Re: Digest Issue creation steps.

From: Debby Nicholson <burke49_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 17:30:10 -0400

Thank you Tim!
Debby

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> On Aug 1, 2019, at 4:49 PM, Tim Grady <tgrady_at_orionpsi.com> wrote:
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> Here are the steps we reviewed for updating the Digest issue pages. The spreadsheet for tracking progress is here, and the issues are divided into four-year chunks.
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> Some of the older issue may not exist, and you can note these in the "Status" column as "N/A" so we know we've checked them off.
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> Setup:
> Assumes you have a local temp folder to store image and PDF files being moved from the Back office into Drupal
> It may be most useful to have the old site displayed on one side of your monitor and the Drupal site on the other
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> In the old site:
> Select the Digest Issue in the old site to be updated in Drupal
> Select the first article in the issue
> Note (or copy) the title of the article
> Right click on the image of the pdf, on the left side of the page
> Select "Save Link as…" and save the PDF to the temp folder
> Select "Save Image as…" and save the JPG image to the temp folder
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> In Drupal:
> Go to the Content admin screen
> Search for the article title from the old site (above)
> Select the article in Drupal
> Select (click) on "Back to Issue"
> Select 'edit' in the Issue page
> Change the title to "The Digest"
> Set the issue type to 'Digest'
> Set the Issue number to the number of the month for this issue (Jan = 1, Feb = 2, Mar = 3, etc.)
> Set the Issue date to the first of that month
> In the right column, uncheck "Generate automatic URL alias"
> Set the URL alias to /digest-<year>-<month> using a two-digit month, e.g. "/digest-2019-02"
> Select 'Save'
> Select 'edit' on the issue page again
> Select 'Featured Article'
> Copy the title of the article above into the Featured Article field
> Drupal should display the title to confirm it's recognized
> Under 'Links', in the URL field, enter "The Digest Archives"
> Drupal should display the title of this page to confirm it's recognized
> In 'Link Text', enter "Browse the Archives"
> Select 'save'
> Select 'edit' on the issue page again
> Select 'Featured Article' (again)
> Select 'Issue Cover'
> Select 'Upload New Image'
> Select 'Choose File'
> Navigate to the temp file (above)
> Select the JPG file that was downloaded previously
> In the 'Name' Field, enter "The Digest" and the month and day (e.g. "The Digest, February 2019"; copy this text into the Alternative text field too.
> Select 'Save image'
> Select 'Issue Download'
> Select 'Upload new file' (the center of the three choices)
> In the Name field, enter "The Digest" and the month and day, like the image fields above
> Select "Choose file" and navigate to the Temp folder, if necessary
> Open the PDF file for this issue
> Select "Save File"
> Select "Save" at the bottom of the page
> Select 'edit' on the issue page (again)
> Select 'Components'
> Select 'Add Two-up listing' from the components drop-down
> In the Title field, add "Research Summaries"
> Enter the second article title from the old site into the "Item" field in Drupal
> For each of the remaining articles from this issue on the old site, add the title as an additional 'Item' in the two-up listing component.
> Select 'Save' at the bottom of the page
> Go to the next issue in the old site (above)
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> You might want to empty the temp file to prevent it from getting clogged with old contents.
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> Thanks,
> Tim
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Received on Thu Aug 01 2019 - 17:30:36 EDT