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  • General Information
    1. Choose the event category.
    2. Enter a title.
    3. If you want a shorter title to display in the Sidebar, enter a subtitle. Otherwise the Sidebar will inherit the main title.
    4. Choose a department: School of Law.

       
  • Publish and Expiration Dates
    1. Choose a publish date: this does not affect the Sidebar, but is required for the website.
    2. Choose an expiration date: this does not affect the Sidebar, but is required for the website.
  • Event Information
    1. Enter an event start date. This directly affects which edition of the Sidebar an event item will appear in.
    2. Enter a location.
    3. Enter all other relevant event information.
  • Public Contact Information
    1. Choose the main contact for this item.
  • Filters
    • Where to Post
      • All news and event items: select Departmental News and Events, required for website.

         
      • Events
        • Select "Law: Sidebar"

           
    • Audiences
      • This does not affect the Sidebar, but at least one selection is required for the website.

  • Description
    • Enter a teaser in the opening paragraph.
    • Enter the remaining content in other paragraphs.
  • Web Addresses
    • Enter any relevant web/email addresses
  • Media
    • Upload a thumbnail (640x450).
    • Enter a relevant, short thumbnail description (alt).
    • Upload other media if needed.
  • Notes
    • Type any special instructions for the approvers if needed.
  • Submit
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  • Create a new Sidebar page
    1. Navigate to Base Folder -> /student-affairs/publications/sidebar
    2. Copy the most recently created Sidebar
    3. Give it a system name (file name) in the format of YYYY-MM


  • Go into Edit mode, then fill in the issue details
    1. Type in the title as Volume #, Number # - Month Day, Year


    2. Fill in a start and end date of events you want to pull in. This is based on MyPostings event start dates, which means the Sidebar will pull events in that have a starting date within the provided range.


  • Update the Deadlines and Extra Modules (if needed)
    • To add an extra module, simply click the green plus sign, as demonstrated by the following screenshot.

    • Each module has three high level pieces of info:
      • Important Deadlines
        • Title
        • Content/HTML (can contain links)
      • Extra Modules
        • Title
        • Content/HTML (can contain links)
    • To remove a module simply click its red minus sign.
    • To reorder a module click the up or down blue arrows to place it in the proper position. 
  • Submit
    • Click Submit
    • The Sidebar issues are set to auto-publish, so you don't have to wait for any technical or content review like your other web pages.
    • To view your new edition on the website, from within Cascade just click on the Live tab when in View mode of your new page. It will provide you with a URL of where your new page lives.
    • As soon as you are happy with your new Sidebar, submit a publish request for  http://www.sandiego.edu/law/student-affairs/publications/sidebar via our web form at http://www.sandiego.edu/law/forms/communications/web-request.php. Until your publish request is made, the index page for the Sidebar will continue to pull in your previous edition.
  • Log in to BlueHornet
  • Go to Message -> Create Message
     
  • Fill out the first screen's details as normal. Remember to choose Basic Test Message under Message Type.
  • Click Next
     
  • On this next screen, make sure to apply the Sidebar template in the WYSIWYG (Berta, update screenshot)


  • Now go into the Source view within the WYSIWYG


  • Find the row in the source code that says <!-- ### place sidebar content here ### -->
     
  • In Firefox or Chrome, load your latest Sidebar that you just published., http://www.sandiego.edu/law/student-affairs/publications/sidebar/YYYY-MM-DD.php where YYYY-MM-DD is the current issue you're working on.
     
  • Once your Sidebar loads, right click on the Upcoming Events heading and choose Inspect Element.


  • Another pane in your browser tab appears. This pane will show you the HTML structure of your page. You'll notice a TR tag that have class="copy-to-sidebar". This is the rows we'll copy into our BlueHornet Sidebar template.


  • Copy and paste this TR with class="copy-for-bluehornet". 
    • You can copy a TR by right clicking on that TR in the Inspect Element window and choosing Copy -> Copy element. 
    • After copying just switch tabs back to BlueHornet and paste in the appropriate location within the Source view.
    • Once copied, click the Source button to see your Sidebar in design mode to make sure you appropriately pasted in the TR.


  • Switch back to your browser/tab with BlueHornet, then paste the copied TR over the <!-- ### place sidebar content here ### --> you located earlier. 
     
  • Once you are done pasting in your row, go back into Source view, you will need to update the volume/issue number in two locations. Search for 2015 and update it with the current month and year. 

  • Switch out of Source view, then finish out the Sidebar settings in BlueHornet then Send, starting with a Basic Test Message until you are satisfied.

 

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