Platform (Humhub)

This is the main social part of the platform. The software we use is called Humhub.

Introduction

As you arrive on this platform we invite you to:

Watch the help videos in our welcome space

Chose the spaces you want to join

If you need help then ask the Space host of the space you're in

If you would like a new space ask here

If you are experiencing problems:

Reach out to the team administrators for your space to see if they can help.

If you would like a copy of your personal data or to delete your account, please fill out the GDPR form

The software behind hub.transition-space.org is called Humhub It is Free and Open Source Software developed primarily by Humhub GMBH in Germany.  The platform stewarding group develop and add features to this software to meet the needs of the Transition movement.

Humhub Video Tutorial

Here you find a video tutorial how to use Humhub: https://cloud.transition-space.org/s/CgkmZKPcw2A6qig 

Spaces

In Humhub posts are organised into 'spaces' these are communities that organise around a particular group or theme.

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Everyone who joins is added to the Welcome space and the Community garden space.

The other spaces can be found here https://hub.transition-space.org/spaces?sort=older

 

Space hosts

Permissions:

Space hosts can configure many of the permissions for their spaces. 

They can access these by accessing https://hub.transition-space.org/s/**YOUR-SPACE-NAME/space/manage/security/permissions

You access this by clicking on the grey settings wheel in your space and clicking on 'security'

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You will then see the settings that can be changed

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You can change any of these settings to your preference. If you would like advice about the implications of these settings then please ask in the space-hosts Mattermost channel

Notifications

By default, users will have any posts in spaces they are members of added to their daily digest email.




If you want to do a specific notification (a separate email from the daily digest) then you could 'notify all' in the post. This will create a separate email just for that post. It will also create a push notification/popup to users that have enabled that in their browser or mobile device.

Archive

Space hosts are able to 'Archive' spaces

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When spaces are archived:

Translation

Your local language can be set here

When viewing posts created by users who use a language other than your local language, you will see a 'Translate' button on their posts



This service is provided by DeepL
Other services to be explored
Amara
Weglot
Transifex

Calendars

There is a calendar of all public events available in the platform here: https://hub.transition-space.org/calendar/global/index

This calendar can be embedded on other websites, for example transtionmovement.org when that launches, we are considering adding it to transitionnetwork.org until then. A proof of concept demo is visible here

Depending on the type of event you are putting on there are two routes to creating a public event on this calendar

  1. Creating a public event in a Humhub space
  2. Creating a ticketed event in the Events site

You would choose 2. (the Events site) where you have a need for tickets, an auto-translated summary of the event, or wish to send emails to event participants or data capture about their accessibility needs.

You would choose route 1.  (Humhub) where you don't need the above features, or you are not a member of a hub or support circle.

Route 1: Creating a public event in Humhub

Most Spaces in the platform will have a calendar which you can add events to. To add an event click on the day you'd like to add the event.

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The public events from all of these calendars are aggregated together in the main calendar view

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This view can be filtered using the checkboxes at the top left.

Many spaces will also have the 'external calendar' module. This enables automatically pulling in events from other sites where they publish an ical feed

Route 2 a Ticketed event

Please see Events

Apps for mobile

Apps for Android and iOS are under development. The Android app can be installed from the Play store

The iPhone app will be released soon

Calendar export to Google calendar

On the main calendar page in the top right click on the download/export icon.

In the Export popup give it a name & tick ‘all my spaces’

 

 

Then click on the Generate export Url button. (URL is another name for a link)

Copy to clipboard.

 

If you wish to sync with a Google calendar, then visit https://calendar.google.com/

In the left is + icon next to ‘other calendars’

 

Select ‘from URL’ menu option, into which you paste the URL (link)

 

 

 

Paste the URL you copied earlier and then click the ‘Add calendar’ button

 

In the left pane you should now see your calendar & be able to adjust notifications if you wish to

 

So long as the calendar is ‘ticked’ you should now see your hub.transition-space.org events in your Google Calendar

Timezone

When you signed up you set a local timezone. That can be changed here

Calendar entries are displayed in your local timezone.

Linklist

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Below the new category interface

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Request a space

If you would like a new space then just ask here

Private organising spaces

On Vive we offer groups private organising spaces. By default these are set as

Deleting account

You can delete your account here https://hub.transition-space.org/user/account/delete

 

Privacy & data protection

Please see the policy here https://hub.transition-space.org/legal

Further help

Tasks

We are testing the HumHub Tasks module in a few spaces. 

This allows you to create and manage projects and their tasks within your HumHub installation. You can collaborate on projects, users can create tasks and assign them to other users. Organize your team, optimize internal workflows and processes and keep track of your objectives.

Overview of functions and features:

The Tasks module also has an intuitive filtering system, is integrated with the search function and is connected to HumHub's notification system.

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