When you go to the USA Dance LA Board home page http://www.centralavedance.com/usadancela you will see three columns of information:

Left Column

• The links to create content (such as Forum Topics and Events)
• A listing of the most recent group Events posted.
• A listing of the most recent Comments posted.
• A Search box to search the postings by key words.
• A link to turn Email Notification on or off.

Center Column

• Listings of the most recently entered posts by the major content types: Forum Topics, Events, Pages, Polls, Blogs, Videos, Books and Links.
• A listing of ALL content which can be sorted by: Title, Type, Category or Date Created/Updated.

Right Column

• Listings of content by content type (i.e., Articles, Blogs, Books, Events, Forum Topics, etc...)
• A listing of the most recently posted Forum Topics.
• Web site navigation links.

To Create Content

To create content, click on the appropriate "Create" link in the Left Column. For example, to create a new Forum Topic, click on the Create forum topic link in the Left column.

To Locate Content Previously Posted

If you wish to view content that has already been posted in order to re-read or post a comment to it, there are two ways:

1. Locate the posting utilizing one of the various listings supplied.

   For example, is you wish to locate a Forum Topic posting, you could look in the Center Column towards the top under the "Forum Topics" listing.

   Or, you could look general content listing in Center Column towards the bottom: Here, you woud look for items listed with Type = "Forum topic". You could also sort the listing by "Type" by clicking on the "Type" heading.

   In the Right Column, you could click on the Forum Topics link to get a listing of all Forum Topics entered, sorted by the date entered. The most recent Forum Topics are also listed in the Right Column under "New forum topics".

   Also In the Right Column there is also a link to list the most Recent Group Posts. This will show you all of the most recently entered content of all types. Finally, in the Right Column again, there is a Forum Topics link which will list all Forum Topics entered.

2. Locate the posting by doing a keyword search. To do this, you simply enter keywords into one of the Search boxes located in the Left Column. For example, if you are looking for the post Jeffrey The Barak posted regarding the DanceMore Studios in Van Nuys, you could enter "DanceMore" or "Van Nuys" in the Search box and click on the Search button. This would list all content posted which contains the words "DanceMore" or "Van Nuys".

Screen Shots

The top of the USADanceLA Home Page. Note that content is divided into 3 distinct columns: A Left, Center and Right Column.

In the Left Column are the links to Create content. For example: Create Event, Create Forum Topic and Create Poll.

In the Center Column we see the most recent Forum Topic and Event posts.

In the Right Column, we see links to list:

• The most recent group posts (all)
• The Group Forum posts.
• Articles (all)
• Blogs (all)
• Books (all)
• Calendar(graphical calendar)
• Events (all)
• Forum Topics (all)
• Images (all)
• Links (all)
• News (all)
• Newsletters (all)
• Pages (all)
• Photo Albums (all)
• Polls (all)
• Videos (all)

Also in the Right Column, we see the most recent New forum topics posted.

We scroll down the page a bit, and see the following:

In the Left Column we see a Search box for key word searching of posts. We also see upcoming Group Events and the most Recent comments entered.

In the Center Column we see the most recent Pages and Polls entered.

In the Right Column is the site navigation menu. This menu is primarily used to navigate the main CentralAveDance web site, rather than the USADanceLA Group site.

Scroll down a bit more and we see:

In the Left Column we have a link for Group notification preference. Follow this link to turn your group notifications emails on or off. There is also another key word Search box. This box is used to search the entire CentralAveDance web site, as opposed to just the USADanceLA group.

In the Center Column we see the most recently entered Blogs and Videos.

Scoll down even more:

In the Left Column we again see the key word Search box. This box is used to search the entire CentralAveDance web site, as opposed to just the USADanceLA group.

In the Center Column we see the most recently entered Books and Links.

Continue scrolling down:

In the Center Column there is a listing of ALL content posted to this group. You can sort this content by clicking on the column heading you wish to sort by: Title, Type, Category or Date Created/Updated.

Group Forums

In the Right Column there is a link titled "Group Forums". When you click on it, you will get this screen:

If you click on one of the forums, you will see a screen like this, which is the actual forum page with all the forum topics listed by date entered, most recent first: