festprint
SuperAdmin  Posts: 119 Registered: 2/1/03 Status: Online |
posted on 24/2/09 at 19:38
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The Blogs are now live, knowledgeable and experienced members can be
invited if successful to have and maintain their own blog here on the Wi-Fi
Technology Forum.
Sorry for the delay, I know a lot of people were writing to us and couldn't
wait for it to be launched. Below is what we sent to all our members on how
to apply for a blog:
....We had to tweak the blog software and introduce more features as well
as security and privacy etc. In addition to that, we introduced the media
gallery and an enhanced profile section, which along with the Blog, Media
Gallery and Messaging, makes the site "a la social networking" style, hence
following the current expected online trend.
The blogs are now live and the first thing you should do is:
Before anything, log in and read the rules on the blog section
wi-fitechnology.com/Members-Blogs.html
And:
1- Go to your account, click the "Edit your Information" and make the sure
the Occupation, Website and Signature fields are correct. They will be
automatically inserted in every article you write, so make sure they convey
a comprehensive message about who you are. This way, you don't have to add
your link and bio manually in every article you write. Writers are
discouraged to add their site link or bio on articles and the later method
is more effective and beneficial to your site (we do implement a nofollow
on article copies but not for the imported Bio block). Furthermore, your
profile is seen only when people are logged in, so the above fields are the
only thing what readers have access to if not logged in except your photo
avatar which will be discussed below.
2- Go back to your account main page, click the extended profile link and
fill in your Profile which will act as a CV / Résumé for logged in members
to browse and for us to review your application (if you did not send enough
details). Nobody has access to your account whether logged in or not of
course, but the extended profile is public, that is for logged in members
only.
3- While this is not a requirement, go to the gallery (
wi-fitechnology.com/pnUserPictures+main.html ) can also be accessed from
your profile once you press submit or the main link on any page, we
encourage you to add at least one photo to serve as your Avatar which will
be shown as your photo on articles, forum threads, RSS etc. In the long
run, you'll achieve better closeness to your readers if they could see you
(so says many researchers). If you don't want to or are undecided about
which photo to upload, make sure your avatar is blank.gif from the menu and
nothing will show.
4- Reply to this email** with you Nickname you registered with, once we
review your application, we can then add permission in your account to
start your own blog (give your nickname a Staff Writer permission). You'll
hear from us probably few hours or 24 hours at the latest.
We are still brainstorming and adding extra features to the blog, gallery
and profile, we are testing the Video Flash section to add to the Media
Gallery, so members can upload videos of any extension to be converted to
flash videos, but this needs extensive testing and tweaking (watermarking,
branding etc), so may not be ready until few weeks yet....
** In your case reading this here on the forums, fill in the contact form
instead and send with your registered nickname after filling in your
profile!
Awaiting your application!
[Edited on 25/2/2009 by festprint]
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