For Admins

Table of Contents

First, login, then go here: https://resources.indivisiblepv.info/wp-admin/

(Note: the link to this page on the left panel will only be visible to Admin users.)

Add User

  • Go to the User, All Users page.
  • Verify the user doesn’t already exist. If they do, click “Password Reset” for their user, since they have probably forgotten they have a user account for this site.
  • Click on “Add User”
  • User Name – add their email
  • Email
  • First Name – optional
  • Last Name – optional, or last name initial
  • Website – optional
  • Password – accept what is shown, because the User will be resetting it.
  • Send User Notification – check the box
  • Role – details can be found here: Roles and Capabilities
    • Subscriber – we don’t need this one
    • Contributor – somebody who can write and manage their own posts but cannot publish them.
    • Author – somebody who can publish and manage their own posts. Most users will be Authors.
    • Editor – somebody who can publish and manage posts, including the posts of other users.
    • Administrator – somebody who has access to all the administration features within a single site. Do we trust them with the entire site?
  • Click on “Add User”
  • Send a Note to the new user to help them get started.

Note to New User

Copy/paste the following text and send it to the new user. This would also be sent if their password is reset.

Hi [Name],

A user for the Indivisible Portola Valley: Resources website has been created for you. You should have received a message from WordPress. Look for:

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

Click on the first link to set your password.

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

See the “For Authors” link on the left panel to get to the directions on how to add posts to the site.

In addition to copying items from the indivisiblepv.com site, feel free to add links to other articles or books that you think will help strengthen our democracy.

If you have questions or need help, feel free to contact me.

New Admin

  1. Create an Admin user for the two WordPress sites.
  2. Add the user to the Google group admin-bar-indivisiblepv. The user will want to set up a “filter” for these messages.
  3. User needs to create a Fastbots account. Then they can be added to the bot config area.
  4. Give the user access to the Google Drive folder Project/IndivisiblePV; see IPV-BIR/README.pdf for a description of the folders and files.
  5. Give user access to Google Drive folder: Project/IPV-Admin
    • admin-doc.pdf – describes access and setup of KeePass.
    • indivisiblePV.kdbx – KeePass DB with access credentials. Credential names are shown with (KP: name).
    • web-costs – This spreadsheet outlines the website’s costs.
  6. Install KeePass on the user’s computer. Download the DB from GDrive, and give the user the password.

Sites and Apps