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GreatAlbum v0.8.0 and GreatSupport v0.8.0 were the very first production releases. They were pretty…

This topic covers a number of features, including registration, update and view user profile, as well as view another user's content and activities. 

GreatAlbum Registration - To start using the GreatAlbum app, you have…

It's pretty straight forward to add a single photo from Google Photos into GreatAlbum. Whatever path you choose to create the new media item, select Google Photo as the media type, copy the image address from the photo in Google Photos (best to…

As announced at https://greatalbum.net/blog/private-beta-launched

I've very excited to announce the launch of the Private Beta for GreatAlbum. We're calling it GreatAlbum v0.…

Create Release content type

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A Release refers to a new version of a GreatAlbum app. There are currently two apps: 

• GreatAlbum Web
• GreatSupport Web

With plans to eventually release two mobile versions as well:

• GreatAlbum…

If you have questions about how this release process is working, please ask in your comments! 

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An Event can be one of the following as an example: birth, birthday, party, wedding, engagement, adoption, marriage, divorce, or death.

Events are included in an Album and can include…

There are a couple different ways to add a new Place to an Event.  Adding a new Place can be done while editing or displaying an Event.

While Displaying an Event...

1. In the Global Nav: My > My Events…

Article on the GreatSupport site, providing guidance on how to do something.Articles can be create and edit  by Admin, Support manger and Authenticated user. Anomynous users can only read the articles.

Find all articles related to…

You can find the links to viewing different  Articles on Global navigation.

From the main menu you can find links to All Articles and  …

You can find Articles I created on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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You can find All Articles on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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On the GreatAlbum Help site, a Book is a collection of Topics. You can see the books on the Main Menu > Guide Books page, and you also see them always listed in the sidebar. When you click…

Help Home Guides you on how to use https://app.greatalbum.net. https://help.greatalbum.net consisted of a series of Topic which…

A Chapter is a Topic under each Book.

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Article on the GreatSupport site, providing guidance on how to do something

On any GreatAlbum page, a User can click on a…

Resolve Issue

The existing issue that is open will be assigned to the assignees by support manager for improvement, Once that's fixed the Issue will be Closed as Resolved.

Provide Perspective to Existing Issue

For an existing issue is an open issue the Support Manager will check for the following aspects such as Topic, Issue Type, Severity, Problem Limitation Description and the Proposed…

A Story is a way for a user to capture their perspective on what happened in an Event, or about an Individual or a Place. Usually, a Story gets linked to all of these other content types.

Add New Story

There are two main ways to…

Create Story and related content, create new related content

To create story, fill in Title, Date, Event(s…

In the Global Navigation Menu, there is a Trending drop-down menu with links to four trending views...

1. Members Most Points

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There are multiple ways to view an Event:

1. Global Menu: All > All Events and then click on Event
2. Global Menu: My > My Events and then click on Event
3. Global Menu: All > All…

There are three different ways to create an event

1. Create Event from Album menu …

A topic represents a major component idea of the GreatAlbum App or this GreatAlbum Help site, or of the other Guide Books. All Articles, Issues, and Discussions related to at least one Topic as an organizing structure.

Users can view all…

An issue arises when there is unsatisfactory and causes difficulties for people to explore or use the GreatAlbum App or this GreatAlbum Help site, or of the other Guide Books. In such cases, we encourage users to ask questions and also allows…

A comment is provided to respond to a particular discussion that can be inside any Event, Story, Individual, Place, and…

• To start a new Discussion about any general topic within the Album click on Display Album.
• To start a new…

Discussion is a content type in which the user can start the conversation about any Event, Story, Individual, Place, and…

Admin , Support manger and Authenticated users can edit all the article.

Anomynous users can't edit any of the article, only can  view Articles

You can find Discussions Most Commented in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Content Most Likes in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Content Most Likes in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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 During the Display Place

You will be able to see Cover Media of the place followed by Address fields along with link to the address on Google Map, Description of the place. You will also be able to see…

 You can find the My Discussions view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find the All Discussions view on the Main Menu. 

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During the Display Place

you will be able to see Cover Media of the place followed by Address fields along with link to the address on Google Map, Description of the…

You can find Content Most Views in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Members Most Points in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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When viewing All Articles and My Articles

We can see Table of Articles and can filter Articles based on Title and Author. In order to view issue view page we have to click on Titles.

All users(Admin, Support manager, Authenticated…

To create a media (image, video and remote video) fill in the Title,Media asset, Start Date, End Date, Event, Story ,Individual ,place and Description.

There are three different ways to Create…

To create a place, fill in the Title, Select a country from Address form, and a list of fields will appear within the address form which consisted of a street address, city and postal code, Media…

  Article on the GreatSupport site, providing guidance on how to do something. Articles can be created by Admin, Support manger and normal Users.

1.We can find Create Article on Global Navigation  

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There are three different places where you can find links to Place. 

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Place, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll find…

Create Issue and Related Content

You can find Create Issue on Global Navigation create menu.

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View Media and related content

When viewing All Media : …

View list of GreatAlbum Members

In the Global Navigation Menu, click on Trending drop-down menu and select Members most points to see the members across the GreatAlbum, where …

Find all articles related to Create Issue and View Issue and related content.

Find all articles related to All…

This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Members of an Album, with links to relevant Album.Only those members who are part of the particular Album are allowed to view the contents which are there within that album like…

You can find the links to viewing different issues on Main menu.

This topic explains about different views through which you can browse issues. From the main menu you can find links to…

You can find My Issues Assigned to Me on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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You can find My Issues | Created on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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You can find All Issues Unassigned on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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You can find All Issues Closed on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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You can find All Issues Open on the Global Navigation Main Menu.

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Media in GreatAlbum is treated as a standalone entity like any other content entity, So you can treat this media type as group content. GreatAlbum offers 5 different…

While you are creating any of the Album or content type you will be able to see one field in most common which is to add Cover Media/ Profile Media as soon as you click on the Select Media button you will be able to see a modal window which…

When viewing All Issues open, All Issues Closed, All Issues Unassigned and Issues | Created and Issues Assigned to me.

You can see Table of Issues respectively and can filter issues based on Title, Author, Topic, Issue Status.

You…

You can find the Album Members by clicking on the Members Tab present within the Album view page. Only these members are allowed to view the contents of the album. 

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 You can invite any number of members in three different ways.

Album Menu: when you are viewing album details you can click on the invitations tab and invite any member to their particular Album. 

Once you are…

When viewing All Activities and My Activities

You can see table with columns as per requirements, and  filter based on Album, Author

You can track recent activities from the what's going on block on the right side…

Activities get triggered while performing the following actions

1. When you Register/login, update your profile.
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Find all articles related to  All Activities and My Activities and related contents.

Find all articles related to…

During the Display Individual

Associated Content Types such as Events, Stories, …

During the Display Story

Associated Content Types such as Events, Places,…

When viewing All Stories and My Stories

You can see table with columns as per requirements, and  filter based on Album,…

When viewing All Individuals and My Individuals

You can see table with columns as per requirements, and  filter based on Album, and Individual name.

You can click here to check out on different…

Create Individuals and Related Contents, Create new Related Contents.

To create Individual fill out the details First Name, Last Name, register user, Media Cover and Media Profile, Individual Description.

You can create a Story…

How to View All and My Albums

All Albums:

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You can view the album contents in the following places:

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Creating an album is very easy. On the Main Menu, Click Create > New Album.

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If you are not sure how to get to Members tab for the Album, first read Album Administration.

Now that you are on the Members tab you will need to do the following:…

 To share your Album with other users they needed to be added as Members. This can be done to adding existing GreatAlbum (GA) users to this Album or inviting other people to this Album that are not members of GA.

To add members to an…

If you are not sure how to get to Members tab for the Album, first read Album Administration.

Now that you are on the Members tab you will need to do the following:

1. Click …

The User Profile can provide details about your activity or users that are associated to your Albums.

View Tab

This tab will show the "Cover Photo" and "Profile Photo" at the top, followed by basic details about the user/profile…

This topic covers the Home page of the GreatAlbum app. It displays all content that you have permissions to see, because it belongs to albums that you are a member of. 

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To start this process click on the Login with Google in the side bar.

1. You will be immediately taken to Google to login and verify you want to share details with GreatAlbum…

To start this process click on the Login with Facebook in the side bar.

1. You will be immediately taken to Facebook to login and verify you want to share details with GreatAlbum
2. You will be taken…

To start this process click on the Login with Apple in the side bar.

1. You will be immediately taken to Apple to login and verify you want to share details with GreatAlbum
2. You will be taken to User Profile…

You can add Contents to Album by choosing any of the Add Event, Story, Discussion…

There are three places where you can find Album Views.

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Albums, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll find links to…

There are three different places where you can find links to Place. 

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Media, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll find…

You can find the My Events view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find the All Events view on the Main Menu. 

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There are three different places where you can find links to Events. 

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Event, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll…

There are three different places where you can find links to Discussions. 

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Discussion, with links to relevant Articles.…

You can find My places view on the Main Menu. 

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1. Register using first/last name, email address, username, cover and profile images and Save
2. You will…

There are three places where you can find Individual Views.

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Individuals, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll find…

You can find the My individuals view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find the All Individual view on the Main Menu.

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There are three different places where you can find links to Stories.

Main Menu - This Topic explains the different views through which you can browse Story, with links to relevant Articles. From the main menu, you'll…

This topic explains the different views through which you can browse activities captured on the site.

The places where you can find and track activities throughout the site.

Main Menu - You can find and track…

You can find the All Media view on the Main Menu. You will be able to see a grid of media items, 4-6 media items wide, scrolling on forever.

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 You can find the My Media view on the Main Menu. You will be able to see a grid of media items, 4-6 media items wide, scrolling on forever.

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You can find the My Activities view on the Main Menu to track activities made by me.

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You can find the All Activities view  on the Main Menu to track all activities across.

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In the Global Navigation Menu, there is a Trending drop-down menu with links to four trending views...

1. Content Most Views
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You can find Members Most Points in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Content Most Favorites in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Content Most Likes in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find Content Most Views in Global Navigation Menu Trending drop down.

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You can find the My Albums view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find the My Stories view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find All Album view on Main Menu.

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You can find the All Places view on the Main Menu. 

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You can find the All Stories view on the Main Menu.

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As part of the Global Navigation at the top of the site, there are several dropdown menus with submenus underneath them. The My menu item contains submenu links to a number of views that display all "your" content of specific types &…

As part of the Global Navigation at the top of the site, there are several dropdown menus with submenus underneath them. The All menu item contains submenu links to a number of views that display all content of specific types & conditions,…

Welcome to the Guide Book on how to use the GreatAlbum app. This guide is organized into topics that represent the main components of the site, and then articles that explain how to use the features under those topics.  See the list of topics in…

This guide shares articles on the best practices and impact of writing stories and how to turn those stories into a biography.

This Guide explains how to use this Support site, dedicated to supporting users of GreatAlbum. 

This guide shares articles on the value of family history, how to research family history and how to write about it. Where articles get into writing stories about individuals or their biographies, those will be organized into the Individual…

This guide contains stories that help illustrate the story and value of GreatAlbum. 

Article: Tips for Writing Your Family History

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