How can I find content?

There are three main ways to find things in Clearspace: by browsing, by searching, and by tags.

Browsing. One of the easiest ways to browse for content is to use the menus at the top of each page:

• The Your Stuff menu lists things that are specifically about you (such as your profile or preferences) or that you created (such as documents, blog posts, and discussion posts you made).
• The History menu lists pages you've looked at most recently.
• The Browse menu gives you a way to go to the home page for a particular space or to pages where you can browse for blogs, discussions, and documents.
  You can also browse for content, people and by tags by clicking the links in the list at the right of the home page.

Searching. You can search for content using the search box in the upper right of each Clearspace page. Enter your search phrase and click Search to view a page from which you can filter your search results.

Tags. When people assign tags and tag groups to content, you can use the tags to find the content again. Clearspace displays tags in a "tag cloud" where you can click a tag to see the content associated with it. For example, if you navigate to a space home page (click Browse, then click the name of the space), you'll see a tag cloud of popular tags (by default, on the lower right of the page). Notice that the tags listed there are in alphabetical order, but that they're displayed in different font sizes. A larger font means a tag that is assigned to more content.

How do I make something easier to find?

To help other people find the content that you create, you can do two important things:

• Put the content in a place where it's likely to be discovered. For example, be sure to choose the best space in which to create the content. (Note that after you create a document in one space, you won't be able to move it to another.)
• Apply tags and tag groups to the content. Tags give other people a way to find things based on the ways your community thinks about them.