This is the text for the Communities demo.
About this task
Communities lets you bring together a group of people who share a common interest.
This demo shows you how to:
- Find a community that interests you
- View information related to a community
- Join a community
- Start a community
- Add a widget to a community
- Click the Public Communities tab to display a list of all the public communities in your network.
- Communities are listed with the most recently updated communities shown at the top. You can sort the list to quickly find communities by popularity and name.
- Select a tag in the tag cloud to display a list of communities related to a specific topic.
- This returns a list of all the communities tagged with the selected keyword. Click a community name to find out more about it.
- The community overview page includes a description of the community, important bookmarks, and the most recently added forum topics, feeds, and bookmarks.
- The Members page lists the members of the community.
- The Discussion Forum page lists the discussion topics posted by members of the community. Every community has its own discussion forum where members can collect and share information.
- Click a topic title to view the responses associated with it.
- A threaded view of the discussion displays.
- The Feeds page lists the feeds that the community is subscribed to. Feeds allow community members to keep up-to-date with information from their favourite Web sites without having to leave the community.
- Click Show details to see a list of recent updates for a feed. Then select a feed entry to find out more.
- The feed entry opens in a new window. Click Close to return to the community.
- The Bookmarks page displays the bookmarks shared by community members.
- Once you've found a community that interests you, joining that community is as simple as clicking a button.
- You can add bookmarks, feeds, and discussion topics to a community after you've joined it. You can also e-mail other members of the community.
- Anyone with access to Communities can start a community. If you are an expert in a particular area and you want to get together with people who share your interest, why not start a community around this topic?
- Click Start a community and complete the Start a Community form.
- Add members to the community by typing names into the Members field. New members are automatically sent an e-mail with a link to the community.
- You can upload an image to associate with the community or apply a different theme.
- Applying a different theme changes the fonts and colors that are used in the community.
- Click Save to save your new community.
- You can bring additional functionality to your new community by adding different types of widget. For example, you might want to add a community blog.
- To add a widget to a community, click Customize to display the options available.
- Add a blog to your community by clicking Blog.
- All you need to do now is click Create Your First Entry and start blogging.
- The My Communities tab lists all the communities that you have joined or created.
- Click the tab to confirm that your new community has been added.
- Now that you know the basics, get people together around a topic that interests you. Start sharing information and collaborating!
- Thank you for watching this demo. For additional information, check the Communities help page.