Help > Using Your Home Page

Customizing Your Home Page

As the network administrator, you can change the way the home page of your network looks by doing the following:

Change the blocks that appear on the home page. Click Edit Layout and then add, remove, or delete the widgets that comprise the home page. See widgets.
Change the background used for your network. Select Admin>Appearance>Basic, select one of the themes shown, and then click Save near the bottom of the screen. You can also upload a custom background and add a logo.
Change the fonts used within your network. Select Admin>Appearance>Basic, change the fonts used for the network name, network description, and menus and click Save. Pay attention to the font size as you make changes. For example, if you change the font to a very large setting, the page might not display in a desirable manner.
For more detailed information about appearance changes, see Managing Your Network.

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Using the My Networks Link

If you use multiple Clearvale networks, the My Networks link displays at the top of the page. Use this link to navigate between your networks.

Note the following about creating multiple networks:

You can switch between the networks by using the My Networks link.
When you change your password on one network, the new password applies to your other network as well.

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Using the Inbox

You can access your Clearvare Network Inbox by clicking the Network Inbox icon at the top of the page. When you have new messages, the Network Inbox displays the number of new messages in brackets.

Note the following about the Network inbox:

To display your inbox, click the envelope icon. The inbox appears and unread messages are highlighted. Click a message to read it.
To send a message to someone in the network, display the inbox and then click Send a message. Select the member, enter a title, compose the message, and click Send. The message is sent to the member's Network inbox.
To view the messages you sent, click Sent Messages.

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Using the Search Field

Clearvale's Search bar appears near the top of the page. Searches are case-insensitive and results appear in order of relevance. You can search using:

whole words. For example, you might search on the term My First Blog. Searching in this manner can produce many results: My First Blog, My First Blog Post, My First Photo, Finance Blog, and so on.
whole words in quotes. For example, you might search on the term "My First Blog." Searching in this manner limits the search to the exact string within the quotes.
wildcard. If you only know the partial name of an item you need to find, you can use the asterisk. For example, you might type something like "Marketing*" and the results will return all items with this string, such as "Marketing Budget," "Marketing Meeting Notes," and so forth.
tags. When creating content in the network, you are prompted to enter tags for your items. The tags allow members to find the associated content when searching the site. Tags do not replace searching by content and are not required; instead, tags offer another mechanism for you to use when organizing and looking for items. You can use apostrophes to tag items. For example, your tag might look something like ACME's Holiday Party.

NOTE: A search on a partial word will not return results. For example, if searching for My First Blog, using My Fir as the search term will not return any results, but My First will.

You can search for:

Members, Communities, Forums, Pages, Blog Posts, DocuVault, Files, Photos, Videos, and Event Calendar
Contents within PDF files
Contents within Microsoft Office 2000 and 2007 Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files

When your search results return, only the top three items for each category ("members," communities," and so on) display. If you find what you want in this list, you can click on it to read more. To filter search results and see all items for a category, select the View All link for that category. For example, if you search on the term Human Resources but only want to see the DocuVault items named Human Resources, select View All DocuVault Results to see all DocuVault results.

IMPORTANT: If you perform a search and do not find what you want, you might not have permission to access the item. For example, if you search for an item named Marketing Budget and it is a document with a No Access setting, you will not be able to access the item. Additionally, if you or someone else just posted an item, it may take a few minutes to show in search results. For items that reside in communities to which you do not belong, but can join, a Join community link displays in the results.

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Using the Edit Profile Link

The easiest way to edit your profile information is by clicking Edit Profile near the top of the page. You can change the following settings:

Information such as what you are working on, your interests and areas of expertise, your phone number, your location, and email address. This information appears in a block on your profile page. All network members can see this information if they display your profile page unless you select Only Me in the specific item's drop-down menu. You can also choose to display your information to the General Public.
Profile picture. Click Change Profile Picture to change your photo and set a thumbnail image. The profile picture is used throughout the network.
Member Notifications. Define your preferences for when to get notified regarding specific content here. For more information, see Managing Notifications in Managing Members.
Community Notifications. Define your preferences for when to get notified regarding specific communities here. For more information, see Managing Notifications in Managing Members.
Account Settings. Click Account Settings to update your name, password, email, or language preference. You can also use Leave Network here to leave the network.

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Using the Feedback Link

Click the Feedback link at the top of the page to give your network administrator comments or to ask questions.