Instructional Guide for Managing Board Portal Content
Adding Notifications
Example:

Add New Post Page:

Instructions:
- begin by clicking on Posts in the dashboard menu

- select Add New Post

- Add the notification title in the Add Title section
- The area labeled “Type / to choose a block” is the content area of the post. For standard text, simply begin typing, copy and paste content, or use the blue + button in the upper left to add other page structures such as columns or buttons
- to right of the + button, in order:

- the edit/select button – switches between editing blocks and just being able to select and move them around
- Undo – undoes last action
- Redo – redoes the last undone action
- Document Overview – shows a list view of all parts of the content area of notification, useful for directly selecting individual parts or moving sections around
- In the righthand column, make sure Post is selected at the top

- Under Category, select the checkbox beside Announcement AND the checkbox for the subgroup of announcements (Agenda Revision, Document Amendments, & Meeting) Updates)

- To preview your notification/post
- select Save Draft in the upper righthand corner
- click on the monitor icon to right of Save Draft and then select Preview in New Tab
- When finished, click on Publish in the upper righthand corner

Adding Meetings
Example:

Add New Meeting Page:

Instructions:
begin by clicking on Meetings in the dashboard menu

- select Add New

- Add the meeting title in the Add Title section
- Enter meeting info in to the content box
- Below the content box is Content Permissions, this can be used to restrict who can see this meeting even for those logged in, specifically for board members or marketing users.

- In the righthand column
- add the meeting date
- select whether the meeting is visible to the public (non-logged in users)

- add supporting documents in their appropriate sections
- each document can be set to private individually

- To preview your meeting
- select Save Draft in the upper righthand corner
- then click on the Preview button
- When finished, click on Publish in the upper righthand corner

Adding Users
Add New User Page:

Instructions:
- begin by clicking on Users in the dashboard menu
- select Add New User
- fill out the user information

- use either the generated password or add a desired password

- keep the Send the new user an email about their account checkbox checked
- this will also give them the option to add a new password

- select their User Role

- click on Add New user

Adding Glossary Definitions
Example:

Add New Definition Page:

Instructions:
- begin by clicking on Glossary in the dashboard menu

- select Add New

- Add the new glossary word in the Add Title section
- Enter definition in to the content box
- in the righthand column, select the letter the word will be found under

- when finished, select Publish in the upper righthand corner

Updating the Alert Bar
Example:

Options Page:

Instructions:
- begin by selecting Notification Bar under Settings in the dashboard menu

- there are two main sections, Display and Content
- most options under Display won’t be needed, but some are relevant
- the notification bar can be turned off or on using the Enabled checkbox

- the Keep Closed checkbox makes the bar stay closed on a page refresh if users click on the close button

- most changes will be done under Content
- you can change the message, what the button says, whether the button shows up, and where the button links to

- hovering over the ? next any field will give you a tooltip explanation of that function

- when finished, select Save Changes in the upper righthand corner
