Sugar Network/Tutorial

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- Updated June 19 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 - Browsing 113 Contexts; 19 Pages
Sugar Network Server mode Activities Testing list of activities in Server mode

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

(sync de-installs 0.2)

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.
  • Screen 1 of 55 pages, (329 Activities)

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

  • Note buttons that appear when cursor is over activity
 (?)              questions            (Box with Tail)   review
 (Lightning bolt) ideas                ( 0 )            (future use not working)
 (!)               problems            ( 0 )            (future use not working)

 

ON Line mode

  • When Selected the SN Icon is Colored ( Circle with 3 smaller circles inside)

 

  • 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

On right top grey bar

Filter 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.
Click on an Activity icon to start it.