1. Castlebar.ie Content Management System Instructions for Contributors Start Here at URL: http://www.castlebar.ie/cgi-bin/artman2/admin.plx

2. Login Page

3. Click this link to continue (if it appears)

4. Create a new article

5. Top of Article Entry/Uploading Page Title and Category

6. Pulldown list of Categories Author name Email address is optional

7. Enter a short summary here. This will appear beneath title on home page Filename is automatic

8. Put Main content here Photos uploaded here. Insert ***image*** where wanted in content page

9. Main content here Browse to find your photos on your own hard drive and then click upload button.

10. Alignment of photos and ‘text wrapping’ can be modified. For larger photos un-tick ‘wrap text’ and use ‘center image. Caption optional.

11. Upload files appear as links to attachments on home page - max size currently 1MB (don’t use this to upload photos) Preview button will give an idea of what final page will look like.

12. Finally don’t forget to click on the ‘save’ button to submit for publication. The adminstrators/editors get an email once the article is submitted. Publication is usually same day.

13. Once it’s published who will read your article or see your photographs? Castlebar.ie consistently has over 3,000,000 ‘hits’ per month. We have over 200,000 separate visits each month. Just over half of our readers live and work in Mayo - and many of these live in Castlebar itself. About 20% of visitors live in Ireland outside of Mayo Approximately 30% have Mayo connections but live outside of Ireland