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Tray Views are different templates for the left part of your map, where content and information lives.
There are two types: Introduction and Help. You can only have one of each.
This is an Introduction tray view:
Introduction Tray Views welcome your users to the map. You can use this space to explain the point of your map and link your audience to specific pieces of content or other places on the web.
This is a Help Tray View, accessed via the ? in the bottom right of the screen.
To access the admin area, make sure you have the proper permissions and go to your-humap-url.humap.site/admin.
If you’re not already logged in you will be redirected to your-humap-url.humap.site/log-in and presented with a log in screen.
You can also go to the homepage of your Humap and click Humap Admin, in the top-right of the screen by Explore the Map button.
You can then log in with your email and password.
This takes you to the home screen of Humap’s content management system:
If you have access to multiple Humap project admin areas, you’ll see a drop down area at the top of the screen. Click this to access the menu and then click the name of a project to go the admin area of that project.
The pages that make up the content management system are listed on the left. Click Tray views to reach this screen:
Click New Tray View.
The introductory page is your map’s home screen, the first thing your visitors will see when they explore the map. This is where you’ll write your introduction to your map, highlight taxonomies, records, and quick starts.
This is how it looks in the dashboard:
Here’s how to create highlighted taxonomy terms:
Here’s how to highlight records and quick starts:
Here is how a completed introductory tray view looks on the map:
The help page is a handy, in-map repository of useful tips and information. Scroll down for generic Humap Help & Guidance text.
Here is how it looks in the dashboard:
Here is how this page looks on the map:
Navigating the map
You can manually move the map around to change what you can see. This is called zooming and panning.
Highlighted content
Finding and using overlays
Using search terms and taxonomies
Using text search
You can also use the text bar at the top of the search screen to look for your own search terms – either in tandem with the pre-existing ones, or independently.
Here’s how it works:
All of the tutorials for user-generated content can be found here.Anyone can add to the map, but you will need to make a (free!) Humap account first.
11. Page 4/9: To add dates, click on the drop down menu and selecting the day, month, and year. Approximates are fine, and end dates are particularly useful for records of events that are over or places that may no longer exist.
12. Page 5/9: If you have an active project you can add this record to it now. Click the tick box next to the project.
13. Page 6/9: On this page you can add links. To do this copy and paste the URL into the URL box. Name the link in the box above the URL bar.
14. Page 7/9: Click on the appropriate tickboxes for your record, defining it by place and subject and making it searchable.
– For more specific subcategories click the downwards arrows on the tickboxes.
16. Page 9/9: Your record is complete. You can save and exit, go back to previous screens, and delete your record if you want to. If you think your record is ready, click Publish.
17. Your record is now published! From your records screen you can view your record, and if you scroll down to the bottom there are options to:
How to make collections:
1. From the map home page, click the plus icon in the top right corner of the information tray. If you’re not logged in, you’ll need to log in now
2. That will take you to the contribution home screen. The three types of content are represented in three text boxes. Click New Collection.
3. You are now on an introductory page. When you’ve read it, click Begin.
– At any point in this process you can save a draft and exit, return to the previous screen, or delete your record.
How to make teams:
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