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How to Wrangle your Club


How to manage your Galleries

Sign in to the forums, and go to the Album/Gallery area. Select your clubs gallery. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on (C/O) the moderate link (on the right "you can moderate this category") and you will be presented with a list of the pictures in the gallery. From here you can:

  • Move (to another catagrory you moderate) a picture.
  • Lock (prevent more comments being added) or Unlock a picture.
  • Delete (permanently remove) a picture.
  • Approve (make a posted, unapproved picture visible) a picture.
  • Unapprove (make a posted picture not visible while leaving it in the database) a picture.

The check all and invert selection allow you to do these operations on multiple pictures.

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Adding a Club Event to the Calendar

Go to the HorseIceCream Calendar. If you don't have the cookie set (check box on login page) to log you in each time you visit, click on Login at the bottom of the calendar on the Current User line. Sign in using the user id you use to wrangle your club. Click on Manage calendar of: (your club). Then use the Calendar controls to navigate to the month view of your event. Click on the Plus sign in the corner of the date of your event.

Fill in the details of your event. If you are unsure about what each field should contain, press the help button help button next to the Add Entry at the top of the page. This will pop open a small pop up window that describes the fields. Remember to select a Category from the drop down on the right side of the form. This allows other users to filter their calendar views to just show shows, auctions, parades etc.

Next select the Participants Tab. You will use Cntl+click to select multiple participants. You want to select your club's calendar at a minimum. If the event is something the public would be interested also select Public Access. Selected participants will be highlighted in blue. When you have selected the participants you can return to the details tab, or just press Save if you are done.

If the event is a repeating event, like monthly meetings, click on the repeat tab. You can then select the type of repeat from the drop down list. Then you can return to the details tab, or just press Save if you are done.

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How to add club members in the Usergroup on the Forum/Gallery

The first step is to have your club members register on the forum. Once they have done that you can add them one of two ways.

Closed Group

Members C/O the Usergroups link at the top of the page. In the dropdown list they find the club's group. Then C/O the View Information button. You will be listed as the moderator of the group. They then C/O the PM button and send you a private message.

When you receive the PM it will have their username on it. Copy (Cntl+C) the name and then click on the Usergroups link at the top of the page. Select the club's group from the "current memberships" dropdown. Then C/O View Information. Paste (Cntl+V) your members userid (copied from the PM) into the text box next to the Add Member button and press the button. Alteratively you can use the "Find a Member" (button next to the Add Member) and find a members name. Note you must use the member's forum exact username, and capitalization and spaces count, thus copy and paste works best.

Open Group

First you will need to make your group open. Go to the forum and click on the Usergroups link at the top of the page. Select the club's group from the "current memberships" dropdown. Then C/O View Information. You will see three radio controls, Open, Closed and Hidden on the group control panel. By default your club's group is set to closed, select Open and C/O the update button. At this point you members (and anyone else) can request entrance into the group.

Your members can request membership by (after registering a username on the forum) clicking on the Usergroups link at the top of the page. Select the club's group from the "Non member" dropdown. Then C/O View Information. They can then C/O the join button. When they do this, You will receive an email with a link you can follow to aprove the membership, or the next time you check the group control panel, you will see a list of "Pending Memberships" at the bottom of the page. You can then PM or email the user if you are not sure who they are or select them and C/O the Approve Selected button.

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How to remove members from your Group

Go to the forum and click on the Usergroups link at the top of the page. Select the club's group from the "current memberships" dropdown. Then C/O View Information. You will see al list of all the members of your group. You can check the boxes on the left of the member entry of one or more members and C/O the remove members button.

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How to Change you club information

Go the Club Corral page and C/O the "Administer your Club" link in the Sprinkles and Toppings. You may need to sign in, then you will be taken to a listing of the club or clubs you wrangle. C/O the Edit Club Information link. You can change your basic club information here. You can also change how your forum and gallery will behave also you can change the general appearance of your clubs HorseIceCream.com web page.

Forum and Gallery Behavior

Who can read posts on your Forum. Everyone allows even unregistered users (guests) on the forum to read you posts. Registered users included all users on the forum, but not guests, thus members of other clubs could see your club's posts. Only Members of your group would limit access to only those that you had added to your user group.

Who can add posts to your Forum Everyone allows even unregistered users (guests) on the forum to post messages on your forum. Registered users included all users on the forum, but not guests, thus members of other clubs could post messages. Only Members of your group would limit access to only those that you had added to your user group.

Who can add polls to your Forum Everyone allows even unregistered users (guests) on the forum to add polls to your groups forum. Registered users included all users on the forum, but not guests, thus members of other clubs could add polls to your groups forum. Only Members of your group would limit access to only those that you had added to your user group. Only You means that you are the only one who can add a poll.

Who can view photos in your Album Everyone allows even unregistered users (guests) on the forum to view your club's gallery. Only Members of your group would limit access to only those that you had added to your user group. Only members of your group can post pictures to your club's gallery. This can not be changed.

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Layout and Styles on Club's Web Page

You can adjust the colors used on your web page for background, text and your club's name. You can also select from among the most common fonts. The button to the right of the color choices will provide you with a color picker to choose a color from if you are not familiar with color hex codes. We recommend that you select your colors this way.

There are two major sections of your web page. The club description (including focus and area served) can be located at the top of the page, or under your "additional content" The "Do you want your club description above or below your additional content" selection controls this. You additional content is free form text and other web content that can be added to your page with a wysiwyg editor. You can access the editor from the link on the Administer club page.

You can also add, remove or change you club's banner image on your club page. Remember banners must be 50 pixels wide and 100 pixels high, in either JPG or GIF format and under 2 megabytes in size.

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Adding or Editing Additional Content on Club's Web Page

You can add additional content to your club's HorseIceCream.com web page that is not as structured as you contact information and description. From the "Administer your Club" page C/O the "Edit Club Page Additional Content" link. The page displayed will use the background color from your main page but you have control over the text color, format and size. You can also add links. Remember you may not place Advertising on your club page, except for you own club events. When you have completed the changed C/O the Save button at the bottom of the page.

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Adding and Changing Club Announcements and News

You can add additional content to your club's HorseIceCream.com web page about your club's recent news or important announcements. The News scrolls in a box in the upper right corner of the page, the announcements are located lower on the page in another box. Both are limited to 5 entries, so you will need to remove one to add another if you have five items in either area.

From the "Administer your Club" page C/O the "Edit Club News" link. From here you can edit or delete and existing news item, or add another.

From the "Administer your Club" page C/O the "Edit Club Announcements" link. From here you can edit or delete and existing announcement, or add another.

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