There are a number of different types of content that you can create on gunmajet.net: events, blog entries, location guide entries, and forum discussions to name a few. This is a place to find information on how to make and use them to their full potential.
All of the different things you can make on the gunmajet.net site are located underneath the 'create content' menu on the right hand side. When you click on them, you will be taken to a form where you can fill out the pertinent information. At the bottom of the form there are two buttons: preview and submit. If you want to see what your post will look like before it actually gets added to the site, click on preview. Please remember that to actually have it added, you need to click on submit.
If you get an access denied message when you try to create content, most likely you aren't properly logged in. If there is a block on the right of the screen to type in your name and password, you aren't logged in. The "Who's online" block on the right has a fifteen minute timer before it registers people as actually gone, so that might not be the best indicator of whether or not you are actually logged in.
Blogs, short for web logs, are online journals. Every user on gunmajet.net has their own personal blog. There you can talk about anything you like, as little or as much as you want. It's a way to let other people know what your doing, or just what your current thoughts are.
To add to your blog, you can click on 'blog entry' underneath the 'create content' menu. You'll be taken to a page where you can enter in your blog entry.
To access your own and other people's blogs, go to their user profile page. On the page will be a link to their blog with the label 'view recent blog entries'.
Also, at the bottom of the left hand side is a block that lists all of the recent blog entries made by all users.
Books are hierarchical listings of content. This tutorial section for example is a book. All of the child pages under the current page being viewed are listed.
Everyone can edit all of the books, but only administrators can create new books. If you see a mistake, or want to add something, go ahead. All revisions are logged and saved so no old information is lost.
When viewing a book, a contents list pops up on the right hand side. Use that for easy navigation.
For a list of all the books, go to the book section.
There are two main ways you can add images to this site. You can link to a picture that you have on the internet somewhere else, or you can attach a file and link to it using the [inline:x] tag.
In order to link to an offsite image, you can simply type the html tags directly into your text like this: <img src="http://example.com/image/url.jpg"></img>
To attach an image to the site and link to it with the [inline:x] tag do the following:
First, attach your image. At the bottom of the page you should see a button to choose and a button to attach a file.
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Click on 'Choose File' and then navigate and choose the picture or file you want to upload. Here I have an image called 'Gunsen (Fan) .gif' chosen to be uploaded.
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Then you must click on 'Attach'. This is very important because if you don't click on attach, your file will not be uploaded even if you submit the content.
Then you go into your text and write in the following tag: [inline:x] Where x is the number of the attached file. For example, say I have three images attached. I go somewhere in my text and type in [inline:2] in order to display the second image.
Here I am going to display the first image I attached.
[inline:3]
If you look here, the image is not displaying correctly.
[inline:2]
This is because I am only previewing my content. I have not clicked on 'Submit' to fully submit it. The attachments are only registered after you have submitted the content.
Here I have properly submitted my content.
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The lesson plan section is a place where people can exchange activities or materials for teaching English in Japan. The categories are divided into two sections: grade level, and whether it's related to a specific book. If your book isn't listed, please let an administrator know.
Originally called the Gunma Regional Guide, this guide allows you to share locations of interest. The guide is still geared towards Gunma, but you can add any place in the world.
All locations are editable by all other registered users on gunmajet.net. So if you see something that should be edited or changed, please do so. Of course, people could go through and delete all of the content, but we're hoping people aren't that mean. A back up of the data will be saved periodically incase something like that does happen.
Two types of published content exist on gunmajet.net: posts and comments.
Posts
Posts are also referred to as "nodes" in some places. Posts can be Blog entries, new Forum topics, Location Guide entries, Events, and the like. Posts are "first-class citizens" on gunmajet.net, meaning each post has its own page.
Comments
Comments are replies to any of the above post types. Comments don't exist in their own right, but rather are tied to their parent post.
However, comments are a means to facilitate discussion, and comments are what can make gunmajet.net a community. Comments allow for conversation and debate, concurrence and dissent.
The more comments on gunmajet.net, the richer a community it will become.