====== Valley Media Works - Bulletin Board ======
VMW BBS location: [[http://bbs.valleymediaworks.org]]
==== Login ====
To obtain a login for the VMW BBS, contact our office. Logins are assigned to individual users based upon if you are a volunteer, member, staff, or board member.

==== Community, My Profile ====
Be sure to keep your profile up-to-date
Go to Community, then to My Profile, Account
Here you can add a photo, see your username, change your display name and nickname, add information to share with the community:
  * your website
  * social networks
  * location
  * Signature
  * About Me

And you can change your password.

==== Calendar ====
  * To load the calendar, click on the CALENDAR menu option at the top of the page.
  * You can limit what information you see by selecting **CATEGORIES** in the drop down menu at the top of the calendar, then selecting the type of information you want to see.{{:undefined:categories.jpg?direct&200 |}}
  * You can limit what information you see by using the **TAGS** from the drop down menu at the top of the calendar, then selecting the type of tag you want to see.{{:undefined:bbs_tags.jpg?direct&200 |}}

=== Navigation ===
  * Navigation from Month to Month and Year to Year, use the buttons surrounding the Month at the top of the calendar. {{:undefined:bbs-navigation.jpg?direct&200 |}}

=== Request a Scheduled Event ===
  * Whether it is a meeting, a class, reserving equipment, or an edit bay, use the **Post Your Event** button (green) at the top of the calendar. {{ :undefined:bbs-postbutton.jpg?direct&200 |}}
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**Fill in the form**
    * Event Title
    * Date
    * Venue (if at CTV, put "CTV - (name of room)") otherwise put location information
    * Categories (choose at least one that best describes what you are posting)
    * Tags (choose at least one that best describes what you are posting)
    * Descriptiong (use this area to give CVCTV Staff a clear picture of what you are requesting)
    * Phone Number (your phone number, so that we may contact you with any questions)
    * Submitter name (your name)
    * Submitter email (your email, the form will send you confirmation information when we authorize the event)
    * Read the "posting rules" (blue link)
    * Check the box for "posting rules"
  * Hit the Submit Event Button (Green)

  * Someone from the office will contact you if there are any questions about your 'event'

==== Forums ====
On the top menu of the website, the first four (4) buttons are links to the forums available. 
  * Board (available only to board members)
  * Staff (available only to staff members)
  * Producers (available to all members)
  * Ideas (available to all members)

=== To add a post ===
To add a post to the forums, whether to a new discussion or to an existing discussion, 
  * simply click on the forum that you want to go to: Board, Staff, Producers, Ideas
    * if adding to an existing discussion, click on the title of the discussion{{ :bbs-forum-addto.jpg?direct&200 |}}
    * then click on the discussion topic {{ :bbs-addreply-forum.jpg?direct&200 |}}
    * scroll down to the comment that you want to reply to, and click reply 
    * if you want to start a new discussion, click the Add Topic button {{ :bbs-addnewtopic-forum.jpg?direct&200 |}}