Noodle utilizes modern web technologies to provide purposeful and intuitive functionality to it's users. From a flexible and fully customizable search to a What's New summary - Noodle is revolutionizing collaboration software one cool feature at a time!

Below is a list of the other Noodle features and their uses.

• Interface Overview
• Search Bar
• Navigation
• What's New Summary
• All Entries
• My What's New
• Unreviewed
• Coworkers
• Tags
• Creating Tags
• Deleting Tags
• Renaming Tags
• Assigning Tags to Items
• Removing Tags from Items
• Other Links
• Feedback
• Help

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Interface Overview

This section explains the structure of the Noodle Interface and how to use the Search, What's New and Tags features and Feedback and Help links.

Search Bar

The Search Bar gives Noodle users the power to quickly and conveniently locate Noodle content. Use the links above the search bar to specify which area of Noodle is to be searched, enter the text in the text box and click 'Search'

In the following example, the user has decided to search using the search text 'Accounting'. Noodle will now present the user a list of all matches based on the search criteria given:

The user may now click one of the links shown to be taken to the information page for that file. Any results that are contained in a folder will direct a user to the information page - others such as emails and forum posts, the user will be taken directly to them.

Navigation

The Noodle Navigation is the menu system shown on the left-side of the interface. This provides access at any time features such as the Profile, What's New and Instant Messenger, as well as all modules and applications:

My Profile - Takes the current user to their Profile.

Messages - Opens the Instant Messenger interface in the lower-right corner.

What's New - Opens up the What's New feed.
People - Opens the People section, used to view a list of all Users, who is online, Users by Expertise and more.

Homepage Section - Also known as the Company Headlines section, can be used to provide links to Modules to be used by everyone in the organization.




Extra Section - Can be used to hold Modules for departments or projects. There are no limit to the number of Sections that can be created.





System Tools - Administrative tools that allow Noodle Administrators to add users, create groups, customize Noodle and more.







Deleted Items - Noodle's Recycle Bin. Anything deleted from Noodle will be archived here. Should be cleared out regularly.

What's New Summary

The What's New feature allows users to view items that have been recently added to Noodle. Simply click the 'What's New' link in the navigation, above the People section:

This link opens up the What's New section in the main window. The far-left column specifies the type of item with easy to distinguish coloured boxes. The next column shows the name of the item - this also acts as a direct link to open up the item. Finally, on the right-side the last column shows the User who created or modified the item, a link to their profile and how long ago the item was created:

The What's New section has 4 different views, available using the tabs at the top of the interface:

All Entries

The All tab is shown by default and will show the user every new item that they have access to. This is the view shown in the example above.

My What's New

This view allows the User to choose which application's new content will be shown. The User can define which applications are shown in this view in two locations; from the Edit Profile screen available from the User's Profile or by using the Edit button as shown below:

This will take the User to the What's New Settings tab within their Profile settings. From here, use the listbox and Server Explorer to select applications to be included in this view:

Un-reviewed

This tab allows for Users to limit the What's New feed to only show items that they have access to that they have not reviewed.

Coworkers

This tab gives the user a feed of new items that have been added or modified only their Coworkers. Coworkers can be added in the User Profile.

Tags

Tags are a modern web feature that provide an innovative and useful way to group content. This ensures that regardless of name, type or location, any file, event, post, blog entry - indeed any type of activity can be assigned a Tag that will ensure it can be located by any user that needs it. Tags can be create in the What's New section, and also from the Search Results page. Click on the Tags button at the top of the window and a menu will appear below it that shows the current Tags:

Creating Tags

Tags can also be created using this interface. Click on the icon, enter a name into the text box and press Enter to save:

Deleting Tags

Tags can be deleted from any location they can be created. Simply mouse-over the Tag to be removed and click the 'x' as shown:

Renaming Tags

Tags can also be renamed from the same interface, click on the 'r' icon, enter the new name in the text box and press Enter:

Assigning Tags to Items

Items can be assigned Tags in the same places that they are created - Documents can also be tagged from the Folder interface. In the What's New, mouse over the item that will be assigned a Tag and select it from the drop-down list:

From a Folder, follow the same process for assigning a Tag to a document:

Tags can also be assigned to items from the Search Results page, as shown:

Deleting a Tag from an item

To remove a Tag from an item, mouse over the Tag to be removed and click the 'x' as shown:

Other Links

Noodle also has two customizable links that allow Administrators to provide easy access to Noodle-related, company-specific actions.

Feedback

This link can be found in the top-right corner of the Noodle Top Bar and is a link to send an email to provide feedback regarding Noodle. This email address can be specified by Administrators in System Settings -> General Settings, in the Feedback Link textbox.

Help

As with the Feedback link, this allows Administrators to provide a link to company-specific Noodle help. This URL can be specified by Administrators in System Settings -> General Settings, in the URL for Help Button textbox.