On top and bottom of all pages is a "breadcrumb" line. These links show where in the community you are reading and give you the option to click up or down the structure of the community. Within each breadcrumb line are also icons to open up options within each level of the site. Each icon will open up direct links to tools like search or other forums and categories within the MaintenanceForum application.

A second navigation tool is the "Go" button built into the top left side of each page.

A discussion is a topic with replies
A poll invites people to vote on a question and add replies.
A photo album is a gallery of uploaded images with a place to add comments as required.

To post a reply, look for a "Reply" tab at the top or bottom of any discussion or poll. Click this tab to open a posting window with tools for enhancing your post with bold text, images or attachments.

Beside each "Reply" tab is a yellow arrow for "Quick Reply." The "Quick Reply" is for fast text-only responses to a discussion.

A photo album wizard will take you through the following steps:

Step 1 "Basics" is to provide basic information about the album, choose whether to allow comments and select your notification options.

Step 2 "Upload" is to upload files from your own computer. Note: there may be size and number limits set by the administrator.

Step 3 "Organize" is to add titles and captions to each uploaded photo. You may also add new photos, delete photos or re-order photos in this step.

Step 4 "Preview" is to confirm what the final album looks like approve before you it for viewing by other members.

Please note: An administrator may require approval of photo albums before they go live.

If you are the owner of the album, you may edit the album after it has gone live by using the "edit" icon in the bottom right corner of the gallery view.

You can edit a post after it goes live by clicking the small edit icon in the lower right corner of the message. An administrator may restrict the time frame for editing a message.

You can enhance a post when first creating it or when editing it.

Choose a "mood" icon for the discussion by clicking the selector beside the "Subject" or "Reply To:" field.

You may insert a "graemlin" emoticon into your posts by clicking the emoticon icon on the left side of the posting tools.

The posting page tools include some or all of these options:

Graemlins - an inline emoticon image
URL - a web page link
Bold - bold text Italics - italic text
Quote - indented text List bullet - ordered text
Email - a clickable email address Image - a properly formed link to an web image
Attachment - where enabled, an uploaded file attachment.

Favorites

To add a discussion to your favorites list, click the "Tools" tab button and select "Add to favorites." You can keep a list of up to 30 discussions in your My Space page. Icons there will show whether your favorites have been updated since your last visit.

Notifications

Click the "Notify" tab on a community page to request email notifications of new content. Delivery options may include:

• Daily Email Digest - a summary of all notifications sent once a day.
• Weekly Email Digest - a summary of all notifications sent once a week.
• Immediate Notification - email automatically sent when there is an update.

To get email notifications on the new MaintenanceForums boards:

1) You can either an individual message board or series of individual message boards or a single thread within a message board.

2) For example if I want to be notified every time someone posts a condition monitoring message

A) go to the homepage
B) Click on Forums
C) Click on Postings Boards
D) Click on the "Posts About Technologies and Techniques for Condition Monitoring" board
E) Click on the Notify tab
F) Select how you often and in what form you wish to be notified (Daily, weekly or immediate)
G) You will get an email every day, week or immediately when someone posts new messages or replies.
H) Repeat this for every posting board or message thread you are interested in.
 

Modify or Cancel a Notification

Click on the My Space tab and then click Notifications. Click the "edit" link to change delivery options or cancel the request entirely. You can also edit your preferences directly from the email you receive.

Suspend my Notifications Temporarily

You can temporarily suspend your notifications at any time. For example, this might be useful if you were going on vacation. Select the "suspend subscriptions" box at the bottom of the "Notifications" page to put them all on hold. They will stay suspended until you uncheck that box.

Subscribe to another Member

Click the person's name within the interface, then select "notify me of new posts by x". You will be notified via email every time that member posts to the community.

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