Make Posts
- Jack Hermanson (Unlicensed)
This article will help you understand how to properly make posts in the Notebook.
Before making a new post, you should check to make sure there isn’t already a post for that topic. If two posts regarding the same topic exist, a senior lab op can merge them together.
Instructions
Usually, a post in the Notebook relates to a specific lab. For example, maybe there is some technical issue that we need to document. In that case, a possible first step is to go to that lab’s page.
Once there, you can click on the New Post button in the Notebook dropdown menu to start the process of creating a new post. This allows you to skip the next 3 steps.
Alternatively, you can click on the Notebook link in the top navigation bar, then find the Board you wish to post in.
When you click on the Notebook link, you are taken to the notebook index, where a list of all Boards can be found.
In the above screenshot, you can see that there is a green New Post button. You can use that and then select the board where that post belongs, or you can go into the correct board first so it is automatically selected. In this example, I’ll do the latter of the two, so I click on Gifford.
Once I am in the Gifford board, I will see a list of all the posts made there, as well as a New Post button.
After you click New Post, you should see something like the following screenshot. You should add a title and fill in the body of your post.
Next, you can make sure the Boards are correct. A “parent board” is where that post’s true home is. If you followed the same steps I took up until this point, it should be set to Gifford by default. If you wanted this post to show up on another board as well as Gifford, you could click on the blue Select button next to that board’s name.
For this example, I’m going to keep it simple and leave the Boards as they are. This configuration will make this post show up in the Gifford board, but not in the other ones.
You can also click in the checkboxes next to the names of tags to tag posts. And if you’re a senior lab op, you can “pin” a post if it is important and you want it to remain at the top of the list.
Once you click create, you are done. Here is an example of how a new post might look after you post it: