Tutorial On Using the Gulch Directory by Khalling
There are some interesting uses in the Member Directory I wanted to remind everyone about and just help newbies get the lay of the land. That's right, we call you "newbies." So, let's get started. Up there ^^^^^ along the black banner or bar you will see a brown button that says "Members." Click on it and it takes you straight to our member directory. You'll see lots of smiling faces and some scary ones (uncommonsense) and some book covers (Pendulum of Justice-check us out in the Marketplace) and some cartoons (circuitguy). Feel free to click on any one and it takes you to their profile. So, I'm stopping for a second to remind members to update their profile and put in some sort of picture so we don't see so many fedoras (I actually always thought that default pic was like a seahorse but someone set me straight).
Now let's play!
When you enter the Directory, besides seeing lots of really smart looking people, you will see some choices along the top. From left to right, the first thing we can select is to find members within a certain mile radius (5 miles-250 miles) from whatever location we insert in the box to the right. Click "Search." I think you'll be surprised at how many Gulchers might be closer than you think. This information is already arranged for you to suggest a Gulch meet-up.
I digress. I'll discuss that in another post on another day.
Another fun feature of the Directory is how you can arrange all of us. The default setting is "trending" which means these are the gulchers who are commenting and posting most recently. Another choice from that drop-down box is "Distance." Choosing this function will sort the directory to place members first who are in the closest proximity to you geographically. The system already picks up where you are from your profile. You need to be logged in for this to work. The next choice is "Member Name." This function is an alphabetical listing of gulchers by user name. The last selection is "total points." That is self-explanatory, and if you do not see khalling first, CONTACT ADMIN ASAP. :)
We have the world to win, go forth and Post!
Now let's play!
When you enter the Directory, besides seeing lots of really smart looking people, you will see some choices along the top. From left to right, the first thing we can select is to find members within a certain mile radius (5 miles-250 miles) from whatever location we insert in the box to the right. Click "Search." I think you'll be surprised at how many Gulchers might be closer than you think. This information is already arranged for you to suggest a Gulch meet-up.
I digress. I'll discuss that in another post on another day.
Another fun feature of the Directory is how you can arrange all of us. The default setting is "trending" which means these are the gulchers who are commenting and posting most recently. Another choice from that drop-down box is "Distance." Choosing this function will sort the directory to place members first who are in the closest proximity to you geographically. The system already picks up where you are from your profile. You need to be logged in for this to work. The next choice is "Member Name." This function is an alphabetical listing of gulchers by user name. The last selection is "total points." That is self-explanatory, and if you do not see khalling first, CONTACT ADMIN ASAP. :)
We have the world to win, go forth and Post!
SOURCE URL: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/members
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