Society Forums
The Society has recently upgraded the website forums and they now feature a number of enhancements which users should find useful in keeping up to date with Society matters and events, and for discussing matters relating to archives, conservation and records management.
In order to access and make full use of the new features users must register as a forum member.
Please note that former members of the Forums will have to re-register. We apologise for this inconvenience but this will ensure that you are able to use all the new features and will be fully protected by enhanced security measures.
Registration will allow you to do the following:
Registration will allow you to do the following:
- Post new threads.
- Reply to other people's threads.
- Edit your posts.
- Set up e-mail notification of replies to posts and threads you specify.
- Enter events in the forum calendar.
- Set up email reminders for calendar events.
- Groups, Regions and Committees within the Society can set up their own private forums, and their own calendars if they wish.
Forum members who wish to keep up to date with discussions and posts can schedule email reminders for a whole forum. To do this:
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Logon to the forums with your username and password
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Navigate to the desired Forum
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Click on the drop down menu "Forum Tools"
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Select "Subscribe to this forum"
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You can then select whether you require daily or weekly updates.
For more information on how to register please visit the Forum Homepage.
An Introduction to the Forums
Forums on any archive, records management or conservation related subject that members choose can be created by contacting the Information Coordinator. Forums can be set up in a number of ways:
- Public. All visitors to the forums, both registered and unregistered, will be able to view posts. Unregistered visitors will not be able to reply.
- Registered Users. Only registered users will be able to view posts.
- Private. Forums can be set up as a private area which will only allow access to those that are registered and authorised to view. For example, committees, regions, special interest groups, student members of the Society, registration scheme mentors and many more can have a private discussion forum. In addition any group can apply to have a calendar, which can be either publicly viewable or restricted to members of that particular group.
An Introduction to Calendars
The Forum Calendar system is a fully featured system and is ideal for keeping track of, and publicising, any events that may be of interest to archivists, records managers and conservators.
Multiple calendars can be created in order to categorize subject matter. You will see that one public calendar has already been created as an events calendar. Visitors must register and login before posted events will be visible. Registered members of the Forums can add their own events and schedule email reminders for any events featured on the calendar. Additional calendars can be set up, by applying to the Information Coordinator which, like the forums, can be configured to be viewable by a particular group.
Multiple calendars can be created in order to categorize subject matter. You will see that one public calendar has already been created as an events calendar. Visitors must register and login before posted events will be visible. Registered members of the Forums can add their own events and schedule email reminders for any events featured on the calendar. Additional calendars can be set up, by applying to the Information Coordinator which, like the forums, can be configured to be viewable by a particular group.
Register Today
Try the forums out today, but remember that to make full use of the new features you must be a registered user.
Last modified 07/08/2007
