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Welcome to the help page for the Austin Capital Area Food Bank Hungermap
- How do I upload a spreadsheet of sites?
- How do I add an individual site?
- How do I create a map?
- How do I assign sites to the map?
- How do I remove a site from the map?
Question: How do I upload a spreadsheet of sites?
Answer: Creating many sites at once is done using an Excel spreadsheet that has been saved in comma-separated-value (CSV) format. The format of the CSV file is the following:
The first line contains the following column labels in this exact order
- Name
- Street
- City
- State
- ZipCode
To upload your spreadsheet of sites do the following:
- Create your spreadsheet, with column labels
- Fill in details about one site per row of the spreadsheet
- Save the spreadsheet in CSV format (Mac users will need to save the file in "CSV (Windows)" format)
- Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
- Go to Add a new Site
- On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add multiple sites" box
- Browse to find your CSV file
- Click save changes
- Wait roughly one second per site in your spreadsheet
- When upload completes you'll be presented with the site list where you can review your sites
Notes:
- Column labels are not CaSe sensitive
- Upload time is generally about one second per site in your CSV
- Should you want to leave a column empty, that is perfectly find
- Sites with the same name and address as a site already in the system will not be added
Question: How do I add an individual site?
Adding an individual site is done in the following way:
- Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
- Go to Add a new Site
- On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add a single site" box
- Fill in the details of the site, and then click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page
Question: How do I create a map?
Answer: Creating a map is done by giving it a name, assigning sites to place on the map and then saving the changes:
- Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
- Go to Create a new map
- Enter a name and optionally a description
- You may also specify whether you want this map to be public to the internet or private to only Project Bread personnel
- Assuming sites have been added, you can use the dropdowns to add sites to your map
- When you are done, click "Save Changes" and you will be brought to your new map
Question: How do I assign sites to the map?
Answer: Sites can be assigned to a map in two ways - at creation or when editing the map later. There is no limit on the number of sites a map may have.
- To edit a map, first view that map
- Click the large "Edit" link near the name of the map
- You will be presented with a form that allows you to add and remove sites from the map
- Click "Save Changes" and the new sites will now be on your map
Question: How do I edit a site
Answer: To edit a site, you go to the site list and then click the "Edit" link. Changes made to the details of a site are reflected in the info bubbles of every single map where the site appears. This means that editing a site in this one location will benefit every place it appears on a map.
- To edit a site, go to the site list
- Click "Edit"
- Make your changes in the form presented and then click "Save Changes"
- You will be shown a detail view of the site, with changes included
Question: How do I remove a site from a map
Answer: This is not implemented yet, but will be accomplished by following the edit map directions and checking the checkbox for any site you would like to remove from the map