Sugar Network/Tutorial

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- Updated 05/31/2012

Sugar Network annotated screen-shots

Info and How to install Sugar Network (SN)

• SN is only available on Factory

Platform Team/Harmonic Distribution

Sweets Distribution#Installation

Sweets Distribution/Manual Installation

Sugar_Network_Activities Listing which activities on SN work and where they are on the 55 pages

Sugar_Network_Server_mode_Activities Testing list of activities in Server mode

• Visual introduction to the Sugar Interface

Introduction to the Sugar Interface

Home view for Sugar Network (F3 key)

• Home view - updated June 5 2012

Hover over central XO avatar to get drop-down menu

Sugar Network in "My Settings"

• Click on Sweets Distribution

• Check [x] to start SN

• Check [x] to Start Server Mode

This is Only used for testing and should not be used.

Reboot Computer after selecting SN

You may be unable to Connect to Activites if you do not

Neighborhood view for Sugar Network (F1 key)

• Note many more XO Avitars than are present on jabber.sugarlabs.org

Grey (No color) XO Avatars seem to have incomplete info on server.

Frame on Sugar Network with SN button

• Click on the SN button to access SN Activities

F8 is an alternate way to access Activities

SN Activities

• when [_] server mode is NOT checked in My settings (Drop-Down Menu on f3 HOME screen-Circular View)
• listing and start pages for Sugar_Network_Activities

Click on the Activity Icon to start

Not all will start at this time.

• Screen 1 of 55 pages, (329 activities)

Note: type the name of the activity you want in Search box (_______) on top bar of page to find it quickly

• For Details on Search - It can be Complex ie "author:walter"

Search Contexts Diagram http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Sugar-Network-diagram.png

OFF Line Mode

ON Line Mode

Note:

clicking on the "(" moon icon will copy activity to ~/Activities, thus it will be accessible from f3 Home View.
If the "star" is set, it will appear in the favourites view of f3
Disable "(" Moon to remove it; unset "star" to remove from favourites view.

SN Server-mode Activities

• when [x] server mode is checked in My settings (Drop-Down Menu on f3 HOME screen-Circular View)

If the server is checked, you browse your local activities in f8 all the time

• listing and start pages for Sugar_Network_Server_mode_Activities

Click on an Activity Icon to start It.

Updated June 5 2012

SN Activity reporting page

• Note click [=] icon to return to activities list.

(Cursor in screenshot is over it)

SN Error report dialog

This is not functional and will crash system requiring a restart --Satellit 10:09, 19 May 2012 (EDT)