Steps for Creating New Staff Members

MUCK Tasks

Create Staff Character and apply W-bit

Add to Staff List

Before Starting

New staffer will need to log in using their staff character to the website, request system and forums so that the authentication bridge will generate an account on all of those systems.

NarniaMUCK Website Tasks

Add staff member to staff role (drupal role)

Add a url alias

  1. Administer
  2. Site building
  3. URL aliases
  4. Add Alias
  5. Enter 'users/username' in the first box.
  6. Enter staff member's name in all lower-case in the other box.
  7. Click "Create Alias"

Add to Staff Menu

  1. Administer
  2. Site building
  3. Primary Links
  4. Add Item
  5. Path: If you've already added an url alias, simply enter the url alias (the staff member's name in all lower case)
  6. Menu link title: Enter staff member's name properly capitalized.
  7. Parent item: Select "Staff" (it will be "down" the pull-down list..initially not visible)
  8. Click "Save"
  9. Use the compass symbol to click/drag the menu item to its correct position alphabetically
  10. Click "Save Configuration"

Add name's Blog to menu

Add name's Profile to menu

Set their Profile Role/Title

  1. Browse to their profile page
  2. Click edit
  3. click profile
  4. Set the 'title' to something arbitrary like 'profile'
  5. At the bottom of the page, pick the appropiate title for the Staff Title Field.

Add e-mail account @narniamuck.org

Add Player to page mail global aliases

CVS Account for Programmers/Developers

  1. Login to muckadmin@muck.narniamuck.org via SSH
  2. cd /usr/local/src/cvsroot/CVSROOT
  3. sudo htpasswd passwd
  4. sudo emacs passwd, find the new passwd entry and append :cvs to the end.
  5. Save

Request System Tasks

Add to appropiate groups.

Forums Tasks

Add to appropiate groups.

New Staff Member's Tasks

  • Write a Profile
  • Upload a Profile Picture
  • If a Programmer/Developer, configure a CVS client and 'pull' the NarniaMUF repository, and get trained on CVS as necessary.