Technical+Resources

=User FAQs=

Getting Chat Transcripts - Finding Chat logs http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorial/Finding_your_chat_logs

Sitting http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorial/Sitting

It's Dark in Second Life Click on World, Environment, Midday to make the sunrise (ctrl shift Y)

=Managing Land FAQs=

How do I divide my island?
To access the Edit Terrain tool, right-click on your land and select **Edit Terrain** from the pie menu that appears. This opens a tool with many different land edit options for terraforming your land.

**Subdivide**
You may want to break a parcel of land into multiple pieces. Select the section of your land by pressing down the left mouse button and dragging to create a rectangle of the land you want to subdivide and then click the **Subdivide** button.

How do I "terraform" my island? Or, how do I raise, smooth, flatten, or lower my land?
Terraform To access the Edit Terrain tool, right-click on your land and select **Edit Terrain** from the pie menu that appears. This opens a tool with many different land edit options for terraforming your land.

The Edit Terrain tool contains six land edit options:
 * **Select Land** – Use this option to select the land area you want to edit. Click and drag your mouse on the land. The selected area shows outlined in yellow. If you do not select part of your land, the tool defaults to the whole parcel area.
 * **Flatten Land** -Makes the selected area flat.
 * **Raise Land** - Raises the selected area.
 * **Lower Land** -Lowers the selected area.
 * **Smooth Land** – Smooths gradients to create a natural slope of the selected area.
 * **Roughen Land** – This option gives the land bumps and ditches.

These land edit tool options provide strength selection, application and revert edit.
 * **Small**, **Medium**, or **Large** - Choose the size of your land edit tool. (your cursor appears as a bull dozer) and apply the effect by clicking on the white indicators in the selected land area or use the **Apply to Selection** option to apply the effect to the whole selected area.
 * **Strength** – Independent of the drop-down menu tool sizes, the **Strength** slider provides the ability to set more specific size to your land edit tools.
 * **Apply to Selection** – Use this button to apply your edit option to the whole selected area.
 * **Revert Land** – This option sets the land back to its original shape before edits were applied. Several clicks may be necessary depending on how many edits you make.


 * Practice, Practice, Practice**

Many of us have fun tales to tell of the first time we used the Edit Terrain tool! Before trying this tool on your own land, teleport to [|Here], where Torley Linden has set up a Terraform Box. Test the tool and become comfortable with it, then head to your own land to terraform with confidence.

How can I make my land appear in the Places tab in Search?
Making your land searchable is a great way to draw attention to your home or establishment. To make your land appear in the Places tab in Search:
 * 1) Right-click on your parcel's terrain and select **About Land**.
 * 2) Choose the **Options** tab in the About Land window.
 * 3) Check **Show Place in Search (L$30/week).**
 * 4) Choose a category from the dropdown list that most accurately describes your land.

**Can't teleport to an island. How do I let people teleport to my land?**
Click on World>Region/Estate>Estate -- Click Public Access, and Allow Direct Teleport

This article explains the tools in the Region/Estate window, accessed by selecting **World > Region/Estate** from the menus at the top of the Second Life window. Estate Tab
 * Estate**: The Estate name is listed here. This may be very different to than Estate/Region name itself: This is normal.
 * Estate Managers** list: Any Residents you assign as Estate Managers for you in this list are able to access most of the same Region/Estate tools that you can. They are not able to deed land or access the About Land window, as these are parcel-level controls. They are trusted by Linden Lab for [|rollback requests], so be certain to chose Residents you trust.
 * Allowed Residents** list: If **Public Access** is not checked, this list specifies which people are permitted to see and enter the Estate. If **Public Access** is checked, this list is used to specify Residents who have permission to post events on your Estate.
 * Allowed Groups** list: Members of the specific groups listed have access to the Estate.
 * Banned Residents** list: Residents added to this list are not able to access your Estate.
 * Use Global Time**: This control keeps the Estate in synch with global time.
 * Fixed Sun**: This sets the sun to a fixed position in the sky with the **Phase** slider.
 * Phase** slider: Coupled with the **Fixed Sun** checkbox, this lets you set a specific phase for the sun the Estate.
 * Public Access**: When checked, this setting allows access to the Estate without being specifically on the **Allowed Residents** list.
 * Allow Direct Teleport**: Allows people to teleport directly to the Estate by clicking on it on the map. If you set a landing point on the parcel, that determines where exactly they end up. You can also disable this (the default behaviour) and use the traditional [|telehub] method.
 * Deny Access on Payment Status**: Allows you to restrict access based on whether Linden Lab has payment info on file and/or has used it.
 * Send Message to Estate**: Allows you to send a notification message to everyone in the Estate as a blue pop up dialog in the corner of their Second Life window.
 * Kick User from Estate**: Allows you to remove a Resident from your Estate. This button allows you to send them back to their home location.