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Quick reference: Editor

To print this page, use your browser's print command (Ctrl+P, or Command+P on a Mac). The menus drop away and it fits on a sheet.

On this page

Print this page and keep it by the computer. You are an Editor: you write and publish, and you can never delete.

Signing in

  1. Go to your church's Tentmaker address and type your email address.
  2. Press Email me a sign-in link. Open the email within 15 minutes.
  3. Press Continue.

What you can open

Overview, Pages, Blog, Events, Staff, Missionaries, Media, Videos, Shared blocks and Members. (Missionaries and Videos may be missing if your church turned them off.)

Change a page

  1. Pages, then press the page's title.
  2. Click a block to select it. Click again to type. Or use the Block tab.
  3. Add on the left strip adds a block. Move up and Move down reorder it.
  4. Save draft keeps your work. Visitors do not see it.
  5. Publish makes it live. If the Checklist lists problems, fix them and try again.

Live or draft?

  • Not published: nobody can see it.
  • Live and up to date: visitors see this.
  • Live, with newer draft: visitors see an older version. Press Publish when you are ready.

Saved at once, no draft

Staff, missionaries and events go live the moment you press Save. A blog post starts as a Draft, and Publish puts it live.

If you make a mistake

  • Press Undo (Ctrl+Z) in the editor.
  • Open History in the editor, press Preview on an old version, then Restore. It becomes your draft. Then Publish.
  • Deleted a block by mistake? Press Undo in the message, within ten seconds.

Keys

  • Ctrl+S: Save draft.
  • Alt+Up, Alt+Down: move a block.
  • Escape: stop typing.

Pictures

PNG, JPEG or WebP, 5 MB at most. Describe every picture in a few words, or tick This picture is only decoration. Where it was taken is removed for you.

You cannot

Delete things, change settings, the look, the menu or the people. Ask a Manager. A You cannot do that message just means this one needs a Manager.

Common messages

  • "Someone else saved a newer version of this page while you were working." Press Open the newer version, or Save mine as a new draft.
  • "This page cannot be published yet." Open the Checklist tab and press Show me.
  • "Could not save, retrying." Wait. Do not close the page.

More: Editing pages, Common problems.