Online network news
Hi all,
Welcome to all our new members this week (there's a lot of you! :). Hope you enjoy the network and do jump in when you're ready. To help you out, I thought I'd start this update with some ideas on how you can get the most out of the network:
Getting started
- If you need help finding your way around, the best place to start is the Help page. There you can find some useful links and also download a simple user guide.
- If you want to read what other network members are up to, go to the Latest Network Posts page. To find that, go to the network homepage and scroll down to the tabs and you'll see it there next to the BCNA blog (or you can cheat and bookmark this link: http://www.bcna.org.au/node/all/blog/network ). Just be warned, you can spend a lot of time browsing around the posts, so be prepared! :)
- Joining or creating a group is a great way to talk to others with similar interests. To find existing groups, go to the Group Search page. Anyone can create a group so if you don't find what you need, you're welcome to start a new one (just click on the 'create a group' link at the bottom of the search page and fill in the form).
- If you create a new group, we'd really like you to tell others about it by making a post in the Online group announcements blog.
- If you want others to find you on searches, you'll need to make some of your profile information 'public' (the search engine doesn't search on fields set to private). To find out more about how to do that, read the tip on Privacy settings.
Site updates
As we announced last week, we've made some updates to the Network. A lot of these were fine-tuning the way the network works, but some you'll notice are:
- We've moved your publication subscriptions (the Beacon and The Inside Story) into a separate screen with your contact details. You can also use this screen to update your contact details with BCNA if they change (go to profile > edit > publications). The User guide has been updated, so have a look at that if you want to know more (it's on the help page).
- To help you find others of similar experience, we've made Breast Cancer Experience a required field on registration. For some members who didn't select an option for that first time around, you might notice it shows up now as 'please select'. Just choose the appropriate option from the drop-down box and save your profile.
- Group facilitators can now choose whether all members can post, or just the facilitator. This is for groups that only have one spokesperson. We'd suggest you make a note in your group 'our story' if you decide to use this function, so that new members know.
That's it for now. Have fun and just ask if you need a hand with anything.
Di
