Add Content to the EDA Site

NOTE: You must be logged into your existing EDA website account to access posting links included in this guide.

Everyone who has established an EDA website account is invited to post content to this site -- especially election integrity news or information resources pertinent to your county or state that we might not otherwise be aware of.

Additionally, those who have registered for a Working Group are encouraged to post resources and project proposals to the Working Group forums.

Your contributions of information resources and project proposals will improve the usefulness of this website for everyone, and stengthen the movement for publicly accountable elections.

How to Add Content:

1. Log in to your account.
(Access links you will need to follow these directions WILL NOT APPEAR unless you are logged into your existing EDA web account).

2. Read through this page of instructions; printing them out may be a big help as you continue.

3. Click the blue menu link at the foot of this page that says "Upload New Unfiled Content Here."

4. The next page gives a review, and the starting point: a link called "Add Child Page."

5. At Add Child Page, go into the text editor boxes, starting with a title in the "Title" field.

6. In the "Parent" field, click on the drop down arrow to the right of the box, and search and select the item, "Upload New Unfiled Content Here."

7. Type in the text of your post, or copy and paste text from another source into the Body field.

8. Scroll down and click the blue link, "Input Format."

9. Select "Full HTML"

10. For "Log message" leave blank.

11. For "Weight" make it zero (usually).

12. If there is a file to attach (.doc, .jpg, .pdf, etc.) click on "File Attachments" and use the browse button to find the file on your hard drive. Click "attach." After the file has uploaded, you will see it's file path (URL) spelled out in the Attachments area. Check the "List" box next to the file's path.

13. Click "URL path setting" and choose a short, zippy name. (Otherwise the URL for your post will be the entire length of the text you entered in the Title field).

14. Click Submit. (Your file will not be saved unless and until you click Submit.)
Please DO NOT check the "Publish" box. Leave that step for the administrators to complete when they assign menu placement for your story.

15. Finish by sending an e-mail with the URL of your post (see URL in the browser address window) to an EDA admin [ Admin(at)electiondefensealliance(dot)org]. An administrator will check the formatting, assign your article to a subject area and topic heading on the website, and send you an e-mail with the link to your newly-posted article.