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Tutorial - Gold Members Advance Edit

For Gold Members who wish to use the Advanced Edit mode on their Author Pages

Please Note! [One]

If you have any custom pictures, photos on your page as secondary images and do not wish to lose them please make sure you have the name saved somewhere to access quickly , such as on a Word Document

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Please Note! [Two]

When this option is chosen your page will automatically become blank and appear like such until you complete your editing, so please do not panic if your page looks like this for a minute:

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To Edit your page with Advance Edit

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When you go to the Edit Author Page, scroll down til you reach

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Layout & filter options

At the end of this list you’ll see

Advance author page (more info)

Tick this box

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A box will open up underneath it with

Advanced Mode: Shows a minimal top bar and hides most elements so you can customize them. Add words [guestbook], [guestbook-form], [chat], [rewarding], [items], [focused], [others], [lists], [full bio], [trophies], [groups], [itemcounts], [no sidebar], [active contests] to your description to show each section where desired. Make sure to add a header above each section like My Poems.

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Go back up to the main box of your page editing

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Decide how you wish to have it set out, you can have your poetry up the top or bottom,

Contests in the middle and trophies anywhere or even not on the page at all … it is all up to you

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Once you decide where you wish to have everything, your poetry, pictures etc you will need to write:

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Please Note! [Three]

You need to give your poetry, contests, etc a heading such as “My Poems”, “Words from my Pen”, “Giving away trophies” etc whatever you wish (Though please try not to have ‘Adult’ content in your titles)

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So it appears similar to this

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[items] - (exactly like this) where you wish to have your poetry

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[others] - (exactly like this) is your columns

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[guestbook] - (exactly like this) is your guestbook

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[guestbook-form] - (exactly like this) is the box where people write your guestbook entries

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[lists] - (exactly like this) is your lists

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[trophies] - (exactly like this) is your trophies

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[groups] - (exactly like this) is your groups

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[full bio] -(exactly like this) is your “Member since …” “I am a screaming dragon poet for 11,233 poems” “I support the site as a Gold member” etc

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Please Note! [Four]

When you have your [full bio] option up, your trophies, and groups will appear under it as normal so you may not wish to have your [trophies] and [groups] on the page twice

It is up to you of course

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[active contests] - (exactly like this) is your contests you have going

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There are other options to put on your page such as

[chat] - a chat box on your page

[focused] - the poems you are focused on

[no sidebar] - if you wish to not have your “face image” on the side

[rewarding] - your rewarding poetry

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Please Note! [Five]

When you write the words [items] etc it is like your secondary images, you can not have the font changed to something like Arial, Georgia as it will not work.

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Once you have this up you can align it centre, right or left as you normally would

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Feel free to play around and move things around as much as you like

You may wish to have dividers between your poetry, contests, pictures etc

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You can have as much or as little on your page as you please

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Once you decide your page looks how you wish or even if you just want a sneak peek

Click Submit Edit, please do not forget to do this after all the work you put into your page it is easy to forget

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If you decide that Advanced Edit is not for you and you wish your page to go back to how it was, simply untick the Advanced Edit box and remove the words [items] etc off your page

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I hope you enjoy setting up your page & I hope this answers questions

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If you have any question, feel free to ask anytime

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  • Barbara gold member
    September 4
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    I decided to try the advanced edit... and my name vanished from the top of my page. I've replaced it with a scrolling banner of my name, but it was annoying that I couldn't figure out how to put that name back there. What tag would make the name go back? [name] didn't work.

    • PhantomsAngel87 Greeters member
      September 5
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      Hey hun

      Asked a Mod and they said:

      < h 1 > PhantomsAngel87 < / h 1 > try that without the spaces between each symbol.

    • PhantomsAngel87 Greeters member
      September 4
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      That's an excellent question, I might need to ask a Mod that one as I am not entriely sure myself

  • Valley Girl silver member
    July 19
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    Thanks so much for taking the time to do this twin! It is a big help!!

  • Duana gold member
    July 13
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    wow I have been a gold member for years and years now but this sounds way to complicated. I think I will just leave everything as is!

  • grannyeri gold member
    July 6
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    Do not think this works for us with Macs does it?
  • This is great Manda Thanks so much
  • Wow this is very helpfull

  • ArtFullyMe gold member
    July 6
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    http://allpoetry.com/ArtFullyMe
    Here's how I used the advanced edit.

    Mine uses CSS - or in more common terms 'styling' that is outside of the HTML.

    I've been thinking of doing a column on this as well, and may still yet, as it is very possible to go far beyond the editor, which means it IS possible to change the font, color, shape and size of something like *[items]* even lists, actually, the look of the entire site on your page, if you want to go as far as I did

    Great column, much needed.

  • Thanks Amanda

    I was just about to do a column on this as well, since I did answer this the other day.

    Tammy - Little Feather

  • zochit2me gold member
    July 6
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    Wow
    I just IM's greeters the other day (thanks Little Feather) and ask for these instructions...

    This is Awesome! You guys rock!!!!

    Thanks
    ☼Becky☼

  • Sharcu gold member
    July 6
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    I think if your provide links to pages that use the advance edit and show what can be made possible, that might help Here's some of the best I've seen

    http://allpoetry.com/ArtFullyMe
    http://allpoetry.com/Sharcu
    http://allpoetry.com/Hekate
    http://allpoetry.com/Little%20Feather
    http://allpoetry.com/Raindance

    These are just a couple that I know of. Please don't take offense if I didn't list your page. I just find that these use pictures, html, and creative designs the best.

    Just an idea

    • Ok, I'm officially jealous. I need to learn this. lol.

      • Sharcu gold member
        July 7
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        Some pages are easier than others. Mine is just HTML and some photoshop work. ArFullyMe used CSS to create her beautiful design.

    • ArtFullyMe gold member
      July 7
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      Thank you! for including my page..



    • Hekate gold member
      July 6
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      "These are just a couple that I know of. Please don't take offense if I didn't list your page. I just find that these use pictures, html, and creative designs the best."
      Wow Tim, thanks for the wonderful compliment!

  • Hekate gold member
    July 5
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    Lol, you beat me to it. Awesome Column. I know that many members will appreciate it.
  • thanks Amanda, this is very helpful, I'll make sure I have everything I want - images and such added before I go and play with the feature but yeah great info
  • o.O I had to figure out how to use the Advance Profile thing by myself...=D I didn't know you could have a chat onyou're page. I go do that now. Lol. =D This is helpful info Manda. Thanks =D
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