Setting Up a New Program

Here are the typical steps necessary for Overseas administrators to set up a new overseas program:

1. Go to Posts > Categories, and create a new child category for the program as per existing categories (enter Name and select Parent only)
2. Go to Programs > Add New, and complete the program form as follows:
   • Title is Program Season Year (e.g., Australia Spring 2016)
   • Use the date picker to select program start and end dates
   • For Program Leader(s), use format Firstname Lastname, Department (e.g., Oren Kosansky, Sociology/Anthropology). If more than one leader, click “Add new Program Leader(s)” button for each.
   • Program Website Location is This Site (this was to grandfather other programs using sites before this site was constructed)
   • For Program Details, enter brief descriptive info on program.
   • Here are the Program Images options:
     • No Images
     • Instagram: Enter hashtag unique to this program that all participant Instagram posts will use. This option will create a default Instagram slider
     • RoyalSlider: If you’d like to add a slider of Flickr or media library images for the program, create it via RoyalSlider, then add its ID number here.
   • Program Map Center/Zoom: If the mashup map for geotagged posts needs to be optimized, you can enter the lat/long and map zoom here as per instructions on form.
   • On the right side, you need to do three important things and one optional thing:
     • Check the category you created above (check only one category…no parents)
     • Under Sidebar Selection, select Overseas Sidebar
     • Set a featured image for the program at bottom right, making sure it is minimum 1200 pixels wide for backstretch display
     • If you want to feature this program here, enter “featured” (no quotes) in Tags. When you want to set this program as current here, enter “current” (you can include both tags).
   • Click Save Draft, then do the following things at bottom:
     • Go to “This Program belongs to Site” and enter the first few letters of the site location (e.g., Australia) to select it
     • You will need to enter participating students under “Student Programs,” after the user/student record upload has been completed
     • You will need to enter related student projects under “Locations,” or these can be added later
     • If you want to link to additional RoyalSliders (e.g., for a Flickr or Media Gallery slider), enter a brief summary under Summary of Images, then the slider ID under RoyalSlider ID.
   • Publish your new program page!

Congratulations, you’ve done it!