A Quick Salon Tutorial

Barb · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: A Quick Salon Tutorial

Recently I've spoken to several of our regular customers about the Salon. Some told me they are following the conversations, but don't know how to participate. Others have said they don’t know how to follow the topics. Figuring there may be more of you out there with the same questions, I created this quick tutorial. More information on any of these directions is available in the FAQs or in the Information Desk forum. If you want to participate, but are not sure how, don't be shy, just email us and we'll give you a hand.

How to Register as a Member – It's Free and Easy
Use the link to Register at the top of the page, agree to the terms, and then create a profile for yourself. After choosing a username, password and preferences, click Submit at the bottom of the page. Now you are a member!

Next time you visit the Salon, you can log-in using your username and password, and if you choose the option to be logged in automatically, the Salon will remember you on that computer as long as you don't sign out. Now that you are a registered member, you can participate in any conversation you like!

Following the Conversations
The discussions in the Salon are organized into subject areas called "forums." Inside each forum, you will find a number of topics that have been started by members like you. Any member can post a reply to an existing topic or start a new topic of their own.

There are three easy ways to keep tabs on the latest conversations...

Easy Go to www.sawyerbrook.com and click on Community. Click into The Savvy Sewer Salon. OR Create a shortcut on your desktop for the Salon and double click to enter. If your login has been remembered, you will see your username on the top menu – otherwise, you can click "log in" to enter your username and password. Once logged in you will see orange indicators next to each forum showing new posts available for reading.

Easier Sign up to receive the email digest. You can choose which topics you want to include in your digest and the time of day you want to receive the email. This way you’ll know right away when to visit the salon to read the updated information. You can also choose to receive emails when posts are made to topics you would like to follow. Those will be individual emails to you when a new post appears in a topic you choose. Simply go to the Digests link on the top menu.

Easiest Add the salon to your RSS newsreader. Don’t have one? I use Google Reader, but there are a number of others available. This way you can manage all the sites you are interested in following. With one click you are there and can review the newest entries at a glance. For full information about setting up the RSS reader, click on the orange RSS button at the top of the Salon forum page.

Posting

You can reply to any post by simply clicking on the post reply button above or below the post.
If you want to start a new topic, click new topic in the forum that best matches the subject matter.
If you have an idea for a new forum, email me at barb@sawyerbrook.com and we’ll be happy to consider creating it.