Administrative Guide for SIMC website

Welcome to the User Guide! This serves as a reference for you to find instructions for the various actions available to you on the CMS.

The website is based on Wordpress, using Timber to create a modern, lightweight theme that is easily maintainable.

Here is a list of plugins that is bundled with your custom theme:

• Advanced Custom Fields PRO
  Adds custom fields into post types like Posts, Events, Panelists, Pages
• Autoptimize
  Optimises the website's various CSS & HTML files by minifying it so that it loads faster
• Contact Form 7, Flamingo & Listo
  Lightweight contact form plugin and companion plugin to list all contact form submissions and add list of countries to form
• Duplicate Post
  Adds "Clone" functionality to post types
• Event Tickets
  Allows you to sell tickets and collect RSVPs from events
• Menu Icons
  Adds menu icons to the navigation menu
• Regenerate Thumbnails
  Allows you to mass-regenerate thumbnails of uploaded media
• Search & Filter Pro
  Creates a filter bar for your visitors
• The Events Calendar
  Adds "Event" functionality to your website
• Timber
  Required plugin to work with your custom theme
• Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg
  Extends the Gutenberg editor with important blocks that are currently missing from the default editor
• WP Super Cache
  Caching plugin that generates static HTML pages and stores them to serve to visitors. This speeds up pageload times significantly.

In general, the more plugins you install on Wordpress, the slower it becomes. It is highly recommended that before you install a plugin, you consider the potential effects it has on the performance of your website. When in doubt, feel free to contact Sulphur.