In Memoriam Help for MARS Editors

The following information is intended to help MARS website Editors add, modify or delete obituary-related information to be displayed in the In Memoriam page. Note that the In Memoriam page itself is not directly edited, only the tables (one for each year) it displays are edited by the tool “TablePress,” which is accessed separately from the page. Each cell should be formatted as recommended (below) to enable the web page viewer to search, sort and display the table, as desired. Editing the obituary tables is similar to editing Excel spreadsheets.

  • Login to your MARS Editor account.
  • From the Dashboard, select TablePress > All Tables.
  • All TablePress tables are listed. Edit one table at a time by selecting the desired Table Name, such as “2023 Obituaries” to edit.
  • Note: for convenience, you may want to arrange how this screen is viewed by collapsing and/or rearranging the major sections displayed, as identified by the headings: Table Information, Table Content, Table Options, etc., as follows:
    • To collapse a section, click the solid triangle icon at the right end of the heading. To uncollapse a collapsed section, click the same icon.
    • To move a section up, click the up arrow icon at right end of the heading.
    • To move a section down, click the down arrow icon at the right end of the heading.
    • Click the Screen Options tab at top, right side of page for additional options.
  • To Add one row to the Table Content, go to the Table Manipulation section, next to “Add 1 row(s),” click the Add button. One row will be added to the bottom of the table. To add more than one row, set the desired number of rows before clicking the Add button.
  • To ADD new information to a new row of cells (Name, Passed Away, edit in the Table Content section, as follows:
    • Name cell formatted: Last Name, First Name “nickname [optional]”
    • Passed Away cell: date must be formatted YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the 4-digit year, MM is the 2 digit month (01-12) and DD is the optional 2-digit day (01-31).
    • Survived By, Location cells are self-explanatory and optional.
    • MARS Member cell: insert Yes or No or leave blank. (this cell may be eliminated at some point)
    • Obituary Published cell: insert No if there is no obituary link. If there is a link to be inserted, follow these steps:
      • (1) click inside the cell where the link is to be inserted. Highlights the cell when clicked
      • (2) in the Table Manipulation section, click Selected cells: Insert Link button. A popup will become visible. In the popup, paste the obituary website link into the URL box. In the Link Text box, insert “Link” (no quotes). Add a checkmark to the Open link in a new tab box. Click the Add Link button (bottom right of popup). Notice the link was added to the cell.
      • (3) Important. Click the Save Changes button (either button at the top or bottom of the screen).
  • To EDIT existing information, click in the desired (Table Content section) cell(s) and change, as desired, then click the Save Changes button (either button at the top or bottom of the screen).
  • To DELETE an existing row, click the desired (Table Content section) row number (far left cell), then in the Table Manipulation section, click the Selected rows: Delete button. Finally click the Save Changes button (either button at the top or bottom of the screen).
  • When finished editing (and Saving) the desired In Memoriam table, another table may be selected by clicking the All Tables tab at top left. Or return to the Dashboard or Log Out (upper right).
  • Remember to click the Save Changes button before leaving or exiting the page.

Note: it is not necessary to rearrange the table rows, as the In Memoriam page viewer may select the desired order, number of rows displayed, etc.