Instructions: Database Updates

Once a workshop series is complete:

1. Verify that all videos and PDFs associated with the workshop series have been uploaded to its corresponding web post.
2. If there are videos and/or PDFs in the web post, proceed to the next step. If not, the series will only be displayed on the Workshops page, and there would be no need to have a copy in the database.
3. Place the complete workshop series in the Database for archiving and future reference.

1. General format: In the JavaScript section (draft page here — please use as a point of reference & feel free to create test entries), the format is as follows. Here, the entries were placed into VS Code for easy editing (copy-paste into the JavaScript WordPress editor afterwards, as WordPress does not auto-save your work). However, Notepad or any other text editor also works. Codepen is a user-friendly alternative requiring no installation (optional to create an account, if you want to save work between uses). Do not use the online page previews though – these external editors do not have the same custom configurations as our UBC-hosted site.

Template:

{ text: "", link: '', image: '', tags: [], description: ""}

Sample entries, where the bottom one uses a description:

{ text: "Tinkercad with Tiny Homes", link: 'https://elvlc.educ.ubc.ca/2023/08/31/tinkercad-with-tiny-homes/', image: 'https://educ-elvlc-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2023/12/t725-3-1.png', tags: ["Coding", "Game Design", "Educators", "Kids and Teens", "Edith Lando VLC Workshops"], description: ""},

{ text: 'Great Green Wall Initiative', link: 'https://www.unccd.int/our-work/ggwi', image: 'https://educ-elvlc-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2023/08/great-green-wall.jpg-1.png', tags: ['Ecological Justice & Sustainability', 'Educators', 'General Public', 'Website'], description: "Imagine a living symbol of hope, the largest living structure on the planet, one that stretches 8,000km across Africa, ushering in a new era of sustainability and economic growth. Launched in 2007 by the African Union, the game-changing African-led Great Green Wall initiative aims to restore the continent’s degraded landscapes and transform millions of lives in the Sahel. This ambitious project is being implemented across 22 African countries and will revitalize thousands of communities across the continent. It brings together African countries and international partners under the leadership of the African Union Commission and the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green. More than USD 8 billion has been raised and pledged to support this game-changing initiative."},

• text: The title that appears in the database entry.
• link: The URL of the resource.
• image: The picture that appears for this database entry.
• tags: The tags used to categorize the resource (all are highlighted here, use double-quotes and commas to separate them in the list [ ], as depicted in the above example). Include a minimum of one tag from each of the three categories.
• description: This is optional to include — please note that all tags (categories) and the text title are searchable. If there are additional terms that you’d like to be searchable for a particular database entry, include them here.
4. Keep the workshop series visible on the Workshops page until the end of the academic year. Do not remove it from the Workshops page until the annual update.

At the conclusion of the academic year:

The person responsible for updating the Workshops page should take the following actions: