Get Help

Hey there! Use this page to get started with "How To" and "Support" documentation for www.volunteer.legal.

If you want to ask a question / get help from a person (or GIVING help to a person!), you can try heading on over to the Questions & Answers section. Unfortunately, I'm not going to spend much time there (though I will browse through occasionally), so I REALLY hope that each of you are super considerate of each other and take some time to help one another out.

Also, see the News & Announcement's page for important updates.

General discussions can happen in the General Discussion section. (see the Forum page for all of these options)

*And please, volunteer.legal is completely volunteer made and run. If you see a way to improve this documentation or encounter an error that you eventually solve, please PLEASE take the time to update or create the relevant support documentation here. I chose to make this Get Help document a Wiki for a reason!*

## **Getting Started Guide**

* Getting Started Guide
* Getting Started as an Administrator Guide
* How to give volunteer.legal permission to send your organization's emails (REQUIRED)
* Advanced Users Guide

## **Basic Information**

### How to create

* How to create an event
	+ How to create an orientation
	+ How to create a volunteer role
	+ How to create a volunteer role description
* How to create a volunteer list
* How to create a collaborative
* How to add a new organization to volunteer.legal
* How to add staff member accounts to your organization
* How to add staff members to a collaborative

### How to edit

* How to edit an event
	+ How to edit the volunteer confirmation email for an event
	+ How to edit an orientation
	+ How to edit a volunteer role
	+ How to edit a volunteer role description
* How to edit a volunteer list
* How to edit your staff account
* How to edit your organization's account
* How to edit a collaborative

### How to delete

* How to delete an event
	+ How to delete an orientation
	+ How to delete a volunteer role
	+ How to remove a description from a volunteer role
	+ How to delete a volunteer role description
* How to delete a volunteer
* How to delete a volunteer list
* How to remove a staff member from an organization
* How to delete your organization
* How to remove a staff member from a collaborative
* How to remove your organization from a collaborative
* How to delete a collaborative

### How to email

* How to email volunteers on volunteer lists
* How to email volunteers signed up for an event
* How to invite volunteers to sign up for an event
* How to invite volunteers to sign up for a volunteer list

## **More Advanced Topics**

### Event

* How to temporarily stop sign ups for an event
* How to cancel an event
* How to administratively add volunteers to an event
* How to administratively remove volunteers from an event
* How to export / download a spreadsheet file of the volunteers signed up for an event
* How to limit the number of volunteers that can sign up for an event
	+ How to add volunteer capacity exceptions to an event
* How to sign volunteers in & out using laptops on the day of an event
* Volunteer Roles
	+ How to assign volunteers to volunteer roles
	+ How to re-arrange volunteer roles
	+ How to assign descriptions to volunteer roles
	+ What is a volunteer role description and how is it used in volunteer.legal?
* Orientations
	+ How to temporarily stop sign ups for an orientation
	+ How to cancel an orientation
	+ How to administratively add volunteers to an orientation
	+ How to administratively remove volunteers from an orientation
	+ How to change the date volunteers must have been oriented after for an event
	+ How to coordinate volunteers for an orientation

### Volunteer List

* How to access the public sign up page for a volunteer list
* How to administratively add volunteers to a volunteer list
* How to administratively remove volunteers from a volunteer list
* How to export / download a volunteer list as a spreadsheet file

### Organization

* How to add staff member accounts to your organization
* How to change the date volunteers must have been oriented after for your organization
* How to activate a deactivated staff user account associated with your organization
* Image Library
	+ How to add images to an organization that can be used in emails
	+ How to remove images from an organization's image library
	+ How to edit images in an organization's image library

### Collaborative

* How to add organizations to a collaborative
* How to add staff members to a collaborative
* How to change the date volunteers must have been oriented after for your collaborative
* Image Library
	+ How to add images to a collaborative that can be used in emails
	+ How to remove images from a collaborative's image library
	+ How to edit images in a collaborative's image library

### Volunteer

* How to edit a specific volunteers profile
	+ How to mark a volunteer as a staff member
	+ How to update a volunteer record with feedback that is only visible to Volunteer.Legal staff users
* How to bulk update volunteers from a spreadsheet file

### Misc.

* How to filter a volunteer list on text within the "admin comments" section of volunteer profiles