Create a Cloud Resource

Create a Cloud Resource

Under Resources you can create two types of pages: resource pages and minutes.  Your resource pages are similar to the cloud page.  The minute manager is a place to create, save, archive, and search minutes.    

Getting Started

To create your first page of content, click Create Cloud Resource.  It is on the lower right of your homepage or near the heading at the top of your page.  A new page will pop up on your screen with choices of different types of content.  Select Cloud Resource, and clicking save by scrolling to the bottom of the box.  You can choose who will see your page here too, but you will have an opportunity to change it on the next screen (Figure xx).

 

Figure xx Create New Group Post is your first step to adding content to your site.

Figure xx Create a Post menu will let you choose what kind of material you would like to add to your site.

Your page

Figure xx is a screen shot similar to what you will find when you click Create Cloud Resource.  As you can see, there are a lot of fields, but you do not need to fill in all of them.  Fill in whichever fields are relevant to the content you would like to have displayed on your page.

 

Figure 2.3 Create Cloud Resource: This is the screen you will see before you add any information.

Definitions of Fields

*  Title: This will be the name of the page you are creating.  It will appear on a sub menu on the “About” page.   

*  Image:  This will be on your page and also appear as a small icon on the homepage in the last of recent items. 

*  Caption: This will appear under your picture.

*  Body (Edit Summary):  Here is where you can type or paste as much as you like.  You can also add links here.

*  Length:  Description of resource length (number of minutes, pages, etc.)

*  Slideshow:  You can upload pictures which people will be able to scroll through on your page.

*  Videos:  Here is where you can link to videos that are already online, from place like Youtube.

*  Files:  This gives you an opportunity to upload a number of different types of files, including:  .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .txt, .pdf, .zip, and .gz.

*  Links: The links you choose to other sites will appear on the bottom of your page. 

*  Related Content:  Once you create multiple pages you can connect them by using Related Content.   

*  Groups Audience:  This is how you will choose WHERE the page is displayed.  It will default to the page you are working on.  If you are an admin of multiple sites such as committees you will be see multiple items in this list.  If you choose “none” the page will have a URL but it will not be connected through the menu to the site – more on this later.

*  Group Content Visibility: This concerns WHO can see your site.  You can choose whether everyone can see your page (public), just Quakers can see your site, or only your meetings members can see the page. 

Creating your Resource

Most of the fields can be populated similarly to the way you setup your homepage.  In the interest of brevity, there are arrows for these parts to remind you how to set up your content. 

Figure 2.4 This is the top of your Cloud Page while you start to fill it in.

Adding Slideshows, Videos, Files, and Links

As you navigate down the page, you will see options to attach files to your page (Figure 2.5).  With just a few steps you will be able to easily add these items.  Note that you will only be able to view one of these features at a time – you can switch between the tabs to view the different options for adding these pieces of content.

Figure 2.5 You can add in files or link to videos.

Slideshows

To create a slideshow of your images, start by uploading your pictures from your computer. Acceptable file formats end with .png, .gif, .jpg and .jpeg. You can change the order of the pictures by changing the weights, or selecting “Hide row weights” and moving the pictures around using the icons to the left of the pictures. 

Figure 2.6 Add multiple images to create a slideshow.

Links

Links can be added under “URL” and an optional title can be added.  These will appear in a list at the bottom of the page.

 

Figure 2.7 Additional links will appear in a list at the bottom of the page.

Videos

This is where you can link to videos that already exist online, in places like Youtube.  If you haven’t used Youtube before you can set up an account for free and easily upload videos. 

Figure 2.8 Link to videos.

Files

Unlike videos, you can upload a number of different files to your page.  These will appear as a list at the bottom of your page.  You can change the order of these files using the numbers under Weight, or by choosing Hide row weights and moving the icon to the left of the file name. 

Figure 2.9 Upload files.

Related Content

You can link to other content that you have put on your meeting’s site that users might find relevant after viewing your page.  This will appear as a list on the right side of your page.

Figure 2.10 Related Content.

Groups Audience

This is how you will choose WHERE the page is displayed.  It will default to the page you are working on.  If you are an admin of multiple sites such as committees you will be see multiple items in this list.  If you choose “none” the page will have a URL but it will not be connected through the menu to the site.

Figure 2.10  Selecting Groups audience and Group content visibility.

Group Content Visibility: This concerns WHO can see your site.  You can choose whether everyone can see your page (public), just Quakers can see your site, or only your meetings members can see the page.  For Quakers to see you site they will have to also have an account on Quaker Cloud. 

 

When you are finished working on your page, remember to click Save.

Remember, not all of these fields need to be filled in!  You can also come back. Once you click save (it’s very important, that’s why it’s repeated!) you will be taken back to your homepage.