Green Options › Site FAQs & Tutorials

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9 site faq submissions by the Green Options community.

Wiki Article Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn how to: Create A New Article Edit An Existing article Revert An Article To A Previous Version Report An Article     Create A New Article Navigate to the Article home.  On the main article page, locate the section you would like to contribute to.  Click to view that tab.  Within that article section, you will see a button to create a new article.  If you do not see this button, you do not have the ability to create articles in this section. Click the "Create Article" button. A popover will open for you to title your... read more

Add A New Item Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn how to: Add A New Item To The Database Edit A Product Description Add A New Image To A Product Page Edit Specs Edit Links Edit A Product Wiki   Add A New Product To The Database We do our best to add a good number of products to each category, but undoubtedly we've missed a few.  Thank you for your help in making the listings more complete!   Navigate to the right product category.  Start of by heading to the main "Products" tab at the top.  This will take you to the Products main page.  From there, select the... read more

Facebook Connect Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

What does "Connect with Facebook?" mean? For a couple of years now Facebook has been offering a service to allow folks to sign into other websites easily without having to enter a whole lot of information everywhere they go. This system has evolved over time and we've integrated it here for our members' convenience. If you'd like to hear what Facebook has to say, check out their developer's guide and help pages.     Why is this on this site? The main benefit is an easy registration process for new members who discover this forum via Facebook. Traditionally,... read more

Messaging Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Important Notice: If you receive a private message or public message notification in your email, do not reply to the email.  Click the 'Reply' button to reply via your message center. Learn: Send Private Messages Access And Manage Your Message Center Write Public Messages Delete Public Messages From Your Profile Change Your Messaging Notification Preferences   Send Private Messages Occasionally you may want to converse with another user privately.  Navigate to a user's profile page. Underneath that user's avatar, you will see... read more

Review Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn: How To Write A Review How To Edit A Review What Makes A Great Review? Can I Review My Own Products or Business I Am Connected To?     How To Write A Review Navigate to the page of the item you would like to review. There are a few different "Write A Review" buttons on the page.  Click one of them to open up the review creator. The review creator has a few different fields.  In order to submit your review, you MUST fill in a Review Title, an Overall star rating, and a Full Review.  You are more than welcome to add Pros, Cons,... read more

Frequently Asked Questions

  • by stins Moderator

Registration Issues Why do I need to validate my email? I never got my email validation email! I forgot my password. What should I do? How do I change my user name, email address, and password? Why does registration require my Zip Code and Birthday for registration?   Using The Site Forums, wikis, product reviews...which one do I use? How are they different? Do you have tutorials on using the site? Can I search for information? Where is my forum signature? How do I personalize my Profile and change my avatar? What are... read more

Image And Video Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn how to: Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload Images From Your Computer Embed Images From Another Site Using The On Site Tool Embed Images with Cut and Paste Embed Whole Albums from Photobucket Create And Edit Image Albums On Your Profile Create A New Image Album Add Images To An Album Edit Images In An Album Edit An Album's Details Organize Images In Your Albums Delete An Album Add Videos To Posts And Wikis   Add Images To Posts And Wikis Upload and Embed an Image from Your Computer In a forum... read more

Discussion Forum Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn how to: Use the Forums Start A New Thread Reply To A Post Reply With A Quotation Edit Your Post Rate Posts Report A Post Export A Forum Post To A Wiki   Read the Forums Understand The Icons Read All New Posts Use The "More Forums" Jump Menu Go To The First Unread Post In A Thread Use The Activity Feed Mark Forums As Read   Using the Forums Start A New Thread Begin by navigating to the appropriate forum. Once in the desired forum, at the top left, you'll see the Forum Nav tools... read more

Tagging Tutorial

  • by stins Moderator

Learn: What is tagging and why is it important? How is the tagging on this site different than other sites? Add Tags To Forum Posts And Wiki Articles Remove Tags View Tag Pages Subscribe To Topic Tags     What is tagging?  Why is it important? Tags allow information from around the community to be aggregated together.  They are labels that can be added to forum posts or Wiki articles to tie pieces of content together to make relevant information easier to find.   Product Tags are unique identifiers for a specific... read more

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