<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="add-account">
<desc>Add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
- <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-27" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
+ <!--
+ <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
+ -->
+ </revision>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-03" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.4" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.5" date="2011-12-19" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Shaun McCance</name>
+ <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+-->
</info>
<title>Add a new account</title>
- <p>You can add instant messaging accounts from any support service to communicate
- with all of your contacts in <app>Empathy</app>. For some service providers,
+ <p>You can add instant messaging accounts from any supported service to communicate
+ with all of your contacts in <app>Empathy</app>. For some account providers,
these steps will also allow you to register for a new account. For more details,
see <link xref="create-account"/>.</p>
<gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click the <gui style="button">Add</gui> button.</p>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui style="button">+</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>From the <gui>Protocol</gui> drop-down list, select the type of account you wish
+ to add.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>From the <gui>Add new</gui> drop-down list, choose the service you wish to add
- an account for. If you would like to <link xref="create-account">register for a
- new account</link> with the service provider, select <gui>Create a new account</gui>.
- Click <gui>Create</gui>.</p>
+ <p>If you do not already have a registered account, select
+ <gui>Create a new account on the server</gui>.
+ This feature is not available for all account types, and may not work with
+ some account providers. See <link xref="create-account"/> for more
+ information.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter the required information. For most accounts, you will only need
a login ID and a password. Some accounts may require additional information.
- See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/> for more information.</p>
+ See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/>for more information.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click <gui style="button">Connect</gui> to enable the new account.</p>
-
- <!-- TODO: check if it's a bug or what. In case, this part needs to
- be removed or we must signal it as a bug! -->
-
- <note style="warning">
- <p>If you close the <gui>Accounts</gui> window without clicking
- <gui>Connect</gui>, the entire account will be lost, and you will
- need to create it again.</p>
- <p>If you select another account without clicking <gui>Connect</gui>,
- any information you have entered will be lost.</p>
- </note>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui style="button">Apply</gui>.
+ </p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
- <p>To change the name the identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
+ <p>To change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
window, select the account from the list on the left and either click on the
name or press the space bar. Edit the account name and press <key>Enter</key>
when you’re finished.</p>
</note>
-
</page>