Greetings. The NCFoodNet is a directory to assist locating and connecting to anyone doing food system work in North Carolina. Anyone can search!  Anyone who registers can create their own new and edit existing entries!   The site is also user managed, so that individuals, after registering with Wordpress and logging in, can add and edit their own profiles.
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This on-line directory:

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• • creates a portal to existing efforts/websites
• • increases awareness of the breadth of good work already being done
• • allows searches by location, name, type of work being done, etc.
• • connects new and existing stakeholders
• • helps cross the digital divide, encouraging community support, through user-managed profiles and open-editing

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Below you will find some HOW TO directions.  Please, if you have questions after trying to slog through it yourself, contact me directly at tes@unc.edu!!  Happy networking!

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TO EDIT an existing entry:

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• • First, search for the entry by typing the org or person’s name in the search box and hitting enter (help us avoid duplicate entries)

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• • Click on the profile you want to edit from the search table that appears

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• • The profile page will come up, and to the far right you can click on “edit contact”

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• • A data entry page for that profile/contact will come up;

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• • Make sure to add your org name in the very first blank at the top of the page–as it will allow you and us to search for your entry when editing;

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• • The next big block is for narrative description;

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• • The “org name” field is the ORGANIZATION’s NAME AS IT WILL SHOW UP on the top of a profile when it is pulled up in a search–DO NOT LEAVE THIS BLANK

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• • You can correct or add any incorrect or missing information, or delete the data in fields you would rather have blank (phone numbers, etc);.;

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• • To add a narrative, simply type or paste info into the large text box NEAR THE TOP of the contact entry page, as this will allow visitors to the site to more fully understand what your org does.

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• • To add or change CATEGORIES (which help people identify what work you do), check or uncheck ONLY the relevant boxes in the long list IN THE FAR RIGHT column

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• • If you have a logo/image on a url you can post it in the bottom contact field.  (Note-you cannot add a jpg here, but rather it must be an image on a url)

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• • Hit blue UPDATE PAGE in upper right hand area to save all your changes!

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TO CREATE A NEW ENTRY:
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• • First do a search to make sure the entry doesn’t already exist!.
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• • Check your spelling and re-search
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• • Hit the add new contact link on the very top menu bar

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• • A new contact (”post”) page will come up

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• • Enter the reference org name in the top box, a brief narrative of the work and programs in the large text box
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• • Add the contact info in the boxes below the large narrative text box

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• • Also be sure to check ONLY the relevant category boxes in the far right column (as they help with searches)

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• • If you have a logo/image on a url you can post it in the bottom contact field.  (Note-you cannot add a jpg here, but rather it must be an image on a url)
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• • Ignore the fields below and otherwise.

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• • Hit blue publish button in upper right hand area to save and publish

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