Note: most of this are just tips that come from our experience with creating pages, rather than hard and fast rules. Page layout tips 1. Break things up: Its not good to have too much unbroken text. You can break things up by using images, videos, quotes and bullet...
These are checklists to use when periodically checking your site When there is not an active Peace Run Maybe there is nothing happening, maybe there are some one off events. Bear in mind this is actually most of the time. Update your press release (often releases...
These are all the help pages we created for themes that used the Divi Page Builder. These Divi-based themes were our main meditation designs from 2014 to 2019, and quite a few sites still use them. We recommend switching to the Dhyana theme, especially if you are just...
Here are some small features that have not been covered on other pages List all meditation sites You can list all sites by adding this ‘shortcode’ to your editing area [meditation-sites]. Custom options There are a few meditation site custom options under...
There is already a page on the technical aspects of adding posts. This page is more about how to make content on Radio and TV that will serve the public better. But if you need technical assistance with the things described in this page (eg exxerpt, tags, categories)...
As you have probably read on other help pages, the hierarchical parent/child menu is disappearing, and being replaced by a new system of content which we feel will be much easier for visitors to navigate and get what they want. All content prior to January 2014 has...
Due to technical difficulties, we can no longer enable new photos to be uploaded to gallery.srichinmoyraces.org. As an alternative, we suggest Smug Mug. The advantage of Smug Mug is that we aim to be able to integrate photos from Smug Mug into Sri Chinmoy Races. Note:...
Many images from a camera are 5MB or even more, but this is far too big to add to a website. Large images slow the website down and create a bad experience for users. Also, in many websites that use ‘lazyloading’ (like our Dhyana theme) they can take a...
There are three ways to add images into an article Add images as slideshow (760×440 and 900×600 pixels. less than 200kb) See: Add article images at bottom’ Add images full-width ‘centre’ (recommended minimum of 700 px) Add images...
Before starting on your country site, it is good to ask, what exactly do you want people to do when they reach it? The two main answers usually are For people who have heard a little about us already, to find out more and get a sense of who we are Find about the...
Starting a member site To create a member site, we are now looking for the following: At least 1 article already written, a 2-3 line bio of the author, a nice picture of the author, a sample ‘welcome to my site’ introductory paragraph that we can add to...
Good images can really help improve your webpage. For basic web editing, there are 3 main things to take care of: Cropping: Remove parts of your image that don’t matter. Good images for web focus on the central topic and don’t contain a lot of clutter....
If you wish to use images in your site, you need to be very careful of copyright. You can’t just use an image you find on internet. These sources help make sure that the images you use are not bound by copyright. However, you still need to check licence...
Races site users: see note Files can be uploaded whilst editing a page in the exact same way that images can. You can access your filesystem in 2 ways: press the ‘Link’ button (the globe and chain) and press ‘Browse Server’ to go to your...
I can’t see how to add headings. Sometimes only one row of buttons is exposed in the text editor. If you press the button on the very right (that says show/hide kitchen sink when you hover over it) then a second row will appear – the headers will be...
On this page: Examples • Why use shortcodes • General format Shortcodes allow you to bring many different types of content into your site, by adding a special piece of text encloded in square brackets: Examples: Here are some examples of shortcodes, and what they will...
Note: This is for our themes that are based on the Divi theme builder (Inspire, Discover, Tokyo, Australia). If you are using our most recent Dhyana theme, the help page is here. One feature of the Page Builder is the ability to use ‘Libraries’ to load...
Videos make an excellent way to give seekers a different medium for learning about our meditation classes / Centre. To get ideas about creating videos, have a look at some examples of videos here. In short: think of how you would present meditation and centre at a...
If you would like to have subtitled videos in your site (or for use classes, etc), there are about 70 of them on various topics which can be easily subtitled in your language. You only need to edit a template text file, which can be obtained upon request. List of the...
Types of videos we are looking for How to share videos General guidelines Technical tips 1. Types of videos we are looking for Interviews: Sri Chinmoy asked us to show the public who we are. We are very keen for interviews with disciples talking about aspects of the...
Nicely-written text in the search engine listing can also influence people to choose to visit your site over sites that may rank higher. If more people choose your site, this then will help you move up the search engine rankings. On this page: How to change the search...
Pages created after Jan 2014 From the dashboard go to the link under ‘Import 2014 content from old site’, and check if the page is there and migrate it if so. The page will then show up in the ‘Unsorted content’ page for you to categorise. If...
Here are some videos hosted on Sri Chinmoy TV that might prove useful to add to your site. To use the videos, visit the page on Sri Chinmoy TV, click Embed and copy the URL. There is a help page on embedding videos here » Talks by Sri Chinmoy TV interview from 1977...
