Uploading member to member offers on the Beta Chamber member website

Introduction

Once logged in to the member area, you will be able to upload your member to member offers and services. You will have the option to upload your offers to the new Beta Chamber member website which has been built on WordPress.

Before you start… 

Do you have the appropriate permissions to be able to upload? In the Beta site, we are setting all members as an ‘Author’. Authors can create, publish and manage their own content meaning there’s no need to wait for it to be approved. 

Do you have a suitable image for your offer?

Please note it is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct image rights/license for the image you upload. The Chamber will not take any responsibility for images that are uploaded which infringe on copyright. 

Posts with an image will really help you stand out from the crowd! They’re more eye-catching and if an image isn’t selected, a grey box will be displayed. Images should be at least 1950x450 pixels in size (landscape). Larger images will be resized and cropped automatically. For best results crop and resize before uploading. Due to the variation in sizes images are displayed some undesired cropping will occur. 

If you’re struggling to find an appropriate image, visit unsplash.com where you will have a choice of images that can be used for free. 

Now you’re ready to upload your offer ... just skip to the section you’re looking for guidance on:

Step 1: Logging on

Step 2: Access to WordPress through the website

Step 3: Add your member to member offer in WordPress 

Step 4: Title, copy and contact details

Step 5: Featured image

Step 6: Preview

Step 7: Adjusting feature image

Step 8: Publishing

Step 1: Logging on

• Login to the members portal: https://members.neechamber.co.uk/ 
• Click on the ‘Manage offers’ panel 

Step 2: Access to WordPress through the website

• You might then be directed to the login page, please click the ‘Click here to Login’ button:

• You will be directed to our welcome page on our new site https://network.neechamber.co.uk/welcome-to-our-new-beta-chamber-member-area/
• In the main navigation bar at the top of the page, you need to click on the dropdown menu under ‘Profile & association’ then click upload member offers

Step 3: Adding member offers in WordPress

• You will be directed to the WordPress admin site 
• Click on ’Add new’ at the top of the page or side panel:

Step 4: Title, copy and contact details

• Click on ‘Add Offers’ text and type/paste in the title – this should be fairly short and no more than 50 characters
• Click into the text area below ‘Type / to choose block’ to type or paste in the description of your offer and confirm how members can claim it
• You need to enter the valid from date, expiry date, email and/or website URL fields.

Step 5: Featured image

• To upload a feature image to your post, click on ‘Offers’ heading in the right-side menu, then click on ‘Set featured image for this offer’

• A new window will open and you have the option to select from the media library and upload a new file
• To upload files, you can upload or drag and drop your image

• Your image should be either jpeg or png and should be at least 1920x1080 pixels in size. Larger images will be resized and cropped automatically. For best results keep the focal point within the centre of the image. Due to the variation in sizes images are displayed some undesired cropping will occur.
• Once you have selected a new file, it with display this within the media library already selected with a blue tick
• Click the blue ‘Set feature image for this offer’ button at the bottom left of the screen

• If there is an issue with the image (e.g. the wrong file type) a warning message will appear, and you’ll be able to upload a new image.

Step 6: Preview

• Once all of the fields have been completed, before publishing your offer, you can preview the details by clicking on the preview button in the right sidebar:

• Then select i.e. desktop and click preview in new tab

Step 7: Publishing

• Once you are happy, you can click ‘Publish’ 

• Another option will appear to either publish or cancel. Once you click publish, the offer will go live immediately and will be visible in the Members offers home page:

Step 8: Adjusting feature image

• Sometimes the image might need adjusting, you can go back into the draft and click on the featured image to make amends
  1. There are also options to replace image and remove image
• To amend the current image, click on the image within the post settings

• The image should already be selected in the media library with a blue tick. Click on edit

• Click on crop
• And select the area you want to focus on
• Click on the crop icon again
• Click save
• Then click set feature image

• Preview your offer post again to check you’re happy with the layout and to make sure any links work before publishing your content