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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Instructions for 2008 Think Salmon project reporters

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As part of 2008 project reporting, proponents are asked to enter a project description, interim progress summary and final results summary on the ThinkSalmon.com website. These will be publicly available on a ThinkSalmon page dedicated to your project that is part of a searchable database of projects. 

Please choose a single project team member to be our ThinkSalmon project reporter.  She or he will initiate and maintain your project page on ThinkSalmon via a web-based form in ExpressionEngine, the Content Management System (CMS) that underlies ThinkSalmon. She or he will receive any e-mail updates related to this activity and may enter events onto the ThinkSalmon calendar.

Here are the steps for a ThinkSalmon project reporter to follow:

• Click “login/register” in the upper right corner of the ThinkSalmon.com header
   
• Register as a member
  • Username is entered when logging on
  • Public name will appear in “Posted by” lines generated by the system
     

• Please do not enter your project information as a story, via the “Share your story” link.  This will not create a project page.
  Instead, send e-mail to Megan Moser, mmoser(at)psf.ca, indicating you are a registered member and wish to be upgraded to a project reporter.
   
• Once you receive a reply indicating you are a project reporter, go to the control panel. You may want to BOOKMARK THIS LINK. Choose the “Publish” tab and select “FSWP Project” or “Event”.
   
• Fill in the form. Enter as many fields as you can, but you are free to skip fields that do not fit your entry. If entering a 2008 project, leave the “Interim progress” and “Final results” fields to fill in as the project progresses. Before you navigate away from the page (e.g., hit the back button or go to another site), hit the “Save” button that appears beside the title, or your entry will be lost.
  • By default, the saved entry is posted on Think Salmon immediately.
  • To save the information for future editing without posting it on Think Salmon, choose the “Options” tab above the title, use the drop down menu to change “Status” from “Open” to “Closed” and then hit the “Save” button that appears beside the title
     
• Enter the project’s program area. Choose the “Category” tab just above the title, and select your main program area from the drop down menu. Projects can be searched by their program area as well as keywords, so don’t miss this step. For projects with significant components in another program area, hold the control key and selecting an additional category.
   
• To return to a project or event page you entered earlier, choose the “Edit” tab from the control panel, and select your page from the list.  You can use the filters that appear above the list to see fewer pages in the list.  For example, use the “Filter by section” drop down menu and / or enter keywords from your project title in the “Keywords” box, then hit the “Search” button at the bottom right of the filters.
   
• In the upper right corner of the control panel is a link to the User Guide, with a section “Help for project reporters”. This User Guide will be updated in response to questions that may arise.  We are setting up project reporters to be able to change the User Guide and, once done, you are encouraged to add questions and notes that others may find helpful.