Camp Today Media

Blog Tags

By applying tags to a blog post, parents can then filter for the posts matching specific tags.

First, create tags on the Tags page; then, when you're creating a new blog post, you can select which tags to apply to the post.

Tags can be created by selecting Tags in the Media Settings section of the Camp Today Media Dashboard.

To create a new tag, click "+Add tag..."

  1. Enter the name of the new tag
  2. Click "Add tag"

The new tag will be added to the list.

  1. Double-click to edit a tag
  2. Double-click to delete a tag
Creating a Blog

A blog is a collection of posts that represent one or more sessions of camp.

To create a blog, click "+Add blog..."

  1. Enter the name of the new blog
  2. Select the sessions to include in the blog
  3. Select whether or not the blog should be active
  4. Click Add blog

The new blog will be added.

  1. Click to access the blog and create new posts.
  2. Double-click to delete the blog. Blogs may not be deleted if they contain one or more posts.

Within a blog, you'll be able to add photo, video, or text posts.

Adding Photo Posts to a Blog

Photo posts allow you to create a new Camp Today post that contains photos and text. Users will see a preview of images contained within the post, and can click on an image to view the entire gallery of all images that have been uploaded to the post. From this page, they can download each image and/or purchase prints.

To create a new Cap Today photo post, click "Add photo post".

  1. Select whether or not you would like to publish the post at this time. You have 3 options:
    • Select "Yes" to publish it as soon as you create the post.
    • Select "Later" to schedule the post to be published on a specific day/time after you create the post.
    • Select "No" to save this post, but not publish it on your Parent Dashboard yet. When you're ready to publish the post, you'll need to return to this page and set "Published" to "Yes" and save.
  2. Enter the title of the photo post
  3. Click to select tags
  4. Select the photo layout (this is only relevant to camps who are not using our new responsive parent dashboard)
  5. Enter text to be included with the photo post
  6. Drag & drop photos to add to the post (or, click this box to manually select the photo files from your device)
    1. Please note that these photo files uploaded to a Camp Today photo blog post must be .JPEG or .PNG file types. "Live photos" or "motion photos" are not accepted by CampSite and cannot be used. 
  1. Next, double click a photo to designate it as the "key photo" for this blog post.
    • When viewing all of your blog posts, parents will see just the key photo for this post initially. Clicking the key photo will redirect them to a new page that contains all the photos within the post.
  2. Click "Create post" to officially create the post. Keep in mind whether or not the post is also published to your Camp Today page depends on the 'Publish' settings above.

After you create a post, you'll be redirected to your blog page. For each post that's been added, view:

  1. The time stamp of when the post was created
  2. The type of post it is
  3. The title of the post (click the title to edit the post)
  4. Whether or not the post has been published
  5. Facial recognition matches for this post (if your camp has purchased our Facial Recognition feature)

Published posts will display on the Parent Dashboard (along with a "New" indicator in the top right corner).  To view the entire photo gallery for a post, click the key photo for the post.

Clicking the key photo for a post will redirect you to SmugMug, where you can view all the images uploaded to this post. Use the icons above the selected image to:

  1. View a slideshow of the entire photo gallery.
  2. Download the selected image.
  3. Buy a print of the selected image from SmugMug directly.
Photo Layouts

When creating photo posts, you can choose from an assortment of layouts so share a preview of the images contained within the post.

Thumbnail

Thumbnail

Filmstrip

Filmstrip

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

Pyramid

Pyramid

Tiles

Tiles
Adding Video Posts to a Blog

Video posts allow you to share videos up to 20 minutes in length and 3 GB in size.

To add a new video post, select "Add video post".

  1. Select whether or not you would like the post to be published. You may also opt to have the post published as a designated date and time by selecting "Later".
  2. Enter the title of the video post
  3. Click to select tags
  4. Enter the text to be included with the post
  5. Drag video to add to the post
    1. Please note that Camp Today video posts only accept .MP4 and .MOV files as valid video file upload types.

After entering the information for the new post,click "Create post".

The new post will be added.

  1. Click the name of the post to edit.
  2. Double-click to delete a blog post.
Adding Text Posts to a Blog
  1. Select whether or not you would like the post to be published. You may also opt to have the post published as a designated date and time by selecting "Later".
  2. Enter the title of the text post
  3. Click to select tags
  4. Enter the text to be included with the post
  5. Click Create post.

The new post will be added.

  1. Click the name of the post to edit.
  2. Double-click to delete a blog post.