Nexus System Manual

Chapter 0. System Requirements

Chapter 1. Installation

Chapter 2. Groups
   2.1 Create Group
   2.2 Group List

Chapter 3. Login
   3.1 login
   3.2 Create a New Account
   3.3 Forget The Password

Chapter 4. My Account
   4.1 My Profile
   4.2 My Mailing Lists
   4.3 My Groups
   4.4 My Projects

Chapter 5. Project
   5.1 Project Home
   5.2 Project List
   5.3 Project Member Management
   5.4 Project Information Management
   5.5 Create Project Space

Chapter 6. News
   6.1 News Home
   6.2 Add News
   6.3 View All News
   6.4 View News Detail Information
   6.5 Add Comment

Chapter 7. Event
   7.1 Event Home
   7.2 Add Event
   7.3 View All Events
   7.4 View Event Detail Information

Chapter 8. Resource
   8.1 Resource Home
   8.2 Add Resource
   8.3 View All Resources
   8.4 View Resource Detail Information
   8.5 Add Comment

Chapter 9. Mailing Lists
   9.1 Adding New Lists
   9.2 View Lists
   9.3 View Message

Chapter 10. Search
   10.1 Normal Search
   10.2 Advanced Search

Chapter 11. Administration
   11.1 Settings
   11.2 User Management
   11.3 Mailing List Management
   11.4 News Management
      11.4.1 Delete News
      11.4.2 Update News
   11.5 Event Management
      11.5.1 Delete Event
      11.5.2 Update Event
      11.5.3 Approve Event
   11.6 Resource Management
      11.6.1 Delete Resource
      11.6.2 Update Resource
      11.6.3 Approve Resource
      11.6.4 Add Category
      11.6.5 Delete Category
      11.6.6 Update Category
   11.7 Project Management
   11.8 Group Management


Create New Account

If a user is not a member of the Nexus system, he can click the link "create account" to enter the registration page.

When the user enter the registration page, the system will ask for this user to provide personal information as the following:

  1. username: the login name.(required)
  2. password: the login password.(required)
  3. confirm password: the confirm password for the above password.(required)
  4. realname: the realname of this user.(required)
  5. email: the email address of this user.(required)
  6. web site: the web site address of this user.
  7. location: the location state of this user.
  8. option: the user want to get the update information of this site or not.

If one of required information the user does not provide, the system will not let this user to create a new account and also will ask the user to provide it.

After the user submitting the registration form, the system will check the username and email that user provide has already been used or not. If it has, the system will ask the user to change a new username or a new email address. Except the username and email address existing checking, the system will also checks the email address of this user is a valid one or not. If it is not, the system will ask the user to change again.

Once the user registers successfully, the system will redirects the page to the "My Account". Then the user can browser the group list and project list to decide which group he wants to join. Or he can joins the group later.