Revised list of Guides

[tribelessnomad]

mentuhotep and I discussed at http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=4959111 how information on using LiveJournal would be divided between Guides, and how the Guides would be arranged in a manual. Since we agreed to make numerous changes to my original proposal, I'm posting here a revised table of contents, which I think represents the outcome of our discussion. I've made a couple more changes, though, to make it easier to group FAQs under these headings. "User Pictures" is now a separate Chapter, and I've moved the "Security Levels" Guide from "Journal Entries" (which is overcrowded with FAQs) to the Chapter dealing with Friends. This arrangement is not final -- changes can still be made as necessary.

Here's the list of chapters:Chapter 1: Finding Your Way Around (includes the Topic Directory)
Chapter 2: Your Account
Chapter 3: User Pictures
Chapter 4: Journal Entries
Chapter 5: Comments
Chapter 6: Friends & Security Levels
Chapter 7: Communities
Chapter 8: Customizing Your Journal
Chapter 9: Additional Features (includes To-Do Lists)
Chapter 10: Conflicts with Other Users
Chapter 11: Volunteer Activities


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And here's the complete table of contents, with links that IE5 users can click on to preview the Guides that are currently in development:

Chapter 1: Finding Your Way Around

• Viewing journal entries [including the Calendar]
• Profiles (User/Community Info)
• Topic Directory
• Searching for journals
• Interests
• Where to learn more

Chapter 2: Your Account

• Free vs. paid accounts
• Account payments
• Privacy issues
• Creating an account
• Logging in to your account
• Lost and hacked accounts
• Deleting your journal

Chapter 3: User Pictures

• User pictures
• Requesting a custom userpic

Chapter 4: Journal Entries

• The Update Journal page
• Fonts and colors in journal entries
• Links in journal entries
• Pictures in journal entries
• Text layout in journal entries
• Polls in journal entries
• Editing or deleting an entry

Chapter 5: Comments

• Posting a comment (should mention timestamps)
• Deleting a comment
• Receiving comments (including notification e-mails)
• Controlling who can comment
• IP address logging

Chapter 6: Friends & Security Levels

• What are Friends?
• Editing your Friends list
• Reading your Friends' posts
• Security Levels
• Friend groups

Chapter 7: Communities

• What are Communities?
• Joining a Community
• Posting to a Community journal
• Creating a Community
• Maintaining a Community

Chapter 8: Customizing Your Journal

• Where to make changes
• Journal colors
  
• Mood icons
• Page layout styles

Chapter 9: Additional Features

• Memorable Posts
• Your To-Do List
• Text messaging
• Exporting your journal

Chapter 10: Conflicts with Other Users(Need input from abuse team)
Chapter 11: Volunteer Activities

• Volunteer forums
• Joining a volunteer team
• Support policy
• Helping to promote the site