Working with Address Book
Synching and using Address Book with Fluffy's Log.
Note, the use Address Book with Fluffy's Log was designed to be as pain free as possible, however as with any third party software, please do not even attempt to mess with it until this short and happy article has been read from head to toe, and understood fully. The author would very much like to convey the above statement in blaring blazing red caps, but that would make this article no longer happy.
For Fluffy's Log 2.0 and later, there will be an Address Book group, aptly named "Fluffy's Log Contacts", used solely by Fluffy's Log to store and manage contacts. DO NOT REMOVE the address group "Fluffy's Log Contacts". Be forewarned, the user will weep if he *just* had to test the system. Removing "Fluffy's Log Contacts" will not crash Fluffy's Log, but it will cause valuable contact information loss, an irrecoverable mistake. Fluffy's Log, no longer able to find its dedicated Address Book group, will create a new empty "Fluffy's Log Contacts", with all its lost contacts displayed as "Externally deleted contact #".
Similarly, if the user removes a contact from the Address Book group "Fluffy's Log Contacts" and the contact is used by Fluffy's Log, then that lost contact will be displayed as "Externally deleted contact #".
How to add a contact in Fluffy's Log:
- Via Fluffy's Log
- Go to the field the new contact is to be used, for instance the "owner" field in "Personal Information".
- Key in the new contact name and commit.
- Address Book will launch and display the new contact. Edit and beef up the new contact.
- Via Address Book
- Launch Address Book.
- Click on the group "Fluffy's Log Contacts".
- Click on the "+" button under the "Name" column.
- Edit and beef up the new contact.
When the new contact is added via Fluffy's Log, the keyed in name is taken to be the first name. It is left up to the user to edit the last name and other information in Address Book.
How to use an existing Address Book contact in Fluffy's Log:
- Launch Address Book.
- Click on the contact wanted and drag it to the group "Fluffy's Log Contacts".
Using current Address Book contacts where possible instead of creating new ones for Fluffy's Log is encouraged. It is easier maintainence for the user when he only need to update a single contact instead of multiples.
How to edit a contact in Fluffy's Log:
- Launch Address Book.
- Click on the group "Fluffy's Log Contacts".
- Click on the contact to edit.
- Edit and beef up the contact.
Fluffy's Log uses the first and last name for the display of contact information, hence any name change will be reflected immediately in Fluffy's Log.
How to delete a contact in Fluffy's Log:
- Make sure that contact to be deleted is no longer needed in Fluffy's Log.
- Launch Address Book.
- Click on the group "Fluffy's Log Contacts".
- Click on the contact to delete.
- Hit the delete button.
Just a reminder. DO NOT REMOVE the address group "Fluffy's Log Contacts".
Disaster recovery: How to recover a deleted "Fluffy's Log Contacts" Address Book group:
- Launch Address Book.
- Launch Fluffy's Log, which will create a new "Fluffy's Log Contacts" group.
- Think very hard and from memory recall all the contacts used by Fluffy's Log. Locate the contacts in Address Book and drag them into the "Fluffy's Log Contacts" group.
If all else fails contact customerservice@shallotpatch.com for a last ditch effort. However, realistically speaking, data corrupted and gone is data unretrievable.