Platform User Manual
[Legacy v3] User Manual
[Legacy v3] User Manual
  • [Legacy v3] Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • Navigating the Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • About Ushahidi
  • Overview of Ushahidi Platform v3.0
    • Technical Specifications
  • 1. Installing Ushahidi Platform
  • 2. Setting up a deployment
    • 2.1 Upgrading/Downgrading your deployment plan
  • 3. Configuring your deployment
    • 3.1 Accessing your deployment
    • 3.2 General Settings
    • 3.3 Surveys
    • 3.4 Data Sources
    • 3.5 Categories
  • 4. Managing People on your deployment
    • 4.1 Roles
    • 4.2 Users
  • 5. Modes for visualizing and managing data on your deployment
    • 5.1 Map View
    • 5.2 Data view
    • 5.3 Activity view
  • 6. Managing Data in your deployment
    • 6.1 Viewing Posts
    • 6.2 Filtering Posts
    • 6.3 Adding Posts
    • 6.4 Editing Posts
    • 6.5 Translating Posts
    • 6.6 Publishing Posts
    • 6.7 Deleting Posts
    • 6.8 Importing Data
    • 6.9 Exporting Data
      • 6.10 HDX integration
  • 7. Managing your Donations
    • 7.1 Donations
  • 8. Analysing Data on your deployment
    • 8.1 Saved Searches
    • 8.2 Collections
  • 9. Additional Links
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[Legacy v3] Ushahidi Platform User Manual

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This manual gives you a step by step overview of how to set up an Ushahidi version 3.0 deployment, and how to make full use of . You can:

This manual will show you how to install the Ushahidi platform, sign up for an ushahidi account, customise it to meet the needs of your project, manage people and incoming data, as well as visualise and analyse your data. It is meant to be a comprehensive learning guide for brand new users of the platform, as well as a reference point for those who may have some prior experience using the platform.

If you need some guidance or have questions, reach out to us via:

This guide has been updated based on content created on the initial support documentation by Sophie Shepherd, and new content on previously undocumented features by members of the Ushahidi team.

Feedback is welcome and will be incorporated into the guide.

in your own servers.

sign up for a deployment on . There are currently three different plans available for you to choose from, which you can review on .

For groups running social impact projects unable to afford the current pricing model, you can apply for a .

Our chat feature on

Live Developer chat rooms on // (posting on any one of these channels will post on all of them simultaneously)

Bumped into a bug on the platform or have a feature you would like to request? Share your feedback with us .

Looking to contribute to the Ushahidi platform? Visit our for directions on how to get started.

Install the software
http://ushahidi.com
our plans page here
free plan here
http://ushahidi.com
IRC
Gitter
Skype
via our github issues page
contribution guide
the features the platform offers
v3 Platform User Interface