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Understanding and Navigating Accounts and E-lists

This article applies only to the Simplelists e-list Service.

This article applies to: E-lists (Simplelists)

Simplelists Interface

Navigation options will move and change depending on the size of the browser window on your device. Here is how the menu options change depending on the window’s size. 

Navigation OptionAppearance in Full-Size WindowAppearance in Narrowed Window or on Mobile Device
Login
simplelists login button

Upper right.

three stacked horizontal lines, simplelists hamburger menu icon

After selecting the hamburger menu icon in upper right of window, login will appear in navigation menu on far left of the window.

Logout
simplelists logout button

Upper right.

three stacked horizontal lines, simplelists hamburger menu icon

After selecting the hamburger menu icon in upper right of window, logout will appear in navigation menu on far left of the window.

E-list Account selection dropdown
simplelists account menu showing current account.

Upper right.

Gear icon.

Becomes gear icon

Personal Settings dropdown
personal settings menu dropdown

Upper right

personal settings menu dropdown when window is narrow.

Becomes icon of a person with small gear.

Note that the navigation menu may look different depending on your permissions. If you are in a narrow window and have selected the menu icon () in the upper right of the window, it will turn into an X and allow you to toggle the menu on/off.

simplelists navigation menu

Select an E-List to Manage

Once logged in, the E-list Account dropdown in the upper right corner of the window shows you which accounts you have administrative access to. If you're having difficulty finding this item, refer to the Simplelists interface section above.

The current account is the one which displays next to your login, and which is highlighted in gray when you click the dropdown arrow.

Simplelists account dropdown menu.

You can switch between accounts by selecting the one you want to work with from the dropdown.

Each account has one or more e-lists within it. 

When there is more than one E-list in the account, there is no way to tell from the web interface which account a particular e-list is in without viewing all the lists in an account. However, many E-lists and their accounts share a naming convention. If the account name is YOUR-LIST-L-account, then the E-list name will be YOUR-LIST-L.

To select an e-list within an account:

  1. Select manage lists from the menu on the left side of the screen.
If you don't have manage lists in the navigation menu, then you do not have permission to manage the membership, configuration, or list-admins for any e-list in this account. If you feel you should have this permission, contact the e-list owner who can enable it for you. If you are the owner, open a support ticket (link pending).
Simplelists menu with arrow pointing at "manage lists"

 

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