Joining the Community
User Dashboard - My Home
- Creating a User Profile Photo
- Newsfeed
- Site Wide Message Center
- Bookmarking Content
- Voting on Polls
- Viewing Groups
- Viewing Events
- Viewing Friends
Account Administration - My Account
- Managing Account Information
- Privacy Settings
- Email Notifications
- Managing Content
- Managing Your Friends
- Site Wide Messages - Your Inbox
- Invite Others to the Community
- Setting Up and Editing Your Profile
- Viewing Your Profile
Friends - Connecting With Other Users
Blogging
Forums
Events
Resources
Searching the Community
Joining the Community
Registration
To register for the community click the “Sign up now” link on the login or 'home' page. Once you are on the registration page enter the required information (usually name, email, password)in the form. Click “I accept the terms and conditions” box and then select “save” or "register". You will receive a confirmation email sent to the email address you registered with. Click on the link in the email to confirm your registration. Once your account is confirmed you will be granted access into the community.
Logging In
To log in to the community enter the email address that you created the account with along with the password you created and select "login". You can select “Remember my Email” (not recommended for public computers) to remember your account email address. If you forgot your password you can reset it by clicking "Forgot Password" which will send a new password to your account email address.
User Dashboard - My Home
Creating a User Profile Photo
The user profile photo is the main image that represents you and is associated with all your activity within the community. To change profile photo click the avatar icon drop down and select "View Profile". This will take you to your profile where you can select the camera icon to add your profile photo and cover photo if you would like.
Newsfeed
The Newsfeed shows you the latest activities that you and community members have participated in on the site. You can click on the user and content links inside of the Newsfeed as well as view previous updates to view other popular content.
Site Wide Message Center
The bell icon on the top right shows your outstanding friend requests and new messages in your internal inbox. This inbox is only for messages sent within the community and does not email your account email address unless you have message notifications turned on.
Bookmarking Content
The 'My Bookmarks' area gives you a way to quickly get to specific content items on the site that you have bookmarked. You can bookmark items including photos, videos blog posts and groups.
Voting on Polls
You can vote on the latest poll topic by selecting your choice and clicking “Vote”. Once you have voted you can see the totals for all users that have participated in the poll.
Viewing Groups
The 'My Groups' area gives you a quick way to access the groups that you are already a member of. It shows the title, image and total number of group members for each group.
Viewing Events
The 'Meeting & Events' area gives you a quick way to access the upcoming events. Select, "The Neutral Zone" on the top navigation and then "Meeting & Events." It shows the title, date and total number of people attending the event.
Viewing Your Friends
Within your profile you can view your friends on the right hand side. You can also browse members by selecting, "The Neutral Zone" on the top navigation and then, "Team Roster."
Account Administration - My Account
Managing Account Information
In the 'My Account' area you can update the main account details for your account including username, first name, last name email address and password. You can also update your privacy, notification and subscription settings.
Privacy Settings
The Privacy Settings tab in the My Account area gives you control over who can see your content. There are three settings for each area that can be applied: friends only, everybody and nobody. The areas that you can control privacy for are profile comments, profile information and all content. You can also restrict access to limit the ability for other users to send you a private message.
Email Notifications
The notifications tabs allows you to control what areas of the platform send you an external email to your account email address when there are updates to content you uploaded or are participating in. You can also unsubscribe from all site notifications in this area.
Managing Content - My Content
The My Content area allows you to manage all of your photos, videos, files and audio. For each item you upload you can add a title, description and tags. For all of the items you can share them in the associated site wide galleries. In the photos area you can select a photo to be your main primary site photo. For photos you can also choose to upload or link to a photo to be shared in the community. For videos you can embed videos from other sites such as You Tube or upload a video from your computer. For files the maximum file size you can upload is 20 megabytes (mb).
Managing Your Friends
Your friends can be viewed on your profile page. You can unfriend from this page.
If you have any pending friend requests you can select one of the following options: "Accept Request" to add them as a friend, "Deny Request" to not add them or "No Action" to leave them as a pending request.
Site Wide Messages - Your Inbox
The site messages allows you to communicate privately with other users on the site. The message view allows you to see latest messages you have received from other users. You can open and read messages by clicking on the subject header of each message. You can also delete a message, click check box and then click “Delete Selected”. To view sender’s information profile click the user name.
Invite Others to the Community
Use the invite page to invite your friends and contacts to the community. Your name and the email subject are automatically populated all you need to do is add email addresses by typing them in the next box. Separate each email address with a comma. If you’d like to add a personal message, do so in the box below the email address box. The message body is an automatically generated email from the community. Once you have all of the information populated click on "Send Invitation".
Setting Up and Editing Your Profile
To edit your profile, click, "Edit Profile" under User Actions within your profile. This will allow you to fill out the profile information form (boxes marked with a star are required). When finished with each section click "Save" and the information will display on your user profile.
Viewing Your Profile
From the profile page you can see and change your profile and cover photo, view your community stats, see the community recent activity, and view a list of your friends. You also can see your profile details such as your education or work information.
Friends - Connecting With Other Users
Viewing Other User Profiles
To connect with other users on the site or become 'friends' you will need to send them a friend request. To send a friend request you will need to view their profile and click on the "Add Friend" link. If you are already friends you can also remove them in the same area. Depending on the specific user's setting you may also send a private message. You may also be able to view all of the profile information and click on the links to find other users with similar interests or experiences.
Blogging
View and Comment on a Blog
To view the community blogs select, "The Neutral Zone" on the top navigation then, "Highlight Reel and Announcements." This will show you all the blogs within the community. To comment on a blog post, select the blog and scroll to the bottom to find a Blog Post Comments section. Select, "Start a post" to comment on the blog.
Forums
Participating in Forums
Forum discussions are open to the entire community to create, comment and read online discussions relating to the community. Categories can only be created by community administrators. To view all forum discussions select, "Locker Room" and select the area you would like to view.
Creating a New Topic or Post
To create a new post click the category title and then click the forum post topic that you would like to participate in. You can also create a new topic by clicking 'Add Topic' button. Once you have selected go to the bottom of the post and select, "Reply." Once you are ready to post your comment select “Post" and your reply will display in the category selected.
Events
RSVP'ing to an Event
To RSVP for an event you can select one of three options. Yes, no or maybe. If you select yes you can then provide the number of people in your party that will attend if the event creator has enabled that option. You can also tag the event with relevant keywords and leave comments.
Resources
Finding Resources
Resources allows you to browse files and forms based on the categories set for the site. The most recent resources are located by selecting, "Playbook" within the top navigation. The “All Resources” section displays all recent files and forms. The “Resource Pages” area displays all the resource categories.
Searching for Content and Other Users
Profile Based Search
Profile based search is an easy way to find other people with the same interests or experience in the community. To use profile based search all you need to do is click on the keyword in the profile information of the user's profile you are viewing. This will search the platform for all users with the same information and return a list of those users in the search results. You can then view their profiles and add new friends by sending them a friend request.
Basic Keyword Search
To search quickly using a keyword or phrase type the keyword, name, or topic you are looking for select the magnifying glass icon located on the very most right hand side within the top navigation.
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