GV UPDATED Special Categories Temporary Guide (Vol 2)
Channel: GV Guides
Date: 2021-12-02

This is an update video about the Special Categories system intended for Global Voices (https://globalvoices.org) editors and Lingua Translation Managers.

It explains how to use the latest version of the new system, step by step, for both editors and translators. 

2:40 Creating a TERM POST DRAFT
13:09 Updating Special Category Settings
17:54 Adding shortcode to All Special Coverage page
20:04 Adding the shortcode in a homepage widget
23:50 Storing category info to the Terms Database spreadsheet
25:06 Translating TERM POST DRAFT
28:51 Finding and checking the local version of the category
30:55 Editing the translated category settings and featured image
35:45 Adding the shortcode to Lingua All Special Coverage page and homepage widget

For a more general explanation of the system (along with specifics about the original way it worked) see the previous video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxse7zBevi8

For the full text guide to Special Categories, see this Google Doc:

https://bit.ly/gv-special-categories-temp-guide

At some point in the future this video will stop being relevant. If you see it some day and realize this has come to pass, please leave a comment to remind me to update the title and description!

- Jer Clarke, Tech Lead for Global Voices