Tips to Maximise Your Efficiency

This article shows you some useful techniques to navigate around MEMNET.

1. Navigating
2. Buttons and Hyperlinks
3. Tabs and Collapsible areas
4. Search
5. Sort a List
6. Caps Lock on Warning
7. Javascript

Navigating

Using the website address provided, log into MEMNET by using the login name and password that has been provided by your Administrator.  The login area is located in the left hand navigation panel.

Once you have logged in, a dashboard will be displayed.  The Dashboard is an online notice board that is displayed to all users upon login.  The dashboard can only be edited by administrators.

Once you have logged into MEMNET, you can navigate around the functional areas of the system through a tab menu and buttons, or via a drop down menu which is displayed across the top of the page. If you click on the tab name, for example, click on the tab Members to be taken into the Members functional area, you will then be presented with buttons and further tabs to navigate around the system. If you hover over the tab name at the top of the screen you will be presented with a drop down of menu options to select form. The two forms of navigation allow the system to be operated on both desktop and tablet touch devices.

There is also a navigation panel on the left hand side of the window.  This navigation area is called Quick Links and allows you to click on a hyperlink to be taken to a Membership, Organisation or Event record that you have previously viewed.  The hyperlink is system generated and will display the last ten Memberships, Organisations or Event records that have been accessed.  To enter the record, click on the hyperlink displayed.

Buttons and Hyperlinks

When moving around within the functional areas of the application, functionality will be available through buttons and hyperlinks.  Action buttons within the application are either to the right of a particular field or at the top and/or bottom of the window.  For example, within the Member List screen; which is displayed when you click on the name Members from the toolbar, you will see the Search and Clear Search Criteria buttons displayed to the right of the search fields.  You will also notice on this screen that there is a New Member action button and if appropriate an Online Application button and a Member Directory button at the top right of the screen.

Hyperlinks are also displayed within the application to perform particular functions.  For example, within the Administration>User Administration area, hyperlinks are used for Edit, Reset Password, Delete and Update Email on a user’s record.  Clicking on the hyperlink will perform the action described.

Tabs and Collapsible areas

Within many screens, such as the member profile, information is arranged onto tabs and / or collapsible areas. Tabs will appear as a series of silver tabs across the top of the page and hold information or functionality on a particular subject, for example on the member profile there is tabs for Profile, People, Contact, Invoices etc. The tabs that are visible to you are determined by your user privileges.

Collapsible areas appear as orange lines across the page, each has a title and an instruction to “Show Details” or “Hide Details”. Click on the line to show or hide the details within the collapsible area. For example, within the member profile there are collapsible areas for Subscriptions, Classifications and Custom Fields. Collapsible areas are used to manage the content on pages, prevent each page from getting very long and in the process make viewing the details within MEMNET easier. Some Collapsible areas have an edit button on them that allows you to edit the content held within the area.

Search

When you enter the Members, Events or Organisations functional area, a Search function will be displayed.  The Search function will by default allow you to search for a particular record using either part of the name or the code.

To display a list of records, you can either enter in the applicable information; for example in Members you can enter all or part of the membership code or membership name and click on the Search button to execute the search and return a list of results.  The search by default will search for anyone that contains the string of information you entered (i.e. it is a wildcard search). For example, in the Membership Name search field you can enter A which will return all membership name records containing the letter A in the name.  If you search for Bill it will return all membership name records containing the word Bill such as Bill Jackson or Jamie Billings.

You can search for members at any time using the quick search that is always* available in the left hand navigation panel.

Note that on some screens we hide the left hand navigation panel to free up more of the screen for the function of that page, on these screens navigate via the top menu to another page to access the left hand navigation panel.

Sorting a List

When using the Members, Events and Organisations search functionality, all results are returned in a results grid.  The results within the grid can be sorted alphabetically or numerically by clicking on the header row of the grid where you see the column name underlined.  For example, in the Members results grid, you are able to click on the column names Code, Membership Name, Branch, Membership Type, City and Postcode.

From the grid you are able to click on the record row to display further information.

The people who are associated with the membership can also be viewed by using the  icon displayed to the right of the search details row (Member Search only).

Note that for member searches, if a single result is retuned by the search the member profile will be displayed, not a list of one search result.

Caps Lock on Warning

When entering the password on the log in screen; if you have Caps Lock On a warning box will display. It is just a warning. It is there because passwords are case sensitive and you only get three attempts before your User Account is locked.

Javascript

MEMNET requires Javascript to be activated in your browser otherwise a number of the functions on the screens will not operate properly. When you go to the login screen MEMNET will check whether you have Javascript enabled. If not it will display a warning

‘Your device does not currently have Javascript enabled. MEMNET requires JavaScript to be enabled to work effectively’

If you see this message please enable Javascript in your browser. If you are not sure on how to do this please leave us a message and include the type and version of browser that you are using.