announcement, click on the *Website Pages* tab in the
Dashboard. Select the link for *Announcements* from the left-hand menu. Then
click on the *Add Announcements* button in the top right of the screen. Once
you fill in all the appropriate fields you can choose to save your
announcement as a *Draft* (where you can *Preview* it) or *Publish* it
immediately.



Any announcements submitted by your site users on the front end of your Web
site will go into the *Pending* folder under your Announcements menu (where
you can approve them before they go live). However, members will have to be
logged-in before they can submit an announcement. Once they are logged-in,
your site users will find a *Submit* link at the top of the
*Announcements*page.



After an announcement expires it is sent to your *Archive *folder. Here you
can delete it, move it to the *Draft* folder, or make changes to it and *
Publish* it again.



You also have the option of subscribing to announcement feeds from other *
net*Adventist sites by selecting the *Shared* link in the left-hand
menu under *Announcements* in the *Website Pages* tab. These are
announcement entries shared by other sites throughout the *net*Adventist
network. For example, a conference can share its announcements with member
churches this way.



To subscribe to another site's *Announcements*, click on the *Browse
Available Feeds* button. Then select the *Subscribe* link next to any of the
shared announcement entries. The shared announcements you subscribe to will
show on your page along with your own local content.







net*Share**  **Shared Links, Content, and Applications*

*Make Your netAdventist Site More Effective with Google Analytics*

If you want to monitor traffic on your site (i.e. the behavior of people
visiting your site) and use it to make your Web site more effective, Google
Analytics is a free and easy way to do it. Google Analytics generates
detailed statistics (including graphs) about visitors to your site. With
Google Analytics you can learn where your visitors are coming from and how
they interact within your site.

You can track:

?         How many people are visiting your site each hour, day, week, or
month

?         What pages people are visiting in your site

?         How much time people spend on your site

?         What geographical location people visiting your site are from

?         Where people are finding your site at

?         What browsers visitors are using

?         And how to optimize content through click patterns, navigation
analysis, landing pages

To sign-up for your free Google Analytics account, visit
www.google.com/analytics. You will need to sign-in to your Google Account to
access it.

To add your Google Analytics code in your *net*Adventist site, go to the *
Settings* tab in your Dashboard. Then click on *Google Features* in
left-hand menu and scroll down to step three and paste your Google Analytics
code into the box.

Don?t forget to log-in to your Google account regularly to track your Web
site statistics!







net*FAQ**  **Frequently Asked Questions*

*In v.2 of netAdventist we could make navigation links viewable (or not)
based on login access. **Does** v.3 **provide** this same functionality**?**
It is a very user friendly way to limit access to reserved content -- by
simply not providing the navigation link to those who should not access it.*



Yes, *net*Adventist v.3 provides this same functionality. Items that have an
access level to them (such as Content Pages, Document Groups, Forms,
Announcements, etc.) should disappear appropriately when added to your
menus.  However, keep in mind that not all items have access levels
available to them yet.



If you aren?t sure what access level your content has, check the *Page
Properties* by scrolling to the bottom of your content?s editing screen.
Look for ?*Who can view this page?*? You will see five levels of access,
including a custom access level you can create.




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*To submit a question or an article idea* for future newsletters,
click here<nicoleb at netadventist.org?subject=Newsletter%20Question%20or%20Idea>to
email Nicole Batten. We also encourage you to share your user
experiences
with us. We may use your story in an upcoming issue. Great ideas and
innovative content are meant to be shared! We also encourage you to share
links, content, or applications that you think would benefit other
*net*Adventist
users.

*To submit a change of email address* for your own subscription or to
unsubscribe, click
here<newsletter-owner at netadventist.org?subject=Subscription%20Change>.
This newsletter is published twice monthly, on the first and third week of
the month, for *net*Adventist users.

*Publisher:* Office of Global Technology & Software, General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists

*Director:* John Beckett

*Editor:* Nicole M. Batten



*This e-newsletter is a service of netAdventist and the Office of Global
Technology & Software.*
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