All Discussions Tagged 'FAQ' - The 4 Freedoms Library2024-03-19T10:04:13Zhttp://4freedoms.com/group/admin/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=FAQ&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)tag:4freedoms.com,2010-10-26:3766518:Topic:298972010-10-26T04:29:30.000ZNetconhttp://4freedoms.com/profile/Netcon
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<p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">All members can create new forums (but not new blogs) and make…</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">Apologies to any site whose copyright we have violated. Over time, vital documents get lost because it becomes impossible to find them due to address changes or being buried; or they can be removed or archived. Therefore, we take copies of vital documents, for the benefit of future researchers.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">All members can create new forums (but not new blogs) and make comments on walls. Content should preferably be added to one of the Victim Rooms (below), or the Method Rooms (above), and tagged with the Z-code ('Z' plus country name e.g. "Zuk").</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">To get email updates on a discussion just comment on it, or click 'Follow' at the bottom.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">Private rooms are not viewable by the public.</span></font></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Helvetica;">If you've just joined, it can be a bit difficult to make everything work the way you want, so here are some helpful hints.</span></p>
<p><strong>1. Is there a version for Iphone or other mobile phones?</strong></p>
<p>There's a mobile phone version at <em>//4freedoms.com/m</em></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">2. How do I turn on/off the emails about Forum postings?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> Go to the Rooms you are a member of. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on the link "Notify – E-mail me when there are new discussions"</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">3. How do I change my avatar (the image that identifies me)?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> If you want to change your name or icon/avatar image, go to My Settings, in the upper right hand box. Its best if you first create the image you want as a square, 171 x 171 pixels big, then it won't get truncated and will appear nicely.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">4. How do I create clickable links (to webpages)?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> You can convert your text link to a dynamic link by:<br/> (1) copy the URL text from your chosen website<br/> (2) select any bit of text in your posting - or just put "click here" and select the 'here'<br/> (3) click on the little chain-link icon next to the S symbol<br/> (4) paste your URL text and hit enter You now have a clickable link in your comment :-) This technique is very powerful. You can not only paste a website, you can link to any page within that website. You can also link to pages within Nemosini, so you can link to documents in any room.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">5. How Do I Embed one of your Videos in my Forum?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> To get the link to the video, just click on the arrow in the bottom right corner of the Youtube tv box, and a menu will pop up. Click on that 'subsectioned' diagram and it will shrink the video and give you the embed link and URL. Then just click on either of those & they are automatically copied to your clipboard. There's another way you can do it ass well. Just double click on any Youtube video and it opens up the proper youtube website. Then you can grab the embed info or whatever you want.</span></font></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">6. How Do Access 4Freedoms on my Smartphone?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> The iphone is</span></font> <a href="http://help.ning.com/cgi-bin/ning.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3246&p_sid=IM6Gn*Hj" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">fully supported</span></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">. On any other smartphone, just browse to the mobile URL:</span></font> <a href="http://4freedoms.ning.com/m" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">http://4freedoms.ning.com/m</span></font></a></p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">7. Should I use foreign languages?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/> Yes please do! We encourage everyone to write in their mother tongue, as that is quicker, easier, more enjoyable and encourages growth of their community. There is a discussion</span></font> <a href="/group/other/forum/topics/handling-foreign-languages-in"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">here</span></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-weight: bold;"><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">8. How do I do Searches?</span></font></b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;"><br/></span></font> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">You are dependent on the search tags the writer puts on each forum or blog, so please try to attach useful search tags to your entries. The search facility on Ning is very poor so you can use Tagging tricks to make it better.</span></font></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">Search tags are independent of case, so it doesn't matter if you put the term in upper, lower or mixed case</span></font></span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">You make can make a better tag by running 2 words together, for example "acidattacks" instead of "acid attacks". The reason being that "acid attacks" will also retrieve text which just contains the word "attacks"</span></font></span></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">For Authors' Name put the personal Name first and surname 2nd, e.g. samialdeeb for Sami Al Deeb</span></font></li>
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<p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">So now when you try formulate a search, here are some more tips:</span></font></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">you can query by room with the URL:</span></font></span> <a href="http://4freedoms.ning.com/group/%3C/a%3E"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">http://4freedoms.ning.com/group/</a></span></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">;(room URLname)/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=(subject)</span></font></li>
<li><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">the room URLname is the same or similar to the room name (for example: Room "Women and Children" has URLname "women"). If you go to the room, you will be able to see its URLname in the address bar of your browser.</span></font></li>
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<div><b><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size: small;">9. Should I use a Blog or a Forum or a Wall?</span></font></b></div>
<div><p>Please make your contributions in forums/discussions or on the wall in a relevant room. Personal blog posting is currently disabled. We did this because with potentially over 800 individual blogs, and with no subject category or geographical region to guide members, it would be almost impossible to find an important discussion for future reference.</p>
<p><b><font face="Helvetica">10. How do I tell other members about myself?</font></b><font face="Helvetica"><br/> Go to MyPage, click on the text box titled "My latest announcement is", and type in some info about yourself that you want to share with others. For example, you could tell them about your current projects and ask for help.</font></p>
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