Set up a podcast

Podcasts have three stops on their journey to a user: To set up a podcast, first log into FeedPress. Source You should have a source RSS feed for your podcast. You could use a third party host like Libsyn and I believe the podcast itself can be hosted on FeedPress, but I strongly recommend just … Read more

Prevent conflicting ads from running together

Sometimes you might want to prevent two ads from running next to each other. The classic example is two competitors who don’t want their messages side by side. With Google Ad Manager, you do that with a “competitive exclusion” label. Two ads with the same competitive exclusion label should never run next to each other. … Read more

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MailChimp signup forms

Our Gravity Forms plugin connects to MailChimp, and is currently the preferred way to create signup forms for mailing lists. Any form built with Gravity Forms on our site can send data to MailChimp. There is a “MailChimp” section of the form settings where you can set it up. Important: make sure you read all … Read more

Update Allegiance premiums

Please note: This system is a hack. It works by changing the Allegiance web page in ways it’s really not designed to be changed for the sake of giving us additional options to customize the page (with scripts that rewrite the DOM after it loads). In other words: Don’t count on this to continue working! … Read more

Add program segments to a post

Segments are smaller parts of a given show, and can each have their own web page (with an individual URL) and podcast episode. This feature was designed for individually linking to and podcasting interviews from Juneau Afternoon shows. It may be useful in other contexts, but use with caution. Create a new post (make sure … Read more

Outlook Safe Senders

To reliably receive email notifications from the web site’s forms, you must add the from address for the notification to your Safe Senders list. By convention, we set all from addresses to submissions@ktoo.org (so everyone at KTOO can add that single email to their Safe Senders list once and have it work for all forms). … Read more

Custom user settings

Users have a number of custom fields (added by the KTOO Authors plugin) that enhance how author bios and other information are displayed on the site. Name fields In the Name section, there are two specific fields to be aware of: Nickname can be any text, not just the restrictive first name/last name pattern Display … Read more

Set up a staff contact form

Users can automatically get a contact form that goes directly to them without exposing their email address to site visitors. This feature is added with the KTOO Authors plugin and relies on both the Gravity Forms and Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugins being activated and configured. Setup 1. Create the contact form Click New Form … Read more

User list block

The User List block can automatically list registered users on the site (optionally filtered by Organization and/or Department). Add the User List block from the add block (+) icon. With the block selected, edit its settings. To only show users assigned to certain organizations or departments, select them in the appropriate dropdowns (leaving organization blank … Read more