<h1>Welcome to AROUNDMe</h1>
<p>
	You are in a web site which connects people together around shared
activities and interests. The site is made using a piece of free social software
called 'AROUNDMe' which has been developed by a non for profit organisation
called 'Barnraiser'. These help pages answer questions and provide tips on how
to best use AROUNDMe and gives you information about Barnraiser and how to
contact us.<br />
</p>

<toc>AROUNDMe help contents</toc>



<h2>Using this help guide</h2>
<p>
	This help section openned in a new window. You can drag the window around
and resize it to suite you. At the top you will find a drop down box which lists
each section of this help guide. Select a section and press 'GO' to jump
directly to that section.<br />
</p>


<h2>Navigational overview</h2>
<p>
	AROUNDMe has three central navigation areas, the top menu (where it says
'log off'), the main menu and the sub menu which sits under it.<br />
</p>


<h3>Top menu</h3>
<p>
At the top right hand corner of the page you will find some small navigational
elements that tell you about new messages and announcements for you. You can
also log off here. There menu items are:
</p>

<ul>
  <li><img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/unopenned_mail.png" alt="messages
icon" border="0" /> (1) - This links to your message centre. Messages are
personal messages that you have received from either the system or from people
our network. The number indicates the amount of unread messages that you
have.</li>
  <li><img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/announce.png" alt="announcements
icon" border="0" /> (1) - This links to the announcements centre.
Announcements are news items from the network maintainers. The number indicates
the amount of new announcements since you last logged in.</li>
  <li>report abuse - If you see something offensive to you or potentially
offensive to anyone else please press this link to report it to our networks
maintainers.</li>
  <li>log off - This will log you off and return you to the networks home
page.</li>
</ul>

<p>
Under this is the main menu. It contains two buttons to the main sections of
this network and a series of buttons for each module of the site (see the modules help section for a decription of that modules navigation). These are:
</p>

<ul>
  <li>Me - This section contains everything you need to configure your identity,
manage your account and look after your respected network; a network of people
you have chosen to show respect to.</li>
  <li>Structure - Our policy, structure and statistics together with contact
details for us.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Sub menu</h3>
<p>Under the main menu a sub menu appears when you select a main menu item.
Below is a listing explaining what each item does.</p>
<ul>
  <li>Me</li>
  <ul>
    <li>Message in-box - A listing of the messages that have arrived into your
message centre.</li>
    <li>Message out-box - A listing of the messages that have sent from your
message centre.</li>
    <li>Message compose - Compose and send a message to someone in your
respected network.</li>
    <li>reputation - (currently empty). It will contain a summary of your
network reputation soon.</li>
    <li>account - You can alter your account settings here including changing
your password, email or making your account dormant</li>
    <li>people - A search engine for people in this network who have allowed you
to search for them.</li>
    <li>ties - A listing of people in your respected network.</li>
    <li>identity - You can create identities to describe yourself to other
people in this network. Here you can manage your identities.</li>
    <li>files - You can upload pictures and other files to store. YOu can use
these pictures to add a profile picture to your identities.</li>
    <li>testimonials - You can write testimonials to other people you respect in
this network. Here you can also see testimonials written for you.</li>
    <li>blocked - You can manage the people you have blocked here. You can block
someone in their profile if you do not want them to contact you anymore.</li>
  </ul>
  <li>Structure</li>
  <ul>
    <li>policy -The rules and site policy are listed here. At registration you
agreed to observe these.</li>
    <li>announcements -news and annoucements from the site.</li>
    <li>statistics - site (and network) statistics.</li>
    <li>contact us - A form you can fill in to contact the maintainers of this
network.</li>
    <li>system - Some system information about this software and server.</li>
  </ul>
</ul>

<h3>Content area navigation</h3>
The content area contains the main item together with a number of navigational
elements and icons.


<h4>Navigational icons</h4>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0">
	<tr>
		<td valign="top">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/mark.png" alt="bookmark icon"
border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You can add this item to your bookmarked items list for later
reading.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign="top">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/unmark.png" alt="remove
bookmark icon" border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You have this item in your bookmarked items list. Press to remove
the item from your list.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign="top">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/track.png" alt="track icon"
border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You can add this item to your bookmarked items list for later
reading and track it, meaning that you will receive an email when a comment is
added against the item.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign="top">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/recommend.png" alt="recommend
icon" border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You can add this item to your recommended items list or your
respected network.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign="top">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/unrecommend.png" alt="remove
recommendation icon" border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You have this item in your recommended items list. Press to remove
the item from your list.
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/thumb_up.png" alt="positive
rating icon" border="0" />
			&nbsp;
			<img src="SYS_KEYWORD_TEMPLATE_PATHimg/thumb_down.png" alt="negative
rating  icon" border="0" />
		</td>
		<td valign="top">
			You can rate an item by awarding it a positive (thumbs up) or
negative (thumbs down) rating.
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>


<h2>Policy</h2>
<p>
	The sites policy is listed under the 'structure' main menu item. This page
contains information about the sites rules and regulations which you have agreed
to adhere to. This page also lists the people who can help you should you have a
problem or a question regarding the sites policy.<br />
</p>

<h2>Account</h2>
<p>
	Under the 'Me' section is 'account' This page contains all your login and
account management options. The only information revealed to anyone else in this
page is your location. Your email address is only used to send you information
that you request.<br />
</p>

<h3>Editing your account</h3>
<p>
	When you registered you gave us some information including your name,
location and languages spoken. YOu can update those here and press 'update
account' to save that information. The options are:<br />
</p>

<ul>
	<li><b>first name</b>: We use this when we email you. Your real name is
revealed to maintainers whom look after the site (you can see who they are in
the policy section).</li>
	<li><b>surname</b>: Your real name is revealed to maintainers whom look
after the site (you can see who they are in the policy section).</li>
	<li><b>date of birth</b>: We record this and should you loose your password
we ask you to confirm your date of birth. If you forget your passord and this
date you will not be able to log in!</li>
	<li><b>location</b>: Where you live or where you are staying. Information in
the site (such as search requests) can reveal content that is localised to this
location.</li>
	<li><b>languages</b>: You will only see this on a multi-lingual site. Check
the boxes of the languages you can read and we'll only present content in those
languages to you.</li>
	<li><b>preferred</b>: You will only see this on a multi-lingual site. Which
language would you like this user interface to be in?</li>
	<li><b>template</b>: The template is the theme or look of the site. You will
conly see this if the site has more than one theme. Select the one you like
best.</li>
	<li><b>start page</b>: When you log in what page would you like us to
present you with?</li>
</ul>

<h3>Changing your password</h3>
<p>
	Type in and confirm your new password. You will be logged off as soon as
your password is changed. Log in again with your new password to continue. Your
password has to be at least 5 characters long. <br />
</p>

<h3>Changing your email</h3>
<p>
	Type in your new email address and confirm it. You will be logged off and
directed to an account re-activation screen as soon as your email is changed.
You will be prompted to enter your date of birth and new email to log back
in.<br />
</p>

<h3>Making your account dormant</h3>
<p>
	If you wish to stop all email correspondence temporarily (like if you go on
holiday) you can make your account dormant with us. Upon login will be prompted
to enter your date of birth and email address to re-activate your account.<br />
</p>


<h2>Files</h2>
<p>
	Under the 'Me' section of the main menu you will find 'files'. When you save
something on a computer the computer saves your work into a file. Your documents
and pictures stored on your computer are all files. You can upload a file to
AROUNDMe. You may for example wish to upload your CV so that people can download
it or upload a photograph of yourself to attach to your profile so that people
can see your picture.<br />
</p>

<p>
	There are different types of files. AROUNDMe only lets you upload certain
types of file. These include:

	<ul>
		<li>JPG: Joint Photographic Experts Group<br />
		A standardized image compression mechanism designed for compressing
either full-colour or grayscale photographic images, often for use on the Web.
JPG is "lossy," meaning that the decompressed image is not quite of the same
quality as the original image.<br /><br /></li>

		<li>GIF: Graphics Interchange Format<br />

		Format is a commonly used graphics file format for image files on the
Internet. We recommend that you use PNG format which has superseded GIF.<br
/><br /></li>

		<li>PNG: Portable Network Graphics bitmap<br />

		Designed to be a patent-free successor to the GIF format. Though not
designed specifically for the Web, PNG offers particular benefits in this
environment such as improved image compression ( 10 to 30 percent smaller than
GIFs), two dimensional interlacing, storage of text with the an image making it
possible for search engines to gather information and offer subject searching
for images in a standard way.<br /><br /></li>

		<li>TXT: ASCII text file<br />

		File extension that is associated with digital documents created as
"text only". Text only documents have no formatting saved with them (ie, no
tabs, centring, etc.), but preserve all ASCII-based characters.<br /><br /></li>

		<li>PDF: Portable Document Format<br />

		A file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document
as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone
else. PDFs can be read by any computer without platform conflicts.</li>
	</ul>

<p>
	You can press 'browse' select a file from your computer and upload it. Be
sure to add a name that describes the file as you will use that name to apply
the file to pages.<br />
</p>


<h2>Identity</h2>
<p>
	Your identity is a combination of who you are and what you like. In the
context of AROUNDMe it is a presentation of your identity that you choose to
reveal to people who are either registered at this site (members) or not (the
public).<br />
</p>

<p>
	A default public and membership identity was created on your behalf when you
registered. They contain your nic name and location. You can edit and add
identities which you can then select when you start collaborating on activites
throughout this site.<br />
</p>

<h2>Editing your identities</h2>
<p>
	Under the 'Me' section select 'identities'. Listed are your current
identities. Note the 'public identity' is shown to the world wide web.<br />
</p>

<p>
	<b>DO NOT place any personal information such as passport numbers in your
identities. </b><br />
</p>

<p>
	Press 'edit this card' under your membership card. This card is shown by
default to anyone registered in this web site. A form will present itself with
the following options:<br />
</p>

<ul>
	<li><b>name</b>: This is the name of the identity card. Call it something
you will recognise as this card name is used when you need to select your card.
No one else sees this card name except you.</li>
	<li><b>nic</b>: Your nickname. You can use *^~other~^* characters if you
want - be creative;)</li>
	<li><b>customised fields</b>: The people who implemented this site will ask
you for other things. Remember you are under no obligation to fill in these
fields!</li>
	<li><b>gender</b>: You can choose to reveal yourself as male or female. If
you do not want to select 'undisclosed'.</li>
	<li><b>signature</b>: This is a short text that appears under your
identity.</li>
	<li><b>picture</b>: If you have uploaded a picture to your files page then
you can select it here and it will be shown against your identity.</li>
</ul>

<p>
	Once complete select 'update identity' to save your identity card.<br />
</p>

<h2>Adding an identity</h2>
<p>
	As well as having your two standard identites you can add other custom ones.
You may for instance want a presentation about your role in your local club for
a specific group. Press 'add a card'. Follow the same steps as we have
documented in 'editing your identies' then once your've finished press 'update
identity' to save your new identity card.<br />
</p>
	

<h2>Searching for people</h2>
<p>
	Under the 'Me' section select 'people'. Here you can search on people, their
location and their identity search criteria (called 'metadata'). To do this you
must first allow others to search on one of your identities. Simply go into your
identities page, edit one of your identities and check the 'allow people to
search on this identity card' option. Then fill in some metadata about yourself.
Examples include interests or professional abilities. You can enter many
interests all of which people can then search on to find you.<br />
</p>


<h2>Ties</h2>
<p>
	Select 'Ties' from the help guide dropdown menu above 
</p>

<h2>Testimonials</h2>
<p>
	A testimonials is a written declaration certifying to a person's character,
conduct, or qualifications. You can write testimonials to other people or
receive testimonials from people.<br />
</p>

<p>
	To write a testominal to someone visit their profile page and press 'write a
testimonial'.<br />
</p>


<h2>Blocking a person</h2>
<p>
	By blocking someone you stop them from the following things:<br />
</p>

<ul>
	<li>Seeing you as 'online'</li>
	<li>Messaging you</li>
	<li>Seeing any identity except your public identity card</li>
</ul>


<h2>Messaging</h2>
<p>
	Messaging is like email except that it only works within this site. You can
send people messages (when they allow it in their identity preferences) and you
can receive messages from them (when you allow it in your identity
preferences).<br />
</p>

<h2>Sending a message</h2>
to write

<h2>Receiving a message</h2>
to write (inc email option)



<h2>Contacting the site maintainers</h2>
to write

<h3>reporting abuse</h3>
to write





