Adding News & Updates

Here we will teach you how to make a news announcement from a house.

1. Click on a House


2. Click on "add news & updates"



3. Add Your Headline & News Text


4. If News is Urgent, Check the "Urgent!" Box

By checking the "Urgent" box, an e-mail will instantly be sent out to all village members informing them of your important news.

5. Click Submit


6. Your Headline will Appear under Latest News

After you submit your news update, it will automatically appear on the home page under Latest News. (Note: Personal information has been blocked for the sake of this tutorial)

And you're done!

Adding Photos in a Photo Album

Here we will teach you how to add photos to an album in a house on www.FamilyVillages.com. In this tutorial we will add a picture of Charlie to Olivia's album called "Photos of Charlie."

1. Click on Olivia's House


2. Go to Photo Albums in Olivia's House
When you are inside Olivia's house, scroll down until you see "Photo Albums". Since we want to add a photo of Charlie, click on the album called "Photos of Charlie."


3. Viewing an Album
Olivia's "Photos of Charlie" album should appear in a new screen. At the top you can browse through her photos by clicking on either "previous/next" or by clicking on the thumbnails to the right. At the bottom of the page, you can edit this gallery, add photos, and add captions.



4. Adding a Photo
To add a photo scroll down the page until you see a blue box called "Upload Photos." Click on "Browse" to find the photo you want to add. Note: This is exactly the same process as adding a photo to an email.

A window should pop up that will allow you to select the folder containing your desired photo. To see thumbnails of the photos rather than a list, click on the dropdown menu and click "thumbnails" (see image below).


Now click on the photo you want to add and click "Open".
After you click open, the pop-up window should close and the photo file name will be filled in. Now click "Upload." Note: If your photo is very large, it may take a minute to upload. Please be patient.



5. Adding Captions
The third blue window will allow you to add captions to the photos. Just fill in the box and click "Update"

6. Deleting Photos
If there are photos you would like to delete, you can do this in the same blue box that you use to add captions. Just click on the box beside the photo you would like to delete, and then click update.

FamilyVillages.com Tutorial - Edit House Information

Here we will teach you how to edit a resident's information in www.FamilyVillages.com.

1. Click on a House
In this case we will choose Olivia's because we want to edit the information for her dog Charlie. So first click on either the picture of Olivia's house or her name (see image below).

2. Click [edit resident]
Charlie has already been added as a resident to this house. To edit his information, click on edit resident on the right-hand side (see image below).
3. Editing Information
A new window will "pop up" where you can edit the information by typing over existing text, or by adding additional categories. The window will look like this (see image below).

4. Adding Another Piece of Info
To add an additional category, click on "add another piece of info>." We want to add Charlie's colour as a category. After we click on "add another piece of info>" a blank field will appear. Now we can add colour as a category, and type in "Black & Tan" (see images below).

5. Click Update
When you are happy with your changes, click the update button to save your changes. A message will appear at the top letting you know that the information has been updated (see images below).

6. Click "return to house>"
When you're done, click on "return to house>" to close this window and return to Olivia's page (see image below).