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Table Of Contents
General Information
Threaded vs Non-Threaded Configuration
Customizing your Blog
Moderator Capability
Security/Password Protection
Profanity Language Filter
Searchable (Filter Queries)
Blog Partitioning
Integration into your existing site
Email Notification
Votable Messages
Formatting Message Text, Embedding Graphics and HTML
Blog Management Panel
File Attachment Capability
Visitor Counters
Archiving Messages
Billing/Cost
Content Policy
Sign Up and Installation Procedures
Defining Categories - Blog Partitioning
Security/Password Protection
Types of Email Notification
Configuration Settings
Appearance Configuration Settings
Blog Logos
Custom Buttons
Smaller Font
Background Gif
Background Color
Message Text Color
Link Text Color
Category Table Color
Setting Frame/No-Frame view option(Threaded Configuration)
Changing Size of MsgList Window(Threaded Configuration)
Other Configuration Settings
Setting Default Time Zone
Setting Default Date Range for Msg Retrieval
Set the Default Format for Posting Messages
Enabling the File Attachment Option
Enabling Auto Reply Field Fill-In (Threaded Configuration)
Making a Msg Always Appear As the First Msg in a Category
Making the Email Address and/or User Name Field Required
Changing the Input Field Names on the Post Msg Form
Setting the Msg Sorting Sequence to Use
Configuring the "Home" button
Setting the Maximum Msg Size of a single Msg
Creating an Introductory Paragraph for your Blog
Preventing Profanity Language on your Blog
Banning IP addresses
Wording - i.e. Blog/Message Board/Forum/etc.
Restricting Blog Capabilities
--Viewing Restrictions
Hiding Blog Buttons
Hiding Visitor Counters
Hiding IP addresses
Hiding Message Id
Hiding Message Creation Date
Hiding Message Creation Time
Hiding Email Address of poster
Hiding User Date Range Prompt
Hiding the MsgId, UserName, Email Address of a Msg
--Posting Restrictions
Only allow Blog Mgr to Post Messages
Only allow Blog Mgr to Create Votable Messages
Prevent users from using HTML when posting messages
Hiding Email Prompt on Post Message Form
Hiding Phone Number Prompt on Post Message Form
Hiding User Name Prompt on Post Message Form
Management Utilities
Deleting Messages
Archiving Messages
Moving Messages from one section(category) of your Blog to another
Backup Utility
Email List Utility
Contact Billing Information
Search Engine Options
50% Revenue Sharing Affilliate/Partnership Program
Undocumented Options
General Information Top
This guide is meant as an orientation guide for Blog managers.
If you've not already set a Blog up, it takes less
than 3 minutes.
There's no software to download. All Blogs are private
and no advertising is placed on your Blog.
Your Blog allows you to customize over 100 items on your Blog.
However, if you prefer to use the system defaults, your Blog will
work just fine without making any changes or customizations.
This guide doesn't provide
information for general users, but rather
information for the Blog manager on how to manage and configure your board.
Users can find information regarding viewing, searching, and posting messages by
Clicking Here for User's Guide
As the Blog manager, you have the ability to
customize or change over 100 different settings/configurations
on your Blog. Some Blog managers never change any of these
settings, instead preferring to use the system
defaults. However, you can usually change/select any feature
by simply clicking Yes/No radio buttons next to a list of
features on your Blog management page.
To view a sample Blog Management Site
Click Here
A list of available features follows:
Threaded vs Non-Threaded Configuration Top
You can configure your Blog as a Threaded or Non-Treaded Blog.
Which configuration to use will depend on how you use your Blog.
The difference between the two configurations is the format used
to display messages.
In general if your Blog is used more as a discussion forum,
where you'll have users posting replies to messages and replies
to replies...etc,
you'll want to use the "Threaded" configuration.
If your Blog is
used more in the fashion of a Bulletin Board that
you might have hanging in the company hallway, i.e. used to
post items of interest to the group, the Non-Threaded
format may be a better format to use.
For a detailed description of these two formats
Click Here.
High Level Of Customization Top
Blog managers can customize over 100 Blog features. Customization is not necessary, however a
Blog manager has the ability to customize the
appearance and functionality of the Blog, in most cases just
by selecting "Yes/No" radio buttons associated with various
customization features. For a detailed description of features
that can be customized, review the section below labeled: "Configuration Settings".
To view a sample Blog Management Site
Click Here
Moderator Capability Top
You can configure your Blog as a "Moderated" Blog.
Using this configuration, messages Posted by your users
will not appear on your Blog until you (or someone you've
appointed as a "Moderator") has "Approved" the message.
Multiple moderators are allowed. You, as the Blog manager,
are notified immediately whenever a user posts a message.
An email is sent to you, so that you can review and then
approve, disapprove, or delete the new message.
Security/Password Protection Top
Blog managers have the option of setting up
various levels of Security and Password Protection for
their Blog. A system wide password and/or individual
login passwords can be setup to limit access to your Blog.
Individual login passwords can even be designated
access to only certain parts of your Blog.
You have the ability to password protect only certain
sections of your Blog.
You also have the ability to Ban IP addresses from
accessing your Blog or vice/versa, i.e.,
only allow access to specific IP addresses.
To view a detailed description of Security/Password protection features
Click Here.
Profanity Language Filter Top
Each Blog has a Profanity Language Filter that if
enabled will filter profanity from user's messages.
Searchable - Message Blog Filter Query Top
Visitors to your Blog can retrieve only the subset of messages
that interests them. They can search your Blog for one or
more specific messsages based on keywords, email addresses,
username, date range, etc.
Blog Partitioning Top
You have the ability to divide your Blog into sections/categories
to create a more organized look and user friendly format. You also
have the option of designating different access privileges for each section.
Seamless Integration into your existing site
Your Blog can be configured to appear as just another page existing
on your current site. Blog Managers can
create a link or button from a page on their site directly to their
Blog. The "Home" button at the top of your Blog will automatically
take users back to the page on your site where they came from. This
results in your Blog appearing as just another page on your site.
Automatic Email Notification Top
Users can request to be notified whenever
a message is posted to your Blog. They can even request to
be notified only of messages posted to a specific section of your Blog.
Click Here for a detailed explanation of different types of Email Notification available.
Votable Messages Top
"Votable Messages" can be created allowing users to Vote yes/no on
the idea presented in the message. "Votable Messages" are always displayed
showing the current yes/no voting count.
Formatting Message Text, Embedding Graphics and HTML Top
Your Blog provides users with an easy interface
(the HTML Formatting Toolbar) for inserting graphics, hyperlinks,
smilies, and HTML code. The Formatting Toolbar also allows
users to easily use color, bold, italics, font type/size, etc.
when formatting a message. For a more detailed description of these capabilities
Click Here.
Blog Management Panel Top
Each Blog manager is provided with their own "Blog Management Panel".
Managers can use their Management panel to make configuration changes
to their Blog. They do so by clicking Yes/No radio buttons
associated with different Blog options. To view a sample Blog
Management Panel
Click Here
File Attachment Capability Top
You have the option of allowing users to attach and download files. No FTP or
other software is required, the capability is built into your Blog. This feature allows
users to easily attach files (Word, Excell, Text, Graphics, etc.) to messages. This
is the only feature on your Blog requiring an additional fee. If you decide to turn
this option on, there is a $0.50/megabyte/month storage fee for uploaded files.
To view the user interface, Blog managers use to enable the FTP option
Click Here
Visitor Counters Top
Each Blog has two "Visitor Counters" associated with it. These can be
hidden or displayed to the general public. One counter tracks the
number of visitor to your Blog since it was created and the other
tracks the number of visitors to your Blog as of a date
you specify. The second counter can be reset to zero by yourself
at any time via your Blog management page.
Archiving Messages Top
You have the ability to archive specific or groups of messages into a special "Archived"
data base. This option lets you remove messages from your Blog while still allowing
users to search your Blog's "Archives" for messages you've archived.
Billing/Cost Top
Because we place no advertising on user Blogs and therefore receive
no advertising income, we do charge a monthly service fee of $9.95.
There are no other fees associated with the use of your Blog, i.e.
no setup fees, and no maximum message limit.
Payment can be made via credit card or via check (although credit
card payment is required for Non-US customers).
Content Policy Top
Blog Managers are responsible for all messages
posted on their Blog. The only restriction concerns
Adult oriented content. Our policy prohibits Adult-oriented Blogs,
designed for entertainment or commercial purposes.
This includes providing access to
pornographic materials (images or multimedia),
whether for free or for payment, regardless of whether
adult verification is used or not.
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Sign Up and Installation Procedures Top
Installation Procedures Top
There are none.
There's nothing to install, just complete and
submit the setup form. Your Blog is installed on
our server, there's no software to download, install,
or maintain.
Sign Up Procedure Top
The "Sign Up" procedure should take you less than 3 minutes.
Upon submitting the SetUp form and email is sent to you
immediately, confirming your Sign Up was successful and your
Blog is operational.
The Sign Up form is located at: http://www.bulletinboards.com/setup.cfm
Completing this form involves:
Designating a unique 1-8 character code for your Blog
Designating a unique 1-8 character manager's password for your Blog
Optionally, Defining any partitioning of your Blog
Providing Billing and Contact information
You can change any of this information via your Blog management page
after your Blog is set up.
Within 3-5 minutes after submitting the Sign Up form, you'll
receive an email confirming your Blog is operational and giving
you the address of your Blog and the address of your Blog
management page. Your Blog Management page will allow you to make
further customizations to your Blog, if you choose.
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Defining Categories - Blog Partitioning Top
Defining Categories Top
You have the option of dividing your Blog into a
maximum of 12 different categories/sections. Creating
categories/sections on your Blog, allows users to post messages under different
subjects and presents users with a more organized grouping of the Blog's messages.
The decision to create multiple categories/sections
on your Blog is entirely yours. Although you can create up to 12 categories
the only requirement is to have at least one category defined.
When you set your Blog up initially, one category will be automatically
created for you. Subsequently, via your Blog management page, you can add/delete/rename
categories as often as you like.
Category Privileges Top
When defining categories you have the option of specifying access
and posting privileges for each category. For example, you could have one
category Viewable by all users and another category only Viewable by
a select group of individuals. For a detailed explanation of assigning
posting/access privileges to categories
Click Here
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Security/Password Protection Top
Password Protection Is Not Required Top
The default settings on your Blog don't require password
protection, however, you can easily enable this option via
your Blog management page. To enable this option enter a
1-8 character code in the field labeled "System Password",
on your Blog management page . Enabling Password Protection
forces all users to your User Login Page, where they
must enter a valid password to gain access to your
Blog. For a summary synposis of password protection Click Here
Blog Manager's Password Top
This password is required to set your Blog up.
You created a 1-8 character code to be
used as your manager's password when you set your Blog up.
You can change your manager's password at any time via your
Blog management page. Your manager's password gives
you full access to any section of your Blog, regardless of
the section's assigned access privilege. The manager's password can be
used to delete or modify anyone's message. It's the only password
providing access to your Blog management page.
Your Blog management page is accessed via the url:
http://www.bulletinboards.com/usermod.htm.
Moderator Passwords Top
Passwords configured as "Moderator Passwords"
have special privileges. Users with Moderator Passwords
can "Approve/Disapprove", Modify, and Delete messages for those parts of your
Blog where you've given them "Moderator" privilege.
The "Approve/Disapprove" option is only valid for Blogs
using the "Moderated" configuration.
System Wide Password Top
You can define a System Wide Password via your Blog management page.
This is the first step in utilizing the built-in login password protection
features of your Blog. Any Blog with a System Wide Password defined will force all users
to the Blog's Login Page ensuriing users provide a valid login
password before being given access. If you're using individual
login passwords, you may not want to give out the system wide password,
but you'll still want to create one. Remember, setting up a
system wide password causes the system to direct all your
visitors to the Password Login Page.
Although not usually done, there is a way of sending users
to your login page without utilizing the System Wide Login
Password. Using the url: http://www.bulletinboards.com/chkpswd.cfm?comcode=xxx
where xxx is your Blog code will display your Blog's login page.
Individual Login Passwords Top
In addition to a system wide login password you have the option of setting up individual login passwords.
You can define individual login passwords, usernames, and associated access
privileges via your Blog management page(Advanced Login Settings section).
You can assign individuals different access and posting privileges.
For example, you could assign one login password Viewing and Posting privilege
into a particular section of your Blog and another login password
only assign Viewing privilege for that section of
your Blog.
Some Blog managers create individual login passwords and then
assign them to different groups, every member of a particular group getting
the same login password. This allows you to set up different access privileges
at a group level instead of the individual level.
Assigning Access and Posting Privileges to Login Passwords Top
When defining login passwords, you can associate specific privileges with each
password. Privilege refers to the right to View, Post, Modify and Delete
messages on your Blog. You can assign all or some subset of these privileges
to each password. For a detailed explanation of login password privileges
Click Here
Introductory Text on Login Page Top
Your Blog provides you, via your Blog management page, with the option
of creating an "Introductory Paragraph" that will appear on your Blog's
login page. The text in this "Introductory Paragraph" is entirely of
your own choosing and can include html, if you choose.
Login Name Top
To have each user's assigned Login Name automatically associated
and displayed with each message they post, you'll want to
configure your Blog as follows(utilizing your Blog management page):
2. Select the "Yes" radio button beside the question:
"Users must use their assigned login password to post messages?"
3. Select the "Yes" radio button beside the question:
"Display Users Assigned Login Name with messages?"
Passwords and Posting Messages Top
This seems like a good place to answer the question
that often comes up regarding the "Password" input
field found on the "Post Message" form.
If you've assigned individual login passwords
you can require users to use their assigned login
passwords to post messages.
However, regardless of whether you've enabled
password protection, all users have to enter
a password when posting a message. Unless you're requiring
visitors to use their assigned login password, the password they
use when posting a message can be any 1-8 character code they
choose. The only way to bypass this requirement is to not
allow users to Modify or Delete their own messages.
In that case users are not required to enter a password.
Entering a password when posting a message ensures
no one except the message creator (and you as the
Blog manager) can Delete or Modify that message.
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Types of Email Notification Top
Three types of automated email notification are available.
These options are all controlled via your Blog management page.
Blog Manager Notification Top
You Blog can provide Immediate Email Notification to the Blog
manager whenever a message is posted to your Blog.
Message Creator Notification Top
Your Blog can send Immediate Email Notification to the creator
of a message, whenever someone posts a Reply to his message. This
option is only applicable for Threaded Blogs.
Blog Member Notification Top
Visitors to your Blog can add their email address to your
Blog's Email Notification List by clicking on a link
at the top of your Blog labeled:
"To be notified whenever a message is posted to this Blog Click Here"
A user can then request notification if any new messages are posted to
the Blog or alternatively, can request email notification only if
new messages are posted to a specific section of your Blog.
To view a page similar to one your visitor would use to add their email address to
your Blog's Email Notification List Click Here
For more info on Blog Member Email Notification
Click Here
Blog member notification occurs once each day. The system searches each
Blog's email notification list and for each email address found,
based on the level of interest associated with the email address,
determines if new messages have been posted. If new
messages are found an email is sent to the email address indicating new messages
have been added to the message Blog.
Sign Up Procedure Top
The "Sign Up" procedure should take you less than 3 minutes.
The end result will be an email sent to you confirming
your Sign Up was successful and your Blog is operational.
The Sign Up form is located at: http://www.bulletinboards.com/setup.cfm
Completing this form involves:
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Configuration Settings Top
There are over 100 configuration settings available to a Blog manager,
allowing substantial contol over the appearance and functionality of his/her Blog.
All settings are configurable via each manager's "Blog Management Page".
To view a sample Blog Management Site
Click Here
Appearance Configuration Settings Top
Blog Logo(s) Top
A customized logo is created, based on the organization's name,
automatically when you set your Blog up. However, you can
use any logo/graphic you like. You can specify a maximum of
two logos/graphics be displayed at the top of your Blog.
If two logos are desired you can also specify if
they should be place above and below each other or
arranged side by side. The fields controlling these settings
are labeled "Blog Logo:" and "2nd Blog Logo:". The 2nd Blog
Logo field is located on the "Advanced Custom Settings Page".
To have a logo appear on your Blog requires that you enter
the URL of the graphic you want to use for your logo into
one of these fields. If the graphic you want to use doesn't
have a URL address, because it doesn't reside on the
net, then send it to us and we'll place it on our server.
This will create a valid URL address for the logo. If you
don't want to use a logo you can always enter this URL into
the logo field:
http://www.bulletinboards.com/gif/onepix.gif.
This causes the system to not place any logo on your Blog.
Custom Buttons Top
If you don't care for the appearance or name
of any button on your Blog you can change them.
All buttons at the top of each Blog, i.e. the
"Post", "Modify", "Delete", etc. can be replaced
with your own custom buttons. To replace
one or more of these buttons, via your management page,
go to the "Advanced Custom Settings" page,
where you'll be able to specify a
replacement for any button on your Blog.
Smaller Font Top
You can have the text of messages on your Blog appear
in a smaller size font by selecting the "Yes" radio
button associated with the question:
"Should Message Text be displayed in Smaller Font?".
Background Gif Top
If you have a gif or jpg graphic file you would like
to use as the background for your Blog, you can do so
by specifying the URL of the graphic file in the field
labeled: "Background Gif:". Alternatively, you can select
a background gif from several system offered selections
located beneath the "Background Gif" field on your management page.
Background Color Top
You can specify a Background Color to be used for your Blog via
the Advanced Custom Settings page. Specifying a Background Color
will override any Background Gif setting you may have specified.
Message Text Color Top
You can specify a Custom Color to be used for all message
text displayed on your Blog via the Advanced Custom Settings page.
Link Text Color Top
You can specify a Custom Color to be used for all hyper-links
displayed on your Blog via the Advanced Custom Settings page.
Category Table Color Top
For Non-Threaded Blogs, you can specify a Custom Background Color to be used for
the "Category Table". The Category table is the rectangular green area at
the top of your Blog.
For Threaded Blogs, you can specify a Custom Background Color to be used for the
"First Time Msg Warning" box. This is the message displayed when a user
first visits your Blog, showing the Icon Color Coding Legend, and
the notice about the initial download of a Java Applet. Both of these
settings are available via the Advanced Custom Settings Page.
Setting Frame/No-Frame view option(Threaded Configuration) Top
The default display setting for Blogs using the Threaded Configuration is to divide the browser into
two frames, i.e. a top frame(MsgList Window) showing the messages titles/folders and a lower
frame(Message Content Window) to display the content of any particular message selected
from the upper MsgList Window.
Changing the Size of the MsgList Window(Threaded Configuration) Top
The normal Threaded display format uses two windows to display a Blog.
A Upper Window/Frame showing the folders and message titles, referred to as the MsgList window and a Lower Window/Frame
showing the actual contents of any message clicked on, in the upper window.
There are two size attributes of the the upper MsgList Window that can be adjusted:
1. The white framed boxed area
containing the message folders/titles can be made large or small by selecting the "Large" or "Small"
radio button, on your management page, located beside the question:
"What Should The Default Size Of The Message List Window Be?"
2. The default viewing area assigned to the two window frames is initially set to display the MsgList window
within a frame that uses 60% of the browser window and the lower Msg Content window uses 40% of the browser's
window area. These settings can be altered via the Advance Custom Settings of your management site. Of course, the
user can always override/adjust these settings to match his viewing preferences by clicking and dragging the horizontal
separator bar between the two windows/frames.
Other Configuration Settings Top
Setting Default Time Zone Top
The default time zone used is U.S. Eastern Standard Time. This default can be
changed via the Advanced Custom Settings of your management site.
Setting Default Date Range for Msg Retrieval Top
The default date range used for message retrieval is All Msgs., effectively causing all
messages to be retrieved. As the number of messages grow you may want to change this default
to a shorter date range to limit the number of messages retrieved. For example, you may
want to set it to only retrieve the last 2 weeks of messages. This will tend to make your
Blog display faster, since fewer messages are retrieved. Regardless of the default
setting you used, the user can always override this to retrieve whatever date range they prefer.
This default can be changed via the Advanced Custom Settings of your management site.
Set the Default Format for Posting Messages Top
This option allows you to specify what default format will be used when someone posts a message. The user can always override this default when posting a message.
Click Here
for a more detailed explanation of this feature.
Enabling the File Attachment Option Top
Activating the FTP option for your Blog, allows users
to easily attach files (Word, Excel, Text, etc.) to messages.
When a user elects to attach a file to a message, your Blog
will automatically upload the file from the users computer and
store it on our server. Other users can then download the attached
file by clicking on the "Download" link displayed with the associated message.
Click Here
for a more detailed explanation of this feature.
Enabling Auto Reply Field Fill-In (Threaded Configuration) Top
Enabling this option causes the ShortTitle field of Reply messages to be automatically filled in
with the ShortTitle text of the message being responded to.
Selecting the "Yes" radio button associated with the question:
"Should ShortTitle field be filled in Automatically, for reply msgs?"
enables this option.
Making a Msg Always Appear As the First Msg in a Category Top
You can cause a message, that you post as the Blog manager, to always be displayed
as the first message in a category. Normally, the order in which messages are displayed
is based on the Sort Order you've specified, i.e. Sorted by date(the default)
or Sorted alphabetically by ShortTitle.
To have a message always appear as the first message in a category you
should do two things:
1. Use your manager's password when posting the message
2. Selecting the "Yes" radio button associated with the question:
"Make this the first message in its category?" on the Post Message Form.
Making the Email Address and/or User Name Field Required Top
It's possible via your management site to specify that whenever a
user posts a message, he/she must enter their email address and/or
their user name.
Changing the Input Field Names on the Post Msg Form Top
There are two fields, labeled "UserName" and "Phone", that appear on the Post Message Form,
that can be renamed if desired. For example, you could rename those fields to be "Job Title" and
"SSN" instead of "UserName" and "Phone".
On the "Advanced Custom" settings section of your management page you'll find an area that
allows you to rename these fields. Realize, you can always hide these fields also, so that the
user is not prompted at all with these fields.
Setting the Msg Sorting Sequence to Use Top
For Non-Threaded Blogs, you can select the order in which messages are displayed from one of
the following 3 selections: Earliest Messages First, Oldest Messages First, or Alphabetically by
Message ShortTitle.
For Threaded Blogs, you can select the order in which messages are displayed from one of
the following 2 selections: Earliest Messages First or Oldest Messages First.
You specify the sorting order of messages via your Blog management page.
Configuring the "Home" button Top
Every Blog has a "Home" button. Most Blog managers, who link/integrate their bulletin/message
Blog into their already existing site, will configure the "Home" button on their message Blog
to point back to their site. This gives visitors to your Blog the feeling of the Blog being
"just another page on your site". The default link for the "Home" button is www.bulletinboards.com.
Re-Configuring the "Home" button to point to your website, is done via the field on your management page labeled:
"Home Page URL:".
Setting the Maximum Msg Size of a single Msg Top
You can limit the size of messages that are posted to your Blog.
The default maximum size for a single message is around 500 lines.
You can specify a new smaller maximum message size by entering the maximum number of lines a
single message can contain. The new size you specify, must be less than 500 lines
(approx. 80 characters per line). Some Blog managers use a reduced Max Msg Size,
in order to prevent a user from posting messages, that could potentially, each be 10 pages long.
Creating an Introductory Paragraph for your Blog Top
You can create an introductory paragraph for your Blog that will appear just
beneath your Blog logo. To do this use the link on your management page labeled:
"Click Here To Create/Modify An Introductory Paragraph near the top of your Blog".
Preventing Profanity Language on your Blog Top
Enabling the "Profanity Language Filter" ensures any new messages posted to
your Blog will not contain profanity.
Click Here
for more information.
Banning IP addresses Top
Your Blog management page allows you to ban specific IP addresses
and also IP ranges. You can type in a specific IP address
(205.33.100.45) or a range (205.33.100.*). To view a sample user interface for Banning IP addresses
Click Here
Wording - i.e. Blog/Message Board/Forum/etc. Top
Your Blog can use wording other than
"Blog" (e.g. Message Board, Forum, Discussion Group, etc).
You can substitute whatever text you like to replace the
phrase "Blog". There is a field on your management page that wiil allow you
to specify whatever wording you want to substitute for the phrase "Blog".
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Restricting Blog Capabilities Top
The default setting when your Blog is first set up is to
enable all options. Some Blog managers, prefer to limit
users access to all capabilities of their
Blog. Following is a description of the Viewing and Posting
options a Blog manager can restrict or disable.
Hiding Blog Buttons Top
One way to limit or restrict users from specific functions on your Blog is
to remove the associated Buttons at the top of your Blog linking users to
those functions. For example, if you don't want users to be able to Modify
their messages you could remove the "Modify" button.
All Buttons-Links at the top of your Blog can be hidden via your management
site. Simply clicking a Yes/No radio button on your management site will
hide or display the associated functional button on your Blog.
Hiding Visitor Counters Top
There are always two visitor counters maintained and viewable via your Blog
management page. You have the option via your management page of having these
counters made visible or invisible to users visiting your Blog.
Hiding IP addresses Top
The IP address of anyone posting a message on your Blog is captured and stored with the
associated message. You have the option, via your management page, of displaying each
message's associated IP address at the bottom of each message.
Hiding Message Identifiers (MsgIDs) Top
Each message has a unique message identifier. Message Ids are used
when identifying a message to delete or modify. They are displayed at
the bottom of each message. You have the option, via your management page, of
specifying whether message identifiers should be visible to your users.
Hiding Message Creation Date Top
You can specify, via your management page, that message Creation dates,
which are normally shown at the bottom of each message, be hidden.
Hiding Message Creation Time Top
You can specify, via your management page, that message Creation times,
which are normally not shown at the bottom of each message, be visible or hidden.
Hiding Email Address of poster Top
You can specify, via your management page, that the email address of the message
creator, if one exists, be visible or hidden.
Hiding User Date Range Prompt Top
The "User Date Range Prompt", i.e. the drop down-down box at the top
of your Blog that allows a user to specify the date range of
messages to view, can be removed from your Blog via your
Blog management page.
Hiding the MsgId, UserName, Email Address of a specific Msg Top
The system default when displaying messages, is to display, at the bottom of each message,
the Message Identifier, Date of the Message, and if entered the Username and Email Address.
As the Blog manager, when posting a message, you can cause these items to not be displayed
on a specific message by doing two things:
1. Use your manager's password when posting the message
2. Selecting the "Yes" radio button associated with the question:
"Hide the MsgId, Name, Date, EmailAddress for this msg?" on the Post Message Form.
Only allow Blog Mgr to Post Messages Top
Enabling this option on your Blog management page ensures
no one will be able to post a message unless they possess the "Manager's Password"
Only allow Blog Mgr to Create Votable Messages Top
Your Blog defaults to allow anyone to create/post "Votable" messages.
However, you can change this default to prevent the creation of
"Votable" messages or only allow the Blog manager to create
"Votable" messages.
Prevent users from using HTML when posting messages Top
The system default is to allow users to embed HTML within their
messages. You can disabled this option via your Blog management page.
Hiding Email Prompt on Post Message Form Top
Users are normally presented with an input field to enter their
email address when posting a message. You can disable
this prompt via your Blog management page.
Hiding Phone Number Prompt on Post Message Form Top
Users are normally presented with an input field to enter their
phone number when posting a message, you can disable
this prompt via your Blog management page.
Realize, you could rename this field for some other use, other than to capture a user's phone number.
For example, you could rename this field to be "SSN" to capture a user's social security number.
Hiding User Name Prompt on Post Message Form Top
Users are normally presented with an input field to enter their
user name when posting a message, you can disable
this prompt via your Blog management page.
To prevent users from being prompted to enter a user name,
answer "Yes" to the option in the "Hiding Fields" section
of your Blog management page, labeled:
"Should User Name Prompt of Msg Creator be hidden?"
Realize, you can rename this field for some other use, other than to capture a user's name.
Just as an example, you could rename this field to be "Your favorite song" to capture a users favorite song.
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Management Utilities Top
Deleting Messages Top
A Blog manager can delete anyone's message, and via utilities on the Blog management page,
can do so one message at a time, selectively, by date range and/or as a group. This
capability can also be configured to occur automatically without manager intervention.
fyi:
Users can delete messages they create, but only messages they create.
You can disable this option by removing the "Delete" button from your Blog.
Deleting Messages Selectively
You have two options when deleting messages selectively. One way is to use
the "Delete" button at the top of your Blog, like all other users, and
specify the message id of the message you want to delete(remember to
use your manager's password). The other way is to use the "Delete
Messages Selectively" utility on your management page. This utility
generates a list of all messages on your Blog with a radio button
beside each message allowing you to just click
on the "Delete" radio button beside each message you want to Delete. Altenatively, instead
of listing all messages, you can request a subset of all messages, by date range, to choose from for selective deletion.
Click Here
to view a sample user interface used to Delete Messages Selectively.
Deleting Messages As A Group
You can delete messages as a group using the "Delete
Messages By Category" utility on your management page. This utility
allows you to delete groups of messages by category and date range.
It can also be used to delete messages from your message archives.
Click Here
to view a sample user interface used to Delete Messages as a group by Category.
Deleting Messages Automatically
You have the option of configuring your Blog to
automatically delete messages. This option allows
you to have your Blog automatically delete messages older than X days or to
automatically delete all messages except for the latest X number of messages. This option is
provided as a utility in the Utilities section of your
management page labeled:
"Automatic Deletion of Old Messages".
Archiving Messages Top
The Blog manager has the ability, via the Blog management page,
to move messages from the active part of his Blog into a special archival storage
area reserved for his/her's Blog. Messages moved into a Blog's archived
area remain accessible and searchable by users. The primary reason for archiving
messages is to maintain a clutter-free Blog and also to improve
user response time. A Blog with fewer active messages, loads faster.
Archival of Blog messages can be
done selectively, by date range and/or as a group, and/or configured
for automatic archival based on date range or number of messages.
Moving old messages into your "Message Archive" will tend to cause your
Blog to load faster, especially if there are a large number of messages posted.
Archiving Messages Selectively
You can "Archive" message selectively via the "Archive Messages Selectively"
utility on your management page. This utility
generates a list of all messages on your Blog with a radio button
beside each message allowing you to just click
on the "Archive" radio button beside each message you want to Archive. Altenatively, instead
of listing all messages, you can request a subset of all messages, by date range, to choose from for selective archival.
Click Here
to view a sample user interface used to Archive Messages Selectively.
Archiving Messages As A Group
You can archive messages as a group using the "Archive
Messages By Category" utility on your management page. This utility
allows you to archive groups of messages by category and date range.
Click Here
to view a sample user interface used to Archive Messages as a group by Category.
Archiving Messages Automatically
You have the option of configuring your Blog to
automatically archive messages. This option allows
you to automatically archive message older than X days or to
automatically archive all messages except for the latest X number of messages. This option is
provided as a utility in the Utilities section of your
management page labeled:
"Automatic Archival of Old Messages".
Moving Messages from one category to another Top
Assuming you allow users to Modify their own messages, each user can move a message he/she has
already posted in one category to another by using the "Modify" button at the top of your
Blog. The procedure is to Modify the message and
select the radio button beside the category you want to move the message to. Although
users can move individual messages from one category to another with this method,
as the Blog manager you have a utility("Move Messages") on your management page that allows an
entire group of messages to be moved from one category to another.
Click Here
to view a sample user interface used to Move Messages from one section(category) of your Blog to another.
Backup Utility Top
You can request a comma delimited ascii file
be created of all messages on your Blog using the "Backup" utility on your management page.
Email List Utility Top
You can request a comma delimited ascii file
be created of all email addresses associated with messages posted on your Blog using the "Email List" utility on your management page.
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Contact Billing Information Top
All information regarding billing and point of contact can be viewed and
modified via your Blog management page. If you choose you can specify
different information for billing and the Blog manager.
This section allows you to specify two email addresses, one used by our staff for billing
purposes and the other used by Blog visitors to contact yourself(the Blog manager).
The email link displayed at the bottom of your Blog labeled "Blog Management" is derived
from the email address you enter in the second email address in this section labeled "Blog Manager Email".
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Search Engine Options Top
Some Blog manager's may want to submit their Blog for
listing within internet search engines. Your management page
provides the capability of creating hidden Search Engine data
important in most search engine placement algorithms.
These options are located at the bottom of your management page.
The hidden Search Engine data you can create and associate
with your Blog used
by Search Engine Robots are: the Title, Keywords, and Page Description.
If you're not submitting to search engines you can ignore
these fields. However, if you're planning on submitting
it's a good idea to update these
fields before submitting your Blog for search engine indexing.
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50% Revenue Sharing Affilliate/Partnership Program Top
A 50% revenue sharing partnership is available to Blog managers participating in our affiliate program.
The program pays 50% of all income generated from referral accounts, for as long as those accounts exists.
Click Here
for more information on our Affiliate program.
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Undocumented Options Top
These options are infrequently used and not readily apparent from your management page. There's no
radio button to enable these options. Implementing these options requires the Blog manager
to place a specific keyword in the field labeled "Keywords" at the bottom of
the management page.
Remember to separate all phrases in the Keywords field with commas.
For example, you might enable three of these options by placing the following keywords in
the "Keyword" field on your management page: nofooter,fast,noresults
Explanations follow:
Hide the Home Button Option.
Place the phrase "HideHome", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Remember to separate all phrases in the Keywords field with commas.
Hide Footer Information Option.
You can hide the support information located at the bottom
of your Blog. This is the information that reads:
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To Learn About Blogs: Click Here
To View Frequently Asked Questions About Blogs: Click Here
System Support Email: [email protected]
(321) 984-9080
© 1997 - 2002 P.A. Corp. V6.4
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Place the phrase "NoFooter", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page, to
cause this information to not be displayed.
Remember to separate all phrases in the Keywords field with commas.
Hide the Names of Voters Option.
This option applies only to Blogs containing "Votable" messages.
Users are always able to view not only the vote count of "Votable"
messages but to see the names of each voter. Suppressing the
names of the voters from public view can be accomplished by
placing the phrase "NoResults", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Remember to separate all phrases in the Keywords field with commas.
Display Visitor Counters on the Login Page Option.
This option applies only to those Blogs utilizing login passwords.
Visitor counters, are by default shown on your main Blog page
and not shown on the Login page. However, they can be made to appear
on the Login page by placing the phrase "LoginCounters", without quotes,
in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Remember to separate all phrases in the Keywords field with commas.
Hide All Buttons at the top of your Blog Option.
This option is very infrequently used, but still available.
It allows you to configure your Blog so that no buttons
(i.e. "POST", "MODIFY", etc.) are displayed on your Blog.
Enable this option by
placing the word "HideButts", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Reverse the Ban IP effect.
This option causes the ban ip page to have the opposit effect,
i.e. IP addresses requested to be banned, will be the only ip addresses
allowed to view Blog.
Enable this option by
placing the word "ReverseIP", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Hide the "Blog Manager Only Options" on the "Post Message" Form.
This causes the two "Blog Manager Only Options", on the bottom of the Post Message Form,
labeled:
Make this the first message in its category?
Hide the MsgId, Name, Date, EmailAddress for this msg?
to not appear.
Enable this option by
placing the word "NoMgrOptions", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Hide the "Password Field" on the "Post Message" Form.
It's possible to not require a user to enter a password when
he/she posts a message.
However, be aware of the caveats of doing this:
If you're going to allow users to Modify and/or Delete messages they
create, you'll need to allow users to specify a password, to ensure
only the creator of the message can Delete or Modify it.
If your Blog is using "password protection" and a user saves his password,
via the link on your Blog's login page
labeled: "Should your computer remember your password?"
the user will not be prompted to enter a password. The system will
use his saved password.
It is possible to not require the user to enter
a password by Hiding the Modify and Delete buttons. Although doing this allows
a user to post a message without entering a password, the password field still
appears on the Post Message form. This allows the Blog manager, moderators, or
users with special posting privileges to enter a password when posting a message.
If you want to completely hide the password field from the Post Message form, the
procedure to follow is:
1. Hide the Modify Button.
2. Hide the Delete Button.
3. Place the word "NoMgrOptions", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom
of your management page.
Hide Message List Text at the top of your Blog Option (Threaded Blogs).
For "Threaded" Blogs, this option allows you to hide
the text at the top of your Blog that reads:
Message List
Double-Click (quickly) on folder icons below to view Message Titles.
Clicking on a Message Title displays the message in the bottom window
Enable this option by
placing the phrase "NoMsgList", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Make Blog Run Faster Option (Threaded Blogs).
For "Threaded" Blogs, this option allows you to realize
a slight improvement in Blog response time by eliminating some
database queries. Utilizing this option will improve Blog response
time, however you sacrifice the "number of messages count" normally
displayed beside each category folder.
Enable this option by
placing the word "Fast", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Hide the NAVirus Disclaimer (Threaded Blogs).
For "Threaded" Blogs, this option allows you to have the
NAVirus Disclaimer link(explaining the misdiagnosis by older Norton
AV software of the NiceDay Virus) to not be displayed.
Enable this option by
placing the word "NoVirusWarn", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Hide Category Table (Non-Threaded Blogs).
For "Non-Threaded" Blogs, this option allows you to
configure your Blog so that the Table of Category links at the
top of your Blog are not displayed.
Enable this option by
placing the word "HideCat", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Hide "Top" link (Non-Threaded Blogs).
For "Non-Threaded" Blogs, this option allows you to
configure your Blog so that the link labeled "Top", listed
after each category, (used to take a user back to the top of your
Blog) is not displayed.
Enable this option by
placing the word "HideTop", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
Redefine the "Top" link/shortcut
This option allows the Blog manager to redefine the "Top" links
(displayed after each category name) to point to the very top of the Blog, as opposed to the top message.
I.E., enabling this option causes the Blog to be repositioned(whenever a user clicks on a
"Top" link), to the very top, so the
Blog logo is displayed, as opposed to being repositioned just beneath the top so the first message is at
the top. Some Blog managers may want to enable this option to ensure the Blog
logo is displayed every time a user clicks on one of the "Top" links.
Enable this option by
placing the word "TipTop", without quotes, in the keywords field at the bottom of your management page.
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