Tips for browsing the ASQ Raleigh site
- What browsers are supported on this site?
The site has passed tests with IE6, IE7 and Firefox. There are known issues with Safari.
Please enable JavaScript and set your browser to accept cookies from asqraleigh.org to take advantage of all the functionality. - How do I login?
Members of the leadership council who will be editing information on the site will receive special accounts on this system. Other members can login using their member id as both the user name and password. Please drop any leading zeroes before using your member id to login. - Help! I logged in, but the site changed entirely! I don’t want to update my profile, I just want to see the ASQ information! Where is it?
Look for the “View Site” link near the top. That will take you back to the ASQ Raleigh home page. Next time, you might want to wait to login until you’re on the Events or the Enrichment > Employment page where there’s content available only to members. Each of those pages has a “login” link that will take you back to that page, bypassing the “profile” page. - Help! I updated my password last month, but now I can’t login. The “lost password” link doesn’t work. How do I get my new password?
If you login with your member id, your password will be reset to your member id each month when the list of members is updated. If you think security on the system has been compromised, please write to info@asqraleigh.org and special arrangements can be made.
If you’re an editor on the site, the “lost password” link should work. [Note you’ll get one e-mail with a link to click to confirm it’s you asking to change the password. Then you’ll get another e-mail with the new password.] If this doesn’t work, please contact info@asqraleigh.org. - Do I have to register for the site? I can’t find a link to do that.
Leadership council members and other contributors will receive special instructions. Otherwise, when you login (see the link in the sub-navigation bar) just use your member id for both the user name and your password (without the leading zeros). You can change your password after you login, but unless you are “promoted” to a contributor on the site, the password will be reset when the user list is refreshed from the master member list received from ASQ each month. Instead of using the login link in the upper right, you may want to use the special links on the pages where you need to be logged in to see the members only content: Events and Enrichment > Employment. [Not a member? Join now!] - Do I have to login?
No, only if you want to see the full information on job postings or past events or if you’re someone who’s responsible for editing any of the content. - The smaller, grey menu has links for Archives and Site Map. I understand the Site Map, but what’s with the Archives? Why don’t those pages appear in the Site Map, too?
This system allows for the posting of “news items.” These are more easily found by searching for them by date or by category rather than on a particular page, and that way of searching is provided on the Archives page. Other items, like the “welcome for new members” or the reservations system, aren’t part of this “news flow.” Look for them on the Site Map. - I heard this software called a “blog.” So how do I comment?
Well, in this initial release, the commenting features have been turned off. Members of the board can make posts and edit pages, keeping the site current. If there are items for discussion, please contact one of the officers who can decide how best to handle the request. If you have an idea for how this software can be used to better serve the ASQ Raleigh members, please do forward it. - I see that this site supports RSS (and the orange RSS icon shows up in my browser — Firefox or IE 7). What does that mean?
This allows you to “subscribe” to all new articles posted on the site or to articles just in a particular category (like new job postings). Here are a few links to tell you more about RSS: 2- 3.5 minute video on RSS in plain English.
- 3 minute screen cast on adding an RSS feed to IE 7 (see also intro and Firefox screen casts)
- 10 minute screen cast on using RSS with a local program
- More on RSS on this site
- Can the Events Calendar be updated automatically in my Outlook/etc calendar?
The icon above the calendarwill allow access to the xml feed. See wikipedia for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar#Microsoft_Outlook