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Let's first look into filling out your solution - making sure the contact information is correct, tagging it with Areas of Focus categories, and putting content into the various text fields that will help guide

the reader into understanding what this solution is about and what it will do.

1.  Editing your Solutions' information - To make any changes to the information entered during the solution

creation process, look for the "[Edit]" link and click on it.  Alternatively, if you'd like to hide this information to re-capture more screen real estate, click on the "Hide" link.

2.  Related taxonomies - To view the Areas of Focus categories associated with your solutions, click on the "Show" link.  Then click on the "[Edit]" link to change any selections already made. 

If this solution has been associated with a different taxonomy other than the Areas of Focus, it will also show up here for editing. Extra taxonomies may show up when a Solution has been added to a Review Group.

In this example, this solution was associated with 2 other taxonomies besides Areas of Focus - "Conservation Actions" and "Conservation Direct Threats".

3.  Filling out your solution - Each solution has a set of text fields that have been separated to help you fill out key information. Each text field, if left blank, will show some helpful text in the yellow boxes to provide examples.  Once you start typing and entering information, the help text will be replaced with the information you have entered.

In the "Problem" text field, please enter information that describes the issue the solution is addressing. 

The "Action" text field houses the steps to take to address the problem. 

The "Results" text field should showcase typical outcomes from implementing the solution potentially with short case studies.

The "Limitations" text field should simply tell in what circumstances using the solution is not advised.

If you have chosen the "Limited" view under content type, you will see the text fields for "Problem", "Action", "Results", and "Limitations".  

If you have chosen the "Full" view under content type, you will see additional text fields for "When to Use", "What to do", "Tips", "Equipment & Supplies", "Assessment", and "Related Resources".

Tips: You can also view and revert back to previous versions of the solution page using the show history feature. 

Files & Photos

Each solution also has a separate section to upload files and photos.  Use this to host pdf documents, research reports, documentary clips, and any files you feel are helpful to the community.  You can also create folders to help organize and store the uploaded files.  Each file is limited to 50MB in size, which sho

uld provide plenty of storage space to host large multimedia files.

1.  File Library - this module allows you to upload any file up to 50 mb in size.  You also have the option of creating folders to organize the files you have uploaded. To start, simply click on "Upload a file" and follow the instructions on the proceeding page.

To learn more, please visit our "File Uploading FAQ".

2.  Photos - While you can also upload photos to the file library, there is a dedicated section just for uploading photos.  Any uploaded photo will appear as a thumbnail icon, and users can preview what the picture looks like before clicking on it for a full-screen image. 

To upload a photo, just click on the "Browse" button and then hit Upload.   When it's finish uploaded, it should appear in the photo gallery below. 

You can also remove any uploaded photos by clicking on the "Delete" button underneath each photo.