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BookStack Guide for Viewers

BookStack SOPs for Viewers

MLML is using BookStack as a Knowledge Base to organize and provide information to staff, faculty, and students. You can find information about different IT-related and internal resource topics that will make your work or studies at MLML run smoothly and efficiently.

What are Shelves, Books, Chapters, & Pages?

  • Shelves: Bookshelves are used to organize books into different categories

    • When you select Shelves you will see a list of MLML Shelves
    • When you select a specific Shelf you will be directed to all Books in that Shelf

  • Books: Each book covers a topic and will contain different chapters and pages that cover information about that topic

    • When you select Books you will see a list of MLML Books
    • When you select a specific Book you will see a list of Chapters in that book and Pages that are not subcategorized within a specific Chapter

  • Chapters: Contains Pages that are grouped together in a subcategory of a Book

    • You may select a Chapter to see all Pages within that subcategory

  • Pages: The actual Posts that contain information relating to a certain category of IT information or internal MLML resources

How to Navigate BookStack:

  1. Login to BookStack
  • MLML username (first initial + last name)
  • MLML password
  • Landing page displays…
    • Static page with link to IT KB, links to all IT KB Books, and 10 “Top Posts”
  • Use buttons at top right to navigate to Shelves and Books
  • Search a topic quickly by using the Search Tab at the top of the page and all Shelves, Books, Chapters, and Pages that pertain to that topic will appear
    • You can select filters on the left-hand menu to further refine your search
  • As you navigate through the site a Navigation Banner will appear at the top of the page underneath the “MLML Knowledge Base” banner
    • This banner shows the trail of Book, Chapter, or Page so you can easily go back to a Chapter or Book that a Page was in
  • Once you navigate to a list of Pages within a Book or Chapter, a “Book Navigation” tab will appear on the left-hand menu
    • This tab shows you what Book and, if applicable, Chapter that the Pages fall under for easy navigation
  • After selecting a Page, a tab “Page Navigation” will appear on the left-hand menu
    • This tab can be used to navigate to different headers within a Page if you want to jump to a specific section
  • Comments are encouraged on Pages if you have questions or feedback on how IT could improve the Page or what information is missing
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