1: Hello - 2: Concepts - 3: This-Sign-Up - 4: Posting - 5: Formatting
This post explains creating and configuring an account.
It uses concepts and vocabulary explained on the curated journey to here. If anything is unexplained you have skipped steps: use the links above đ
Sign-Up đ Once you have a user-id you will be able to contribute.
- There are several alternate ways to reach Sign-Up (See blow)
- Please fill-in your profile too.
- You will probably want to set your Notifications
Signing up to the BIG-CIC or the BIG Community doesnât (YET) automatically create an ID on the other - please do that manually for now
Signing-Up
When you are using Narrow-Screen View (Eg on a mobile) and you are at the forumâs top-page level then you will have a âHamburger Menuâ . bars . top left. If not at the Top-Level then you have the âchevron-leftâ âUpâ to the Top of the Page Hierarchy . Click|Tap twice from a thread (once from most other places) will take you âup to the Hamburgerâs-Levelâ . bars .
Tapping the . bars . will open the menu and reveal âSign-Upâ in the options.
The Log-In (Sign-in) or Sign-Up option (Narrow-Screen View/Mode)
Sign-up can be with an eMail address or via your credentials on other sites EG Linked-In (via OAuth2.0) and so saves generating a new id & password pair.
If using an eMail address the sign-up process is complete when you reply to the confirmation eMail sent to the address you enter.
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The RED circle Top Right shows where
Wide-Screen View - The Sign-Up optionâs location
When you are NOT at the Top_LevelâŚ
⌠instead youâre on a page showing a Post (or a Thread). You will have a white âchevron-leftâ on blue background (The Forumâs âUp one levelâ button).
You can click it/them till youâre back to the Top-/Home-/Landing-Page.
From a thread the âchevron-leftâ âUpâ takes you to the parent Category/Tag then âUpâ to the Forumâs Top-Page.
Click the âchevron-leftâ (s) then Click|Tap Sign-Up/Sign-In option Top-Right. Shown by the red circle in the accompanying ScreenShot
Click any of Start a Discussion⥠or Reply or LogIn to Reply or the pencil (reply) icon edit (is it top right on your window-pane?) or any âReplyâ button above, to the right &| (and/ or) below any post when you are not logged-in will open the âSign-in or Sign-upâ dialogue
âĄThe buttons inherit the color of the current Tag so arenât always blue.
Sign up will be in tiny letters at the bottom as circled
When You Create Your ID also Fill-In Your Profile and Set Your SettingsâŚ.
- Click your Avatar (Initial in a Circle) Top Right if you wish to upload a picture (Recommended/ Requested)
- Click Profile In the Pageâs banner,
- Replace âWrite something about yourselfâ in the banner at the top
- Add any links to social media profiles Eg Linked-In with the â+â sign next to your âJoinedâ date
- In the menu on the left use the gear wheel âgear Settingsâ to set or amend
- Notifications (More below)
- Set ability to create Draft Posts and Auto-save Interval during composing eg to 60secs?
- Etc.
- Use the Forumâs âchevron-leftâ Up a level to return to the Top-/Home-/Landing-Page
- Say "Hi everyone and introduce your self in theBIG Announcements category and add the tagSaying-Hi
- Browse contributions by either
- âAll Discussionsâ - Threads in chronological order are Great for regulars who are looking for whatâs newly added or
- By Category (also known as Tags) and Sub-Category (AKA 2ndary Tags) may be most suited to you while youâre acclimatising to the forumâs contents
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Enabling Your Ability To Create Draft Posts
Screenshot
When Composing a post IF you have enabled draft posts then you can save the contribution as a draft rather than publishing it before you have finished.
Drafts doesnât work with edits to existing posts
Setting Up Notifications
Refer to the previous ScreenShot
When activity happens in the community you can be notified by receiving:
- An eMail to you registered eMail address
- A browser Push-Notification
You ALSO have to enable notifications in all the browser/ device combinations you intend to allow to receive those notifications đ
- An App notification
You can turn ALL options on(!!!) or all off!
A combination is perhaps the wisest balance between forgetting all about the community and being bombarded by too many alerts.
In addition to the forumâs settings; how you set your device to vibrate and or play a sound and or increment a count against an icon will all be relevant
When you are âall setâ then to create contributionsâŚ
1: Hello - 2: Concepts - 3: This-Sign-Up - 4: Posting - 5: Formatting
