Using the Community Guide
Submitted by dcrowley on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 9:19am
The YourBrookline Community Guide is a database of community organizations that individuals can use to find services, and service providers can use to connect with their constituents.
Add Your Listing
-To add your organization's listing to the YourBrookline Guide, you must first register for the site.
-First, check this alpha list of entries to see if your organization is already listed. The site administrators started this guide with data recently collected by the Brookline Community Foundation. See the "Keeping it up to date" section below on how to update your listing.
-If you have already registered and logged in, you can create your Guide entry by clicking "Community Guide Entry" under the "Create Content" panel in the upper left hand corner of the site.
-Fill out all required information on the form and click "Save" at the bottom of the page. Items with a red asterisk "*" are required fields. Note to make multiple selections, hold the Ctrl key (PC) or the Command key (Mac).
-If successful, you will now see your organization's listing in the Guide.
-If you have already registered and logged in, you can create your Guide entry by clicking "Community Guide Entry" under the "Create Content" panel in the upper left hand corner of the site.
-Fill out all required information on the form and click "Save" at the bottom of the page. Items with a red asterisk "*" are required fields. Note to make multiple selections, hold the Ctrl key (PC) or the Command key (Mac).
-If successful, you will now see your organization's listing in the Guide.
Keeping Your Listing Up to Date
-Organizations are responsible for keeping the entries accurate and up to date. To edit your Guide Entry, make sure you are logged in with the account that created the Entry, and go to your organization's listing.
-Organizations are responsible for keeping the entries accurate and up to date. To edit your Guide Entry, make sure you are logged in with the account that created the Entry, and go to your organization's listing.
-Click the "edit" tab at the top of the page, then make any necessary changes. Now click "submit" at the bottom of the page to publish your changes.
-If your initial listing was created by the site administrators (it will generally say "submitted by rmiles" if this is the case), send an email to webmaster AT yourbrookline.org to establish yourself as the person who will manage your organization's Guide listing.
Finding a Guide Entry
-Click the "Guide" link at the top of any page or go directly to http://www.yourbrookline.org/guide
-Following the instructions on the page, check the items you want to search for and click "list" or "map" to see results in a list or map form.


