Tutorials

Find out what Profile is all about….

November 12, 2014 By Lisa Berentsen

In the app, on the main screen at the bottom left is the Profile icon. This area of the app contains information about you and your activities.

To enter, touch the icon. You’ll first see the stats-

how many favorite departments, organizations and people you are following and how many are following you
how many plugs you’ve made and replies you’ve received
how many likes you have given and received

Touch the arrow next to “Favorites” and use the tabs at the top for more info on your followers and those you are following.

Touch the arrow next to “History” to see your plugs and replies.

Touch the arrow next to “Likes” and use the tabs to see what Likes you’ve giv Stats page en and received.

Touch the settings icon in the upper right corner to view or edit your account information.

Your name and email address carry over from your original sign up. These are the only pieces of information that are required to use the app. The other information can be useful to use in determining what content we include in the app, but it is not used or shared for marketing purposes.

Make any changes desired to your name, email address, add your zip (this helps with location-based functions,) indicate your gender and birth date if desired.

Scroll down a bit, you’ll see the words “Change Avatar” with an arrow. If you would like to include a picture or a graphic to identify yourself, touch that arrow. If your device has a camera and you want to take a photo, choose take a photo. Take a photo with your camera- I’m going to use this quilt- and a preview will appear on the screen. Touch the “Use” button to use this picture. Touch the retake button to take a different picture. To exit without taking a picture, touch the retake button, then the cancel button.

If you have a library of photos your device, touch “choose from library.” Elect the folder your picture is in, and the picture you would like to use. If you don’t like the picture, choose “try again” to choose another picture. Choose cancel to get back to the avatar screen. Choose use this photo to select an avatar. You can change this picture whenever you desire by going to profile and editing.

Scroll down for more profile information. You’ll see where you can change your password. To do so, touch the arrow and follow the directions on the screen.

Show location should default to “Yes,” this means location services are on so the location-based features (like mapping) will work.

To have your Quilter’s Thread posts also posted on your Twitter or Facebook accounts, touch the appropriate arrow and follow the instructions on the screen.

Further down, you can read about Quilter’s Thread .

Quilter’s Thread is powered by a platform called “Chatterplug.” The privacy policy and terms of use can be accessed here. Basically, QT and Chatterplug will not use your information for marketing purposes, and, if you try to post something with objectionable or obscene language, it will be blocked.

Finally, if you need to Logout from the app (to let someone else login, for example,) you can do it here. However, if you have made changes on the profile page, you should save the changes before you logout or they will be lost.

That’s the gist of the Profile section. As always, if you have any questions, contact us at support@www.quiltersthread.com

Tuesday Tutorial: How to Interact with Others on Quilters Thread

October 28, 2014 By Lisa Berentsen

When you enter any department on the app, the first thing you see is the Public Feed. Interaction is what Quilter’s Thread is all about and it’s very easy to be part of it. Tutorial 1

First of all, if you like a department or shop and want to receive notifications, touch the heart at the top right corner of the feed and you’ll be “following” that area.

In any department you can scroll through the feed and read and see posts from others.

If you see something you like, go ahead and hit the thumbs up button to indicate that you like it.

Comment on a post: If you have a comment to add, touch the talk bubble button, a screen comes up that says “Write a comment.” Tutorial 2 Touch that box, your keyboard will appear, so you can type your comment. When you’re done, touch the Submit button and your comment posts.

Start a Thread: To start a discussion, touch the interact button. You’ll be prompted that your comment can be public or private. Private comments will go to the person who is responsible for that department, shop, whatever. When you clear the prompt screen by touching the X, you’ll see that the comment defaults to “Public” if you want it to be “private” thought the private button.

When you touch the screen that says “Join the conversation,” a keyboard will appear to type your thoughts. If you have a sentiment to express, you can touch the stars to indicate how strong your feelings are. Tutorial 3

If you want your post to also be posted to your Facebook and/or Twitter account, touch the broadcast button and indicate which you want. For the automatic posts to work, you will need to have your Facebook and Twitter accounts entered into your profile. (If you can’t figure it out, you’ll hear about it in next week’s tutorial.)

If you touch the camera icon, you’ll have the option of adding a picture to your post. To take a picture, select that button and your camera will be activated to take a picture. If you don’t like the picture select re-try and do it again. If you like the picture, choose ok and follow the screen prompts to post it. When your post is ready, simply touch the “submit” button and you’re good to go.

If you want to post a picture from your library, touch the camera button, select the “Choose from Library” button, and select the picture you want from your library. Again, when your post is ready, touch the submit button.

Remember, the interaction features work for any feedback channel- those in the Resources Department, shops, guilds, whichever.

Next Tuesday’s Tutorial will cover the Profile features in the app.

As always, if you have any questions at any time, contact us through the app or at support@www.quiltersthread.com.

Happy Quilting.

Tuesday Tutorial- Quilter’s Thread App Overview

October 21, 2014 By Lisa Berentsen

At Quilter’s Thread, our mission is to use technology to create local communities of people, small businesses and organizations in the quilting industry. We’re doing that primarily with our mobile app, Quilter’s Thread. We hope the app will provide everything a quilter needs to know in one place, wherever you are.

A video version of this overview is posted in the app library under Resources/App Tutorials. As you probably know, the app is currently available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. It is very easy to use and has two primary functions- one is a social communication feed, the other is static content.

As you can see from our main screen, we have areas with information about Shops, Online Shops, Guilds and Organizations, a Resource Library, Events, News and Offers.

ORGANIZATIONS

In the app, organization information appears first as a list- with shops near your actual physical location appearing at the top of the list. When you select an organization, the live feed comes up first, with location details, events and offers accessible by touching buttons at the bottom of the screen.

The details area shows the organization first on a map- where you can get directions from your location and basically use all the mapping functions we are accustomed to with any mobile device.

You can access the organization’s contact information, hours and other details by touching the other tabs. Each screen has many cool features built in, like dial from the app, link to the website, etc.

You can also see the organization’s news and events and any special offers they have posted.

RESOURCES

Besides the organization information and conversation threads, users can access the Quilter’s Thread library of resources.

This area is organized by subject, beginning with App Tutorials and including:

Group Project where anyone can weigh in on the design of a quilt, and, eventually, we finish the quilt as users choose and post the pattern.
Patterns where you’ll find discussion in the feed and actual patterns found under the reference section
Show & Tell where users can upload photos into the live feed. Incidentally, each month, a Show & Tell contributor receives a gift certificate to spend at any Quilter’s Thread member shop.
Other Libraries include The Basics, Sizes and Measures and Quilting and Finishing. We’re continually adding to these libraries. If there’s something you need now, let us know, we’ll push it to the top of our to-do list.

Quilter’s Thread will continue to provide useful content and promotions that encourage users to participate and to patronize our member organizations.

If you have questions, you can send them to us through the app, or email us at info@www.quiltersthread.com.

Next Tuesday, we’ll post a Tutorial showing how to interact in the social feed.

QT Resources- Sizes and Measurements, etc.

October 7, 2013 By Lisa Berentsen

We are constantly (slowly) building the QT library. You can find documents in the app…under Resources…pick your category…. look for “Reference” at the bottom right. If there are specific measurements you want us to figure and post just use the feed in “Sizes and Measurements” to request it and it will move to the top of our list. The same goes for a strip or paper-pieced pattern…request it in the “Piecing/Patterns.” Or, you can put it in the general feed as a “Public” or a “Private” comment…we’ll figure it out and get it posted for you.