Help Notes

The Theatre Forum website is a community website where members can not only view useful information, they can also share information to support each other. For that reason, members have been given access to publish information directly on the website. Members can publish information to the Notice Board, Employment Pages, and Barter Pages. These help notes will hopefully explain some of the less obvious features of the system when publishing content to the Theatre Forum Website.

Publishing Content

Please note: We have noticed problems publishing content when using the Safari browser and would ask that people use another browser for the purpose of uploading content.

Publishing content to the Theatre Forum website normally involves clicking on one of the 'Post a new...' buttons in various sections. These buttons are only displayed when you are logged in, so if you want to publish information you must first log in.

You can edit or remove any items you have published. You can only edit/remove your own items.

When completing web forms, the following hints might be useful:Soft vs. hard returns

Some areas allow you to enter rich text (bold, underlines, links etc.). You will notice that when you press the return key for a new line it will generally start a new paragraph. To prevent this, hold down the shift key when you press the return key, and the new line will be placed just below the previous line. (Try it out to see the difference...)

Expiry Dates
You must provide an expiry date when publishing content. This is to ensure that only relevant content is presented and no out-of-date information is left hanging around. The key point to note is that the expiry date only affects where your document in displayed. For example, if you post an item on the notice board with an expiry date of 1st June, then prior to 1st June it will be displayed on the notice board. After 1st June it is displayed in the archive section and will no longer show on the notice board.

When selecting an expiry date consider how long you want the information to be displayed. Some cases are obvious. For example, if you are advertising an employment vacancy, then the expiry date should be the application deadline.

Uploading documents/images
Some sections allow you to attach an image or upload an attachment. If you are posting documents to be distributed, then please exercise caution. Ensure you are confident of the source of the document, ensure you are not violating any copyright, and ensure you have scanned the document for viruses before uploading.

EUROS
Please note it is not possible to use the euro key as this will appear as a question mark. Instead you should type 'EUR' before the number.

Display rules
In general, each section will show all the unexpired documents in that section in order of most recently published first. Exceptions to this are:

Home Page:
Notice Board items - 3 most recent notices are presented as well as 3 priority notices from Theatre Forum. If there are less than 3 priority notices, then normal notices are selected. Only Theatre Forum Administrators can post priority notices.

Employment vacancies - 3 most recent postings are displayed.

Notice board
Priority notices are presented first in order of most recent first. Normal notices are presented below the priority notices. Only Theatre Forum Administrators can post priority notices.