First, login, then go here: https://civ-core.indivisiblepv.info/wp-admin/
(Note: the link to this page on the left panel will only be visible to Admin users.)
Add User
- Go to the User, All Users page.
- Verify the user doesn’t already exist. If they do, click “Password Reset” for their user, since they have probably forgotten they have a user account for this site.
- Click on “Add User”
- User Name – add their email
- First Name – optional
- Last Name – optional, or last name initial
- Website – optional
- Password – accept what is shown, because the User will be resetting it.
- Send User Notification – check the box
- Role – details can be found here: Roles and Capabilities
- Subscriber – we don’t use this one because our blog doesn’t send out emails.
- Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them. An Editor user can publish their posts.
- Author – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts. They have shown they can follow the site’s “style.”
- Editor – somebody who can publish and manage others’ posts (and pages). Editors can also add/remove tags and categories.
- Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site. I.e., plugins, menus, etc. Do we trust them with the entire site?
- Click on “Add User”
- Send a Note to the new user to help them get started.
Note to New User
Copy/paste the following text and send it to the new user. This would also be sent if their password is reset.
Hi [Name],
A user for the Indivisible Portola Valley: Resources website has been created for you. You should have received a message from WordPress. Look for:
Subject: [Indivisible Portola Valley: Resources] Login Details
From: WordPress wordpress@civ-core.indivisiblepv.info
Click on the first link to set your password.
After you set your password, you will be redirected to https://civ-core.indivisiblepv.info/wp-admin/. For now, you can ignore
this and go to the site at https://civ-core.indivisiblepv.info
(The link is in the upper-left corner of the wp-admin page).
See the “For Authors” link on the left panel to get to the directions on how to add posts to the site.
In addition to copying items from the indivisiblepv.com site, feel free to add links to other articles or books that you think will help strengthen our democracy.
If you have questions or need help, feel free to contact me.
New Admin
- Create an Admin user for the two WordPress sites.
- Add the user to the Google group admin-bar-indivisiblepv. The user will want to set up a “filter” for these messages.
- User needs to create a Fastbots account. Then they can be added to the bot config area.
- Give the user access to the Google Drive folder Project/IndivisiblePV; see IPV-BIR/README.pdf for a description of the folders and files.
- Give user access to Google Drive folder: Project/IPV-Admin
- admin-doc.pdf – describes access and setup of KeePass.
- indivisiblePV.kdbx – KeePass DB with access credentials. Credential names are shown with (KP: name).
- web-costs – This spreadsheet outlines the website’s costs.
- Install KeePass on the user’s computer. Download the DB from GDrive, and give the user the password.
Sites
Hosting Service for WordPress Sites
https://hpanel.hostinger.com/ – (KP: hostinger-plan-barafnel) – host site for WordPress sites and domains.
Primary Site
https://civ-core.indivisiblepv.info – main WordPress site. For admin access, add /wp-admin to the end of the URL
Admin – (KP: resources-admin-brafnel) Bruce’s admin password. Recommend that each admin have their own password.
FTP access – (KP: resources-ftp)
SSH access – (KP: resources-ssh-bruceraf) – Bruce’s ssh access. Requires brcueraf ssh key
Test Site
https://test.civ-core.indivisiblepv.info – test WordPress site. Test changes to: fastbots, plugins, code, css, pages, and theme updates.
Admin – (KP: test-admin-barafnel) Bruce’s admin password. If saving a password in the browser’s password manager, it should match the resource site.
Internal Documentation
Plugins and Apps
- USP – User Submitted Post plugin – (KP: plugin-usp-pro) – Bruce bought a lifetime license.
- https://plugin-planet.com/category/docs+usp-pro/ – docs
- custom-field-shortcode plugin: This should be turned into a code snippet. https://github.com/TurtleEngr/plugin-custom-field-shortcode
- https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-submitted-posts/ – forum for USP plugin – (KP: wordpress.org-forum-bruceraf) – Bruce’s forum user. Each admin should have one of their own.
- https://app.fastbots.ai – (KP: fastbots-barafnel) – Chatbot configuration. Steve paid for 1yr.
- Claude chat plugin – custom code. https://github.com/TurtleEngr/WP-Claude-Interface
- Code Snippets plugin – Custom PHP code (e.g., RSS feeds) and CSS are put here.
Google Groups
- admin-bar-indivisiblepv@googlegroups.com – https://groups.google.com/g/admin-bar-indivisiblepv – (KP: admin-bar-indivisiblepv-googlegroup) – Google Group for admin messages from Hostinger and Fastbots. Current members: Bruce, Steve
- ipv-admin@googlegroups.com – https://groups.google.com/g/ipv-admin – Form: Contact Website Administrator will send to this group. Subject prefix: [ipv-admin]. Current members:
- ipv-contact@googlegroups.com – https://groups.google.com/g/ipv-contact – Form: Contact Us will send to this group. Subject prefix: [ipv-contact]. Current Members: Bruce, IPV-Counsil
- ipv-join@googlegroups.com – https://groups.google.com/g/ipv-join – Form: Join Indivisible Portola Valley will send to this group. Subject prefix: [ipv-join]. Current members: Bruce, Cindi
- ipv-post@googlegroups.com – https://groups.google.com/g/ipv-post -Forms: Add Post Form and Add Event Form will send to this group. Subject prefix: [ipv-post]. Current members: Bruce, Steve, Olivia?
More Docs
See the PDFs in the Google Drive at: IndivisiblePV -> Website -> implementation