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There are many pages of guidance, ranging from general to highly detailed. As web based guidance it is cross linked and you can easily move between related topics. However there is an underlying structure that is a little more like a conventional book. This contents page is designed to make it easier to reach the correct section for what you need. There will be a parallel conventional index
There is some repetition between pages. This reflects the three main points at which they are likely to be accessed and are described below. In parts 1, 2 and 3 the first document is the starting point. The other pages listed are the most significant more detailed pages.
Part 1: Overall Summary
This is the best starting point for those how are completely new to GENUKI and want to get a flavour of what it is about and how it works.
GENUKI Help and Guidance
- Overview and introduction
- Help for all users
- GENUKI Organisation
- GENUKI's History and Development
- GENUKI in the Future
- GENUKI Reference Documents
- GENUKI Help and Guidance Archive
Background on GENUKI's approach
- Coverage
- Geographical areas and boundaries
- Topics
- GENUKI: Organising the Virtual Library
- Supporting Information: Churches and Gazetteer
- Churches
- Gazetteer
- Using Maps
- Volunteers providing a non-commercial service
Main supporting pages
Explaining how places have been in different administrative areas
Brief descriptions of what should be included in each of the topic headings
Part 2: Help for Visitors
This is the starting point for those who visit the site seeking genealogical information. Background in the Overall Summary may also be useful.
Visitors Help and Guidance
- Introduction
- Quick Start
- Navigating Places and Topics
- Seeing all available information on a place for a topic
- Get more Background
- New to Genealogy
- Using GenUKI information
- Search for what you want
Getting Started in Genealogy and Family History
- A way forward
- Key places to find help
- About sources
- Next steps
- Selected further reading
Part 3: Guidance for Maintainers and Volunteers
This is the key set of information for those involved with sourcing and maintaining information.
Getting Started as a Maintainer
- Login
- Accessing Maintainers' functions
- Editing your nodes
- Reviewing your nodes
- Wider functions
Guidance for Maintainers
What needs doing
- Who deal what
- How to maintain your nodes
- Advice on improving your content
- Technical Guidance
- Code of conduct and Standards
- Communication and Engagement
Advice on content
- Core GENUKI
- Churches Directory
- Gazetteer
- Maps
Technical advice
- Implementing GENUKI through Drupal
- Relationship between the GENUKI elements
How to guides
Each of the main tasks that maintainers need to do are (or will be) covered in an individual "How to ..". These are step by step guides to the main elements of each task. The full list is shown here for convenience. You will find that each is linked from one or more pages in the guidance where the aspect is covered in outline.
Creating and Editing Content
GENUKI virtual library
Churches Directory
Gazetteer
Fixing Errors
Part 4: Reference
These are background documents. They are generally linked where relevant from other parts of the guidance.
Organisation
History
- Origins
- Early progress
- Developing
- Transition to Drupal 2015
- Update to Drupal 8 2020
Future
Reference Documents
- Content and Access
- Organisation
- Feedback Comments and Awards
- Contact Us