How do I register?All you need is a valid email address. Go to the front page of the site and you will see the login box. Underneath it is a link to the registration page. Click on that and you will be taken through to a page with a form. Complete the form by adding your valid email address, your user name (full names are preferable to nicknames) and a password of your choosing. Once you have pressed ‘Send Registration’ you will receive two emails from us. One will be a welcome message, the other will have an activation link. Click on the activation link and you will be taken through to the site and your membership confirmed. At that point you can log in to the Media Helping Media site. How do I log in?Go to the front page of the site and use the user name and password with which you registered. How do I add content?You need to be given ‘author’ status to add content. Simply log in, click on the ‘contact us’ button and let us know that you would like to be one of the site’s authors and we will activate that status for you. You will then see new icons the next time you log on. How do I submit content?After you log in, a new ‘user menu’ appears. It offers the following options. Start a discussion: Clicking this takes you to the discussion forum. Because you are already logged in, you will be able to post and reply to posts. Submit an article: This fires up the site’s content management system. It’s fairly straight forward, a bit like writing in Word or any other publishing tool. Simply write your text, select the category from the drop down list, upload an image if you want, and press save. Add a link: Click this to go through to the page where you can add a site’s name, URL and details, along with the category of links it should appear in. Add an event: This link takes you through to the calendar where you can add details of a media event which will then show up on the front page of the site as the event approaches. Check-in my Items: Once you have done all you want to do, click this the check in link. This will leave all the items you have contributed in a folder awaiting approval. Your content: This is where links to all the content you have created in the forum or in articles is stored. Your Details: This is where you can add information about yourself and edit your profile details. Private Messaging: This is where you can send a message to other MHM registered users. As you start to enter their name a drop-down list of names will appear. Select the right one, add a message and send. The next time the user logs in they will receive a notification that there is a message waiting for them. Log out: End your session. How do I find my way around the site?This site has a top horizontal navigation panel with an expanded list of sub categories that become visible when you hover over the main menu items. There is also a 'User Menu' that only becomes visible after you have logged in. How do I add comments to articles others have written?Go through to the article and scroll to the end. There you will find a comments box. Fill it out with your comments and submit. What are the red and green thumbs up and thumbs down icons doing?These are to show what others thought about the comments made. You can also show whether you agree or disgree with what that person has written. What is the ‘Information Value’ function for?This is so that people can rate the articles they have read. The rating goes from 0-5 with 5 being the best. Why is it that I get logged out when I haven't clicked the log out button? The site is set to automatically log out registered members after about 30 minutes. This is a security setting to protect you --- just in case you wandered away from your PC or Mac and had forgotten to log out. How can I have the Media Helping Media features and forum comments appear on my site? Media Helping Media has RSS feeds. If you want the front page items appear on your site, click the orange button at the top of your screen. If you want the latest forum posts, go to the forum page an click on the RSS feed button there.
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