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How to create a Wiki page

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The individual fields:
- Title: The title of the Wiki page
- Tags: Terms or phrases which can be used as “labels” for the wiki (helpful for organising and finding)
- Language: The wiki can be attributed a particular language. “Language-neutral” texts will be displayed to all readers on line whatever their language setting.
- Groups: Choose which groups should have access to the wiki. You can your make your wiki visible to everybody – this is the default setting “Public” - or only to the group members.
- Content/Body: The content of the text is created here with an MSWord-like interface.
- Video: You can add links to videos from YouTube or similar sites
- Friend access control: The group can decide to restrict wiki access to its friends.
- File attachments: One or more files can be attached to the wiki.

How to create an event

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The individual fields:
- Title: The title of the event.
- Date: The beginning and end dates and/or times. You can indicate the frequency of repetition in the “Repeat” section.
- Logo: The logo for the event can be uploaded.
- Tags: Words or phrases can be chosen or created in order to put the event into a category.
- Location: The venue can be indicated here.
- Language: The main language of the event.
- Groups: You can choose the groups to whom the event will appear. Events can be made visible to everyone. The default setting is “Public”.
- Current/Body: A detailed description of the event.
- Friend access control: The group can decide to give access only to its friends.
- File attachments: One or more files can be attached.

How to create a photo album

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The individual fields:

  • Title: The title of the photo collection
  • Photo: Up to 10 photos can be uploaded. To do this, click on “Select file”. After selecting the file, click on the upload button. You can add a description of the picture.
  • Gallery: You can start a new gallery or add the pictures to an existing one.
  • Description: An exact description of the event can be created.
  • Language: The main language of the photo collection.
  • Location: The place the pictures were taken.
  • Groups: Choose in which groups the photos should appear. Alternatively you can make them visible for everybody – this is the default setting (“Public”) or only visible to the group members.
  • Creative commons licence: Decide which type of licence applies to the pictures.

How to create a Group

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The individual fields:
- Title: The title of the group
- Logo: The group’s logo as it appears on the main groups page can be uploaded here
- Tags: Terms or phrases can be chosen or created to help sort the group into categories.
- Description: A short description for the group’s details and the group directory.
- Mission statement: A detailed description of the group, including goals etc.
- Language: The main language in which the group operates.
- Membership requests: Different types of group can be created.

  Open groups, which anyone can join. 
  Moderated groups, in which the group administrator approves or rejects membership   applications. 
  Closed groups, in which the group administrator manages membership.
  • List in group directory: The group will be shown in the list of groups page.
  • Private group: The group will not be shown in group directory and not be visible to anyone.
  • Friend access control: The group can decide only to give access to its friends.
  • File attachments: One or more files can be attached to the group.

Blog entries in detail

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The different fields:
- Title: the title of the post
- Tags: This is where you can choose or create terms which can be used as catch-phrases for the post (this is helpful for organising and finding).
- Body: This is where the actual content of the text is created with and MS-Word-like interface.
- Language: This is where you indicate the language used in the post. The post will then only be shown on the pages in that language (see country flags in the top right-hand corner). “Language-neutral” texts will be shown in all available languages.
- Video: Create links to videos from YouTube or similar sites.
- Friend access control: This is where you can stipulate that the contribution will only be shown to the friends in your profile.
- File attachments: This is where you can attach one or more files to your post.

Using the Attac.org Social Network

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The dashboard:

After logging in, or via the main menu above, you arrive at the “Dashboard”.
This is a page showing you
- the latest posts to your own groups
- an overview of your groups
- upcoming events for your own group, or all groups
- your content bookmarks

The main menu on the Social Network page

The main menu is on the left of the page. It’s only visible once you’ve logged into the Social Network.

NAVIGATION:
Profiles and profile management, Friends, Contacts and Bookmarks

The dashboard (see above
My account : This is your public profile, with an overview of your contributions, bookmarks, user account, activist data, Friends, plus latest news and activity, and files uploaded.

Welcome to Attac.org

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