Website

Tutorials for how to use our wordpress site

Basics of Editing A Page

To edit a page:

  1. Login to wordpress by going to your campus site login page. example : neatlanta.gracechurches.org/wp-admin/ or barberton.gracechurches.org/wp-admin/
    1. You will need to be part of the Webmaster Distribution List in order to receive the Authentication code via email.
  2. Once logged in you'll see the admin bar at the top. Navigate to the page you want to edit and then click 'Enable Visual Builder'Enable-Visual-Builder.png
  3. From there you can click on text to edit 

To save changes:

  1. Click the purple circle with the ellipsisElipsis-Save.png
  2. Then click the green save button to the bottom right to save your changesVB-Save.png

To edit text on a page

  1. Click directly on the text and you should see the text cursor ( the | symbol that shows where you're typing) and you can begin editing.

note: if you're not able to click to edit the text, it may be part of a module. See example below on how to edit a button for instance.

To edit a button

  1. Click on the button to reveal the module settings and click the gear icon to open the settingsEdit-Button.png
  2. This will open the Button Settings and you can edit the button text as seen highlighted belowbutton-settings.png
  3. After you're done, confirm your changes by clicking the green check box as seen circled above.
  4. Don't forget to save your page as described above in 'To Save Changes'

Divi Overlays

Sometimes having a pop up could be beneficial when you don't want to send someone away from the website. That's where an overlay can come in. you can essentially have a whole page or a small box show up. Here is an example

pop-modal-windows-with-divi[1].gif

Here is the documentation how to use them:

https://divilife.com/knowledge-base/divi-overlays-documentation/

Edit Norton RSVP Overlay

  1. Go to the overlay page https://norton.gracechurches.org/divi_overlay/rsvp/
  2. Click 'Edit Divi Overlay' image-1613400654054.png

  3. Edit Dates and Button links
  4. Save
  5. Go to the RSVP Page again and check the dates are correct and the forms match with the dates
  6. Now you need to clear the cache on pages where the overlay is present. This is on the Weekend Experience Page and the In Person (Regathering) Page. Go to those pages and click Purge Current Pageimage-1613401266106.png

How to Add Groups to Group Page

Overview of how groups syncing works

  1. In Gracelink, groups are created and certain settings are necessary to have it sync to Wordpress
  2. Then in Wordpress we sync the groups
  3. Then all these groups get pulled together by the Grid Plugin 

Rights Needed

Check the Group is ready on Gracelink

  1. Go to the group on Gracelink and click 'Group Actions' and then 'Edit group settings'

    image-1613404482020.png

  2. On the General Tab:
    1. If you haven't added an image for the group add a 16x9 image
    2. Confirm the group is the correct Group Type i.e. Life Group, Connect Group, Grace Group

      image-1613404819160.png

  3. On the When & Where Tab, make sure it's filled out.
  4. On the Options Tab, make sure Public Search is checked. If it isn't, it won't get pulled by the Wordpress plugin

    image-1613405042050.png

Sync groups on Wordpress

(Remember that you'll need admin rights on the website or need to ask someone who does have admin rights to do this)

  1. On the Wordpress Dashboard, go to CCB Core API > Synchronize

    image-1613406082756.png

  2. Click Synchronize and let the groups sync

    image-1613406243616.png

  3. Then you need to go to your group page and click 'Purge Current Page' at the top of the page

    image-1613406451120.png

 

Troubleshooting tips

If a group is not syncing:

Editing the Menu

There are two sections of the Menu. The section highlighted in red is the Main Menu (Primary Menu) and the menu highlighted in green is called the Top Header (Secondary Menu)

image-1619464253334.jpg

  1. To Edit the Menu, you'll go to the Wordpress Dashboard and select Appearance and then Menusimage-1619463924435.png
  2. Select the menu you need to edit that is referred to above. Then press the 'Select' button.

    image-1619464318886.png

  3. To add a something to the menu, select it from the 'Add menu items' section. Most likely you will be choosing from the Pages section or adding a Custom Link.

    image-1619465164402.png

 

Fix CSS Loading Issue (Page looks Scrambled)

When we edit certain things on the site, certain cache needs refreshed. If your page looks like this:

image-1643047532146.png

Here is how to fix it.

image-1643048805694.gif

  1. On the dashboard, go to Divi and Theme Options 
    image-1643047586086.png

  2. Then Builder>Advanced

    image-1643047868842.png

  3.  Enable CSS File Generation and click the Clear Button

    image-1643048008080.png

    image-1643048177481.png

  4.  DISABLE STATIC CSS File Generation after you've cleared it.
    image-1643048008080.png
  5. Then hit save changes

    image-1643048543961.png

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Events

To add an event to the featured events:

Before we start:

  1. Go to the event page either by going to events in the Wordpress dashboard or finding it on the Calendar, and then clicking
    image-1646327207060.png

    or finding it on the Calendar, going to the event page, and then clicking Edit Event

    image-1646327306998.png

  2. On the Right side check the featured Event Category underlined. (as a note, the featured event check box down below in the Event Options will just highlight the event on the calendar)

    image-1646328114162.png

  3.  

    Make sure you have a 16x9 featured image added

    image-1646328277432.png

  4. Hit Save

 

Add an Anchor Point to a Page

SOURCE: How To Create Anchor Links in Divi 2023 – Step by Step (divimundo.com)

Anchor Points are sections, rows, or elements down in a page that you want users to be taken directly to when they click on a link that has an anchor point in it. The locations of the  are often not at the top of a page which is where you are usually directed to when you open new page, and anchor points basically scrolls down to where the section is automatically. 

Here is how to utilize Anchor Points using the Divi Builder:

  1. Identify your page where you want to use an anchor point. Example, our About page on the Gathering Point site:

    image.png


  2. Say we have a link on our Home page, and we want to take a user to a section on the About page. At the very bottom there is a Carousel playing a Discovery Group and Baptism Information slide.
    image.png
  3. Edit the settings of the section you want to set as an anchor point. Go to Advanced tab in the Section settings, and edit the CSS ID field. Give it a name, but don't include spaces.
    image.png
  4. On the page you want the link to the Anchor point (this example is our home page), edit the element you want to insert a link with and insert a link to the page with the Anchor point (our about page). Then append the name of the anchor point we gave in step 3 (nextstep) with the # character preceding the name. Put the full link in any of the link fields you want to be active:

    image.png


Wordpress is logging you out repeatedly

Currently the Multisite has an issue with logging you out of the blue. If the site is logging you repeatedly, one thing you can try is to clear the cache out of your browser that you are editing on. Refer to the Clear Caches and Cookie guides for your specific browser: 

Purchased Plugins

Divi Life All Access

Divi Plugins

Pee-Aye Creative 

DModules Hide & Show