Sugar Network/Tutorial

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- Updated June 19 2012

Sugar Network annotated screen-shots

Info and How to install Sugar Network (SN)

• SN is only available on Factory
• Test View of latest SN (0.4) Look at a preview of the latest changes to the SN Interface

Platform Team/Harmonic Distribution

Sweets Distribution#Installation

Sweets Distribution/Manual Installation

Sweets_Distribution/Testing With instuctions on updating sweets-distribution

Sugar_Network_Activities Listing which activities on SN work - Browsing 113 Contexts; 19 Pages

Sugar_Network_Server_mode_Activities Testing list of activities in Server mode

• Visual introduction to the Sugar Interface

Introduction to the Sugar Interface

Check for Updates Often

Maybe even daily; as SN is a rapidly being developed.

• root terminal: (for Ubuntu; Trisquel)

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

• Reboot Computer

Upgrading from SN-0.2 to SN-0.3

• You must reinstall SN Sweets Distribution#Installation

(sync de-installs 0.2)

Home view for Sugar Network (F3 key)

• Home view

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

Neighbourhood view for Sugar Network (F1 key)

• Neighbourhood view can also be accessed from the far left Icon on sugar-frame (see next screenshot)
• Note many more XO Avitars than are present on jabber.sugarlabs.org

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

Access Activities with SN button on Frame

• Move Cursor arrow to top right corner of window to activate the frame. Wait for frame to appear.
• Click on the SN button to access SN Activities

The F8 KEY 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

• Note buttons that appear when cursor is over activity

questions            review
ideas     [activity] 0   (not working)
problems             0   (not working

ON Line Mode

• Cursor is on new "Improve the system:Sugar Network pop up screen

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.

Improve the system

Browse Problems

SN Server-mode Activities

THIS IS ONLY FOR TESTING- DO NOT USE

• 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.