Howtouse

devotedanddisgruntled.comYou might have seen our website when you foundout about this event. You might even already haveregistered, and maybe added a report at a previousevent, but there’s loads our website can do thatpeople don’t know about. This is a little user’s guideto help you make the most of this great onlineresource.

Registering & Logging on

If you’re new to the site, look at the top right cornerand click the “Sign up” button. Fill in the form andclick “Continue”, then check your email to activateyour account.Head back to the home page, and click “Login”.Once you’re registered, if you click “My Page” you’llfind your profile, which you can update, make pretty,add pics and website links etc so that people can seewho you are, and find their way to your projects.

Creating a report

Common problems:1. You click continue to register, but get an alert sayingyour password is invalid. This is usually not a passwordissue, but a problem with a space in your username. Ifyou’re going for first name -surname, take out the spacebetween them and try again.

2. You’ve registered but when you try to log in, it doesn’twork. Make sure you’ve activated the account via theconfirmation email. Then close all browser tabs which areopen on the D&D site, go back to the main home page andtry again.

Now that your account is active and you’re logged in,you can create a report. Go to the main event page forthe event you want to report on. If you’re making thereport after the event has finished, it’ll be listed in“Previous Events”. Click the title of the event, and onthe event page, you’ll see blue tabs saying “AddReport”. Click these, and.. add your report!You can include text, images and URL links to audio orvideo. You can add keywords in the “Tags” section tolink your report to any others on the site that might beon similar themes.Your report won’t save until you click “Submit”, so ifyou want to come lback ater to finish it, simply write“This report is not finished” at the top of the textsection.

Common problems:You’re limited to adding 3 images from the user end of thesite. If you want to add more, we can do that for you fromthe back-end. Just drop us a line atdandd@improbable.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help.

Editing a reportYou can get back in to edit any of your ownreports at any time. Just go to “MyPage” and clickthe title of the report you want to edit. Scroll downto the bottom of the report, and you’ll see a yellowbutton saying “Edit report”. Click this, and go for it.

Commenting on other reportsYou might want to share information, ask foramendments, or generally just keep theconversation going by adding a comment onsomeone else’s report. If you’re logged in, you’llsee the option to “Add a comment” at the bottomof every report. Just click this and fill in the text boxas required.

Identifying who was thereOnce you’re logged in, at the top of every eventpage, you’ll see a little button saying “I’ coming”.By clicking this on upcoming events, you can letpeople know you’re planning to go. You can alsodo this after the event, and you can add yourselfas a session attendee on any report as well byclicking the little circle that says “I was there”.

Downloading & sharing reportsGreat things can happen when reports get out tothe public. At the bottom of every report, and everyevent page, you'll see Twitter, Facebook and othersharing buttons, allowing you to send the URL outto your networks.At the top of every report, you'll see a "DownloadReport" button which will give you a PDF of thatreport. At the top of the main event page, you'llsee a "Download whole report" button, which willgive you a single PDF containing every reportsubmitted for that event.

Contact each other

You can send private messages to any other websiteuser by going to their profile page and clicking the“Write a Message” button top right. You can findprofile pages by either clicking their picture on areport they’ve written, or by going to the “Profiles”page (link is top right of every page). Here you cansearch for users by name, by topic or by region, soyou can see who’s working in your area of interest, ormake links with Devoted and Disgruntled folk in otherparts of the country, and the world!

Search the reports archive

We now have nigh on 2000 reports stretching back10 years - an amazing archive of the UK (andInternational) theatre scene. By clicking the “Reports”link (top right) you can search by keyword or event.There are some real treasures in there, so if you’relooking for reference, history or answers to common(and uncommon) issues, it’s really worth a look.

Keep the space open 24/7

There’s link top right to “24/7”. this is a section of thesite where any user can call a session any time theylike - it’s an ongoing OS online forum. Just click “Addconversation” then put in your session title and anintro to the topic. We always tweet these out, sothey’re a great way to connect to the wider D&Dcommunity. You can tell us about projects, askadvice, share an issue.. anything you’d normally doat a live D&D.

This section (link top left) tells you a bit aboutImprobable and our OS journey, as well as giving thebasics of how Open Space works. There are also linksto info on our OS for Hire Service.

About D&D

Access

If you find the website hard to read, click the “A” in thewhite box at the top right o9f any page and you’ll beable to view the site in black and white.If you want more information on what to expect at ourevents, you can find an easy-to-read document in the"About D&D" section, at the bottom of the “What isOpen Space” column. Click the "OST Info" link to readand download a more detailed description of whatduring an Open Space gathering.

Find out about upcoming events

To keep up with all the news from Devoted andDisgruntled, and Improbable, sign up for ournewsletter. You can do this by adding your emailaddress to the sign-up box in the bottom right of anypage. You can also find all our contact info, socialmedia profiles and other useful info in the footer.

Find out about Improbable

Devoted and Disgruntled is a long-term project run byImprobable, a theatre company with nearly 2 decadesof history. To find out about Improbable, click the logoin the top left of any page to visit Improbable’s homepage.

Improbable is a registered charity, committed tomaking excellent theatre, and to sustaining andsupporting the wider creative community throughour ongoing Devoted & Disgruntled programme.We want our Open Space events to remaininclusive and accessible, and for this to happen weneed your support. If you'd like to help keep thespace open for sharing ideas, expertise andsolutions, please consider becoming anImprobable supporter. You can find out moreabout that here: www.improbable.co.uk/support/

Thanks for visiting! If you have any technical issueswith the site, just email or call us (details below).We hope to see you soon at another Improbableevent!

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