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Welcome to the help page for the Austin Capital Area Food Bank Hungermap


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

  1. Name
  2. Street
  3. City
  4. State
  5. ZipCode

To upload your spreadsheet of sites do the following:

  1. Create your spreadsheet, with column labels
  2. Fill in details about one site per row of the spreadsheet
  3. Save the spreadsheet in CSV format (Mac users will need to save the file in "CSV (Windows)" format)
  4. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
  5. Go to Add a new Site
  6. On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add multiple sites" box
  7. Browse to find your CSV file
  8. Click save changes
  9. Wait roughly one second per site in your spreadsheet
  10. When upload completes you'll be presented with the site list where you can review your sites

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Question: How do I add an individual site?

Adding an individual site is done in the following way:

  1. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
  2. Go to Add a new Site
  3. On the "Add New Site" page, locate the "Add a single site" box
  4. 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:

  1. Go to the application and click "Login" at the top right
  2. Go to Create a new map
  3. Enter a name and optionally a description
  4. You may also specify whether you want this map to be public to the internet or private to only Project Bread personnel
  5. Assuming sites have been added, you can use the dropdowns to add sites to your map
  6. 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.

  1. To edit a map, first view that map
  2. Click the large "Edit" link near the name of the map
  3. You will be presented with a form that allows you to add and remove sites from the map
  4. 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.

  1. To edit a site, go to the site list
  2. Click "Edit"
  3. Make your changes in the form presented and then click "Save Changes"
  4. 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