How to use this website

This is a quick guide to using some features of the website.

• Adding content
• Using the editor
• Using the forum

Some basic background on the website.

This website is built using a Code Management System (CMS) called Drupal. Drupal is a well established system used a lot by bloggers and by social networking groups. It was chosen for IGCP572 because of the ease of adding new users (complete with passwords and profiles), and because of its forum module. Drupal is designed to have lots of modules added to it to make it suitable for each different organisation that uses it. We have already added an editor (TinyMCE), image loaders, groups, announcements, an RSS feed and forums. If you feel there is a function that the website could have added to it and you can persuade the project leaders that you are right, then we will look to see how drupal can provide this function.

For instance, if the project gets very busy you may decide that a calendar of events is needed. If you can get agreement then a date, event and calendar module will be added and configured.