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i've been bad for a while about actively seeking out newcomers to soulcast--for a long while, actually. a lot of folks are better at it than i am these days, but i do periodically encounter newcomers.

so this is for you.

at some point, you're going to have questions about soulcast, about how to navigate your way around here. just about all of those questions have been addressed at various points: just take a look at the blog entries that have the 4newcomers tag. tips on how to use flickr or youtube, how to get around SC, all of those things have been addressed there.

edit: cuz crybabylu asked for it...here's how to create a link. but first, take a look at this image:

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1. go to the exactly page to which you want to create a link.

2. note the URL (for example, the URL for this blog entry is http://www.soulcast.com/post/show/100522/PSA%3A-some-tricks-and-tips-on-soulcasting). leave your browser open to that page--you will need to copy & paste the URL later.

3. go into compose mode (see picture, below). note: compose mode is only available (i believe) if you are using either internet explorer or firefox.

4. type up whatever word or words you want to appear in blue and underlined and highlight it/them.

5. see the buttons illustrated in the picture? it has a globe with a link of chain. click on that button. if you hover the cursor over it, a tiny little balloon will pop up that reads "add link".

6. a small window will pop up once you click on the button, asking you for the URL you wish to add. please note: it automatically adds the "http://" bit so that you don't need to. a lot of links are posted that have that part repeated, so don't let that be you. :>

dee, i hope that helped.

ed

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  • crybabylu said on Dec 03, 2007....
    Well, I guess since I have been here two months now, I can't actually say I am a newbie, but I did read what you had to say in your post (4newcomers tag), and I still can't post a link.  I read the first time you wrote about it.  I read when Moom wrote about it, and now again.  Nope!  still can't do it.
  • skald said on Dec 03, 2007....
    Good of you Ed to think of the new comers. 
  • sheltercrow said on Dec 03, 2007....
    Weird

    What do they want to know ed?

  • crybabylu said on Dec 03, 2007....

    sheltercrow--you got that right!  Wow, that is a beautiful as well as interesting picture.  Hey, how come I can't understand the steps in making a link?  The instructions don't make sense to me.  It's the part where you type the word and it becomes a link.  I don't get that.  What is a globe?  Honestly,  I know it sounds stupid of me, but you don't know how many times I had to review the instructions before I was able to print a picture.

    What I have had to do to end up posting a link, is if I am cutting and pasting, I also cut and paste any link that is there in the article.  The only problem being, if they haven't provided that, I am out of luck.

  • sheltercrow said on Dec 03, 2007....

    Use this as your template and change only the items highlighted… place the code in the “edit HTML” area.

    <div class="flickr"><a href="http://www.soulcast.com/"><img src=" http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/111512373_4875bf56cd.jpg?v=0" height=400 alt="Weird" title=”Weird” width=400></a></div>

    http://www.soulcast.com/ is the web address that is linked to the picture so that when you click on it you go there.

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/111512373_4875bf56cd.jpg?v=0 is the address that can be found when you right click on a picture, then go to properties.

    height=400 and width=400 are also found under properties.

    alt="Weird" and title=”Weirdare used by you to place a tag on the picture. It’s what you see when you swipe your mouse curser over the picture.

    Most important before you do the above is that your picture must be publicly available on the web so that soulcast can find it. So upload it to flicker (the <div class=”flickr”> in the code above means it’s a flicker picture). Go to flicker and get a free account if you need to.

     The above code will get you this...

    Weird
  • sheltercrow said on Dec 04, 2007....

    The easiest way to hyperlink text is to highlight the text in your word processor, right click, click hyperlink, then copy the hyperlink into the box.

  • silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2007....
    dee: i've edited, that should help.

    skald: ah, c'mon, we all do that! :>

    sheltercrow: usually, i find that newcomers want to know all the things listed using the 4newcomers tag, myself. i'm not sure that crybabylu will benefit from a crash course on HTML, though.

    ed
  • sheltercrow said on Dec 04, 2007....
    are you sure ed? have you done a pole on this subject yet? if yes might you have an open post for comments?
  • silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2007....
    all my posts are open for comments.
  • crybabylu said on Dec 04, 2007....

     sheltercrow, ----see,  you already know me.......

    & watch out with your comments, though.  cause you never know when ed is going hit you with a snout trout........dee

  • WindRider said on Dec 04, 2007....
    Ed, I'm going to recommend this post (and your blog!) to a friend of mine who just signed up at Soulcast. Would you care to surf by her blog and check her out? please? Her blog is
    Pornaments


    Thanks.


    I fully intend to come and post soon, but this ain't the week for it unfortunately. I will see you guys later, tho!


    WindRider
  • silverwhisper said on Dec 04, 2007....
    windrider: hey, long time no see! i'll go take a peek, sure!

    ed
  • sheltercrow said on Dec 04, 2007....

    Silver is just a crucible of wisdom and often reminds me of how much I have forgotten to forget.

  • crybabylu said on Dec 08, 2007....
    oh this is so funny, i kept trying and trying to post a link, so I decided, before I went to text I wanted to post a link to, I would go ahead and copy and paste, the url above that you had used as an example above, but I hit compose, and it kept saying text, but I had a text so I couldn't understand , so I asked preacherman, and he kept trying.  I was out of the room and he called to me, hun, i posted a link, but i don't know how, and i don't know where.......oh way to funny!
  • crybabylu said on Dec 08, 2007....

    ok, i'm, trying this again.

  • crybabylu said on Dec 08, 2007....

    Well, ed, I finally did it but it wasn't easy.

  • silverwhisper said on Dec 08, 2007....
    sheltercrow: do both of us a favor and don't return to my blog page.

    dee: except that isn't the URL you want to create a link to, i wager...

    ed

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