2Yellows FAQ http://faq.2yellows.org 2Yellows FAQ Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:32:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Paste from Word http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/paste-from-word/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/paste-from-word/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:46:41 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Writing & Editing http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/how-to-paste-from-word/ If you directly paste from Word, or another program, into the Excerpt or Post box the text will get HTML coding with it. This can make the post look weird (bold, different font etc). To overcome this problem you have to do this…

- To paste from Word go to the Write a post-modus
- Copy your text from Word
- Click on “Paste from Word” or better yet “Paste as plain text”
- Paste your text in the box that appears and click “insert”
- When the text is inserted you can edit this text or type the rest of your post

Then you can save (and continue editing) or publish your post.

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/paste-from-word/feed/ Sophie Says http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/sophie-says/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/sophie-says/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:42:48 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Not on home http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/sophie-says/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/29/sophie-says/feed/ How to write a post? http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/15/how-to-write-a-post/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/15/how-to-write-a-post/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:33:40 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers How To ... ? Writing & Editing http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/02/15/how-to-write-a-post/ Your MeetingPoint is all about sharing knowledge and ideas. You can do this via articles, so called Posts. Read more to find out how to do that.

Find the “Admin” menu at the bottom of the sidebar (the column on the right of the page).

- Click on “write a post”.
- To create the actual post you need to fill in a title in the Title field.
- The content goes into the Post area.
- The Excerpt field is optional. If filled in, this excerpt will be shown on the homepage. If a post has no excerpt, the first part of the actual post will be displayed on the homepage.

Next you’ll have to categorize your post. Do this by checking the appropriate boxes on the right. A post can have multiple categories. Doing this carefully will ensure that content will be easy to find for the other users.

When everything is ready, click one of the following:

  • Save and continue editing

To save your post as a draft and continue editing this post

  • Save

Saves your post as a draft for editing at a later stage

  • Publish

Publishes your post. The post will show up on the homepage.

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/15/how-to-write-a-post/feed/ Workgroups http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/04/private-category/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/04/private-category/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:50:40 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Writing & Editing User Management http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/07/26/private-category/ The option Workgroups enables you to form groups that can write and read posts only accessible to the members of these groups. The members of a workgroup can read and comment to the posts and write posts them self.

To use the option workgroups add a category parent named Workgroups (see Manage Categories). In this category parent you can make subcategories that represent different workgroups. If you are going to use workgroups make sure there are posts in the subcategories, when there are no posts it’s not going to work.

- Go to the admin panel
- Click on “Options” in the horizontal navigation and then click on “Workgroups”
- To use Workgroups check the box behind “Use workgroups?”
- If you want a box in the sidebar of the homepage that shows the workgroups you are member of, check the box behind “Show workgroups in sidebar?”

- To make users member of certain workgroups go to the admin panel and click “Users”
- Then click “Authors & Users” in the horizontal navigation to go to the “User List by Role”
- Click edit at the right of the page next to the user you want to edit, to get to the “Edit user” page (this is another page then “Your Profile and Personal Options”)
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page, at the left you see the workgroups
- Check the boxes next to the workgroups you want the user to be a member of and click to finish “Update User”

When you go back to the homepage of your MeetingPoint you will see the posts that are in a workgroup you’re a member of, marked with the workgroup symbol. Clicking on the workgroup in the sidebar box “Workgroups” will show you all the posts that are in that workgroup.

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/04/private-category/feed/ Add Link Category http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-link-category/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-link-category/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:43:57 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-link-category/ Blogroll, Horizontal navigation and Feeds.]]> Link categories are the categories where you can place your links in. You use a link category for instance for the Blogroll, Horizontal navigation and Feeds.

- To add a link category, first go to the Admin panel
- Click on Links and then on Link Categories in the horizontal navigation
- Scroll down to Add a Link Category
- Give your link category a name by typing one in the first field
- In the Sort Order menu select Rating
- Then click “Add Category” to finish

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-link-category/feed/ Add Links http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-links/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-links/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:43:27 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Managing your site http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-links/ You can use links for the horizontal navigation, feeds or the blogroll. Links can be internal and external as long as it has an URL.

- To add a link, go to the Admin panel
- Go to the Links menu and click on “Add link” in the horizontal navigation
- In the first field type or copy the URL
- In the second field you can give the link a name
- Choose a category in the Category menu
- Scroll down to Advanced, here you can give this link a Rating and make sure you check “Yes” on visibility
- To finish click “Add link”

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/add-links/feed/ Header & Footer http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/header-footer/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/header-footer/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:17:53 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Managing your site http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/header-footer/ As said before, your MeetingPoint is easily manageable. You can also change the header and footer by yourself if you wish to do so.

- To insert an image as a header click on “Write a post” in the sidebar
- Upload your image and insert it, then click “Insert/edit image”
- Copy the link
- Go to the “Options” menu and click on “Template” in the horizontal navigation
- Scroll down to “Header” and paste the link into the “Header image” field
- The “Footer” field is one row lower, you can change the Footer by typing something (else) in this field. In the second row you can insert a link to an image, this image will appear below the footer at the bottom of the page. At the last row you can insert your own disclaimer tekst.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Submit” to finish

Now you see at the homepage what you have inserted as the header and the footer.

!!! If you need the link of the file, right click on the file in the Upload tool and copy the link/image location. If you want to know how the upload tool works see Upload file or Upload image

]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/header-footer/feed/ Other Features Sidebar in the Write a post screen http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/other-features-sidebar-in-the-write-a-post-screen/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/other-features-sidebar-in-the-write-a-post-screen/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:10:28 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Writing & Editing http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/other-features-sidebar-in-the-write-a-post-screen/
  • Discussion
  • Password-Protect Post
  • Post slug
  • Post Status
  • Post Timestamp
  • Post author
  • Populate
      • ]]> In the Features sidebar of the Write a post screen you can find the option Categories. This option is used to categorize posts. Apart from this categorization, you can also find the options:

      • Discussion
      • Password-Protect Post
      • Post slug
      • Post Status
      • Post Timestamp
      • Post author
      • Populate
        • Discussion

        By checking the box “Allow comments” you can allow other people to comment on the post or not. “Allow pings” makes it possible to easily transfer information between sites.

        • Password-Protect Post

        With this option you can protect your post with a password. If someone wants to edit the post, the password needs to be filled out first.

        • Post slug

        The “post slug” is used to form the URL for the post. It is set automatically, based on the title you give the post. You can also set or edit it manually and with that influence the URL that is made. Be careful if you edit this for an existing post, becuase when the URL changes, already existing links to this post will not work anymore.

        • Post Status

        With the option post status you can set the post as a draft, publish it or publish in private. In the last case nobody else but you can read this post, see My Private Notes.

        • Post Timestamp

        With this option you can publish your post in the future or in the past by checking the box “Edit timestamp” and setting month, day, year and time.

        • Post author

        This option can be used to change the post author. For example when a contributor has written a post that must be approved by an editor or administrator. When someone is approving a post the post author can be changed to the person who wrote the post.

        • Populate

        With this option you can get information about books from amazon. To use this option see the post Insert books - Post populate.

        ]]> http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/other-features-sidebar-in-the-write-a-post-screen/feed/ Top Story http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/top-story/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/top-story/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:03:15 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Managing your site http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/top-story/ The top story is the post that is shown at the top of the homepage of your MeetingPoint.

        - To select a top story, first go to the admin panel
        - Click on “Options” and then on “Template” in the horizontal navigation
        - Now select in the menu “Display as Top Story” a category of which you want the most recent post to be shown as the top story
        - You can give your top story a title by typing this in the field next to the “Display as Top Story” menu (optional)
        - To finish, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Submit”

        The most recent post of this category is now shown on the homepage as Top story

        ]]>         http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/top-story/feed/         Post Populating http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/post-populating/ http://faq.2yellows.org/2006/08/03/post-populating/#comments Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:02:52 +0000 sophie@2yellows.com Questions & Answers Writing & Editing http://faq.2yellows.org/2007/02/15/post-populating/ You can use post populating to get the cover, book description and customer comments from a book you like straight from Amazon. Just by entering the ISBN or ASIN number of the book.

        If you want add books to your meetingpoint…

        - Go to the Write a post modus
        - Scroll down to Populate in the Features sidebar
        - Now choose Amazon from the list
        - Give in the ISBN or ASIN

        ASIN is the Amazon Standard Identification Number. It is a product identification number used by Amazon.com and its partners. Each product sold on Amazon.com is given a unique ASIN. For books with an ISBN, the ASIN and the ISBN are the same.

        - Now click on “Import”

        The cover and book description from the book will be loaded into the excerpt and the costumer reviews into body of the post. To finish you can save (and continue editing) or publish this post.

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