Creating a new mindmap
Visit the node creation page (node/add) or directly the mindmap creation page (node/add/mindmap) and create a new Graphmind map node. You only have to fill the title - and save it. On the node view page you will see the map (a Flash object). Each new map starts with one node - called the root node.
On the top of the map you can see the menu bar. The map is larger than the viewable area, so you can drag and move it. The nodes are clickable, depends on which part, it listens to single/double clicks, drag and drops and right clicks.
Working with Freemind mindmap files, downloading, uploading
You can create a new Graphmind node by uploading a Freemind mm file. Visit /graphmind/upload and select a valid mm file.
There is another way to interact with the mindmap xml source: go to the edit page of mindmap node and you can see the xml in the node body textarea.
Also you can download any mindmap fron Drupal - on the node page click on [Download Graphmind map] tab to get the file.
Using mindmap features
A lot of functionality on the mindmap is a feature. You can enable/disable these features on the map node's edit page. Visit the edit page, and you will see a GraphMind settings are that says: Features. Enable the ones you need. All the features has a separate permission on the permissions admin page.
Map-node related settings
Node title
Double click on the node title show a textfield where the title can be modified. If you want to add more fancy text to the title, use the [Node info] context menu (right click on the node) - edit the title in the top textarea, format it and save with the button below.
Node link
Each node can have a link. If the node was loaded from Drupal as a Drupal-node, user, file, term.. - in this case the default link is the path to their Drupal page. The link can be set through the [Node info] context menu and editing the URL.
Color coding
On the map nodes can have different colors depends on the data they store (simple mindmap node, drupal node/file/user/term...) - or plugins also can color nodes.
Attributes
Attributes are to store additional information about the mindmap nodes - also stores the Drupal object when the node is a Drupal object. You can open the Attributes panel through the [Attributes] context menu. On the panel you can check the values and remove existing ones, add new entries.
Icons
Nodes can have icons that help to identify their purpose, severity or meaning... Icons can be added if you click on the [Icons] context menu and select them.
To remove an icon from a node double click on it.
Adding child nodes
Click on the plus icon on a node (appears when the cursor is over the node) - it creates a new child and the title is empty-editable before the focus is gone.
Load Drupal objects (node/file/user)
In the context menu select the [Load Drupal item] menu - gives a panel. On the panel you can set the source Drupal site (more about sources (or connections) later). You can select the type (node, file or user). And you need the ID of the object. Usually if you want to load a node you only have to set the node ID. After submitting the form a new mindmap node will be created with the data of the loaded object.
Load Views lists
In context menu click on [Load Drupal Views] and a panel will pop up. You can select a view from the grid. It contain the information which site they are from (if more connections are added - more about connections later). After selecting a view you can enter the parameters if you need any. Arguments usually filled if the parent node (where you clicked to get the panel) is a Drupal object. Ex.: if there is a view that lists all the contents' of a user, it probably has an argument - the user id. On the map, you can load users (section above) and calling the [Load Drupal Views] context menu on it will fill the user's id into the argument field.
When loading a views list under a parent that already has some (or all or none) of the items - they will be merged and won't be duplicated.
Views lists that Graphmind offers can be controlled by tags. Visit the admin/settings/graphmind page and add tags to the [Filtered views tags:] field. Only Views tagged with those tags will appear on the Graphmind panel.
Updating the Drupal data
When a node is a Drupal object it has the data stored on the map as attributes. These attributes can be updated though the [Fetch Drupal data] context menu.
Removing nodes
Nodes can be removed from the map by the [Remove node] context menu.
Folding / unfolding subtrees
If a node has a child it can be collapsed or uncollapsed with the small circle icon on the very left side of the node.
Map settings
From the top menu you can call the settings panel. By default it has the map scaling option and the node size setting.
Saving
The map is stored as a standard Freemind MM file (XML format) in the node body when you save it (menu bar - save icon). You have to save it in order to save your changes on the map.
Node arrangement and reordering
You can easily drag and drop nodes - drag them and move to a new parent (a blue vertical guide on the right indicates) or to a new sibling (blue horizontal guide on the top).
Remote connections
On the menu bar you can fint the [Connections] menu. It opens a panel. On the top you can see the already added connections. Below there is a form to add new connections. New connections can fetch data from remote sites - data such as nodes, users, etc. If the remote site is on a different domain, you have to use a crossdomain.xml file: http://learn.adobe.com/wiki/download/attachments/64389123/CrossDomain_Po...
(Currently this feature is not completely functional.)
Cloud
From context menu you can apply a cloud wrapper around the subtree that helps to separate it from the rest.
