Help - Front-end (more information on admin help page)

Registering:

  • If you want to join a brandstation, you'll need to register first. To register, click on the register link and simply fill your email address and password in the profile box. A password will be sent to you.
  • Note that depending on the rules setup by the admin site owner the user registration may vary. Site owners can choose if they allow users to register themselves or if they allow automatic membership approval.
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Login:

  • To login, click on "login" located in the profile box in the top left hand corner of the brandstation page.
  • Fill in you email address and password that was emailed to you. Select remember me for easier login in future.
  • Click the login button to complete the login and proceed to your profile homepage.
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Customising your profile:

  • To customise your profile information, begin by selecting "edit my profile" situated in the profile summary box in the upper left hand corner.
  • Here, you can edit an "about me" statement, give as much or as little detail about yourself and what you are involved in. You can also change your password to a more memorable one and add tags that would bring up your site in a search. Here you can also add a profile picture so as to make your profile more unique.
  • By selecting "My Preferences", you can change and update the frequency of receiving email updates regarding activity on your account.
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Inviting Contacts:

  • Select "invite contacts" located under "Edit my Profile".
  • Select your email provider (ie: yahoo, hotmail, gmail, AOL, etc).
  • Type in your email address and email password and select the "read contacts" button to import your contacts. You can then select individual or all contacts to invite to your social network.
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Creating A Blog Post:

  • Click on the Blog navigation icon at the top of your page. At the top of the blog page, next to the pathway name of the blog, lies a link stating: [Add new blog post]. Click on this link to add a new blog post in the main blog.

Note that each team has it's own blog but you'll need to be a member of that team before you can post blogs to it.

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File Sharing:

  • Click on the File share navigation icon.
  • Fill in required fields related to you file (name, tags associated, file itself).
  • Select team/teams to share the file with as well as folder to put the file into. You can create folders, and can assign a file to a folder but it's not mandatory.
  • Select upload to share file with the team(s) selected.
  • Note that if a team is private then only the invited members will see the team and associated files.
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RSS Feeds:

  • Click on the RSS feeds navigation icon.
  • Scroll down to bottom of RSS feeds list and select "add feed".
  • Fill in the necessary information and url regarding your RSS feed.
  • Click "add feed" to complete and make the RSS feed visible.
  • Note that RSS feeds can be imported and exported as OPML files which are compatble with services like Google reader.
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Bookmarks:

  • Click on the bookmark navigation icon to be directed to your bookmarks page.
  • To go to the URL of a bookmark, simply click the name (in bold and underlines) and a pop up window will appear directing you to the bookmarked site.
  • Note that bookmarks can be imported and exported as HTML files which are compatible with browser bookmark files.

To add a bookmark:

  • Under the bookmark icon on your bookmark page, click the "add bookmark" button.
  • Fill in all the required details regarding the bookmark you wish to add as shown below. Click "add" to complete addition of bookmark.
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Creating A Forum:

  • Select the forum navigation icon.
  • Select "add new topic" located in the top right of the forums page.
  • When directed to the forum creation page, fill in all necessary details related to the forum you are creating, select a genre it would fall under and select whether it should be a featured forum topic.
  • Click "create" to complete the forum posting.
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Commenting on a Forum:

  • On the forum’s page, select the title of the forum you wish to comment on.
  • When redirected to the forum page, click on "reply" under the action column.
  • Select the type of comment you are making, create a title and insert the required text related to your comment, and click "add" to complete you forum comment and posting.
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Viewing A Video:

  • Start by click on the video navigation icon to be directed to the videos page.
  • On the videos page, a video will start of the first video topic in the listing on the left of the window.
  • Click on any topic or title you wish to view which will then load in the video pane to the right of the titles.
  • Note that videos can either be video on demand (VOD) or live streams. The VOD can also be a single file, a playlist of multiple files. Video files can also be uploaded from your client computer or added as a stream located on a streaming server.
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Creating an Event:

  • To create an event, start by clicking the "create new event" title under your calendar.
  • When directed to the create event page, fill in all the information related to your event (dates, start time and end time, event information, teams event is associated to and tags).
  • Click "create" at the bottom of your event to complete the event creation and to be posted to your calendar and the calendars of those in the teams you selected.
  • Note that a team member can access that event at anytime through their calendar where they can reply stating whether they will be attending or not. Also events are team based so you'll need to be a member of a team before you can add an event.
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Adding A Friend:

  • In the network box located to the left, select "all people" to see a list of all users registered to that brandstation.
  • After browsing through all profiles available, select on the one that you would like to add as a friend.
  • After clicking on that person, select "add friend" at the bottom of their profile summary. A message will be sent to that person for confirmation or decline of your friend invitation.
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Joining A Team:

  • In the network box, select the "join team" link for a listing of all available teams currently on brandstation.
  • Select the team from the listings that you would like to join.
  • You will be redirected to a page with a small summary of that team as well as a listing of current members. Click "join" to add yourself to the team.
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