Frequently Asked Questions
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How can I contribute?
There are multiple ways you can help!
First, contact us at stv24@pitt.edu and send your name and email and we will create an account for you. Click here to send your information.
You can decide in what way you can help:
-Become a Leading Author. You will have access to our site, and you can create articles, add content, images, and files.
-Become a Contributor. If you know there are some improvements to be done in one or more articles. We will give you access to those articles you want to work on.
-Provide feedback on an article. Once you have read an article, leave us your feedback. This is anonymous but if you want to be more active on the edits to be done, send us your information here. We will create an account for you and give you access to all the articles you want to participate in.
-Post a new article as a guest. You can write the article and we will review it before it gets published. This has some limitations, you can add an article but you will not have access to it later unless you create an account. Send us your information here and we can help you become the author or a contributor to one or more articles. Click here to post as a guest.
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How do I create a new article?
You can create a new article here. Make sure to fill your information to create an account so you can edit your article, add attachments, and more.
If you already have an account:
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- Log in to your account. The top menu will appear. Click on wheelpress.org and select Dashboard
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- Go to MinervaKb on your Dashboard (the menu on your left). Click Add New Article.
- Enter the title, content, add attachments, and select the Topic on your right side menu. If you don’t select the topic, the article will not be displayed in the home page.
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- On the Publish section, on the top right corner, click Publish.
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How do I leave feedback on an article?
Scroll to the end of the article you want to leave feedback on. You will find this section.
Please leave your feedback here and click Submit. This is anonymous.
If you want to participate in improving this article, we can give you access to it. Send us an email at stv24@pitt.edu.
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How do I create a new article?
You can create a new article here. Make sure to fill your information to create an account so you can edit your article, add attachments, and more.
If you already have an account:
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- Log in to your account. The top menu will appear. Click on wheelpress.org and select Dashboard
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- Go to MinervaKb on your Dashboard (the menu on your left). Click Add New Article.
- Enter the title, content, add attachments, and select the Topic on your right side menu. If you don’t select the topic, the article will not be displayed in the home page.
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- On the Publish section, on the top right corner, click Publish.
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How do I edit an article?
1. Login to your account. If you don’t have one yet, fill your information here. We will work on you and give you access to the article(s) you want to participate in.
2. After you logged into your account, the top menu will appear. Click on wheelpress.org and select Dashboard
3. Go to Minerva KB, the left-side menu
4. Click on Knowledge Base. Here you will see the articles you have been working on.
5. Click on the article title and you can start editing the content.
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How do I save the edits on the article I am working on?
If you want to save edits to an article that is already Published and is listed in the Wheelchair Testing page, follow these steps:
- Go to the Publish section, in the right menu. This should be done when editing the article.
- Click Update. This will save all your edits.
If you want to save edits to an article that is NOT yet Published (Saved as Draft) and is NOT listed in the Wheelchair Testing page, follow these steps:
- Go to the Publish section, in the right menu. This should be done when editing the article.
- Click Save Draft. If you click Publish instead, this will make your article publicly available and will be listed in the Wheelchair Testing page.
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How do I preview the changes on the article I am working on?
If you want to preview changes of an article that is already Published and is listed in the Wheelchair Testing page, follow these steps:
- While editing your article, go to the Publish section, on the right side menu.
- Click Preview Changes
- This will open a new tab where you can see the article.
If you want to preview changes of an article that is NOT yet Published (Saved as Draft) and is NOT listed in the Wheelchair Testing page, follow these steps:
- While editing your article, go to the Publish section, on the right side menu.
- Click Preview
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I have the final version of my article. How do I publish it?
- While editing your article, go to the Publish section, in the right side menu.
- Click Publish. This will automatically change the status to Published and you will see it listed in Wheelchair Testing.
Now that the article is published, this section will have an “Update” button instead of “Publish”. You can click on it to save future edits.
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I published an article but I am not done yet with the final version. How do I change it to Draft?
- When editing your article, go to the Publish section.
- Click Edit next to Status: Published
- Click on the drop-down menu and select Draft.
- Click Ok
- Click Update
You can go to Wheelchair Testing and confirm your article is not listed.
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How do I add images to an article?
1. Login to your account. If you don’t have one yet, fill your information here.
2. When editing the article, click Add media
3. Click Upload Files. You can drop your files or browse them on your computer by clicking Select Files.
4. Add one or more files, and click Insert into post.
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How do I add a youtube video to my article?
1. Login to your account. If you don’t have one yet, fill your information here.
2. When editing the article, click Add media
3. Click Insert from URL
4. Go to Youtube and copy the URL of the video you want to add to your article
5. Paste the URL and Click insert to post.
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How do I edit the image or video on my article?
1. When editing the article, go to the image or video you want to edit.
2. Once you click on the image or video, the following toolbar will pop up above it.
3. Click on Edit.
4. Here you can change the alignment, size, and also add links to the image.
4. Click update.
If you click on Edit Original, under the image, you can have additional edit options such as crop, and rotate.
Click Save, then click back. This will bring you to the window shown in step 3.
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Can I add attachments to a published article?
Yes! You need to have an account, contact us at stv24@pitt.edu or fill the information here.
If you already have an account:
- When editing the article, scroll to the end of the article, you will see the following section.
- Click on Add article attachments.
- Click the left tab “Upload Files”. The maximum upload file size is 40MB.
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- Upload the files you want to attach.
- Click Use this media
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What is the link/URL to the article I am working on?
- You can find the link (URL) below the Title section
This link is generated automatically and will be similar to the article’s title.
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How do I edit the link/URL to my article?
- Click on Edit next to the Permalink section. This is below the title section.
- Once you have edited it, click Ok.
- Go to the Publish section, and click Update.
Remember that links should not have spaces between words.
We recommend you to keep the permalink generated automatically as it will be similar to the article’s title.
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I created an article, but I don’t see it in the article list. What should I do?
- Go to Minerva Kb, and click on Knowledge Base
- You will see the list of articles in KB Articles
- If your article is there, click on your article to edit it.
- On the right side menu, you will see a section called Topics.
- Click Wheelchair Test Methods.
- Go to the section Publish, on the right side menu and click Update. 7. Go to Wheelchair Testing tab and confirm your article is on the list. If you still have issues finding your article on the list, please contact us at stv24@pitt.edu.
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How do I add a term to the Glossary?
- Log in to your account.
- Go to Dashboard
- Click KB Glossary on the left side menu. Click Add new
- Write the term and the definition in the section below. When you reference a term in the glossary within your article, make sure to spell it exactly as listed on the glossary. A term can have more than one word.