How To Use This Site

Home Page

The main window of the home page includes when the next GA is as well as other miscellaneous Occupy news & content. You can comment on these posts by clicking “comments” underneath each post.

The sidebar appears on the right-hand side of every page. It includes:

The ability to login or create an account.*
Upcoming Occupy Queens events (the GA, working group meetings, actions).
A link to donate to help support our rent, printing and other expenses.
Our five most recent tweets – find us on Twitter @OccupyQueens.
Above the sidebar, there is a search bar.

Additionally, at the very top-left corner of every page there is a “My Account” drop-down menu with a variety of self-explanatory options.

*Creating an account:

Creating an account is highly recommended. Without an account, you cannot participate in the “groups” or “forums” (see menu across top of every page). It will also allow you to comment on home page posts without filling out any information.
Once you have created an account, you can edit your settings (name, password, email) or add a picture. To do this, click your user name in the sidebar or select “My Account” in the top-left corner of the site and select “Profile.”

Documents

Declaration of OWS – this does not necessarily reflect Occupy Queens’ view, as each GA is autonomous.
GA Guide – Some information about the direct democracy process known as a general assembly.
Minutes – Download minutes to the GAs. [Still being updated.]
OWS FAQ – Frequently asked questions about OWS.
Principles of Solidarity of OWS – this does not necessarily reflect Occupy Queens’ view, as each GA is autonomous.
Why Join Us? – Some of the issues which have inspired us to adopt direct action and direct democracy. This list is not exhaustive.

Events

To be redesigned soon.

Proposals [Under Construction]

Will soon be updated to reflect any submitted proposals to afford everyone the opportunity to review the proposals prior to the GA. This is highly recommended to improve the efficiency of our limited time together.

Online Community

Groups
Each group is a discussion board for working groups. If you do not see the working group you are looking for, use the search bar or scroll to the bottom of the page and click the numeral or arrow for the next page.
You do not have to join a group on the web to view the posts, but you do need to join the group to contribute.
Once you have joined a group, you can create a topic, comment on a topic, like a topic, or mark a post as a favorite. [A “topic” is essentially a post.]

Forums
Shows the different topics throughout the groups.
“Freshness” refers to when the last comment was posted and by whom.
“Rating” refers to the number of “likes.”
“Order By” allows you to organize the topics by “Last Active,” “Most Posts” (i.e. comments) and “Unreplied” (no one has commented yet).

Activity
Shows all activity across the site.
You can post directly to your profile or the groups you have joined at the top of the page. Use the drop-down menu to select where you want to post.
In the gray bar dividing the “What’s new, [name]?” field and the activity are filters. Select “My Groups” to only see activity within the groups you have joined, or the drop-down menu on the right to select the type of activity (e.g. “New Members,” “Forum Replies”).
You can click “RSS” in the top-right corner of the activity feed, and then use the web address of the linked page to subscribe to updates in an RSS reader (e.g. Google Reader). This will allow you to follow updates to the site without visiting the site repeatedly.

How To…

How To Help – Lists the various ways to contribute – the list is not meant to be exhaustive.

*Messaging

Mouseover “My Account” in the top-right corner and then mouseover “Messages.”
This can be used to communicate with other users of the site – useful when you don’t know their email.

If you have any further questions or suggestions, please email internet@occupyqueens.net.

8 responses to How To Use This Site

Craig said on January 19, 2012

Got a problem here. I’m pretty sure I registered at this site a few weeks ago, though I haven’t been able to make it to any Occupy Queens events. Well I just found the window open and I wasn’t signed in, so I tried to sign in, but my password wasn’t accepted. I then tried asking to have my password went to me, and received an error message telling me that there’s no registration with my email address. This led to me trying to reregister, but when I did that, I was told that there already is an account with my email.

So if my account is in the system, I need to be able to sign on. And if it isn’t, then I need to be able to register. Can you please figure this out for me? Thanks.

Craig

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- David said on January 20, 2012
  
  Hello Craig,
  Your email doesn’t seem to be in the system. Try resetting your password following the steps when you click “Forgot Password”
  If you need further assistance please email internet@occupyqueens.net
  Hope this helps
  David
  
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Craig said on January 21, 2012

Well that’s just it. When I tried resetting my pw, it told me there was no acct. with that email address. But when I tried to start a new acct., it told me there was. This makes it impossible for me to log into the site.

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- Fred Magovern said on January 21, 2012
  
  Hey Craig. Please email internet@occupyqueens.net your email address and username.
  
  I am reaching out to the other members of Internet now so that I receive emails sent to internet@occupyqueens.net as well. As soon as that’s set up, I will look into your issue further.
  
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- Fred Magovern said on January 25, 2012
  
  Hey Craig. I have not been able to get the info needed to access the email from anyone – they’re not very responsive, so please instead message me your email address and I will reach out to you directly to try to help you resolve this.
  
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