Using the Articles program

[ideasguy]

You finished todays challenge , Toby. We'll keep this topic to talk about all things you can do with the Articles program.

Ready for another?
Articles Program GA007 - Challenge No 2

Heres part of the instructions in a previous posting.

First, you create Topics by running the program Topics for articles -GA021 under the File tab on the menu
Add a new topic
Then add a few sub topics for that topic (You must have sub topics for this to work)

Once you have created a few topics, start GA007.
Find an article youve created previously.
Double click and you get to screen GA007S02
You'll see 3 panes.
The one we are focusing on is on the right Categories or Topics in this article.
Click Work with this list under the pane
Screen GA007S06 appears

Click on the pop-up, top left corner of the screen and select the new topic you added in GA021 above
The sub topics appear in the list with the caption Select from this list on the left.
Double click on one of the sub topics.
Note how it now appears in the list with the caption : Selected for this article
Repeat this as necessary if you wish to "file" this article under any other topics.
There is no limit!
Click Done
Screen GA007S02 reappears
Note how your "filing" Topics are listed in the Categories or Topics in this article list

Click Done

Initial screen re-appears.

Now to "retrieve" our document from our "filing system"
Click the Topic pop-up and select your new Topic
Click Go button
Your document appears in the list along with other in the same Topic.

If you build up a large list of items:
Click the Topic pop-up and select your new Topic
Click the Sub Topic pop-up and select your new Sub Topic
Click Go button

Let me know how you get on folk

[bossgard]

ARTICLES CHALLENGE #2 Progress Update:

I have had no unusual problems doing this challenge, so it looks like everything is a GO with the test run. My computer is fine, the operator (me) is still in awe trying to absorb all that was accomplished, and is now thinking of ways to use the new found skills here on the local scene.

At this time, I have one article in MAGAZINE and another in OTHER that I can view.  I plan on repeating Challenges #1 and #2 to bring an article into BOOK, but give it a different twist by typing it into WORD (It is just a one short paragraph) and saving it as an HTML document (I believe I have that correct). Is it OK that I proceed with this step?

Also, several of the Gardening magazines that I subscribe to, offer what they call ?Web Extras?, usually in the form of short demonstration videos (How to use a bulb augur) or slideshows (Photos showing plantings at a home?s front door, porch, steps, walkways, etc) which would be nice to include in ARTICLES. Will there be a CHALLENGE pertaining to this?

I would encourage others to take these CHALLENGES, these are great skills to have, and they are certainly solving a major problem for me.

- Toby

[Kathy & Laurie]

ARTICLES CHALLENGE #2 Progress Update:
I would encourage others to take these CHALLENGES, these are great skills to have, and they are certainly solving a major problem for me.

- Toby

Good advice Toby, and I'm glad to see you're having great success (George will be pleased  )

I am closely following this thread and will get round to trying it out eventually.  We're currently busy with our other 'commercial enterprise' at the moment - i.e. our Address Labels business.  You can follow this at the thread George started off today - Roseberry Labels

Laurie.

[ideasguy]

Yes, I'm proud of you Toby.

RE:

give it a different twist by typing it into WORD (It is just a one short paragraph) and saving it as an HTML document (I believe I have that correct). Is it OK that I proceed with this step?

Whatever you prefer Toby.
It will work with both WORD and an HTML page

RE:

Also, several of the Gardening magazines that I subscribe to, offer what they call ?Web Extras?, usually in the form of short demonstration videos (How to use a bulb augur) or slideshows

Ive never tried that - until just there now!
It worked for a .MOV file. I inserted the path and file name in exactly the same way as a WORD document or image.
It opened up Quicktime to play the video.
Give it a go Toby, and other members please. If it doesn't play your video files let me know.

Put a link to "Web Extras" page here Toby. I'd love to see that.

[bossgard]

George:

I?m taking your response to my questions as to go ahead and take free flight on my own and see where I land with ARTICLES.

At this moment in time the ?Web Extra? is over my head, but, we will see what happens.
First things, first.

I don?t know if this is the right Topic to ask this question, but will you or Laurie please tell me how to create the ?my direct quote? boxes and post them on the Forum as you both did on your last postings. When I first joined the Forum you had given somebody the instructions to do this, will you please repeat them.

- Toby

[ideasguy]

RE:

but will you or Laurie please tell me how to create the ?my direct quote? boxes

Copy a block of text
Click the Insert Quote icon (2nd from right in the list of icons above)
Click paste
That inserts your text between a begin quote and an end quote "mark up" symbols

Alternatively
Hightlight a block of text
Click the Insert Quote icon
Its much the same as highlighting a block of text and clicking Bold

[bossgard]

George and Others:

You asked for links to gardening magazines that offer internet information via videos and photo slide shows.

The first one is my favorite, if I had only one choice for a gardening magazine, it would be this one. Click on the ?Web Extras? button at the top right. There is a lot of information on this site, and the magazine(s) is loaded with good stuff, I try to read it from cover to cover:

http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/

This is the American Horticulture Society:

http://www.ahs.org/

This is the Horticulture Magazine, not to be confused with AHS. If you remember Isabel and your conversations with her, this is the magazine that offers the DVD of past 10 years of publication, which I have:

http://www.hortmag.com/GeneralMenu/

I purchased a CD (which is no longer available) from Purdue University on Propagation which has been helpful. All of these I would like to add to my Ideas Genie Pro 5 ARTICLES, which shows Videos, like ?How to take a Cutting?.

And finally, the American Begonia Society offers 3 DVD?s of their past issues of ?The Begonian? which I have hopes of purchasing. My membership to them is in the works now.

It is a beautiful day and I have Tulips to get into the ground.

- Toby

[ideasguy]

Have you managed to download any of those videos Toby?

[bossgard]

George:

Are you talking about in ARTICLES and playing them there? If so, no I have not. Will try ASAP. It?s been such a beautiful day did not want to miss gardening outside. ?Make Hay When the Sun Shines?.

Question when using ARTICLES: Example; I have been working with tulips all day, and I know I have an article in ARTICLES relating to planting tulips in pots, is there anything in GA022 or a similar screen, that would indicate that there are articles on tulips (Bulbs) in ARTICLES. Something like ?has photos? or do I go through ?retrieve? to check on articles relating to tulips, and find the article I?m looking for that way?

Thanks!

[bossgard]

George:

Yippeeeee (I guess!!)

I don?t know if this is the correct way in ARTICLES to play videos in ARTICLES, but it worked. I copied the Golden Gate Magazine URL to notepad, opened ARTICLES, worked by way to GA007S11. When I tried to paste the URL it came up in the Google area. I clicked the Google button, it brought up Golden Gate into its search, clicked on it, Golden Gate?s home page opened up, clicked on Web Extras, clicked on the video to play and watched the video on GAS100S35 sound and all (or a number similar, I?m not sure if I wrote this down correctly).

- Toby

[ideasguy]

RE:

Question when using ARTICLES: Example; I have been working with tulips all day, and I know I have an article in ARTICLES relating to planting tulips in pots, is there anything in GA022 or a similar screen, that would indicate that there are articles on tulips (Bulbs) in ARTICLES. Something like ?has photos? or do I go through ?retrieve? to check on articles relating to tulips, and find the article I?m looking for that way?

A very good question!
Directly:
Currently, the answer in no, as in the same way as "Has Photos".
But, let me think about that. If we can generate enough interest in Articles... 
Indirectly
In any program, edit the plant profile, as if you were changing the plant name or deleting a plant.
You arrive at screen GA100S02
This screen gives a list of articles related to the plant.

Heres another suggestion:
Did you know you can run two instances of IG Pro?
On the desktop, click the IG pro icon. IG pro starts. Lets call this Session 1
In session 1, Start one of the programs, say GA022
On the desktop, click the IG pro icon again. A second instance of IG pro starts. Lets call this Session 2
In session 2, start the Articles program
Now as you work you can switch quickly between Session 1 and Session 2
If in session 1, you want to know if a plant has an article, switch to Session 2.

You can also run multiple instances of BG, FG, IG and Bonsai Genie

Running multiple sessions:
Do not edit the same plant profile in both sessions
If you add a plant (or edit, delete etc) in Session 1, it becomes imediately available in Session 2
However, you may need to refresh the screen.
e.g.
You are showing a list of Rhododendron in session 1
You are showing the same list of Rhododendron in session 2
You add, edit or delete a Rhodo in session 1
When you switch to session 2, the screen does not change to reflect the changes you made.
You need to refresh the screen in some (any!) way. Select another Genus, then re-select Rhododendron.
The changes will now be refreshed in session 2
Easy peasy?

[ideasguy]

RE:

I don?t know if this is the correct way in ARTICLES to play videos in ARTICLES, but it worked. I copied the Golden Gate Magazine URL to notepad, opened ARTICLES, worked by way to GA007S11. When I tried to paste the URL it came up in the Google area. I clicked the Google button, it brought up Golden Gate into its search, clicked on it, Golden Gate?s home page opened up, clicked on Web Extras, clicked on the video to play and watched the video on GAS100S35 sound and all (or a number similar, I?m not sure if I wrote this down correctly).

I'm not understanding this

I'm OK with this:

I don?t know if this is the correct way in ARTICLES to play videos in ARTICLES, but it worked. I copied the Golden Gate Magazine URL to notepad, opened ARTICLES, worked by way to GA007S11. 

but what happened here?

When I tried to paste the URL it came up in the Google area.

To make this permanent, you needed to paste that URL into GA007S11 and Save Changes
Is that what you did?
If yes, you can navigate back to GA007S11 and click that link again.
Please clarify, Toby

[bossgard]

George:

This might answer your last posting, it was written before reading it:

I have successfully viewed a GG Magazine Video completely through using ARTICLES all the way, and not using the GOOGLE button:

I pasted GG Magazine hyperlink to WORD and saved it as WORD document. Worked my self to ARTICLES GA007S11 and added TITLE, clicked on GET, found document and opened. FILE (the C\ came up, I highlighted and right clicked. Message of OPEN FILE, which I did, got the hyperlink, CONTROL and CLICKED it, got message that IFG_IGP_EXE wanted access, I allowed, and GG Magazine Home Page opened, clicked Web Extras and played video.

I hope you can follow above, I feel very inadequate in my computer skills at the moment, but it WORKS!!

Also aded on after reading your last posting; Yes, I did SAVE CHANGES.



- Toby

[ideasguy]

RE:

I pasted GG Magazine hyperlink to WORD and saved it as WORD document.

Theres no need to do that. You dont need WORD.
Paste the link (URL) straight into GA007S11
Save changes
Then click the link
Try that and let me know how you get on

[bossgard]

Much quicker that way. Opened GG Mag. home page, and played video, just to see if everything was OK. It was.

Unless you have more challenges in mind, I think the best thing for me to do is to go back to  my printed tutorials, the hard copies of the challenges and all the accumulated other paper work, of what all has transpired in the last couple of days. Sometimes I get carried away with the excitement of 'playing the game' when working this hard, instead of sticking to the rules. Besides tutorials are more fun, when you're using  your own data. I have more questions about ARTICLES GA007, but will hold them for time being.

Our Thanksgive Holiday is fast approaching for Thursday, and Friday we are supposed to enjoy a long hike. Hope the weather stays good, there's a light rain out there at the present.

Advise, if you have more CHALLENGES in mind.

- Toby