Instructions for using this website

Logging in and Personal settings

Users are required to log in to make additions to the discussions or add content to the site (note: to view the contents of open-risk.org you need not sign in). On the left you will see a log in box asking for your name and password. If you are a new user, click "New user?" at the bottom of the box. fill in the appropriate details and click registrar at the bottom of the page.

Once logged in you will see that the grey bar at the top changes and now contains your name, and links to my folder, my preferences, undo and log out. Click "my preferences" where you will see links to edit your profile. Click "Personal Preferences" and you see that there are several changes you can make to your personal settings including adding a portrait. One noteworthy change on this page is the "Content editor". There are two options, none and Epaz. IF you maintain the default option of none, when editing pages or adding content to the site you will have the option to do so in either structured Text, html or Plain Text. If you choose Epoz, you will see buttons similar to programs such as Microsoft Word when you add content or make additions to the site.

Adding new content

Click "my folder" in the top grey bar you will see the contents of your folder in the form of a list. Everything in this list is linked to items that you add. On the left you will see that there is a navigation box for viewing other's items and a box titled "recent items". This contains items you have not yet seen and are all linked so you can easily join discussions, make comments or additions to various topics and see general news items.

Clicking the green tab "view" will display your home page. Initially this will be blank but you can add items by clicking the green tab "edit" where you can add text to your page or insert a file (such as a text file or web page by the "Upload contents" option at the bottom of the page. Click "save" at the bottom of the page.

Once you have added your information click the green tab "properties" and choose "Enabled" under the "Allow Discussion on this item". This will create a thread where others can have input and share thoughts such that they will flow in a continuous format. Click "save" at the bottom of the page.

At the right of the green bar you will see two drop down menus. The first you will see that you can add new items such as pdf fies or images. These will show up in the contents section of your folder and a menu "state". After you have added content or changed your page click the "state" menu and then click "submit".

Hints

• When adding content provide a name that will be obvious to you and to others
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• When you choose "publish" after adding material, it is visible to other members but will not be generally visible until viewed by a reviewer who will publish it to the general site
• Only when logged in will you have access to all files and the ability to interact with the group