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connections:functionality:recommendations [2009/08/18 01:38]
jposeika
connections:functionality:recommendations [2013/04/28 08:27]
georgina [Another way]
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 You can recommend a book to another user and other users can make book recommendations to you. Book recommendations can be done in two ways: You can recommend a book to another user and other users can make book recommendations to you. Book recommendations can be done in two ways:
  
-===== One way ===== +===== Finding an item then recommending it ===== 
-  * **Step 1:** locate the item you want to suggest ​using search ​form or on your bookshelf, then find a "​Recommend this item" icon right by the item:+First, ​locate the item you want to recommend ​using search or clicking through to it on your bookshelf, then click the "​Recommend this item" icon next to it:
  
-{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_icon.jpg|}}+{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_bookshelf.png|}}
  
 +Next you have to choose the user you want to recommend this to; use the search box that displays on the page, and once you've found the right user, click the "​Select user" icon:
  
-  * **Step 2:**after you have chosen the item to recommend, you have to choose a user using search form to recommend the item to. Once you have found the user, you must click the "​Select user" icon:+{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_finduser.png|}}
  
-{{:connections:​functionality:​recommend_users.jpg|}}+You then have the option to enter personal text to appear with the recommendation:
  
-  * **Step 3:** after the necessary user found, enter the text for recommendation:+{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_message.png|}}
  
-{{:connections:​functionality:​recommend_text.jpg|}}+Once you've sent the recommendation,​ the user will see a notification for it when they log in:
  
 +{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_new.png|}}
 +===== Finding a user then recommending them an item =====
 +First, find the user you want to recommend a book to (for example, by searching or clicking through from your friends list), go to his or her profile and click the "​Recommend to a friend"​ icon by their picture:
  
-  * **Step 4:** after the recommendation is submitted, user will receive notification once logged in:+{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_icon.png|}}
  
-{{:connections:​functionality:​recommend_notify.jpg|}}+Next, choose an item from your bookshelf or search for an item to recommend, then select it using the "​Choose item" icon:
  
 +{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_select_item.png|}}
  
-  * and see the recommendation ​on the list where the user can also see the recommendations made by him to other users:+Then you have the option to enter a personal message to add to the recommendation; do this if you wish, then click the "​Recommend"​ button:
  
-{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_list.jpg|}}+{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_message.png|}}
  
 +Once the recommendation has been sent, the user will see a notification for it when they log in:
  
-===== Another way ===== +{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_new.png|}}
-  * **Step 1:** find a user to whom you want to recommend a book, go to his or her profile and right after user's picture find the "​Recommend to a friend"​ icon:+
  
-{{:​connections:​functionality:​recommend_usericon.jpg|}}+===== Viewing recommendations (your own profile) =====
  
-  * **Step 2:** choose an item from your bookshelf or search for an item to recommendthen select it using the "Choose item" ​icon:+From your own profile boxyou can follow a link to "Recommendations". This will display two boxes:
  
-{{:connections:​functionality:​recommend_item.jpg|}}+The "​Recommendations to me" box, which shows all the recommendations you've received from other users:
  
-  * **Step 3:** once you have the user and item selected, just enter the message for recommendation and click "​Recommend"​ button:+{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_items.png|}}
  
-{{:connections:​functionality:​recommend_useritem.jpg|}}+And the "​Recommendations I made" box, which shows all the recommendations you have made to other users:
  
-  * **Step 4:** after the recommendation is submitted, user will receive notification once logged in:+{{:connections:functionality:​recommend_imade.png|}}
  
-{{:connections:functionality:recommend_notify.jpg|}}+===== Viewing recommendations (someone else's profile) ===== 
 + 
 +When you view someone else's profile, you can click the "​Recommendations"​ link in their profile box to see two lists: 
 + 
 +The "​Recommendations user made" box: 
 + 
 +And the "​Recommendations I made" box:
connections/functionality/recommendations.txt · Last modified: 2013/04/28 08:28 by georgina