Don’t be discouraged by the apparent length of these instructions – have a go. The instructions include the details on how to add photos and how to add a link to another web page – and you may not even want to do these things, so they can be skipped.
If it all goes pear-shaped, you can simply delete your post at any time.
- If you have photos to be included, resize your photos to something no bigger than 1280×1024 pixels, or a couple of hundred kilobytes in size each. (There is usually no point in having them bigger than this, and they will be much quicker to upload – important when youâve got a dodgy internet connection). A free program for Windows computers called Image ReSizer is nice and easy to use.
- Log in to the MARC WA web page
- Click âNews and Postsâ on the menu
- Scroll down and click âLog Inâ underneath the âModel A Restorerâs Club of WAâ heading right down the bottom
- enter your user name (or the email address you supplied when you requested your user name) and password
- If you are using your own personal computer, you may want to tick the âRemember Meâ box (but donât if you are using some public access computer)
- Go to â+ Newâ at the very top, and select âPostâ from the drop-down menu
- Enter the title for your post
- Enter the text
- Upload photos
- Place the cursor where you want to insert a photo,
- Select âAdd Mediaâ (between your title and the toolbar above the post)
- Select the âUpload Filesâ tab at the top left
- Either drag and drop your photos into the window, or click âSelect Filesâ and select your photos
- If you have uploaded multiple photos, select the ones you want to go into the post by clicking on them while holding the Ctrl key down
- Click âInsert into postâ (bottom right)
- To insert a link to another page somewhere out there on the internet:
- Copy the “URL” of the page you want the link to (the bit up the top in the Address Bar that usually starts “https://blabla..” or http://blabla…”). On a Windows machine, simply click on the address so it all goes blue, then hit Ctrl and C
- Put the cursor where you want your link
- Click on the button in the toolbar that looks like some links of a chain
- Click the gearwheel button on the end of the box that popped-up
- Paste your copied link into the URL box (on a Windows machine, simply hit Ctrl and V)
- Enter the text that you would like to be displayed (eg “click here”) – otherwise the gobbledy-gook URL will be displayed
- Select the box that says “Open Link in a New Tab”
- Click “Add Link” down the bottom
- Select the Category for your post (lower right)
- When youâre done, click âPublishâ (centre-right)
- Select âModel A Restorerâs Club of WA Incâ in the very top left to return to the normal club website and view your post on the âNews and Postsâ page
- If you are viewing your post and want to make a change, select âEditâ on the line under the post