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--- connections:functionality:recommendations [2013/04/28 08:10]
georgina [One way]
+++ connections:functionality:recommendations [2013/04/28 08:28] (current)
georgina [Recommendations]
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-====== Recommendations ======
+====== Item recommendations ======
-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 an item to another user, and other users can make recommendations to you. Recommendations can be done in two places: either when you're viewing the item you want to recommend, or when you're viewing the user you want to recommend to.
 ===== Finding an item then recommending it =====
 First, locate the item you want to recommend using a search or clicking through to it on your bookshelf, then click the "Recommend this item" icon next to it:
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 {{:connections:functionality:recommend_new.png|}}
-===== Another way =====
+===== Finding a user then recommending them an item =====
-  * **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:
+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:
 {{:connections:functionality:recommend_icon.png|}}
-  * **Step 2:** choose an item from your bookshelf or search for an item to recommend, then select it using the "Choose item" icon:
+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|}}
-  * **Step 3:** once you have the user and item selected, just enter the message for recommendation and click "Recommend" button:
+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_message.png|}}
-  * **Step 4:** after the recommendation is submitted, user will receive notification once logged in:
+Once the recommendation has been sent, the user will see a notification for it when they log in:
 {{:connections:functionality:recommend_new.png|}}
+===== Viewing recommendations (your own profile) =====
+From your own profile box, you can follow a link to "Recommendations". This will display two boxes:
+The "Recommendations to me" box, which shows all the recommendations you've received from other users:
+{{:connections:functionality:recommend_items.png|}}
+And the "Recommendations I made" box, which shows all the recommendations you have made to other users:
+{{:connections:functionality:recommend_imade.png|}}
+===== 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:

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