Is there a setup for dummies?

I want to setup vera alerts to announce it when my gate or doors are open. I looked and found one that seems to be extremely old that’s not very details. It just kind of explains what each does but no where to configure

It can be tricky, even though there’s a bunch of docs around it.
Do you have an alert already setup in Vera, and now want to have it sent through the VeraAlerts plugin?
Or are you just asking how to set up an alert in Vera?

Just found this same question along with a helpful reply:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,31469.0.html

And I also posted this:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,32219.0.html