Logging on

Open http://www.whatpub.org (live system) or http://pilot.whatpub.org (pilot system)
Enter your CAMRA membership number & password
Optionally check the Remember me if you want your username & password remembered on this PC
Click Login

HOPS uses the CAMRA membership system to authenticate you. If you are having trouble logging on, first check you can logon the members area on the main CAMRA web site www.camra.org.uk. If you can log on here but still can't get onto HOPS, please send an email to help@camrahops.co.uk.

HOPS sometimes runs a little slow - please be patient and don't press another key whilst there is the watch icon at the top left of the screen.

Navigating around the site

Down the left hand side of the screen, you'll see the menu bar. It's split into five sections for pubs, people, beer (not yet implemented), administration and other. Most of the time you'll be editing pubs or running off reports so Browse/Edit under Pubs is a good place to start. The Help link under Other will open these help pages. Click Logoff when you have finished using HOPS.

At the top right of most pages is the green HOPS logo. Clicking this will take you back to the main home page and is useful if you've got a bit lost.

Using the toolbar

Toolbar At the top of many pages, you'll see a toolbar like that shown on the right. You use to perform operations such as saving the record:

The arrow buttons move to first record, previous record, next record and last record. NOTE: moving to the next record will automatically save the record
The + button saves the current record and then adds a new blank record
The - button deletes the current record
Ok saves the current page, closes it and goes back to last page you had opened. You are saying to HOPS "Okay, I'm finished with this page now - please save it and go back"
Save obviously saves this page but stays on the same page
Cancel throws away any changes you've made and returns to the last page
The function of the other buttons depends up on the page opened