How to use this site
How to view/edit your profile
You can edit the profile of you which appears on the site. This includes changing your user name and password and uploading your photo.
- Click on 'My Profile'. This will display all the information held about you in 3 sections - 'portrait', 'details', and 'about'. You can navigate through the sections by simply clicking on the section heading
- You can change your profile image by clicking on Update your image' in the Edit drop down box. This allows you to upload an image or select one from a gallery. To save your new image selection, click on 'Confirm choice'. To cancel and keep your existing image, click on 'cancel'
- You can change the information held about you by clicking on 'Update your profile' in the Edi drop down box. This allows you to change details such as your username and password as well as personal information and contact details. Click on 'update' or 'cancel' to accept or reject changes
How to view/edit your newsletter subscriptions
- From the 'user' menu, click on 'newsletters'
- Click on 'my subscriptions' to see which newsletters are available to subscribe to.
- Click on 'save' to save any changes
How to view a list of registered users/send them a message
- In the User menu, click on 'People Finder'. This displays a list of the site's other registered users. You can search the directory, look at other users' profiles and send them a message using the 'Messages' link on each profile.
How to submit a document
If you have a document that you would like to share with other users, you can submit it for review and possible publication.
- Click on 'How to submit a document' above.
- Select your method of upload.
- Select the file you wish to upload or enter its location (URL).
- On the next screen, fill out the document details as fully as possible. Remember to give your document a name that will make sense to other site users and include a good summary with lots of keywords to help our search engines find it.
- Click on the disk icon to submit the document.
Please note that it won't appear on the site immediately but will be sent to our web editor for approval. If approved, it will appear on the site within a couple of days.
Please ensure that the name of the file you are about to upload does not contain non-standard characters e.g. backslashes (\), forward slashes (/), apostrophes, commas etc as these characters can cause problems when trying to store your file in the document library. If your filename does contain any of these characters then please rename your file BEFORE uploading.
If you encounter file upload error stating that the filename already exists elsewhere in the document library then, rename the file you are attempting to upload and then, in step 3 of the upload process, you can enter what you want as the title for the document.
How to submit a news item
If you have an item of news that you believe will be of interest to other site users, you can submit it for review.
- In the User menu, click on 'Submit an Article'.
- Enter a title (headline).
- In the text box below, enter your article. You can add hyperlinks using the 'chain' icon in the toolbar.
- In the Publishing box, select 'News' in the Section drop down box.
- In the Category drop down box, select either 'News Across Scotland' (for general local government news) or 'Improvement Service' (for news relating directly to Improvement Service programmes or activities).
- Click 'Save' to save your article.
How to submit an event
- Click on 'Events' in the main menu. Click on 'Add Event'.
- Enter the name of the event in the 'Event Title' field, then enter a summary of the event in the box below.
- Fill in the date, venue and contact details in the relevant boxes.
- Click on 'Add Event' to submit your event.
