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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  • 3.1.1 Log in
  • 3.1.2 Create an account
  • 3.1.2.1 Your Account details
  • 3.1.2.2 Notifications
  • 3.1.3 Logging out
  1. 3. Configuring your deployment

3.1 Accessing your deployment

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3.1.1 Log in

If your deployment URL is my-deployment.ushahidi.io you should be able to login via or by clicking on the Log in link on the bottom left hand corner of your deployment as illustrated below.

  • For Open Source deployments, the default install will create a user admin, with password admin. Be sure to edit this user’s password once you’re logged in.

  • For ushahidi.io deployments, enter the email address and password you used to register your deployment, and the password

NB: You can use EITHER an email address OR username with a corresponding password to log into your deployment.

3.1.2 Create an account

If you don’t have an account already, you can create one by clicking on Sign Up and filling in the required details.

When you create a deployment you become an admin by default, but if you are another member with access to the same deployment, you’ll will be able to log in and perform basic actions on the platform, but won’t have much privilege within the platform until an administrator upgrades your access level.

3.1.2.1 Your Account details

Once you’re logged in, you can access and change your account details at any time. To do so

  • Click on your account favicon at the bottom left hand corner of your deployment as illustrated below.

  • A pop up will appear on your screen. Make changes to your profile as desired, then click on Save & Close

3.1.2.2 Notifications

You can manage(turn these notification on or off) by

  • Clicking on your account favicon at the bottom left hand corner of your deployment as illustrated below.

  • Clicking on Notifications

A list of all notifications you’ve signed up for will appear, with the option of turning them on and off. You’ll also be able to determine the email address or phone number through which you would like to receive notifications. You must have SMS configured to enable.

  • You can also add additional contacts to receive notifications via email/phone.

3.1.3 Logging out

To log out of your deployment,

  • Click on the log out icon at the bottom left hand corner of your deployment as illustrated below.

  • You should be successfully logged out of your deployment, and redirected to the homepage.

SIgn up form with fields to enter Display name, email adress and password.

As a registered and logged in user, you can set up notifications on and . This means that any time a post is added to a saved search/collection, you will receive an email or phone notification.

Notifications link in the account settings modal.
Editing notification settings.
Adding secondary contact information like Phone or other Emails.
Saved Searches
Collections
https://ushahidi.io/login
Log in form. User is prompted to enter email and password.
Form to edit account details
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