Becoming a member

First of all, to create a project you must be a member. The good news is that it is free and easy to become a member. If you are not logged in, there's a link in the left sidebar that says "Create a new account". Open a new browser window, so that you can still see this page, then in the other window click on the "Create a new account" link and follow the instructions!

Creating a project

Once you are a member and logged in, the menu in the left sidebar will have a link that says "Create a New Project". Click on it! A form appears with several fields. Some fields must be filled in, such as the title and the canvas resolution. Leave the resolution at the default if you are unsure. Make the title a good descriptive name of your project. This is also a good time to select the project category in the drop down field. Don't worry though, you can easily change all this later! If you already have a BAISC program, enter it in the "Program" area.

Now click on the "Submit" button below all the input fields. The project appears. Top left is your project title, category and description. The project rating is also there (more on the rating later). Top right is the output area. Both test output and graphics output share the same square output area. Below the output area are you "Run" and "Stop" buttons and the level selector just like on the main www.quitebasic.com page. If you entered a program earlier you can run it now. If not, don't worry, you'll add it later.

Below the project description is a textarea containing the BASIC program. But in contrast to the main www.quitebasic.com projects, you can't edit the program here. To edit the program and to make other changes to your project you must click on the "Edit" tab on top just below the title.That takes you back to the form with all the project fields. Now you can update your program, click "submit" and then run the program

Development is easier at www.quitebasic.com

At the main site, www.quitebasic.com, the BASIC program can be edited directly and changes can be tested directly by clicing on the run button. There is also a little mini debugger that lets you pause and step through a program and even evaluate simple expressions to figure out what is really going on in the program. That environment is very useful when developing a program. Currently there is also more help documentation, at the menu of the main site.

If you want to take advantage of it for you club.quitebasic.com projects, simply click on the link "Open this project at the main Quite BASIC Page". Then when you are done, cut and paste the BASIC code to the "Edit" screen for your club project and save it.

Getting help writing the program

Currently the best help resources are at the main site www.quitebasic.com on the "Help" menu.

Ratings

Projects are rated by users on a five star scale. The top row of orange stars is you vote and the bottom row of yellow stars is the average user rating for the project. You can vote on any project on the site, but of course your vote only counts once so only your latest rating matters.

Searching for projects

Your own projects are easy to find. When you are logged in, your projects are listed below the menu in the left sidebar. You can also search for projects on the "Projects" menu. Projects can be sorted by popularity (meaning that they are visited often), by rating, recency, and category. Finally, once you are visiting a project, you find other projects by the same author by clicking on the link "See more projects by ".