Community Platform User Guide | Scribe

    Community Platform User Guide

    • Tim Filer |
    • 24 steps |
    • 3 minutes

    Accessing the Community

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    Navigate to your Community's URL. If you are not already signed in, you will be redirected to the login page.
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    If you are not signed in, enter your membership account credentials and click Login
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    If already signed in, or after signing in to your account, you will be redirected to the Communities home page. Click a community to view its Community Page.

    Community Page

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    The Community Page contains three tabs: - Community Information can contain information about the Community or important notes added by the Community Moderators - Posts contains all Member discussions - File Library contains a repository of files uploaded by Members and Moderators
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    View of the Community Information page. Moderators have access to edit the contents of this page.
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    View of the File Library page. Authors of submitted files and Moderators have access to delete file uploads.

    Creating a New Post

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    To create a new Post, click the Submit a new Post button. The button is at the top of the page by default and moves to the bottom right of the window when scrolling down.
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    A popup dialogue will then appear. Enter the title of the Post and your comment.
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    Click the Add Post button to create your Post.

    Uploading Files

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    Click the File Library tab from the Community Page.
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    Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the file to upload. Then enter a Description for the file.
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    Click Upload when both steps are complete.

    Subscribing to Posts

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    On the Community Page, Posts section, click the Subscribe button to receive an email notification when new Comments are added to that Post.\ \ NOTE: You will automatically be subscribed to a Post that you create as well as one that you comment on.

    Editing Posts/Comments

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    Post/Comment Authors have access to Edit and Delete their Posts/Comments. Moderators also have this ability. To Edit, Click the Edit button for the respective Post/Comment. A popup dialogue will appear where you can edit the Post Title or the Comment.