Project: Copy Resources from IndivisiblePV.com

Table of Contents

Overview

Goal: Copy and categorize resources from https://indivisiblepv.com to this site.

Each resource item copied is made into a “post.” The posts are categorized and tagged so related posts can be more easily found directly or with the search forms. An AI search and summarize tool (under development) will use this and other related sites. For people who want to “browse,” we can easily create pages to highlight important topics.

A submission form has been created to help with the copy process. See: Submit a Post

Note: if you want a simpler process that doesn’t require a user, you can fill the following form: Add Post Form

Getting Started

Before you get started, have you received an email with your
user for the site? It will look something like this:

Subject: [Indivisible Portola Valley: Resources] Login Details
From: WordPress wordpress@test.indivisiblepv.info
To: YourEmail

Username: YourEmail

To set your password, visit the following address:

https://test.indivisiblepv.info/wp-login.php?login=YourEmail&key=xTGol7uoarDh0vRz640E&action=rp

https://test.indivisiblepv.info/wp-login.php

After you set your password, you will be redirected to
https://test.indivisiblepv.info/wp-admin/ For now, you can ignore this, and just go to the site at https://test.indivisiblepv.info (The link is in the upper-left corner of the wp-admin page).

Process

Select an item that has not been copied

  • Go to https://indivisiblepv.com
  • And, with another tab, go to the IPV Resource List Google Spreadsheet to see what has been copied.
  • When you have picked an item, check it off in the IPV Resource List, so others won’t start copying it too.
  • (First? We need to set the Priority for the items in the IPV Resource List)

Go to Submit a Post

  • The first part of the form verifies that you are logged in to your user for this site and that you know the security question.
  • The “Describe…” links below the fields provide more information about what goes into each field.

Copy/paste or type the text for the fields in the form

  • You might need to “dig” to find the Author, Publisher, and the Date for an item. For books, go to a site where you can buy the book to get those details.
  • The Date will become the post’s date. That could be many years in the past, but that is OK, because the post can be found with the categories and tags.
    • Tip: if the date is many years in the past, click on the calendar icon, select any date, then edit the date in the field.
  • Fill in the Recommended by field with the person(s) who recommended the item. Some of the items on the IPV site describe who recommended it. Just the first name and last initial is enough. This makes it clear that a post may be a personal recommendation rather than an official IPV recommendation. See: Guidelines for Posts for more details.

Content

  • For the post’s Content, you can usually just copy/paste most of the item’s content, including images. Tip: Select the “Visual” tab so that images and links will be copied when you cut/paste.
  • Most video links will be converted to embedded videos.
  • Note: If the Content text box is too small, you can make it larger. Look for the icon at the lower-right of the box, click and drag it down.
  • Filling out the main Link field is usually just a copy/paste from the link on the IPV item’s page. The other links in the item’s content can be copied along with it.
  • Filling out the Archive Link is optional, but you can help with that. See: How to make links that last

Categories

  • Select the category field’s drop-down and select all the relevant categories. Always select one or more of the “media” categories. For example, a post could be for an article, but if it also has a related video, the video category would be added.
  • (Usually, the top “parent” categories are not selected.)
  • If you need help categorizing, see: Using AI to Categorize Articles and Books
  • The following categories have Tags that can be added:
    • intervention – blockade, nonviolent-obstruction, nonviolent-raid, occupation, overloading-systems, shutdown, sit-in
    • noncooperation – boycott, slow-compliance, strike, walk-out, withdraw, work-to-rule
    • protest – art, banner, march, music, petition, poster, rally, sign, speech
    • rank – rank-high, rank-low, rank-medium, rank-dated, rank-archive

Tags

  • If you don’t see a tag you want in the drop-down list, just leave a “Note to editor:” for the tags you want. (It is usually best to add more tags, rather than more categories.)
  • The editors will create any new author tags (First-Last)

Images

  • This is optional. The first image to be uploaded will be the “Feature Image” for the post. That image will appear in the post listing pages. This requires downloading an image to your computer. And it could require changes to its aspect ratios. See: Sizing Graphics
  • Other images can usually be copied and pasted into the Content box.
  • If important images can’t be copied, try downloading them and uploading them. Add a “Note to editor” comment indicating where to place the extra images.

Note to Editor

  • Put any special directions to the editor here. This text won’t be put in the post.

Submit

  • When all is filled out, click on the “Submit Post” button. You might get errors for required fields. Fix those and try again.
  • The post will be submitted as a “draft,” so you won’t see that on the site. A user with “editor” privileges will edit the draft to prepare it for publication.

Next

You can now click on the “Submit Another Post” button to enter another post.

Once you have done a few of these, it typically takes 10 to 15 minutes to copy an item.