On-line Help

Overview

• Web site layout
• Generic functions
• Handbook for the guest visitor
• Handbook for user
• Appendix A - How to install missing font
• Appendix B - Access to try
• Appendix C - Evolution

Web site layout

Dear visitor, this guide has been thought to orient to you in navigation web site.

The structure layout is showed in the following table:

• HEADER: on the top it's possible to see the logo of the web site and description of page visited

• BANNER: this area is dedicate to a advertising banners

• SECONDARY MENU: personal user's menu, subsections and poll

• NAVIGATION: in the central, all sections will be shown here the pages

• PRIMARY MENU: into this part there are links to intenrnal web site sections

• CREDITS : in the button you can find the reference to the people and organization to development and offer a contribute

Generic functions

• LANGUAGES: in this moment there are available two languages, Italian and English. To change language click on the small national flags in the menu. When you open home page the set language is browser's language

• MAP: to help you in your navigation you can use "Map site" from the menu. In this section you can find the index page's link.

• SHORTCUT OR ACCESS KEYS: it's possible to activate the shortcut access to click on "On" or pressing "particular combination of keys configured in your used browser" and "k" letter. From this moment, every link in the menu it's composed also of a letter associate and the "particular combination of keys configured in your used browser".The use of the mouse will avoid

• CONTACTS: it's possible to contact directly Web Master from the page "Contacts" in the menu. Four subjects will be able to communicate different type of information:

  • "Request information": to having generic information on the types of services offers

  • "Collaboration request": to offer offers of collaboration of varied type

  • "Signalize problems": to signalize bad operations, link wrong, errors page or lacks in the web site

  • "Suggestions": to suggest new services, initiatives, criticals

  You can send email after to have inserted the several information, you must insert the code for "Anti-Spam" in the text box and press "Send"

• GUIDE: it's possible to read this guide to orient itself in navigation of web site clicking on "On-line Help"

• FORUM: consulting the forum you can read the posts of users who use the site

Handbook for the guest visitor

The guest visitor will be able to do the following actions:

• TO REGISTER A NICKNAME: you can register a NickName click on "Register now!" in the menu under the form of the block "Login". it will appear a page with following form to compile:
  

  • Description language used: select the language which you going to describe the characteristics of your NickName

  • NickName: write the NickName or username that you want to be registered, it's also possible to use special characters

  • E-mail: you must write a correct email where you could received information, Web Master's communication or contacts from other customers are wanted to contact you

  • Password: write a password used to authenticate itself

  • E-mail not visible: to mark this check box if you want then profile's email is not visible when profile is shown in the general list. This field is not obligatory

  • Real name: write the owner's real name of the NickName. This field is not obligatory

  • Consent to the treatment of your personal data: to mark this check box to give the consent to save your personal data

  • Link home page: write the URL of your Internet Web Site if you have ones. This field is not obligatory

  • Avatar: attach your image file that normally used on the web. This field is not obligatory

  • NickName's meant : write a short description of the NickName's meant, what its means for you

  • Origin: write the NickName's origin nationality

  • My Signature is.. . : every NickName has a phrase or maxim associated that it's like a moral of the fable and that it is often the reason of life of the NickName's owner

  • Attention please : last note asks to you the permission to save the connection data ( internet address and date ) at the moment of the registration to guaranty to you the unique customer registration and permit to you demonstration since you use this NickName

To continue you must press "Send". Now you will be received a email of confirmation with a link to this web site. In the appear page you can click on a link and the registration is completed. Now you will be able to login and to use the full web site's services.

• CHECK NICKNAME: clicking on the menu item "Verify if your NickName is used" you can verify whether the NickName you want to record is already present in the database

• TO SEARCH NICKNAMES: clicking on "Search a NickName" in the menu you can find the NickName registered with one or more searching keys. To default the search searchs on all the profile's fields otherwise it's possible to search a specific characteristic. The possible voices are: NickName, Real Name, Link home page, NickName's characteristics, NickName's meant, Origin, Signature, they have the same meant seen in the before section.
  If the searching operation will have some results, it will come visualized the NickName and the characteristics matched with the key searched. To access to NickName's profile you must been registered.

• VIEW THE LIST OF REGISTERED AND RATED NICKNAMES: clicking on the menu item "List of NickNames" You can see the entire list of registered NickNames sorted alphabetically.
  By Secondary menu "NickNames rating Classification", you can access to the list of the Top Rated NickNames

• TO PARTICIPATE TO POLLS AND TO ADD COMMENTS: the answer options of current poll are in the the menu. In the "Pool" section is possible to directly participate to the current poll expressing the own opinion selecting its and clicking on "Vote!" . When you are voted it will come visualized the page with the results of poll. It's also possible to add a comment clicking on "Add a comment". The same page is also reaches from the link "Results" in the menu.
  Instead if you click on "Polls" will be able to be participated to old pools archived.

• TEST: there always is a fun test about NickNames

• PLUGIN "NickName Search": clicking on "Install Search Plugin" to install on your browser the form of searchin NickName without to use the search form on the web site

Handbook for user

To be able to use all the functionalities of web site the visitor will have himself to be login inserting in the section of the menu "Login" like user the email and as password the password chosen during the registation process and pressing "Log in". If you mark the check box "Remember me" will come saved in the browser the opened session for a future access without having to carry out the operation of login.

The authenticated customer has approached also the following functionalities:

• TO VIEW AND TO ADD COMMENTS AND VOTE TO NICKNAME'S PROFILE HAS BEEN REGISTERED: clicking on "List of NickNames" you can access to the list of the NickNames. They are divided and sorted in alphabetic order. On the top there is a bar navigation links with numbers and letters startup NickNames available.
  Consulting several profiles you can observance the link "Comments" with the number of inserted comments between two parenthesis or "?" in case of no comments. You can click on this last one to visualize the NickName's comments inserted from the other customers. In order to insert a comment will have to select the language which you going to write the comment and insert the comment in the text box. It's possible to use the icons to format the comment in more likeable way. Pressing on "Send " and the comment will be saved.
  If in the menu "Users" section some NickNames are visualized it's' possible to visualize their profiles clicking over them.
  After a operation of search, like explained in chapter previous, if you are obtained a list of NickNames, clicking on the absorbing NickName it will be able to be approached its profile.

• PROFILE MANAGEMENT: during visualization of NickName's logged profile the following functionalities will appear also:

  • EDIT PROFILE: clicking on "Edit profile" it is possible to modify all the fields than you compiled in phase of NickName registration. If you don't type a new password system will maintain the old one. On the top, next to NickName between two parenthesis it will come visualized your personal number

  • DELETE ACCOUNT: clicking on "Delete account" it will come definitively eliminated the NickName registered

  • EXIT FROM CURRENT SESSION: it is possible to log out from the current navigation session pressing on "Log out". It is possible to carry out the same operation cliking on "Log out" in the section "Login" of the menu

• RECOVERY FORGOTTEN PASSWORD: if you loss your password it is possible to recover its clicking on "Password recover" in the section "Login" of the menu. It is necessary to insert the received personal number in the phase of the registration and to press "Send". Now you will received a email with the instructions for the new access. You must click on the link in the email. You will receive a second email with a random password to use for the first access. I you to change it like you prefer. For every click it is advised to close the browser.

• ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE FORUM: accessing the forum will be able to respond to posts by other users or open new discussions on th your preferred topic

Appendix A - How to install missing font

To add fonts, follow the following steps according to your operating system :

• Windows:
  • open your the Control Panel
  • select "Settings and Language"
  • click on the tab "Languages" and under "additional language support", check the checkbox alongside titles:
    "Installs language files with non-Latin alphabets and languages right-left (including the alphabet Thai)"
    "I installed file language orintale"
  • click on OK, you will be asked to confirm the installation of additional languages and files include into the installation CD of Windows
  • at the end of installation the computer will be restarted

• Mac Os X:

  Run the following steps by user "root":

  • identify the fonts files that you want to add in your system, opening the folder containing the new font, normally present in the CD installation of the operating system
  • find the font's folder where you want to install them on your operating system, normally you copy into /System Folder, here's a short list of folders available:
    "the font's folder for a specific application: /Library/Application Support"
    "the font's folder: /Users/[name]/Library/Fonts"
    "the local font's folder: /Library/Fonts"
    "the font's folder network: /Network/Library/Fonts"
    "the System font's folder: /System/Library/Fonts"
    "the Classic font's folder: /System Folder/Fonts"
  There are also tools like FontExplorerX11 to facilitate the fonts management.

• Linux:

  With the latest distributions Fontconfig program is installed. It could detect the fonts installed in the system through an extremely simple procedure. Run the following steps by user "root":

  • identify the fonts files that you want to add in your system, opening the folder containing the new font, Linux for nature is lacking font, a good idea is to download them from the Internet or copied from a Windows system ( C:\Windows\fonts )
  • find the font's folder where you want to install them on your operating system, to know where the folders will be read, you display the file :
    "/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
    you will find folders in the following format:
    "<dir>/opt/ttfonts</dir>"
    "<dir>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts</dir>"
    "<dir>/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western</dir>"
    "<dir>/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives</dir>"
    "<dir>/usr/share/fonts</dir>"
    "<dir>/usr/share/yudit/fonts</dir>"
    "<dir>~/.fonts</dir>"
  • run the command
    fc-cache
  from this point on the new characters are installed.

Appendix B - Access to try

Using like access credentials

E-mail: test@mynickname.org
password: test

it is possible to authenticate themselves and to use parts of the functionalities of a effective customer.

Appendix C - Evolution

The web site incoming now its second year of life and it will be constantly evolving. The Web master apologizes in advance for any deficiencies updates of this document or low performance in your navigation.

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