Bracewell Document Archive

This site is free and open to all researchers. Unlike most sites this site is run by you the user. Every user has the ability to post their own research to the site. You do not need to know anything about websites in order to do this.

OTHER PLACES TO GET HELP:

• Contact the admin or moderators.
• Post to the Help Forum board.

HOW TO SIGNUP: (If you plan to post research you must sign up.)

1. Go to the home page and find the login section.
2. Look for the link to create an account.
3. Enter all the information as prompted.
4. You will be sent an email for verification.
5. Once you reply to that email you will become a registered member.
6. You are now ready to get started and post your research.

HOW TO SUBMIT research notes:

1. You must log in before you can post any content.
2. Go to the Research Notes section or the surname section inside Research Notes.
3. Click on the word NEW. (This will start the editor).
4. See how to use the editor below.

HOW TO USE THE EDITOR:

1. You need to start the editor as mentioned above.
2. Enter a good title.
3. Select the appropriate surname category from the list.
4. Notice to the right are the save, Apply, and cancel buttons. Click save only when you have completed your post. Apply will save your work and reload the editor. USE THIS EVERY FEW MINUTES TO KEEP FROM LOOSING YOUR WORK. The cancel button will do just that.
5. Now notice the editor and all the format options. It looks like a standard text editor. It works slightly different because you need to highlight the text first, then click a button. Example: If you want to bold, then highlight the text you wish to bold and then click the bold button. Same for other options.
6. Enter your content in the editor. You can type this or copy and past. If you use copy and past it is a good idea to click apply to make sure the formatting stays. The editor will strip out some formatting by default. This is normal.
7. If you would like to have multiple pages in your post use the button called "insert page break". This will insert the wording "mospagebreak". This is were the next page will start. Just keep typing your next page. When you save a table of contents and the multiple pages automatically be created.
8. Images can be inserted: More on this topic later on.
9. When you are completed scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will see three tabs called Metadata, Publishing, Images and . Do not use Images.
10. Click on Metadata and enter a description of your content. This is what will show in search engines like Google. now enter in some keywords. If your article is on Jane Doe from Anytown, USA the you could enter "jane, doe, anytown, usa," Note that I used lower case letters and put a comma between every word.
11. Click on publishing. Set the state to Published. Set the access level to Public so everyone can see it or Special if you only want to admin to see the post. If you are publishing something on behalf of someone else you can enter their name in the Author Alias box. Note: this will replace your name with theirs. DO NOT CLICK THE SHOW ON FRONT PAGE.
12. Click Save when you are completed with your post.

See this video for more help

HOW TO USE THE RESEARCH FORUM:

1. You must be logged in to post in the forum.
2. Click on Research Forum in the menu.
3. Navigate to one of the forums of your choice.
4. Click on the image that states "Start a New Post".
5. This will start the forum editor.
6. Enter in your subject.
7. If you wish chose a topic icon.
8. Enter in your message.
9. If you want to bold or other buttons select the text first and then click the button.
10. If the Subscribe box is checked then you will receive an email when someone replies to your post.
11. At the bottom you will see a preview button if you want to check how your post will look.
12. When completed click on the Submit button.

To read post click on the subject line of that post. If you decide to reply to a post then click on the "Quick Reply" or "Reply" button. Quick reply will allow you to post without having to load the editor.

Definitions used in the forum:

Quote: this will reply by quoting the previous message.
Edit: this will allow you to edit your own post.
Sticky: this will keep your post at the top of the list. This should not be used except by moderators and admin.
Lock: this will prevent people from posting follow-up messages. Do not use this.
Subscribe: this will send you an email every time someone post a reply to that message or forum.

See here for more forum help:

HOW TO ADD IMAGES TO THE document archive:

This topic will be added later.