Clicklaw Website Contributor Guide

This Clicklaw Website Contributor Guide provides step-by-step instructions, support information, and training videos for organizations that contribute content to Clicklaw. If you are a contributor to Clicklaw Wikibooks, see the Clicklaw Wikibooks Guide.

Contents

Introduction

• In providing access to quality legal information, Clicklaw has content criteria and guidelines.
• The Contributor Guide FAQ provides answers to the questions Clicklaw contributors ask most frequently.

Getting started as a contributor

• Setting up your Clicklaw contributor account & profile
• Logging in to the Clicklaw contributor site
• Editing your organization's profile
• Inviting another contributor

Managing your organization's resources

For content in the Solve Problems, Learn & Teach, and Reform & Research sections. See information about the Clicklaw website's sections.

• Adding a new resource
• Editing a resource
• Deleting a resource
• Putting a resource into draft mode (hiding a resource from public view)

Managing your organization's services

For content in the HelpMap section. See information about Clicklaw website's sections.

• Adding a new service
• Editing an in-person service and its locations
  • Adding a new location
  • Deleting a location
  • Putting a location into draft mode (hiding a location from public view)
• Editing a phone/web only service
• Deleting a service

Managing your contributor account

• Changing your password
• Resetting your password
• Editing your profile

Creating thumbnail images for Clicklaw

• Requirements for images for thumbnails
• Tools for creating images
• Creating images

Additional resources

Training videos

• If you find it easier to learn through video, try the Clicklaw contributor training videos to help you get started as a Clicklaw contributor.

Clicklaw widgets

• Clicklaw uses widgets to allow contributor organizations (as well as others) to display portions of Clicklaw content on their own sites.

About this Guide

This Guide is maintained by the Clicklaw site editors. For more information about this site, please check out the Clicklaw Wiki FAQ or send questions to editor at clicklaw.bc.ca.