Content Partner Tutorials

So you would like to get started becoming a content parter for Green Pages. We look forward to getting to know you better!

Here are a few tutorial videos to help guide you through the process. It is very simple to sign up and we approve all organisations, both large and small, that meet the criteria of being an environmental advocacy group or institution working for the good of the planet.

Setting up your Account

Get Started! Content Partner Setup Tutorial from Katie Patrick on Vimeo.

Step 1: Become a Member

Sign up for a standard member account from the green bar at the top right of the page on this website and click on ‘Sign up’.
Fill in the fields on the right of the pop up screen. The username must be the name of the organisation applying for Content Partnership.
Avoid using the social media login option on the left for when you are setting up a content partner account as it will store your personal details rather than the organisation’s details.
Click Submit and you will receive your password immediately by email.

Step 2: Fill in your Profile

Find your email with your password and login at the link provided or at www.thegreenpages.com.au/wp-admin You’ll see we are using word press as a content management system that you will login to with your username and password.
Now that you are in to the member backend, click on ‘Profile’
Fill in all of the details for your profile

Step 3: Email GP a request for Content Partnership

Send an email to [email protected] titled ‘Content Partner Application’ with the name of your organisation, website and your username.
You must include your username in this email so we can find your memberID.
If you are eligible for a content partnership, we will upgrade your account setting to provide you with content partner access.

Step 4: You receive a confirmation email

Once approved, we will send you an email containing terms & conditions.
You need to reply to the email with the line ‘I accept these terms and conditions’.
Once upgraded, your user settings will have access to the campaigns, news and events areas of the site.

Step 5: Login again

You can now login again at www.thegreenpages.com.au/wp-admin and you will see you now have access to the back end of News, Events and NGO Campaigns.
You may recognise the system we use as Word Press. It’s a great content management system and also manages membership, but it does allow quite a bit of creativity so we do need to follow some formatting rules.
Now you are all set up to create your first post!

Posting an Event

Upload my First Event! Content Partner Tutorial from Katie Patrick on Vimeo.

Click on the events tab, then choose ‘New Event’.
Add the title and main body text.
Create the title in the format of “Event Title, Main City, Date” for example “Green Conference, Sydney, 21st May”.
Find an image, make sure it is landscape and is no larger than 450 px wide.
Insert your image above the main body text by placing the curser at the very top of the text and clicking on the image icon.
Make sure you click on ‘use as featured image’ for the image to show on facebook shares.
IMPORTANT: Add the page break ‘continue reading’ after the first paragraph of the campaign text.
Add a ‘read more’ link to the website that has all of the event information at the bottom of the page.
Ensure you tick the ‘open in new window’ for external links.
Add tags.
Add event start and end dates.
Save Draft.
Preview.
Submit for review.

Posting a Campaign

Upload my First Campaign! Content Partner Tutorial from Katie Patrick on Vimeo.

Largely the same process for up loading an event, but will a two variations:

Click on the events tab, then choose ‘New NGO Campaign’.
Create the title in the format of “Campaign Title | Organisation” for example “Protect the River | Greenpeace”.

Posting a News Story

Upload my First News Story! Content Partner Tutorial from Katie Patrick on Vimeo.

Largely the same process for up loading an event, but will some variations:

Click on the News tab, then choose ‘Add New’.
Write a snappy headline, you don’t need to add the name of the organisation. Make the first letter of each word in capitals.
Use a landscape image about 450 pixels wide x 250 pixels high.
Leave the first line above the image and style it to be in italics.
Note that all news items will appear on the homepage.