Site Help

Help for visitors and users of the site. Here you will find help about the reason to log in, web browser support, help on searching, hints for members, reviewers, and managers.

Why am I asked to Log in? — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2006-09-22 14:36

You do not have to log in if you only want to browse the contents of this site that we have made publicly available. There is however some content and other benefits that are only available if you set up an account and log in.

Privacy Notice — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-03-30 11:55

Notice of privacy for the information that you provide to the Mars Society, through this Web site and otherwise.

What do all these little icons mean? — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2006-09-02 14:46

Pictorial glossary of the icons used in this site.

The formatting of your site seems all wrong — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-03-29 13:52

If what you see in your browser seems badly formatted, this is where to find help.

How to use the search engine — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2006-10-21 19:27

Visitors can search this site for all published content, and members can search the site for published and non-published content. The box at the top right of every page allows you to perform a simple search. You can also use the full search engine to search by fields.

Hints for members — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2006-11-16 02:09

How to set your preferences, how to upload your photo, how to have your own list of favorite pages or even customized searches. How to use the workspace of a task force, chapter, or other group if you belong to one.

Hints for content contributors — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2007-08-27 22:23

How to add content (news, events, etc.), how to submit it for publishing, how to use the external editor, how to use structured text, etc.

Hints for chapters, task forces, etc. — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2007-09-15 22:31

How to take benefit of your group spaces.

Hints for reviewers — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2006-10-21 18:44

Members with the reviewer role for this site or a portion are allowed to authorize publishing of material submitted by other members.

Marspapers Help — by Frank Crossman — last modified 2008-08-28 15:44

A quick guide to finding what you want in Marspapers, the Mars Society's collection of papers from our proceedings, and other Mars related documents. We provide our publication policy as well.

Hints to offer help — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2007-12-30 23:22

The Mars Society is a volunteer organization, and so we welcome all the help we can get, be it offer of volunteer manpower, donations of money or in-kind, or other. A system has been set up and is still in development to convey our specific needs, and to accept unrequested offers of help. This help page describes how to use this system and provides other hints.

Payment Options — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-03-16 19:35

Options to pay for membership, donations or other items (currently only covers PayPal recurring transactions).

More Help — by Jean Lagarde — last modified 2008-08-24 13:10

This is a link to the Plone user manual, which is the Content Management System used by this web site. It includes areas not covered by this site help, but realize that this manual may not be accurate for this web site when it comes to customizations. For example, this site has a two tier membership (free web site members and paid Mars Society members).