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====Check for Updates Often====
 
====Check for Updates Often====
 
: Maybe even daily; as SN is a rapidly being developed.
 
: Maybe even daily; as SN is a rapidly being developed.
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====Alternate Method for Activity Installation====
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*Running Ubuntu 11.04 (Trisquel 5.5)
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# Download new activity .xo file from [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ ASLO] to the desktop - with SN not running
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# Extract the .xo file with "Archive Manager" to Activities from the desktop
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# New activity will be on inside end of (f3) Home View activity spiral
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: And will appear when the Circle with 3 circles inside Icon on left end of SN Top bar is not colored
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*Note: This will correct for loss of the activity if Cresent ("Moon") and ("star") icons are uncolored by mistake *.
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:'''* Doing this will erase the activity''' and an Activity.xo downloaded from sugar-browse will not start in SN-Factory
  
 
====Upgrading Sugar-Network====
 
====Upgrading Sugar-Network====

Revision as of 13:52, 12 July 2012

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- Updated July 8 2012

Sugar Network annotated screenshots

Info and How to install Sugar Network (SN)

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 - Screen 1 of 16 pages, (92 Activities)
Sugar Network Server mode Activities Testing list of activities in Server mode - Note not Current--Satellit 21:02, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

Check for Updates Often

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

Alternate Method for Activity Installation

  • Running Ubuntu 11.04 (Trisquel 5.5)
  1. Download new activity .xo file from ASLO to the desktop - with SN not running
  2. Extract the .xo file with "Archive Manager" to Activities from the desktop
  3. New activity will be on inside end of (f3) Home View activity spiral
And will appear when the Circle with 3 circles inside Icon on left end of SN Top bar is not colored
  • Note: This will correct for loss of the activity if Cresent ("Moon") and ("star") icons are uncolored by mistake *.
* Doing this will erase the activity and an Activity.xo downloaded from sugar-browse will not start in SN-Factory

Upgrading Sugar-Network

sudo su
password
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
sugar-network status
sugar-network sync

Home view for Sugar Network (F3 key)

  • Home view
Hover over central XO avatar to get drop-down menu

SN-0.3-f3.png

Sweets Distribution in "My Settings"

  • Click on Sweets Distribution

SN-MySettings.png

  • 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

SN-Server-mode.png

Neighborhood view for Sugar Network (F1 key)

  • Neighborhood view can also be accessed from the far left icon on the Sugar Frame (see next screenshot).
  • Note many more XO avatars than are present on jabber.sugarlabs.org
Grey (no color) XO avatars seem to have incomplete information on the server.

SN-3.png

Access Activities with SN button on Frame

  • Move the mouse pointer to a corner of the screen/window to activate the Frame. Wait a couple of seconds for it to appear.
  • Click on the SN button to access SN Activities.
The F8 key is an alternate way to access Activities.

SN-4png.png

SN Activities

  • When [_] server mode is NOT checked in My Settings (accessed from the pop-up palette menu on the Home view)
  • Listing and start pages for Sugar Network Activities
Click on the Activity icon to start.
Not all will start at this time.

Note: Enter the name of the Activity you want in the Search box (_______) on the tool bar of page to find it quickly

  • For Details on Search - It can be Complex --"walter"
Object model for the Sugar Network API - File:Sugar-Network-diagram.png

OFF Line mode

  • Screen 1 of 16 pages, (92 Activities)
  • Clicking on the Activity Icon will start it.
  • Note extra buttons that appear when cursor is over activity:
 (?)               questions            (Box with Tail)      review
 (Lightning bolt)  ideas                ( 0 )                (future use not working)
 (!)               problems             (Horizontal Grid)    View All Resources
Use them to report, or ask questions, about the on activity's behaviour.
This will also happen when SN is on line.
It is mainly meant for On-line reporting.

SN-0.3 Offline.png

ON Line mode

  • When Selected the SN Icon is Colored ( Circle with 3 smaller circles inside)
  • Screen 1 of 11 pages, (66 Activities)

SN-0.3.png

  • The pointer is on the Selection Drop-Down Menu

Note: Clicking on the "(" moon icon will copy the remote Activity bundle to the local system, thus it will be accessible from the Home view. If the 'star' icon is set, it will appear in the Favorites view of Home. Deselect "(" moon icon to remove it from the local system; unset the 'star' icon to remove it from the Favorites view.

Browse Resources

  • Selected from the (Horizontal Grid) icon on the top bar
Cursor is pointing to it
  • The icons on the right side of the top grey bar are used to filter the view of the resources by clicking the icons:
 (?)                questions
 (Lightning bolt)   ideas              
 (!)                problems 
 (Box with Tail)    review
 ( 0 )              (future use not working)
 (Horizontal Grid)  ALL

SN-0.3-browse-resources.png

SN Server-mode Activities

THIS IS ONLY FOR TESTING- DO NOT USE

  • When [x] server mode is checked in My Settings,
You always browse your local Activities in F8.
Click on an Activity icon to start it.