User organization/department setup

Users must be assigned to at least one organization/department to show up in user listings. Organizations are the affiliation for a byline (e.g., “KTOO” or “Alaska’s Energy Desk”) Departments are not shown in bylines, but structures the listing of users (e.g., “News & Public Affairs” or “Arts & Culture”) Summary Use the Organizations and Departments … Read more

Download media

There are two convenience links on KTOO’s site to make it easier to download media from the WordPress media library: Media library link Embedded audio link Media library link Select Media from the left-hand menu Click the file you want to download Find the direct link to the file on the right (under the URL) … Read more

Invintus event IDs and WordPress

Every event (video) in Invintus gets a 10-digit ID number (the “event ID”) that uniquely identifies it. (It starts with a four-digit year.) This ID is also how you can find any Invintus video in WordPress. If you are editing an event in Invintus, you can find the event ID in two places: In the … Read more

Gavel owners manual

Gavel events you create in Invintus should be automatically shown in WordPress for ktoo.org. You can view the event on WordPress using the event ID If there’s an issue, you can re-sync an event with Invintus (you must be logged in to WordPress on ktoo.org for this). Some important points: Everything is public as soon … Read more

Edit or sync an Invintus video in WordPress

Videos from Invintus should show up in WordPress within a minute or two of being created in the Invintus control center. Similarly, when you change an Invintus video, WordPress should quickly reflect the changes. If you ever have a situation where WordPress does not mirror Invintus almost immediately, please let David Purdy know. It’s important … Read more

New ad in Google Ad Manager

Ads in Ad Manager are structured like this: Log in at https://admanager.google.com/ Order In the left-hand menu, under “Delivery,” click “Orders” and then the “New Order” button Fill out the Name and Advertiser fields (all the other fields on this screen are optional). At the bottom, click “Add line item” (you can also click “Save” … Read more

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Change form notification email address

To change the email where the notification is sent whenever the form is filled out, follow these instructions. (You can also disable the notification if you don’t need it – you can always view or download all the entries from the site at once). Important: We have a convention of form notifications being sent from … Read more

Disable form notifications

(You can also change the email address where notifications are sent if you prefer). Click on “Forms” in the left-hand menu Find the form in the list and click its title Hover over the “Settings” button and click “Notifications” in the dropdown Click the switch to the left of a notification to turn it off … Read more

Disable a form

Click on “Forms” in the left-hand menu Find the form name in the list and click the switch to its left to turn it off (the white dot on the right means the form is active, the dot to the left means its off).

Alt text

Not everyone can see images on web pages. “Alt text” is a text field associated with an image on a web page. Alt text describes the image for people who can’t see the image but can read the text (including people who are blind and use screen reader software and people using technology that can’t … Read more