How our websites are built
All MADD Canada Chapter websites use the content management system called WordPress.
WordPress uses themes for the appearance of the web site. A theme provides the look and feel of a website as well as many of the functions beyond what WordPress itself provides.
In 2021, all MADD Chapters sites were converted to a theme called Total. The Risen theme that the websites used before has been phased out.
The Total theme has a mobile-friendly responsive design, meets international standards for accessibility, and has all the features you might need: photo and video gallery, events, news blog, and staff profiles (for your Board of Directors). In addition, Total provides an easy-to-use page builder which allows you to add page elements like buttons, image galleries, accordians, columns, and more.
The steps for making updates to your website are a bit different for the Total theme compared to our previous theme. We have created new tutorials to walk you through the most common tasks.
Tutorials
The new tutorial pages are a work in progress. Missing links will be added as the pages are completed. The linked pages below should cover many of the topics you’ll need.
- Logging in to Your Website
- Introduction to Editing a Page
- Homepage
- Adding and Deleting Pages
- Contact Info in Header
- Latest News (blog)
- Events Calendar
- Board of Directors
- Photos & Videos
- Page Builder
- Sidebars
- Menus and Navigation
- Extended Functions (Plugins)
Need help?
Check out our FAQs page for answers to questions others have asked.
We are always available to assist at help@maddchapters.ca.