ActionApps - Documentation Index
There are documents written for people with different levels of
experience with the ActionApps. From least to most
experience, these document categories are:
- New to ActionApps (thinking about using ActionApps, or just starting to use them)
- Web Site Manager or Slice Administrator (configuring
the ActionApps using the web-based interface)
- System Administrator (how to install the ActionApps
on a UNIX server)
- APC-AA Developer (how to extend and contribute back to the ActionApps sourcecode)
NOTE: some of the items below link to the online version of the old manual. The
new manual is currently available in English and Spanish. Visit the downloads
section of the ActionApps website to get your own copy to print out.
1. New to ActionApps
(Documents for people thinking about using ActionApps, or just starting to use
them)
- APC-AA
Homepage -- General Information
Description:If you want to try the applications for free, start here
with the description and live demonstration pages.
- Manual (get your own copy in the downloads
section of the ActionApps website)
- Chapter I - Overview
Description:For nonprofit staff, written at a non-technical level.
Includes Features of ActionApps, core concepts of the software, and how
to plan using the applications in your web site
- Chapter II - Author and Editors Guide
Description:This chapter guides you through the typical author
and editors tasks of using ActionApps. Here you will find step-by-step
instructions that show you how to perform these tasks.
- FAQ for those new to Action
Apps
Description:Questions and Answers
2. Web Site Manager and Slice Administrator
(Documents for people configuring the ActionApps using the web-based interface)
- Manual (get your own copy in the downloads
section of the ActionApps website)
- Chapter III - Webmaster's Guide
Description: This section guides you through setting up a Action
App 'slice' for your web site and other typical administration tasks.
Here you will find step-by-step instructions for how to perform these
tasks. One of the primary tasks of the slice administrator is to configure
how your slice appears on your organization's Web site, and how ActionApps
appear to staff members and volunteers.
- FAQ for Slice Administrators
Description: Answers on how to use advanced Slice Administrator features
of the ActionApps.
- Reader management, Alerts, Auth and Mailman
Description: Explains the ideas and work flow for reader management
and the related features.
- Anonymous forms for posting and editing
Description: Everything you need to create and use anonymous forms.
- Tutorial example of slice module
Description: Demonstrates all the main features of site module. You
can see also to site administration (in AA), there the site code is
strongly commented
- Tutorial on using AA input fields
Description: Login as username: demo1 password: demo1 slice: Example - input types
3. System Administrator
(Documents for people installing the ActionApps on a UNIX server)
- Installation documentation
Description: All the information a system administrator needs on how to install the ActionApps system on a unix
server. Look especially at Section 4.
- Upgrade Instructions
Description: How to upgrade the action-applications software from version 1.6 to a recent version from Subversion (svn)
- FAQ for System Administrators
Description:Questions and Answers
4. APC-AA Developer
(Documents for programmers extending and contributing back to the ActionApps source
code)