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This is the place where we intend to keep the most up to date information resource about ActionApps, at present mostly in the form of documentation and examples of use. You can get general information about ActionApps and see what you can use the tool for. We have Authors and Editors Guide, Installation Guide, a quick Admin Crash Course followed by the most comprehensive Documentation for Site Administrators. Some other sections are listed below.
If you are interested in contributing your work to this resource, or you want to translate it into other languages, we love you, and please have a look at a dedicated How To Contribute document to find you how this can be best done.
Please follow links in one of the sections below:
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What is ActionApps
ActionApps is a collaborative web publishing tool for non-profits, which is:
- Fast & Easy: If you can fill out a form, you can publish professional-looking items online—in minutes.
- Flexible: Automate all kinds of content—news, events, action alerts, member lists, and more.
- Collaborative: Unique Content Pooling features help NGOs work together to save time and build audience.
ActionApps is also an open-source development platform for web applications.
Authors and Editors Guide
Authors and Editors Guide is a good reading for those who publish content on the website powered by ActionApps, where the system has already been set up. It gives a walk through day to day operations like editing content, document workflow, searching for content, switching between slices and so on. You can download those guides in English and Spanish from this page (in the .doc format, try this for a .txt version).
See also some advanced content maintenance issues
Installation Guide
Installation Guide gives you instructions for downloading and installing the software. The Installation Guide is a part of the software package, and can be accessed online.
Admin Crash Course
Admin Crash Course is a quick guide for the impatient who have sucesfully gone through the process of ActionApps installation. This will guide you throught the creation of a new Slice, setup of user Input Forms, and incorporation of the ActionApps output into your static pages. No rocket science, just create a simple news section and link it. You'll see roughly how it works.
Documentation for Site Administrators
Documentation for Site Administrators aims to be the most comprehensive ActionApps usage guide. It documents every feature of the software, and is intended to be used primarily by web designers/programers who use ActionApps to build dynamic, database driven web sites.
Frequently Asked Questions
The original ActionApps documentation has been kept in a form of Frequently Asked Questions. You may be able to dig out some useful information from there, or you simply knew where things were there, so we link to it. However, keep in mind, that documentation is no longer being maintained.
ActionApps in Action
See the original List of sites using AA.
Developers Resources
The main resource for the ActionApps developers is the Action Apps space at Source Forge. Start from there. The project has a vital support mailing list. Subscribe to the AA-general mailing list. The list is not intended to be used only by high level administrators and developers. Feel free to ask for ActionApps-related support even if you feel your queries are rather basic.
Trainers Resources
Many ActionApps administrators have developed training materials for different levels of ActionApps trainings. If you are looking for training materials or you want to suggest the ones you developed, go to the section Trainers Resources.
Terminology
Ever wondered what are we talking about when we say Slice, Item, Field, Parameter, View, MLX and so on ? The ActionApps Terminology intends to give you an insight into our jargon, and provide you with links to relevant further reading.
How to Contribute
If you are interested in contributing your work to this resource, or you want to translate it into other languages, we love you, and please have a look at the dedicated How To Contribute document.
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