Installation & Activation #

Installation Instructions must be completed first.

The Departments & Accolades plugin should be activated.

Adding Awards #

In the WordPress admin area, navigate to Users > Awards.

Give your award a name and a description (optional) and click Add New Award.

After you give your award a name and a description (this is optional), your award will appear on the right with a URL-friendly slug which is auto created. Users who are assigned to an award will appear on the right.

Adding Departments #

In the WordPress admin area, navigate to Users > Departments.

Give your department a name and a description (optional) and click Add New Department.

After you give your department a name and a decription (this is optional), your department will appear on the right with a URL-friendly slug which is auto created. Users who are assigned to the department will appear on the right.

Parent Department Configuration #

The option for Parent Department can be used when creating a hierarchy of departments.

For example, if you have a Science Department, you could create multiple departments under that such as Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy, etc., with Science Department being the parent department.

Adding Teams #

In the WordPress admin area, navigate to Users > Teams.

Give your team a name and a description (optional) and click Add New Team.

After you give your team a name and a description (this is optional), your team will appear on the right with a URL-friendly slug which is auto created. Users who are assigned to the team will appear on the right.

Parent Team Configuration #

The option for Parent Team can be used when creating a hierarchy of teams.

Assigning Users #

To assign a user to an award, department, or team, navigate to Users > All Users.

Click on the user followed by Edit.

Toward the bottom of the screen, you are able to assign a user to a department(s), team(s), or an award.

Click Update User.