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1. Contemplative Practices Virginia Tech 2 amp New A 4 Dashboard Dashboard Home At a Glance lt Updates ii 22 Pages E WordPress 3 9 running Travelify theme any i Media Pages Activity Comments Galleries Sidebars 4 Di weer Figure 4 1 The WordPress dashboard St i Contemplative Practices Virginia Tech 2 amp New Dashboard Pages Add New All 22 Published Bulk Actions x Apply All dates M Filter E Title All Pages E F About Comments Figure 4 2 The pages tab When you are finished editing click the Update button on the right to save the changes and apply them to the website Ss ice je y Cw ey Screen Options Help About WordPress It s SO nice to have you back where you belong Screen Options elp Edit Page Addnew WordPress org Documentation Home Publish Support Forums Permalink http www contemplativecampus dlib viedu View Page Preview Changes Feedback saa AE Q Add Media Visual Text Status Published Edit All Pages oe B I E ee fe fr Visibility Public Edit Contemplative practices help students and faculty gain inner focus and enrich their experience 1 Revisions 8 Browse i pe comments here at the university fii Published on Feb 26 2014 22 45 Edit aun at sss Galleries This website contains information so that you can do research on your own learn more and get Figure 4 3 Updatin2. Events to display Events In Date Interval Selected Events Events Quantity 1 Show Event Date Yes No Show Event Repeat Rate Yes No Show Event Text Yes No Show Numbering Yes No Width 200 Figure 4 11 Edit Event Once everything is satisfactory click save at the bottom of this widget window and view the website to make sure the change was made 4 3 Editing the Photo and Video Galleries 4 3 1 Adding Photos to the Photo Gallery To add a photo to a photo gallery first go to the galleries section on the left sidebar then click on the gallery you wish to edit Posts All Published Find a Gallery os Media Bulk Actions Apply All dates Filter E Pages Title Author Photo Publishing Date Comments E Photos 4 Yes february 26 2014 Cis ae O pe ma GANETIES Galleries _ pata Title Author Photo Publishing Date Add a Gallery ENT Bulk Actions M Apply Sidebars Figure 4 12 Finding the photo gallery Scroll down until you see the Upload file section Click on the upload a file button and choose the file from your computer that you wish to put in the gallery 14 Upload File Choose an image for upload Upload a file I Allow the download link for all images in this gallery Please use the drag and drop function to change an order of the images displaying and do not forget to save the post Please make a choice Sortimages by gt sort images on the plug
3. 5 1 Timeline Schedule With two main deliverables for our project we decided to split up the semester accordingly based on how long we estimated each part to take The first part of the semester was dedicated to getting the website up and running The second part was mainly allocated towards designing and creating the 10 minute promotional video Our semester schedule consisted of the following two week segments February 15th Contemplative Website features and layout decided on February 28th Contemplative Website mock up complete March 15th Contemplative Website up with design list of content to be included March 30th Content included on website switching to video work April 15th Create video storyboard Scan through hdd s for relevant video clips April 30th Checkout videocamera to attain B roll footage Start video editing May 8th Finish video editing write up deliverables turn in project Knowing that we had five members in our group we assigned each member a specific task to oversee until completion These semester project tasks were as follows Amanda Thompson Website Design Andrew Katz Video Creation Ryan Anderson Video Design Dave Kindel Project Manager Brandon Nalls Website Creation Using this organizational method each member was able to focus on their section of the project meeting our highest standards When each member s task was set as the active task to be completed by our timeline that team
4. Figure 3 3 Figure 3 4 Figure 3 5 Figure 3 6 Figure 3 7 Figure 3 8 Figure 3 9 Home Page About Page Get Involved Page VT Events Page Blacksburg Events Page VT Academics Page Image Gallery Research Page Contact Us Page Figure 3 10 Video Gallery Figure 4 1 Figure 4 2 Figure 4 3 Figure 4 4 Figure 4 5 Figure 4 6 Figure 4 7 Figure 4 8 Figure 4 9 The WordPress Dashboard The Pages Tab Updating the Page The Calendar Tab on the Dashboard Managing Events Adding an Event Saving Changes Deleting an Event Managing a Special Event Widget Figure 4 10 List of Widgets Figure 4 11 Edit Event Figure 4 12 Finding the Photo Gallery Figure 4 13 Uploading a File to the Gallery Figure 4 14 Photo Editing Section Figure 4 15 Saving the Changes to Edited Photos Figure 4 16 Deleting a Photo Figure 4 17 Adding the Export File Option Figure 4 18 Export File Settings Figure 4 19 Selecting a File to Upload to YouTube O COCONNNOODO OO UI UI 2 Executive Summary For this project we were asked to create a website and promotional video for Contemplative Practices here at Virginia Tech The video is aimed at those that already know a little about contemplative practices but want to learn more about how they can get involved at Virginia Tech It is around 7 8 minutes long giving an overview of what contemplative practices is and more specifics on how one can get involved It mainly consists of the pe
5. Vimeo emmaccc Export File mm Add Destination Export File Format Video codec Resolution Audio file format Open with H 264 Video and Audio Same as Source QuickTime Movie AAC T include chapter markers QuickTime Player default Figure 4 18 Export File settings Exit this menu and then perform the exporting by clicking File gt Share gt Export File Make sure that the file is saved to a known secure location Now that the file has been created we can start publishing to YouTube Sign in to the ContempVideo YouTube channel and then click Upload Select the file and then select Open Uploa 4 gt 88 E m m v Exported Video FAVORITES Name Date Modified r Monetize your All My Files Contemp_project mov Today 3 01 PM Become a You A Applications EE Margaret Plews Ogan Compressed m4v Aug 19 2013 4 26 PM fs k gt Talks Aug 19 2013 4 26 PM k Desktop gt 0 Recent_6_17 Aug 19 2013 4 22 PM DEVICES E Rinpoche Compressed m4v Aug 19 2013 4 22 PM Ivica_lco_Bukvic_6_24 m4v Jun 24 2013 3 57 PM I Save Work Here I gt Contemp 2 SHARED amp All MEDIA JJ Music Photos H Movies EERE EER EGE Matthew Komelski Compressed mp4 Rinpoche Compressed 20130514 m4v Provost Compressed m4v Matthew Komelski Conference m4v May 14 Margaret Plews Og sed20130514 m4v Matthew Komelski mov Linda Lantieri Compressed m4v E Charles Lie
6. click the delete button under the photo s editing section Open the URL Current window New window Lightbox DUTtTORLURL Description Figure 4 16 Deleting a photo 4 3 3 Adding Videos to the Video Gallery The video gallery shows the latest 8 videos from the ContempVideo youtube channel To add a video go to YouTube and upload a video to the channel then it will show up For more information on uploading to the Youtube channel go to section 4 5 2 16 4 4 Website Maintenance There are two types of administrators hosting administrators and WordPress administrators Hosting administrators can modify the WordPress installation itself which isn t necessary for adding content to a page Hosting administrators can manually update the site and provide advanced maintenance WordPress administrators can edit content update the WordPress installation install plugins edit the calendars and add media The current administrators both types are Dr Edward Fox and Dr Douglas K Lindner Website maintenance can be done by anyone who s a hosting administrator of www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu These administrators are defined by the VT Hosting team www hosting vt edu They can add other administrators if needed 4 4 1 Location of website files All of the WordPress files are hosted as mentioned in section 4 1 There are two main ways to modify these installation files It is not recommended that anyone delete any PHP files u
7. criteria We then pieced them together in a way that made sequential sense If needed we also added B Roll to cover up video quality issues or to reinforce our message 4 Learning how to use Final Cut Pro X Final Cut Pro X is professional grade software and therefore is a sizeable learning curve for novice users It was however the best software available to us and without consistent professional grade video and audio we deemed it necessary to use the best software and ask Innovation Space personnel for assistance if needed A class on Final Cut Pro X was also offered at Innovation Space which provided useful practice and knowledge about the software 26 6 1 6 2 Acknowledgements Listing client with contact info Dr Douglas K Lindner lindner vt edu Involvement with the video R Benjamin Knapp benknapp vt edu Rick Bowles rbowles epix net John Schorling JBS7F hscmail mcc virginia edu Mark McNamee mmcnamee vt edu Matthew Komelski komelski vt edu Ivica Ico Bukvic 1co vt edu Andres Gonzalez andres_anirt_ gonzalez hotmail com Linda Lantier1 llantier1 att net Roop Mahajan mahajanr vt edu Charles Lief clief naropa edu Michael Carroll jhampa comcast net 2
8. member would head that sections work Verifying and organizing all the team members we were able to work together to accomplish the goals for each two week segment 24 5 2 Problems Solutions We ran into a few issues and found appropriate solutions Website Video 1 Memory Limits The hosting team has a limit on the amount of memory PHP can allocate This prevented us from performing necessary updates to WordPress and it s plugins We weren t able to adjust the limit ourselves so we contacted the VT Hosting Team www hosting vt edu and asked for a higher PHP memory limit 2 Plugins Some plugins were difficult to integrate with our themes Dave found a sidebar application that made adding sidebar widgets to the website much simpler The plugin allowed us to easily insert news calendar items and more into the sidebar of our website which provides the users with more information without needing to navigate to many small web pages The contact us plugin is one of the easier plugins to integrate since we only had to insert a tag like this into anywhere on the website for it s functionality to appear This made it easy to add it to a page and in the future it can easily be incorporated into a sidebar 3 Themes There were many themes to choose from We picked a theme that was very customizable since it allowed sidebars and the menu was easy to edit We tried to tie the theme into the subject Contemplative Campus a
9. our lives and maintain Figure 3 1 Home Page Cortemplative Practices VT Is a organization that strives to spread the word to our students and faculty so that they can enrich their lives By reading focusing and practicing this organization will help you maintain mindfulness while encouraging and assisting others around campus Figure 3 2 About Page 3 2 3 Get Involved Page This page gives the user information on how to get involved with contemplative practices Through navigating links on the left side of the page users can see how to get involved within the Virginia Tech Blacksburg and national communities as well as educating themselves on what can be done at home and in the workplace Users can expect to find up to date information on community groups as well as recommended ways to practice contemplation like yoga 3 2 4 VI Events Page For users that are within the Virginia Tech community this page will show what current events are available to attend The right side shows a calendar with all events including ones that are recurring The left side will show special events that do not occur as frequently so that they can be highlighted Users can change the calendar view to show the full list or to sort by lengths of time 3 2 5 Blacksburg Events Page This page has the exact same design and use as the VT Events Page Section 3 2 4 but is intended for anyone in the Blacksburg area These events are open to no
10. project is someone in the Virginia Tech and or Blacksburg community who is interested in using contemplative practices This section highlights the features of the website that this user might use to further inquire about contemplative practices at Virginia Tech 3 1 Website Access Access to the website is granted through this URL http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu This website is universally accessible to users and requires no further authentication 3 2 Website Navigation 3 2 1 Home Page The home page is where the URL above takes the user What the user will find on the home page e General information on contemplative practices at Virginia Tech Current news In site search box Links to other parts of the website 3 2 2 About Page This page is where the user will find more general information about contemplative practices at Virginia Tech As interests grow and more events come this page will be updated to document this information Contemplative Campus Virginiaw FOCUS AWATENESS 7 anoe Attento 3 Presence jon aeRO Seen ac ee V3V 3 YXe _ c ics 6 6 Gallery Research 6 Contact Us Contemplative practices help students and faculty gain inner focus and enrich their experience here at the university This website contains information so that you can do research on your own leam more and gat information on local events Our events help us teach each other ways to enrich
11. section of the website is the contact us cna page Users will be able to enter their nb oto eer information and contact those involved with Subject contemplative practices at Virginia Tech The Your Message form features a captcha which will prevent automated spam 3 3 Videos From April 2013 Conference The video gallery section 3 2 7 has 7 videos that are interviews from the April 2013 Conference at Virginia Tech There is another video titled Contemplative Campus at Virginia Tech that was created to explain contemplative practice and what is being done at Virginia Tech This video will serve as a good starting SEEEN omnes point for people who are trying to learn more and get involved with contemplative practices Contemplative Campus at Virginia Ivica Ico Bukvic at Virginia Tech Tech Figure 3 10 Video Gallery 4 Developer s Manual This should help with any future maintenance of the website and video By following this guide you should know how to safely make changes to the WordPress website including installations and updates and edit the video using Final Cut Pro X For the website it uses the WordPress platform After you log in through http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu wp admin with the password the WordPress dashboard will come up 4 1 Editing Regular Text Pages To edit any of the regular text pages go to the Pages tab on the left then click on the page you wish to edit
12. work done We encountered many errors by updating to WordPress 3 8 Updates were failing and we also encountered errors when updating plugins The errors all revolved around being denied access to allocating more memory To solve this we contacted VT Hosting Services and were given extended virtual memory for PHP This solved all of our problems We couldn t change the setting ourselves since phpinfo said it was limited by the host and the host doesn t allow custom htaccess files 18 As WordPress codebase grows you may need even more memory in the future Opening a trouble ticket with VT Hosting www hosting vt edu should solve your problem if you send them the errors you re getting 4 5 Video Source and Project Files The video was created using Final Cut Pro X at Innovation Space The source videos and final video project files are all on the provided external hard drives The final video can be found http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu videos Its name is Contemplative Campus at Virginia Tech The first large video on the screen is the currently selected video and the 8 videos beneath it are the last 8 videos that have been uploaded to the ContempVideo YouTube channel The user is able to click on any video and it will automatically start playing in the larger video window at the top of the page 4 5 1 Steps for exporting and publishing the video Exporting and publishing the video only took a few simple steps O
13. 27 01 30 Explains the science evidence based approach to Contemplative Research convincing viewers of Contemplative Practices validity Andres Gonzalez Yooa Meditation Instructor 21 01 31 03 05 Dr Roop Mahajan Fe Goes over basic Director Institute of Poe e Applea Solono 6TH st remedies applications of ivica lco Bukvic i d Contemplative practices Contemplative education and introduces the conference that occurred here Charles Lief President Naropa University 03 05 05 04 Tete Explains the growing mre popularity of Contemplative Practices and why the world needs them more than ever Faster Paced Lifestyle from Technology 05 05 06 16 Discusses Yoga and benefits of mindfulness 22 Mark McNamee Ph D Pr aie ovost Virginia Toche irs J ef gt f ZDA 06 17 08 29 We show group seminars and then the Provost discusses how our students can directly benefit from these practices A plan is explained for creating holistic engineers and more responsible professionals 08 30 09 46 The Provost and Dr Schorling encourage Contemplative Practice research to be done at VT 23 5 Lessons Learned In this section we will give a brief overview of what we accomplished this semester and then reflect on it This reflection will include different problems we faced throughout the semester and then our methods taken to overcome them
14. Contemplative Practices at Virginia Tech Website and Promotional Video CS 4624 Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia May 8 2014 Dave Kindel Ryan Anderson Andrew Katz Brandon Nalls Amanda Thompson Client Dr Douglas Linder Pi of Contents Table of Figures Executive Summary User s Manual 3 1 Website Access 3 2 Website Navigation Home Page About Page Get Involved Page VT Events Page Blacksburg Events Page VT Academics Page Gallery Page Research Page Contact Us Page 3 3 Videos From April 2013 Conference Developer s Manual 4 1 Editing regular text pages 4 2 Editing the Calendars for VT Events and Blacksburg Events 4 2 1 Adding and Editing events 4 2 2 Deleting an Event 4 2 3 Marking a special Event 4 3 Editing the Photo and Video Galleries 4 3 1 Adding Photos to the Photo Gallery 4 3 2 Edit Delete Existing Photos 4 3 3 Adding Videos to the Video Gallery 4 4 Website Maintenance 4 4 1 Location of website files 4 4 2 Necessary Website Maintenance 4 4 3 Caveats special work done 4 5 Video Source and Project Files 4 5 1 Steps for rendering and publishing the video 4 6 Storyboard of video Lessons Learned 5 1 Timeline Schedule 5 2 Problems Solutions Acknowledgements 6 1 Listing client with contact info 6 2 Involvement with the video WW WW WW Ww WwW Ww NNNNNNNNWN gt OONDUKRWN O 0 COCONNN DDD OFF UI OF OF OF BR W Table of Figures Figure 3 1 Figure 3 2
15. ch efforts in the contemplative practice community Currently this links users to Contemplative Practices in a Technological Society a way to further get involved Academics Home About Getlnvolved VT Events Blacksburg Events Vi Acmdemmam Gallery Aesearch Contact Us in the space to the left we re proud to include some notable persons involved with Contemplative Biographies Practices along with classes thal are closely tied with them Virginia Tech Courses Figure 3 6 VT Academics Page Home About Get involved VT Events Biscks bu g Events VT Academics Gallery esearch Contact Us Galleries Photon V CES Figure 3 7 Image Gallery Horne About Getinvolved VT Events Blacksburg Events VT Academics Gallery Figga meh Contaci Us Contemplative Practices in a Technological Society Along with the marvels of the 21s century come hurry distraction and distress and a compelling question How can we reconnect with our own humanity in the midst of a rapidly evolving technological society To answer this question we invite students the academic community professionals and conternplatives from Education Arts Health Business Science Technology and other areas to engage in a conversation about the future of contemplative mind body practices in our emerging technological society CPTS website Figure 3 8 Research Page 3 2 8 Contact Us Page me Mot Oatiahed VTEvets San rots VTAcnionice Coley Fenech OS The final
16. changes 4 2 2 Deleting an Event To delete an event simply go to the list of events on that calendar and click delete next to the desired event ID Title 4 Date Time Category Published Edit Delete 7 Blacksburg 2014 04 27 07 30 09 00 Yes Edit Meditation Figure 4 8 Deleting an event 4 2 3 Marking a special Event Navigate to Sidebars Under the Calendar you d like to add the special event for click Manage Widgets 12 Comments Galleries Sidebars All Sidebars A AGG New Blacksburg Special Event Singular amp Archive VT Special Event Singular amp Archive Edit Quick Edit Manage Widgets Trash X Manage Widgets Academics Sidebar Singular amp Archive Figure 4 9 Managing Special Event Widget Expand the widget for the special Event you d like to modify Sidebars News News sid Where Ed Left Sidebar Right Sidebar Footer Blacksburg Special Event VT Special Event Academics Sidebar Figure 4 10 List of Widgets Replace News Replace News Replace News Edit the Event in any way you like The most commonly used will probably be to select a specific event from the list Click Selected Events under Events to Display to do this 13 Blacksburg Special Event VT Special Event Upcoming Events Watch for this upcoming event Title Watch for this upcoming event Select Calendar VT Events v Select Theme Shiny Blue v Starting From Current Date
17. f Compressed m4v Jun 24 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 May 14 Cancel 2013 2 54 PM 2013 4 07 PM 2013 3 55 PM 2013 3 32 PM 2013 3 27 PM 2013 3 15 PM 2013 3 13 PM 2013 3 02 PM 2013 2 59 PM Open S bcam capture Record loto slideshow Dreate togle Hangouts 1 Air Broadcast HELP AND SUGGESTIONS By uploading you acknowledge that your use of YouTube is subject to the Terms of Service and Community Guidelines Please be sure not to violate others copyright or privacy rights Learn more Uploading Instructions Troubleshooting Mobile Uploads Video editor Edit Figure 4 19 Selecting a File to Upload to YouTube 20 The file extension will be mov This particular filename is Contemp_project mov After selecting the file follow the steps and wait for the file to completely upload before closing the window Processing the video on YouTube may take a substantial amount of time and keeping the window open isn t necessary then When completed the video can be found on the ContempVideo YouTube channel and will be automatically loaded to http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu videos When removing or adding a video to the YouTube channel it may take some time to process at this URL 4 3 Storyboard of video 00 00 00 26 Introduction to Contemplative Practices A at Virginia Tech goes Benjamin Knapp Z poems over basics of importance 00
18. g the page 4 2 Editing the Calendars for VT Events and Blacksburg Events 4 2 1 Adding and Editing Events To edit calendar events first go to the Calendar tab on the left sidebar then click on Manage Events for which calendar of events you wish to edit 10 amp Tools fai Settings CY BWS Plugins al Calendar www contemplativecampus dlib vt sei i Figure 4 4 Calendar Manager Title Search Reset ID Title a 2 Blacksburg Events VT Events r creating with WordPress The Calendar tab on the Dashboard Add a Calendar Manage Published Events Manage events Yes Figure 4 5 Managing events To add a new event click on the Add an Event button and fill in the event details Event Manager for calendar Blacksburg Events Title From z Blacksburg 2014 04 27 Meditation M TO Search Reset Time Category Published Edit Delete 07 30 09 00 Yes Edit Delete Figure 4 6 Adding an event When you are done click Save and the event will now show up on the calendar 11 Add an event for calendar Blacksburg Events Apply Cancel Event Details Repeat Event Title test Don t Select i Select Category repeat Category this Date 2014 04 30 event Time OT js O0O OT 2 01 Repeat daily OQ Add Media Visual Text Repeat Blko gt FC BEB EZ oi 27 weekly ae Repeat monthly Repeat yearly Note Figure 4 7 Saving
19. in settings page http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu wp admin admin php page gallery plugin ohp Figure 4 13 Uploading a file to the gallery 4 3 2 Edit Delete Existing Photos To edit the title or other information about a photo go to the galleries section click on the desired gallery and scroll down to the Upload file section There should begin to be a list of the images currently in that gallery Please use the drag and drop function to change an order of the images displaying and do not forget to save th post Please make a choice sort images by gt sort Images on the plugin settings page hp plugi Title Title Tree of Life Sunsets Alt tag Alt tag URL URL aS A ei a S A Dc ote T Fenian a wisi Open the URL Open the URL Curt nt window Current wihdow New window New window Lightbox button URE Lightbox button URE Description Description Delete Delete ideas Mindfulness Figure 4 14 Photo editing section 15 Under each picture you can edit it s title alt tag url that directs to it and other options When you are done scroll up until you see the Update button under the Publish section to publish your changes Publish Preview Changes 0 Status Published Edit gt Visibility Public Edit Published on Feb 26 2014 22 26 Edit Move to Trash Figure 4 15 Saving the changes to edited photos To delete a photo from the gallery
20. nce the video is edited using Final Cut Pro X the user can perform exporting by clicking File gt Share gt Export File If Export File isn t an option it can be added by clicking File gt Sharing gt Add Destination Final Cut Pro i Edit Trim Mark Clip New Libraries contem Open Library ee Close Library contemp 2014 04 18 Anna Pi nterv Import iranscoce Media g p ibe Relink Files Breathing Charles nterv a Circle 4 David L nterv Gonzalez intern Ivica Interview a a Knapp Intervie Laptop tra At Laptop tra vi B E Linda L nterv Mark M nterv Matthe mels Michael carrol Rick Bo terview Figure 4 17 Adding Export File option Once in this menu click Add Destination gt Export File The settings for the file to be exported 7PM Export Project XML Share Send to Compressor DVD Master File default SE Apple Devices 720p Apple Devices 1080p Facebook YouTube Vimeo emmaccc Export File Reveal in Browser OF Add Destination Reveal Project in Browser CF Reveal in Finder THR DY to brary viove to i ary Conso id ite es Delete Event Render Files Update Projects and Events Move to Trast are displayed in figure 4 18 19 Destinations DVD a Master File default Apple Devices 720p Apple Devices 1080p Facebook YouTube
21. nd the context Virginia Tech by editing the css files and modifying the colors that the Travelify theme defined By doing this we made the website hokie colored To further theme the website we created a custom header image and disabled the old header elements This saved screen real estate by removing excess elements from the common header which gave more room for the webpage s content 1 Finding B Roll Footage The footage received on the hard drive contained very limited B Roll There was certainly some useable as seen in the video itself but not enough to cover a 10 minute video To compensate we rented a camera from Innovation Space and took some more footage of the Virginia Tech campus 2 Sorting through footage in organized manner Multiple people parsed through a vast amount of footage To make sense of the chaos that comes with multiple people working with the same data set we followed a guide for specific people to look through specific folders When we started editing the video everybody came together with what they ve seen and unique ideas 3 Finding logical video sequence The key to making a successful video is an understanding of the message and how pieces will flow together To do this a general 25 storyboard was created Because we had a huge amount of video to look through and could not re interview people to get footage we want specifically we created a baseline message and found pieces of footage that met our
22. nless they re sure the WordPress website will still function correctly 1 VT Web Hosting Online File Manager This tool is good if you re only uploaded a few files It lets you download and edit existing files as well however WordPress has a better editor for editing style sheets and plugin files The editor is located at https secure hosting vt edu admin index jsp Simply enter www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu as the website and your PID credentials to log in 2 WebDrive This 1s a great tool for Windows user which essentially turns Windows Explorer into a more advanced form of FTP This is great for uploading or deleting many files at once WebDrive setup instructions are provided on VT s website here http computing vt edu kb entry 2308 4 4 2 Necessary Website Maintenance Over time WordPress will add new features and fix security holes It is recommended that a WordPress administrator updates the WordPress installation periodically however security updated should be applied automatically DO NOT update the theme it is customized and updates may undo the customization 17 WordPress Updates A WordPress administrator should go to http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu wp admin update core ph and see what s available Minor WordPress updates are usually safe since they don t often break the plugins however it s recommended that a file and SQL backup is made before all upgrades In 1 click you can
23. ople from the conference discussing their experiences and what these practices mean to them with some footage of others actually practicing different techniques and clips of Virginia Tech The website gives an overview of what contemplative practices is about as well as have a calendar of events that one can participate in Specifically the website contains e Homepage e About Get Involved O Virginia Tech Groups o Community Groups o At Home o At Work o Nationally VT Events Blacksburg Events VT Academics o Biographies O Virginia Tech Courses Gallery o Photos Oo Videos e Research e Contact Us The home page contains general information about what the website 1s for About Us has slightly more information about contemplactive practices Get Involved has more specific information on ways that someone can practice this and groups one can be a part of WT and Blacksburg Events each contain a calendar that has times where different contemplative events are happening and more details on the event VT academics lists the biographies of those involved in contemplative practices and some classes that one can take if they want to learn more in an academic setting The Gallery contains pictures and videos that are uploaded Research lists articles and other research being done about contemplative practices Contact Us supplies a contact form where someone can send an email to someone on staff 3 User s Manual The intended user for this
24. t only those who attend Virginia Tech Watch for this Home About TOGS imos VT Everts SlacksbugEvents VT Academics Gallery Research Contact Us Ways to Get Involved Figure 3 3 Get Involved Page Home About Get involved VI Evenis Glacksburg Events VT Academics Gallery esearch Contact Us Watch for this Special Event 2912 Mlay p 30 May 2014 Upcoming Friday 02 May See more oga Figure 3 4 VT Events Page upcoming event Blacksburg Meditation 27 April 2014 Repeat Every Week s on Sunday The Blacksburg Meditation Sunday 11 May group meets every Sunday See more 07 30 09 00 Figure 3 5 Blacksburg Events Page 3 2 6 VI Academics Page This page is separated into two sections The first section contains biographies of individuals within the contemplative practice community The other section provides information on courses offered at Virginia Tech on contemplative practice Users can use the links on the left side of the page to navigate between sections 3 2 7 Gallery Page The gallery page has two sections one for images and another for video The sections can be reached through the links on the left side The image gallery is a good source of posters to explain contemplative practice The video gallery contains videos about contemplative practice More information on the content of these videos is described in section 3 3 3 2 8 Research Page This page serves as a link to resear
25. update plugins and WordPress Theme Updates Theme updates are not recommended since the site was tailored towards a modified version of a theme called travelify The theme is a modified version of travelify which is located in the hosting site s wp content folder If you accidentally update the theme and the VT Style is gone delete travelify from the wp content and replace it by copying vt travelify backup into wp content and renaming the copied vt travelify backup to travelify This should undo the theme update Banner Updates If you would like to update or replace the header image of the website here are the instructions The current header of the website is a JPEG but it is exported from a Photoshop PSD file The PSD can be downloaded from http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu header2 psd To replace the header on the website after making changes to the PSD first save the new PSD by uploading it to the website makes future changes easier Then export a high quality JPEG or PNG from Photoshop so it can be used in WordPress WordPress can change the header by going to http www contemplativecampus dlib vt edu wp admin themes php page custom header uploading the JPEG PNG and hitting Save Changes at the bottom of the screen To revert the changes you ll see old headers on the same page which can be selected to replace the header you added 4 4 3 Caveats special
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