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We need to write knowledge-base articles so that people who use Voluntarily can find help themselves before asking. There are three main categories that we are creating within

Instructions

In your browser, navigate to: voluntarily.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VSP/overview

On the left panel, select the article type:

  • About Voluntarily - why we do what we do - e.g. why are we collecting information about hobbies? why are we collecting someone’s pronouns?

  • Troubleshooting articles - How to do certain things on the platform - e.g. I forgot my password

  • How-

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  • to articles - Curated best practice from around the globe on the topics that Voluntarily users are asking for help on

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Instructions

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On the left panel, select the article type:

  • About Voluntarily - helpful information about Voluntarily

  • Troubleshooting articles - provide solutions to problems or help with analysis 

  • How-to articles - Use a how-to article to provide step-by-step instructions to complete a task or answer a question. Keep your how-to articles organised in a Knowledge Base space.

If you are creating an “About Voluntarily” article:

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Type your answer, type / (forward slash) to add images, gifs, and other cool things to make it fun

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Select  Publish (upper right of screen)

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Put your name in and click Create, finish it off by clicking on Publish.

You can use a tool like LiceCap to record short screen grabs to show what you mean. Sometimes it’s easier that a bunch of still screenshots. (see how we did it in the “How to add gif” above - how meta!

If you are creating a “How-To” article:

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Click on that, and you will get a pop-up which will lead you through the rest.

You can type / (forward slash) to add images, gifs, and other cool things to make it fun

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No matter what type of article you have written, test whether your article can be found in a search at the customer portal:

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