Labangalatika: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:08, 15 June 2012

Administrator Notes

Setting up an account

There are 3 things that need to be done in order to get a person fully up and running: creating the user account, setting it up as an editor account, and setting up the skin for compiling.

Note: Be sure that you are logged in under your own account (not the new person's) before you attempt to assign editorial rights. Only administrators have access to this part.

Assign user name/password
- Go to "Special pages" => "Log in / create account"
- Select "create account"
- Fill in details (name, password, email address)
Set up as editor
- Go to "Special pages" => "User rights management" (in bold font)
- Type in the user name to access the account
- Check the boxes for "editor" and "email confirmed"
Change the skin
- Go back to "Log in / create account"
- Open the person's account
- Go to "preferences" (link at upper right of screen)
- Select tab "Skin"
- Check the box for "Compiler"
- Save, and then do a full refresh (Ctrl F5)

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-'''How to use Vaniquotes'''
+==Administrator Notes==
-Vaniquotes is a searchable encyclopedia of quotes from the books, lectures, conversations and letters of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.  It is free and open to everyone - no membership, user name or password is required.
-Vaniquotes compiles quotes based on keyword searches.  The site is organized on two levels: categories and pages.
+====Setting up an account====
-*'''Categories''' are the broadest topical division.  Each category covers a set of terms (key words or phrases for research).
-*'''Pages''' fall within the categories.  Pages focus on specific expressions (words or phrases) which incorporate the category’s terms.
-*Pages contain '''compilations of quotes''', which are organized into sections by source.
-'''To browse Vaniquotes:'''
+There are 3 things that need to be done in order to get a person fully up and running: creating the user account, setting it up as an editor account, and setting up the skin for compiling.
-Start by clicking on “All categories” (located under the “vaniquotes” section of the menu to the left side of your screen).  This will take you to the category namespace.
-From there you may browse through alphabetical listings of categories.  Click on the category names to open the lists.
+''Note:'' Be sure that you are logged in under your own account (not the new person's) before you attempt to assign editorial rights.  Only administrators have access to this part.
-*To open a specific category on the list, click on the category name.  From here you will see lists of related categories and pages linked to the category.
-*To open a page or another category, click on the page/category name.
-Once you’re in a page, you can access the full source text for each quote.
+*'''Assign user name/password'''
-*Click on the blue reference link preceding the quote.  This will take you to that specific text in Vanisource.
+**Go to "Special pages" => "Log in / create account"
+**Select "create account"
+**Fill in details (name, password, email address)
+*'''Set up as editor'''
+**Go to "Special pages" => "User rights management" (in bold font)
+**Type in the user name to access the account
+**Check the boxes for "editor" and "email confirmed"
+*'''Change the skin'''
+**Go back to "Log in / create account"
+**Open the person's account
+**Go to "preferences" (link at upper right of screen)
+**Select tab "Skin"
+**Check the box for "Compiler"
+**Save, and then do a full refresh (Ctrl F5)