Frequently Asked Questions

Please watch the video below to see a sample image upload AFTER you have read the following instructions!

I Liq Chuan .com is not recieving nearly enough traffic from search engines like Google or Yahoo!. We can improve this by making sure that we use more key words in our posts as instructors. This means that when you upload some images you need to think a bit more carefully about what you want to say.

Only upload the most interesting images you have

All the workshop photos tend to look the same after you've seen 1000 or so. Lot's of sweaty people looking tired and doing spinning hands and group photos. Only the backgrounds change. At the end of the day, use your best judgment. Everyone has different tastes and what you find interesting might be just the thing someone wants to see.

Using Tags

You can create a "gallery" for all the images associated with a particular event or workshop by using tags. Once you enter a tag for the first time, just start typing it for the next image and the field will auto complete. (see video)

An example might be Riga Spring 2010. Tags are separated by commas, so be careful with how you use them. In the example above, if you write Riga, Spring 2010 you would end up with two seperate tags. "Riga" and "Spring 2010" wich may or may not be what you want. Once you have uploaded all the images in a series, you can just click the tag you entered (above the image) and you will get a view of all those images. Just grab the web address from the address bar in your browser and you have a link that you can post in forums, to facebook, etc. to share all the photos from your event. In the example given above, the address would look like this - http://iliqchuan.com/category/tags/riga-spring-2010

How to upload an image

1. In your user navigation click "Make A Post".

2. Click "Images", remember;

• Give descriptive titles - use key words when possible!
• assign a "tag" to your image. (ex. Riga Spring 2010) don't use commas except to separate multiple tags (ex. Riga Spring 2010, workshops)
• Tell a story in the body - again, use key words whenever possible.

3. Choose your file

4. Click "save"

When editing your post, just click on the in the toolbar. A box will popup, select the smiley you want to appear. That's it.

1. Login using your username and password. You must have permissions to add Events.
2. A new menu will appear between on the upper right, below the search box. You will see your username at the top.
3. Click on 'Create content->Event'.
4. Fill out the form and then click the 'Submit' button. Be sure to fill out the 'Location' section.
5. Your Event will now appear in the Calendar and Upcoming events list.

It is very important that we maintain a well structured information architecture that will help organize the site and will make upgrading the site in the future a much easier process. To that end, we'd like to encourage everyone who will be involved in the process of adding to the site to begin exploring the new architecture and see what I've done.

The image galleries are being built in the content management system, so all images pertaining to them should be uploaded to the i-liqchuan.com 'import' folder in the following manner.

Login using FTP. You will automatically be put in the import folder. It's actual path on the server is /var/www/html/i-liqchuan.com/sites/default/files/images/import/.

Within the import folder there are several sub folders:

• board
• disciples
• events (like Chinese new year)
• misc
• tournaments
• workshops (and retreats)

Create a new directory using the following rules.

For example, within the workshops folder, each country has it's own folder named after the three letter abbreviation that they use for the Olympics. For the most part they're straight forward, but if your unsure about what the codes, please refer to this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes

Please note that under this system England becomes GBR (great Britain).

Within each country folder, there are folders for each year using the four digit numbers for that year. Under this system, the path to a given file might look like:

/workshops/AUS/2004/DSC00375.jpg

For the USA, each state has it's own sub-folder that uses the two letter postal abbreviation, so an image for a US workshop might have this for it's path:

/workshops/USA/AZ/2004/filename.jpg

Although the actual file winds up being 6 or 7 folders deep within the site, this system should provide a clear structure that will allow for a high degree of organization as the site expands in the future, and again, allow for smoother transitions as the site expands in power (and complexity) and is upgraded again in the future.

After you've uploaded the images top the folder, you now must create a new Gallery for the images you've imported. Please see this FAQ entry.

Please use the 'Contact' link on the lelft to submit questions or clarifications.

First you need to upload all the photos from the event into a directory in the import folder according to the instructions found here.

To make an new Gallery and add pictures is a two step process.

STEP ONE -Create the Gallery to hold your pictures:

1. Login
   A new menu will appear between the 'Navigation' and the 'Upcoming events' 'Blocks'.
2. Click on 'Administer'.
3. On the left side of the 'Administer' page under the 'Content management' section you will see 'Image galleries'. Click on it.
4. Click on the 'Add gallery' tab.
5. Name the Gallery. The Gallery should be named 'Country - Year - Month'. For example, 'Russia - 2006 - November'.
6. Add a Description if you want, it's optional.
7. Pick a 'Parent' Gallery... This step is very important so your new Gallery will appear in the right Country & Year.
8. You can leave the 'Weight' alone.

STEP TWO - Import your pictures into the new Gallery.

1. Click on the 'Administer link on the left again.
2. Click on 'Image import' under the 'Content management' section.
3. You will see a listing of all your Images you uploaded previously using FTP.
4. Select the images by clicking the checkboxes.
5. Remove the 'Title' or edit it so it is human friendly.
6. Leave the 'Body' blank.
7. Select the new Gallery you just made under 'Image Galleries'.
8. Select the 'Country'.
9. Click the 'Import' button.
10. You're done!

Please use the contact link on the left to send suggestions or clarifications.

The menus and other items grouped together on the left are each in a 'Block'. Blocks can be 'collapsed' or closed and 'expanded' or open.

Those triangles are there to let you know if a 'Block' is collapsed or expanded. If it points down, then it's expanded. If it's pointing left at the title, it's collapsed.

Click anywhere on the Block title and you will 'collapse' it. If you want to see less text on your screen, collapse some Blocks. Click again to expand. When you're logged in, the website will remember your Block preferences.