How Do I Post A Page?

First, you must register and then log in. Once you have gotten that far you can look for a link that says "New Page" or "New Post".

New Page is at the top of your Control Panel under the Create menu; in the right sidebar for Forum categories; and in the top bar of the Gallery categories.

It seems that many people are confused by the term "page" versus something like "post" -... [More]

What is RSS?

Really Simple Syndication is a standard that allows sharing web-based information between applications. You can share between web sites, read them in RSS readers, or even your browser (if it supports).

The simplest way to explain is to show you - Click below and you will see the list of external RSS Feeds that are available on sialumni. You can even add your own feed (more on that... [More]

What's a Group?

Groups are another way to organize members and their content. Any member can create a group, and it can be open or closed. Open groups allow any member to join. Closed groups require the Group Owner (creator) to add members. It is important to note that a Group is not a folder, it is merely an association performed automatically by the site. You could think of it as a Smart Folder where... [More]

How big should I make my image?

That's entirely up to you. However, some things to consider:

1) There is very little security on the file you share. Right clicking is not disabled (yet), so anyone can grab what you share. I am going to start adding my copyright watermark to my images.

2) The site will automagically scale your images for use as thumbnails. Depending on where you are on the site will... [More]

What does the big gold star mean?

How many files can I attach to a page?

You can attach as many as you want, but you have to do them one at a time. So, you can create a page with a file attachment as you usually do and go to edit the page again. At this point you can choose another file to attach and just save it again. Repeat this process as required.
One caution - the current site template is not really setup to handle more than one image per page.... [More]

How is this site organized?

Siteframe is the software that powers this site and it is based on some fairly common concepts, e.g. folders and pages are the main containers of information on the site. However, I am finding that what name an object has may confuse some people. So, here is how the organization works:

Folders are just like the... [More]

How do I upload an image?

This has been one of the most asked questions during testing; it's actually very easy. Assuming you are logged in, you can click on "New Page" under the Tools Menu and the resulting page will ask you to fill out some information. Chose which folder to put the page in; give it a title; add some text if you like; then you will see a button that says "Choose File" - click on it and choose the... [More]