Clay and I have been having a pm discussion on how to organize and where to put this type of message. As an an illustration of usiong the buile FAQ manger in Vbulletin, I greated the start of an organization and placed clay's material into it. Please read the quotes below and also look at the Official FAQs and give us some feedback.
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks,
Steve
Re: How to post
Clay,I would like to move this this whole discussion to the moderator's forum, Witrh your permission. Your Write up is great, the issue is where to put it.
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Originally Posted by SteveColes
I just added "How to submit a new thread" to the FAQ just as an example. See if the structure is what you would want. We can deal with the admin aspect, after, we decide if this is thew right structure. I'm pretty open to how we do this.
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Originally Posted by clowman
I have never used vBulletin before in an admin capacity, I can perhaps do some research on it if you wish.
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Originally Posted by SteveColes
Have you looked at the FAQ that come with Vbulletin? There is a FAQ manager that you can't see right now, that woulf allow us to add more FAQ to that structure including more categories.
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Originally Posted by clowman
If you have enough FAQs.. I'd almost recommend a FAQ forum. Only Admin type people allowed to post there, so it is only FAQs. Maybe change the "Site Features - How To" to just "Site Features" and then create FAQs forum under that.
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Originally Posted by SteveColes
I like it. Good work. The only thing I'm not sure about, is wether it should be added to the FAQ or some other new structure.
Any thoughts on that?
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Originally Posted by clowman
Steve.. Here is what I came up with. I started out making a real fancy post with pictures and everything, but think I thought it was overkill. Let me know what you think. You won't hurt my feelings if you want something else, or change it in any way. I'm happy to try again if you wish.
Basics of posting:
How to submit a new thread
1. Open the forum you wish to post a message
2. Press the New thread button located in the upper left hand side of the page.
3. Enter your text
4. Press the spell check button if you wish, located at the bottom of the page; you may need to scroll down a bit to see this button.
5. Press the Submit New Thread button at the bottom.
How to edit a message
1. Open the message
2. Click on the Edit button located at the bottom of the message.
3. The message will open up in a new window.
4. Enter the new text you wish to post.
5. Press the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page. You many need to scroll down a bit to find this button.
How to delete a message
1. Open the message
2. Click on the Edit button located at the bottom of the message.
3. The message will open up in a new window.
4. Choose one of the delete options located at the top of the new page and press the Delete this message button.
How to quick search for a message
1. Press the search link located on the main menu bar
2. Enter the text you wish to search for in the window and press Go
How to use the advanced search features
1. Press the search link located on the main menu bar
2. Click on the Advanced Search text located at the bottom of the window that pops up.
3. Enter the key words you wish to search for.
4. Below the key words choose either “Search Entire Posts” or “Search Titles Only”.
5. You can search for a particular user name if you wish
6. Optional – Choose the fields in the page you want to use to narrow your search “Find threads with”, “Find Post from”
7. Optional – Choose a sorting order.
8. Choose the forums you want to search. You can choose multiple forums by holding down your “Ctrl” key on your keyboard and clicking on whichever forums you want to add to your search
9. Press the “Search Now” button
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