HOWTO Document Folder

This folder contains HOWTO web page documents derived from the Portal User Guide. The HOWTOs are designed for print, reference, and follow-along usability.

HOWTO: Understanding Copyright and Fair Use inside the Portal — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 13:39

A summary of U.S. Copyright and Fair Use Law as it applies to content on the portal.

HOWTO: Configure Computer to Use The Portal — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:07

Description on how to setup your computer to best use the portal

HOWTO: Find the RM Portal on the Internet — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:08

Web address for the RM Portal

HOWTO: Search the Portal for Content — by webadmin — last modified 2007-03-13 19:02

Description of how to search the RM portal to find content: Search, Advanced Search, Browse By, Partner Search

HOWTO: Navigate the Portal — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:10

Description of the three ways to navigate the RM Portal including information on Tabs, Navigation Menu, and Portlets

HOWTO: Find Portal Members — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:06

Description on how to use the members tab to search for members of the RM Portal.

HOWTO: View Content on the Portal — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:11

Description of the Content Action- How To View Content on the portal.

HOWTO: Change the Display View — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:13

Description on the Content Action - How to choose the format in which to display content on the portal.

HOWTO: Using the Action Icons — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 18:57

Description on what the purpose, function of the icons on the Content Action Navigation bar.

HOWTO: Email Content — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:23

Description of the Email Content Action - How To email content inside the portal.

HOWTO: Print Content — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:25

Description of the Content Action - how to print portal content.

HOWTO: Add to My Favorites — by webadmin — last modified 2007-04-12 15:03

Description of the Content Action - How to add to My Favorites. Favorites are links to content on the portal that you create to mark content that you return to regularly.

HOWTO: Toggle Portal to Full Screen View — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:30

Description of the Content Action- Toggle portal to full screen mode. You can expand the content area (Body text in the middle of each page) to see the content in a full screen view.

HOWTO: View the site and Content in an Alternate Language — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:44

Description of the Content Action - View the site and Content in an Alternate Language.

HOWTO: Get Portal Help — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 14:57

Description of how to get Help while working inside the RM Portal.

HOWTO: Login to the Portal — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 15:53

Information on logging into the portal, including requesting a login, conditions of membership, help if you forget your login or password, the procedure for logging in, privacy policy and netiquette.

HOWTO: Set Preferences — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 15:56

Description of Preferences, the personal information that you may or may not wish to provide, that benefit other portal users, and settings that control how the portal behaves for you.

HOWTO: What are Role(s)? — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 16:09

Roles are the permissions that allow certain types of actions on the portal by you, a portal user.

HOWTO: What is Content? — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 16:13

Content are web pages, documents, digital media and links that can be posted, edited, stored, and deleted on the portal, and indexed for easy search. Content can be Private, Published, or in an intermediate state called Public Draft.

HOWTO: Content has a Title and a Description — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 16:34

Description of the Title and Description fields for content on the portal.

HOWTO: Content Has A State — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 16:43

Description of the private, public draft, and published 'state' of content on the portal.

HOWTO: Add a Folder — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 16:49

Folders are used to store and organize content, like pages, links, files, flash movies, events, news items, and folders.

HOWTO: Add a Page — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:10

Description of how to create a web page inside the portal.

HOWTO: Add a Link — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:11

Description of how to add a link to content inside the portal and to content residing outside the portal.

HOWTO: Add a File — by webadmin — last modified 2007-04-10 18:18

A file is a digital binary object, like a Microsoft Word document, a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, a Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow, or an Adobe Acrobat document.

HOWTO: Add an Image — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:14

An image is a digital image, in .gif, .jpg, or .png file formats.

HOWTO: Add a Flashmovie — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:08

A flashmovie is an Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash) file. Flash is a program for development and efficiently delivery over the web of presentations, animations, multimedia interfaces, and video. Certain other programs, like Adobe Captivate, may export files into Flash format.

HOWTO: Add a Public News Item — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:09

Description of how to add a News Item that is for public view. A public news item is an announcement that will show up in the news tab listing and in the news portlet.

HOWTO: Add a Private News Folder in a Group — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:15

Description: HOWTO add a private news folder inside a group. This involves keeping a separate folder for private group news instead of sending news items to the main portal news tab.

HOWTO: Add a News Item to a Private News Folder in a Group — by webadmin — last modified 2007-04-10 21:41

Description of : HOWTO: Add a News Item to a Private Group Folder

HOWTO: Add a Published Calendar Event — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 17:44

Published calendar events are happenings that are listed on the main calendar tab and in the calendar portlet.

HOWTO: Add a Private Calendar Event — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-01 19:17

Private events are listed on private Group Calendar's only, and not on the public calendar tab.

HOWTO: The Contents Tab — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-05-02 18:04

Description of all the content actions of the Contents tab including: list, reorder, rename,cut, copy, paste, change the state, delete, and undo.

HOWTO: The Edit Tab — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-05-02 18:24

Description of how to use the Content Action tab edit in order to alter your content.

HOWTO: The Properties Tab — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2007-03-15 23:16

Description on how to use the Content Action: The Properties Tab

HOWTO: The Sharing Tab — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-05-02 17:48

Description on how to use the Content Action: The Sharing Tab

HOWTO: My Folder Exercise — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2007-03-12 14:40

Exercise on using your personal space on the portal (my folder).

HOWTO: Manage Content in a Group — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-05-01 18:09

Description of the Portal Group function.

HOWTO: Group Folders Excercise — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-05-02 18:52

In this exercise you will learn how to work in a private group while linking to content you publish to public space on the portal.

HOWTO: Submit Content for Shared Public Areas — by Rose Hessmiller — last modified 2006-10-27 21:33

Description of Posting to Portal Public Space.

HOWTO: Use HTML in Plone — by webadmin — last modified 2006-05-02 18:21

HTML can be used to format Plone text content. Here are some tips for doing so.

HOWTO: Translation Guidelines — by webadmin — last modified 2006-10-27 21:33

Rules of thumb for document translation.

HOWTO: Translate Content Into Another Language — by webadmin — last modified 2006-06-02 20:49