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This page collects information about how to use
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[hacdc.org](http://hacdc.org/)'s copy of Drupal. To use the website to
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create content, you need to sign up for an account on the drupal page,
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activate your account (follow instructions in the email), and then bug
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Will Gibb to make sure your account is setup as a member.
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# Creating a blog post
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The site's blog content is driven by content nodes. To add something to
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it, [create a new story "node"](http://hacdc.org/node/add/story) and
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fill it out the page appropriately. Give your story a title and content.
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You can add content in HTML, Wordpress or drupal wiki markup langauge.
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You have the option of splitting your post into two parts, with the
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"Split summary at cursor" option, if you have a longer post than you
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feel is appropriate for the main site.
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Your post will automatically be sent to the HacDC twitter feed. You can
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disable this (why would you?) or change the title. You can use !url,
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!url-alias, !tinyurl, !title and !user as replacement text.
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You can also attach images to your post and use them inline. You can
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also post images to the wiki. To do that, you can use the <img> HTML
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tag, and set your input to "Full HTML". You can read more about how to
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use the img tag here \[syntax\]
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<http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp> and here \[examples\]
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<http://www.htmlkit.com/minit/pages/imgtag1.html> Poke around the drupal
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site and see how other authors have used the img tag in their posts, to
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do positioning. Katie has some pretty good examples.
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# Adding an Event
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Drupal's [calendar](http://hacdc.org/date-browser) is driven by content
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nodes. To add something to it, [create a new event
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"node"](http://hacdc.org/node/add/event) and fill it out. That node is
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what the calendar will link to. If you select "Promoted to front page"
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(under "Publishing options") it will also be published to the front
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page, as a blog post like thing. **Note:** Please include an end time as
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well as a start time, even if it's just approximate. Otherwise chaos
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will ensue as different pieces of software assume different things.
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Once you have created an event, it may take an hour or more for it to
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appear in the web side's sidebar and in the Google Calendar version of
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our calendar. |