Hey guys,
Here is a very quick bit of user docs for the Bboards in 4.5/4.6. Not
forums, but Bboards. It's something I wrote up very basically for some
users I invited into our Extranet.
I hope these can be a beginning. Of course, there are a lof of things
that can be added. I have a feeling that user docs may best be written
as FAQs.
In order for this doc to be finished, screen shots should be added. In
addition to, of course, this stuff being written in Docbooks (which I
expect to do).
talli
In order to use this system, here are the instructions.
1) By now, you will have received an email with your password. It will
be a jumble of letters and numbers. If you need another one, let me
know and I will reset it for you.
2) Go to http://clients.museatech.net
3) At the top right of the page, you will see a login box. In the
space requesting user ID, input the email address with which you
received the system notification. In the password box, input the
password that is in the notification email. (to change the system
password, see the "My profile" doc.
4) Once you login, go the bottom of the page and you will see a number
of links. Among them is one that says "Benefit Project"
5) Select that one and you will see a page that says "Bboard" Select
that link
6) You will be taken to a new page with a link to "Benefit Events"
That will take you to this area.
Those are instructions for logging into the system. These are
instructions for using the bulleting boards:
1) Select a forum you would like to read. In this case, the only one
available is Benefit Events.
2) This will take you to a new page. You will see a list of links
called "threads". Each thread is begun by someone who has an idea or
thought for conversation. After that idea, anyone is able to come and
respond to that idea. A thread is a page with all of the response
posts that people make. Each thread has a title that is a hyper link
to the entire thread. Select one that you are interested in.
3) Once you are in a thread, you will see a chronological order of
posts. You can go down the page reading each one. At the bottom of the
page, you will see a box that says "Reply" If you would like to
comment on the thread, hit this button.
4) The next page you will see will be similar to what composing an
email using Hotmail or Yahoo! mail is like. You will see a one line
text area for a Subject and then an area for the Message. If you are
replying to a thread, the default will be "Re: This thread's subject".
You can write your thought for the thread there and then hit the "Post
Message" button at the bottom of the page.
5) The next page will be a page to confirm your post. You will have an
opportunity to review your thought and make sure it is what you
intended to say. If you are not comfortable with your thought, use
your back button to return to the previous area where you composed the
message. If you are fine with your thought, hit the "Confirm" button.
6) Your message will be posted and sent via email to the subscribed
members of the forum.
After logging into the system for the first time, there is another way
to reach the forums. Here are the instructions:
1) When logging into clients.museatech.net, check the box that asks if
you would like a cookie to be set. This will make your browser
remember your login to this site. Each time you visit, you will be
automatically be logged in.
2) When you receive an alert from the bulletin boards, there will be a
URL to go directly to that conversation. You can either select that
link directly which, depending on your email applicaiton, will launch
a browser for you or cut and paste that URL into your browser. This
will take you directly to the thread you are interested in.
