Sugar Network/Tutorial

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- Updated July 12 2012

Sugar Network annotated screenshots

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 - 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)

If you are new to Sugar, see this visual introduction to the Sugar Interface.

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)

Download new activity .xo file from ASLO to the desktop - with SN not running
Extract the .xo file with "Archive Manager" to Activities from the desktop
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 - Offline Mode

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

Sweets Distribution 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)

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.

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 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.

ON Line mode

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

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 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.

Listing and start pages for Sugar Network Server mode Activities - Not Current--Satellit 20:57, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

Click on an Activity icon to start it.