riddleme
Well-Known Member
I have set up my new Journal (Riddlemes Nuggets, sig link) to show everyone what is possible, now let me explain how to do it
In your My Rollitup bottom left is a link called journal, this is your control panel, when you click it, it will start on the privacy & settings page simply select how you want it to act.
Once you have done this, you need to name your Journal if you don't give it a name it will default to your screen name.
Once you have chosen a name you need to manage/create catagories. If you look at mine you will see I have several, this is how you seperate/organize topics so others can find them more easily. Think about and plan how you want to lay your journal out and what kind of things you will be posting there and name your catagories accordingly.
Understanding Parent Catagories. If you look at mine you will see that I have created a catagory called Grow Journals, This is a parent catagory allowing me to have more than one (in the future) I then created a Goin Loco catagory to copy my first journal into and chose the parent catagory grow journal to place it in.
Once you have created your catagories you are ready to blog/journal. you can click the create new post button and start from scratch or you can automatically copy a forum post by clicking the "journal this post" link found bottom left of every forum post (and yes you can blog other member post you find helpful or interesting, I have done this in my Member Nuggets catagory).
Please understand that you are limited to 10,000 characters per post and 10 images (includes smilies) this is why you see Part 1 and Part 2 post in my journal.
Once you have written (or copied) your post check the box of the catagory you want it in, use the manage attachments button to add pic's (HINT, I prefer the "As Attachments" option as it displays them neater) Hit the post now button and walla your new journal has begun.
To edit a post simply click the litte pencil icon next to the title.
Now what are Custom Pages, if you look at my journal you will see a link called Research Links that is on the right side under my statistics and right above the ad, this is a custom page that I created (you are allowed 5 of these) You can make these pages be whatever you want
Hope this helps everyone get started and if you have questions ask away
In your My Rollitup bottom left is a link called journal, this is your control panel, when you click it, it will start on the privacy & settings page simply select how you want it to act.
Once you have done this, you need to name your Journal if you don't give it a name it will default to your screen name.
Once you have chosen a name you need to manage/create catagories. If you look at mine you will see I have several, this is how you seperate/organize topics so others can find them more easily. Think about and plan how you want to lay your journal out and what kind of things you will be posting there and name your catagories accordingly.
Understanding Parent Catagories. If you look at mine you will see that I have created a catagory called Grow Journals, This is a parent catagory allowing me to have more than one (in the future) I then created a Goin Loco catagory to copy my first journal into and chose the parent catagory grow journal to place it in.
Once you have created your catagories you are ready to blog/journal. you can click the create new post button and start from scratch or you can automatically copy a forum post by clicking the "journal this post" link found bottom left of every forum post (and yes you can blog other member post you find helpful or interesting, I have done this in my Member Nuggets catagory).
Please understand that you are limited to 10,000 characters per post and 10 images (includes smilies) this is why you see Part 1 and Part 2 post in my journal.
Once you have written (or copied) your post check the box of the catagory you want it in, use the manage attachments button to add pic's (HINT, I prefer the "As Attachments" option as it displays them neater) Hit the post now button and walla your new journal has begun.
To edit a post simply click the litte pencil icon next to the title.
Now what are Custom Pages, if you look at my journal you will see a link called Research Links that is on the right side under my statistics and right above the ad, this is a custom page that I created (you are allowed 5 of these) You can make these pages be whatever you want
Hope this helps everyone get started and if you have questions ask away