{"id":37,"date":"2008-01-01T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T01:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/?p=37"},"modified":"2014-10-25T14:41:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T22:41:57","slug":"setup-wizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":"Setup Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the support problems I have is making sure folks read the manual. Well at least the introductory bits that tell them how to use the app. A lot of us tend to ignore manuals until we get desperate (yup, I&#8217;m firmly in that category. But then I&#8217;m a Mac user). In an attempt to bypass the necessity for reading the manual, I have added a Setup Wizard that will lead a new user through some steps to make sure the minimum stuff is set up before they start (and, yes, it&#8217;s also available later via a menu command).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The wizard starts with an introductory screen:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"setup5.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup5.jpg\" alt=\"setup5.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup1.jpg\" alt=\"setup1.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The first thing to set up is your observing site (or sites):<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup2.jpg\" alt=\"setup2.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em><\/div>\n<p>Then your telescope\/s:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup3.jpg\" alt=\"setup3.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Then your eyepieces:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup4.jpg\" alt=\"setup4.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Then an opportunity to create a sample plan document:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"setup5.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup5.jpg\" alt=\"setup5.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.astroplanner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/setup5.jpg\" alt=\"setup5.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"385\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;and then&#8230; Well I haven&#8217;t thought about this yet, but there are probably some preference settings and so on that can have a friendly interface added to them. Any suggestions for other stuff &#8211; particularly stuff that had you baffled when you first used AstroPlanner &#8211; greatly appreciated. It&#8217;s a bit difficult for me to know what causes problems for new users, since I&#8217;m the only user of AstroPlanner on the planet that never fell into that category :^)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the support problems I have is making sure folks read the manual. Well at least the introductory bits that tell them how to use the app. A lot of us tend to ignore manuals until we get desperate (yup, I&#8217;m firmly in that category. But then I&#8217;m a Mac user). 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