Portal Help

This page contains help on different aspects of the TBN Business Project Portal. You can either dip into specific issues by looking at the two lists on the page or look at the full user guides. The options are:

Below for help on using the Portal facilities.
Right for help on adding a new business project.
Top right for links to the full user guides.

General Help on the Portal

What is the Site For? The site is for people who support the aims of TBN to communicate and discuss business projects aimed at helping the poor	More...
Basic Features and Navigation: Login In (top right), Business Projects, Discussion Forums, Regional Groups and more. See menu to the left.	More...
Viewing Business Projects: Click the Business Projects tab (second down from top of menu on the right), or specific subgroups like Production, Social Services etc.	More...
Seeing where you could help: Look in the HelpWanted tab on the menu for project related items. Also look in the Help Wanted discussion Forum.	More...
Discussion Forums: The place to enter into discussions with other on topics related to TBN aims. See the various topic areas and start a thread today.	More...
Regional TBN Groups: New to TBN? Find out what is going on in your area. Already involved? Then see when the next meeting is.	More...
Document Library: A useful place to find or place documents about setting up sustainable businesses amoung the third-world poor.	More...
Blogs: On a trip to a project? Have internet access? Why not use the site to leave a blog (diary) of the events and travels	More...

Links to full Portal User Guides

1. Introduction to TBN Portal ...

2. How to Add a Business Project ...

Adding a new Business Project

Why enter a business project? To let people know what is going on, so that you can ask for help, to help promote the idea of business to help the poor.	More...
1. Adding a New Project: Login in. Select right subgroup for your project. Enter short title in New Project Name. Click Add Project.	More...
2. Editing a Project Content. Select the Project. A blue triangle appears at the top of each section. Most important is the Summary and Overview.	More...
3. A picture paints a thousand words. Pictures really help convey the idea of a project quickly. It is a bit fiddly to add pictures, but it is well worth it.	More...
4. What you should enter in Project. The summary and the Overview are most important, but don't forget the other sections. See hints on content layout.	More...
5. Asking for Help. You can add requests for help to a project. Be specific about what you need and think what is possible for busy people to do.	More...
6. Keeping the information up to date. Adding Progress reports is easy, so use that to keep information current. Don't let things get old and out of date.	More...