Discussion Forum Guidelines

[Daryn Kagan]

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING ON THIS SITE

Below are some important things to note when posting in the forum. Please follow these guidelines to help us keep information organized, and avoid confusion for our members.

1. Please refrain from advertising.
There are many entrepreneurs and small business owners in this network. There are lots of networks that are intended to help you market your services, but this isn't one of them.

We kindly ask that you NOT advertise your products, services or post logos or product shots in the discussion forum or public image gallery. Any discussion strings or images construed as advertising will be deleted by our forum moderators. If a member is sending you solicitation messages or wall comments, please REPORT THE ISSUE so we can contact the member and remind them of the no advertising rule.

NOTE that IT IS ACCEPTABLE to mention your business or include a logo or product shots on your PERSONAL profile page only. The best way to attract people from this community to your business is to BLOG often, COMMENT on stories and PARTICIPATE in our community discussion forum.

2. Use a specific and clear title and select the best post category
Always title your discussion posts using brief and clear titles that indicate what your post is about. This increases the number of readers you'll attract, and will encourage more discussion on your thread.

Below is a GOOD example of a clear and specific title:
How My Neighbor's Dog Inspired Me to Support the Animal Shelter

Example of POOR title (too vague)
My Neighbor's Dog

Our forum has a number of topic categories, which are all clearly defined on the Discussion Forum Page. When posting a new discussion, please do your best to choose the most appropriate category for your post.

4. Use keyword tags.
ALWAYS TAG YOUR POSTS with keywords so people can search by topic easily. The tag box is directly below the box where you type your post.

FORMAT FOR KEYWORD TAGS:
USE QUOTE MARKS around words you want to "appear together"
SEPARATE each keyword tag with a COMMA -- Comma goes OUTSIDE your closing quote mark.

ADDITIONAL FORMATTING HELP

HOW TO ADD A LINK TO YOUR POST:
*Within the post entry, highlight the text you want to show up as a link. It is very important that you type the text first and highlight it. If you fail to do this, you will not see the link in your post.

*Click on the little button that looks like a chain link in your formatting bar.

*A box will pop up where you can enter or paste the url for the website you want to link to. NOTE: make sure you don't enter http:// two times because it automatically comes up once in the prompt.

*Click OK and the code for your link will appear in your post text. Once you hit "publish" you can view your post and test the link to make sure it works.

HOW TO POST AN IMAGE IN YOUR DISCUSSION POST:
You can insert an image by clicking the "Add an Image" button in the toolbar. This button looks like a framed picture. A window will pop up prompting you to select a photo from your computer to upload. Once you've found the image you want, click the "Add" button. This will insert the image into your blog post. You may also enter the URL of a picture that is hosted on another site, such as photobucket or imageshack, by choosing the 'insert an existing image' option. .


HOW TO FORMAT TEXT IN YOUR POST:
*Use your cursor to highlight the text you want formatted and click the button for the style you want in the formatting toolbar.
B = bold
I = italics
U = underline
S = strikethrough

If you need help posting a story, image or link in your giving blog, follow the directions found here.

If you haven't already, please also make sure you have read the DarynKagan.com Code of Conduct

If you notice something worrisome, please promptly REPORT THE ISSUE and our network administrators will address it as quickly as possible.

[Sharon-Frances Reynolds]

I am fairly new to this. I posted in a Thanks group - and it said there were 18 replies - but I do not know how to access them. Can you help? Help?

Thanks, Sharon-Frances Reynolds

[Erin]

Sharon, I've sent you a message explaining that, and if you have any more questions, I'll be glad to help!

Erin Monahan
Community Manager