This is an index of the help topics available.

• For new users, start here for a tour of Socialtext.
• For workspace administrators, see also Help for Workspace Administrators.
• For changes in this version, see Release Notes for Socialtext 1.9.6. The immediately previous Release Notes for Socialtext 1.9.4 are also available.

For additional support, send an email to customer support to support@socialtext.com. Feel free to send feedback or report bugs. You can also ask questions in the Socialtext Customer Exchange.

Help Table of Contents

• Log in
  • Logging in
    • Remember me on this computer
    • I forgot my password
  • Logging out
  • Change password

• Reading the workspace
  • Browsing
  • Keeping up to date
  • List all pages
  • Searching
  • Print a page
  • Save a page

• Searching
  • Advanced searching
    • Search by phrase
    • Search by title
    • Search by category
    • Search with wildcards.
    • Exclude a term
  • Advanced formatting: Including a search inside a page
    • Keyword search
    • keyword search, full - include page contents
    • Title search
    • Title search, full - include page contents

• Changing the workspace
  • Editing a page
  • Create a new page
  • Rename a page
  • Delete a page
  • Duplicate a page
  • Send page to another workspace
  • Add a comment
  • Attach a file

• Editing
  • How to start?
  • How does it work?
  • Writing pages is easy!
    • Page contention
  • Edit modes
    • Simple mode
    • Advanced mode

• Simple mode
  • Toolbar
  • Linking
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Gray Dashed Boxes and Preview Mode
  • Simple Mode: A Work In Progress
  • Wikiwyg (Simple Editing) Open Source Project

• Advanced mode
  • Gray dashed boxes
  • What's with the funny punctuation?
    • Toolbar
    • Edit tips
    • Advanced formatting

• Advanced formatting
  • Linking
  • Pre-formatted text
  • Tables

• Attached files
  • Attach a file
  • View all workspace attachments
  • Remove a file
  • Link to an attachment

• Linking
  • Page link
  • Dashed links
  • Link text
  • Links to other workspaces
  • Links to sections inside pages
  • Creation a section on a page
  • External links
  • External link text

• Table of Contents
  • Table of contents for the current page
  • Another page in this workspace
  • A page in another workspace

• Include Page
  • Include a page in this workspace
  • Include a page in another workspace
  • Include inside a dashboard table

• Page revision history
  • See previous revisions
  • Compare revisions
  • Restore a previous revision

• Recent changes
  • Getting there
  • Overview
  • Changes of several workspaces

• Watchlist
  • Getting there
  • Adding or removing a page to your watchlist

• Weblogs
  • Create a weblog
  • Switch to a weblog
  • Add a weblog entry
  • Edit a weblog entry
  • Comment on an entry
  • Attach a file to an entry
  • Weblog navigation
  • Linking to a weblog
  • Linking to a weblog entry
  • Include a weblog inside a page

• Categories
  • Navigating
  • Editing
    • Assign a category
    • Create a category
  • Advanced formatting: Using in pages
    • Link to a category
    • 10 Recent changes in a given category
    • 10 Recent changes in a given category, full - include page contents
    • Complete category listing
    • Complete category listing, full - include page contents

• Email
  • Email a page
  • Send an email message to a category
  • Post an email message to a weblog
  • Editing by email
  • Recent changes by email
    • Turn on email notification
    • Turn off email notification
  • Turn off email notification for everyone

• Connections
  • Instant Messaging and Presence
    • AIM, Yahoo!, Skype, Convoq ASAP
  • Google
  • Web feeds (RSS, Atom): in and out
    • Subscribe to a Socialtext feed
    • Password protection
    • Importing RSS feeds into Socialtext
  • Technorati
    • Technorati search
    • Weblog pings
    • Tag links

• RSS Tutorial
  • What is RSS
  • Why use RSS with Socialtext?
  • Why else use RSS?
  • How to use RSS
  • How to subscribe to Socialtext RSS feeds
  • RSS password protection
  • Instructions for secure newsfeed authentication
  • NewsGator
  • SharpReader
  • URL Authentication (NOT RECOMMENDED)

• Configure settings

• Public workspaces
  • How do I log in?
  • How to create a public workspace
  • Types of public workspaces
  • Public workspaces
  • Group collaboration
  • Run an event with Socialtext Eventspaces
  • Membership by invitation
  • Advanced features

• Reports
  • Usage reports

• Navigation sidebar
  • Search
  • Workspace Navigation
  • My Favorites
  • Recent Changes
  • Backlinks
  • Recently Viewed
  • My Workspaces

• Socialtext Style Customization Guide
  • Customize the look and feel of your workspace

• Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control in Socialtext
  • Create workspaces with customized access control using Roles and Permission Sets