Creating Web Calendars

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1 Creating Web Calendars You can create a FirstClass-type calendar for your web site. You add calendar items just as you do to your personal calendar. Note: You must add calendar items using the calendar in Web Publishing. The version on your web site is read only. To add a calendar to your web site: 2. Open the folder in which you want your calendar, if necessary. 4. Select Web Calendar. 5. Open the calendar. 6. Click View in Browser to see the default appearance of your calendar. Change the appearance, if desired. 7. Click Appearance, then select the template you want your calendar to use. You can view your choice by clicking View in Browser. Note: Both you and readers of your web site can change the dates displayed by clicking the links on either side of the date above the calendar. 8. Change the default calendar name, if desired. Right-click on the calendar folder in the left pane and choose Rename to make the name editable. Type the new name and then press Enter/Return. To check your entry on the web, click View in Browser with the blog selected. 1

2 Making Your FirstClass Web Calendar Work! This only applies to your web page calendar! 1. Open your Web Publishing Folder 2. Locate your web calendar in the left pane. 3. Right click on the calendar and select Permissions. 4. In the Permissions window, enter your name. Press Return/Enter. Under the Access drop-down, select Editor. 5. Next enter All Users. Press Return/Enter. Under the Access drop-down, select Schedule + Details. 6. Close the window and then you may rename and add events to your web calendar. 2

3 Creating Podcasts A podcast is a collection of audio or video tracks or clips (episodes). You first create a podcast to hold your episodes, then you create your episodes inside it. To create a podcast: 2. Open the folder in which you want your podcast, if necessary. 4. Select Podcast. 5. Open the podcast. 6. Click View in Browser to see the default appearance of your podcast. 7. Change the appearance, if desired. Click Appearance and then select the template you want your podcast to use. You can view your choice by clicking View in Browser. 8. Change the default podcast name, if desired. Right-click on the Podcast folder in the left pane and choose Rename to make the name editable. Type the new name and then press Enter/Return. To create an episode for your podcast: 1. Double-click on the podcast folder in the left pane. 2. Click New Episode. 3. Add the audio or video content. a. Drag an audio or video file to the Podcast Episode form. b. You can record your podcast directly in FirstClass if your computer is connected to a microphone. To do this, click Record Episode. 4. Update the fields on the Podcast Episode form to identify the episode. 5. To check your episode on the web, click View in Browser with the podcast selected. 3

4 Creating Blogs A blog is an online diary to which you add dated entries. You first create a blog to hold your blog entries, then you create blog entries inside it. To create a blog for your web site: 2. Open the folder in which you want your blog, if necessary. 4. Select Blog. 5. Double-click on the Blog in the left pane to open the blog. 6. Click View in Browser to see the default appearance of your blog. 7. Change the appearance, if desired. a. Click Appearance and select the template you want your blog to use. You can view your choice by clicking View in Browser. 8. Change the default blog name, if desired. 9. Change the default blog name, if desired. Right-click on the Blog folder in the left pane and choose Rename to make the name editable. Type the new name and then press Enter/Return. To create an entry in your blog: 1. Double-click on the blog folder in the left pane. 2. Click New Blog Entry. 3. Add and format the entry s content. 4. You can choose File > Save whenever you want to be sure your work is saved. 5. Click Save and Close when you are done. You will be asked to supply a name for your entry. Note: Before you close the entry, you can give it a name. The entry is automatically dated today. You can click the date if you want to change it. To check your entry on the web, click View in Browser with the blog selected. 4

5 Creating Listing Folders You can create a folder that holds files you upload and want to publish as a list. Examples of use: Store PDF files that you want visitors to download o r create a photo gallery using thumbnails. To create a listing folder: 2. Open the folder in which you want your listing folder, if necessary. 4. Select Listing Folder. 5. Open the listing folder. 6. Click View in Browser to see the default appearance of your listing folder. 7. Change the appearance, if desired. Click Appearance and select the template you want your listing folder to use. You can view your choice by clicking View in Browser. 8. Change the default listing folder name, if desired. Right-click on the listing folder in the left pane and choose Rename to make the name editable. Type the new name and then press Enter/Return. 9. Upload any files you want to appear in this listing folder. You can change a file's name or other properties by right-clicking on the file s name and selecting Properties. 5