Cr8EC Site Navigation How-To's:
Please let us know what you're trying to do or find here on the site and we'll be sure to write up and post a quick tutorial for ya. :) And--don't be shy or embarrassed!!!!! No question is a stupid one. Unless of course you're asking your husband or a smart allelic teenager who think they know it all--and none of those are in our cool cr8tv peep club! lol
If you're new here, its sorta like a message board on steroids!! LOL--or as my friends daughter called it---"Mom, its a MySpace for Crafters!" :)
Topics:
Uploading Photos:
**To your Studio:
>Click on
--> "Photos" at top of home page
-->"Add Photos"
TIPS:
--You should have a simple row of 8 tabs on the left that each say "Choose File". If you don't see that, scroll down and click on "use simple uploader".
--You can also upload photos from your Flickr account if you have one.
--Your photos will automatically show up in the main Cr8EC album and within your "My Photos" section inside your Studio.
**Inserting photos into blog or comment posts:
Adding/inserting a photo into a text box within the Cr8EC site is a little different than just selecting the file from your computer. To do this it only requires one teensy little extra step, but I find it is really worth it to have this functionality.
To insert a photo, you must first upload the photo to a photo sharing site where the image can be 'hosted'. I prefer PhotoBucket for this service and will add instructions here on how it works with that site.
1. Register and activate your PhotoBucket account.
2. Upload your photos to your PhotoBucket album.
3. Copy the 'Direct Link' code (see image below)
4. With your cursor placed where you want your image to appear, click the 'insert photo' icon in the menu bar above the text box you are in. (see image below)
5. Paste the code into the box labeled 'Please enter an image address'(see image below)
Uploading Videos:
**To your Studio:
>Click on
--> "Videos" at top of home page
-->"Add Video"
-->Click the "Choose File" button to upload from your computer. *Files must be 100MB or smaller. Support .mov, .mpg, .avi, .3gp and .wmv file formats.
*If the video is already hosted on a site like YouTube or Google, look to the lower right of your upload screen and select "Add Video" to simply paste the "Embed code" your video host site gave you.
*You can also upload your videos to your PhotoBucket account and host them there. This will enable you to not only embed the video code here at Cr8EC, but on any other website as well.
*To upload by cell phone or email select "More Information" on the right of the upload page. Add photos and videos by sending them to your personal Cr8EC e-mail address shown.
**Inserting videos & slideshows into blog or comment posts:
Simply follow the same instructions as inserting photos, but copy and paste the 'HTML Code' instead of the 'Direct Link' code.
Uploading an image or video into your PhotoBucket account
Index of all PhotoBucket How-To's
Adding a Link within a Comment or Blog Post:
1. Type what you want the 'name' of the link to be labeled. ie: what you want people to see instead of the big, long ugly URL. :)
Heres an example--
1. Lets say you want to post a link to Ebay, start by typing "Ebay ..." into the text of your message and then highlight it. (see pic below)
2. Once you've highlighted it, click on the 'add hyperlink' button in the top menu tool bar (between the S and the image icon). *If you hold your cursor/mouse over it for a minute the name of the icon with pop up so you can be sure its the right one. The name of your link will not stay highlighted once you hit the 'add hyperlink' icon, but don't worry--its not supposed to. (notice in my sample image)
3. Now paste the URL/link into the box that opens up and hit OK. (see pic below) Wahla!
You can also choose to underline or bold your links to make them stand out more from the rest of the text.
Who's Online Scroller:
Just wanted to let you know we added some new features to the Create Everyday site. One of my favorites is the "Who's Online" scroller bar that you can turn onto the top of your CE screen now! You can add fun messages to your photo--maybe what mood you are in or what you're working on today or whatever! To turn it on, just click the "Who's Online" link just under your settings in the upper right hand corner of your page. See pic here--
http://createeveryday.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=1991220%3APhoto%...
If you're new here, its sorta like a message board on steroids!! LOL--or as my friends daughter called it---"Mom, its a MySpace for Crafters!" :)
Topics:
Uploading Photos:
**To your Studio:
>Click on
--> "Photos" at top of home page
-->"Add Photos"
TIPS:
--You should have a simple row of 8 tabs on the left that each say "Choose File". If you don't see that, scroll down and click on "use simple uploader".
--You can also upload photos from your Flickr account if you have one.
--Your photos will automatically show up in the main Cr8EC album and within your "My Photos" section inside your Studio.
**Inserting photos into blog or comment posts:
Adding/inserting a photo into a text box within the Cr8EC site is a little different than just selecting the file from your computer. To do this it only requires one teensy little extra step, but I find it is really worth it to have this functionality.
To insert a photo, you must first upload the photo to a photo sharing site where the image can be 'hosted'. I prefer PhotoBucket for this service and will add instructions here on how it works with that site.
1. Register and activate your PhotoBucket account.
2. Upload your photos to your PhotoBucket album.
3. Copy the 'Direct Link' code (see image below)
4. With your cursor placed where you want your image to appear, click the 'insert photo' icon in the menu bar above the text box you are in. (see image below)
5. Paste the code into the box labeled 'Please enter an image address'(see image below)
Uploading Videos:
**To your Studio:
>Click on
--> "Videos" at top of home page
-->"Add Video"
-->Click the "Choose File" button to upload from your computer. *Files must be 100MB or smaller. Support .mov, .mpg, .avi, .3gp and .wmv file formats.
*If the video is already hosted on a site like YouTube or Google, look to the lower right of your upload screen and select "Add Video" to simply paste the "Embed code" your video host site gave you.
*You can also upload your videos to your PhotoBucket account and host them there. This will enable you to not only embed the video code here at Cr8EC, but on any other website as well.
*To upload by cell phone or email select "More Information" on the right of the upload page. Add photos and videos by sending them to your personal Cr8EC e-mail address shown.
**Inserting videos & slideshows into blog or comment posts:
Simply follow the same instructions as inserting photos, but copy and paste the 'HTML Code' instead of the 'Direct Link' code.
Uploading an image or video into your PhotoBucket account
Index of all PhotoBucket How-To's
Adding a Link within a Comment or Blog Post:
1. Type what you want the 'name' of the link to be labeled. ie: what you want people to see instead of the big, long ugly URL. :)
Heres an example--
1. Lets say you want to post a link to Ebay, start by typing "Ebay ..." into the text of your message and then highlight it. (see pic below)
2. Once you've highlighted it, click on the 'add hyperlink' button in the top menu tool bar (between the S and the image icon). *If you hold your cursor/mouse over it for a minute the name of the icon with pop up so you can be sure its the right one. The name of your link will not stay highlighted once you hit the 'add hyperlink' icon, but don't worry--its not supposed to. (notice in my sample image)
3. Now paste the URL/link into the box that opens up and hit OK. (see pic below) Wahla!
You can also choose to underline or bold your links to make them stand out more from the rest of the text.
Who's Online Scroller:
Just wanted to let you know we added some new features to the Create Everyday site. One of my favorites is the "Who's Online" scroller bar that you can turn onto the top of your CE screen now! You can add fun messages to your photo--maybe what mood you are in or what you're working on today or whatever! To turn it on, just click the "Who's Online" link just under your settings in the upper right hand corner of your page. See pic here--
http://createeveryday.ning.com/photo/photo/show?id=1991220%3APhoto%...
Tags: image, photobucket, upload, video
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Nancy on -
I turned off the scrolling "Who's On-line" once before, but I don't remember how I did it. How do I turn it off?
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Housing on -
Nancy, you look to the upper right corner of the scrolling box and there is a red box with a white x in it, you just click the x
HTH! :o)
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Permalink Reply by Nancy on
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I see in one of your previous comments something about webChattr. What and where is that?
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Housing on
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Hey Jen,
ya know how when you go to some websites, they have an auto fill feature so when it asks you to type in your email address to sign in, you just type the first letter and the rest fills in automatically? Does cr8ec have that and I just need to change a setting on my computer? My email address is kinda long and I hate re-typing it in as many times as I pop on and off the sight all day everyday! LOL!!! TIA, Ash :o)
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Grant on -
@Ashley--
thats weird! I think there is a setting in your Safari preferences (or Firefox) that will do the autosave for you...lemme go look...ok when your Safari internet page is open, click on 'Safari' up in the top right next to 'file'>then 'preferences', then do this:
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Grant on
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@Nancy--
"I see in one of your previous comments something about webChattr. What and where is that?"
webChattr is a live chat module (area on our site) that i had installed for a day or so, but it had too many errors etc so I pulled it off. I have another chat to add, I just need to play with and adjust the size of it before i put it on the site...the way the programmer wrote it is WAY too big for us here :)
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Sanfilippo on -
Jenn, what I haven't been able to figure out is how to change the background to something other that what you have on the website. I have tried to download other pictures (for the background) but it hasn't worked. Also, does the website seem to run slow....or maybe it's just my laptop!!!! LOL...have a great day
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Housing on
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Awesome Jen, Thanks so much!! I'm off to check it out! XOXOXO Love ya!
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Housing on
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You're a genius!! It totally worked :o)
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Grant on
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@Cheryl--
"Jenn, what I haven't been able to figure out is how to change the background to something other that what you have on the website. I have tried to download other pictures (for the background) but it hasn't worked. Also, does the website seem to run slow....or maybe it's just my laptop!!!! LOL...have a great day"
Good question! Here's a quick set of instructions, but lemme know if it doesn't make sense and i'll try to do a video tute--
and yes, the site is running a bit slow lately--i think its because I added the avatars of video's and pics to the home page---is that the page that seems to load the slowest for you (it is for me)...i'm working on it with programmers and trying different things to speed it up---thats why i go MIA sometimes cus I get focused on the back end stuff. :)
See attached PDF for instructions-- - Attachments:
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Permalink Reply by Teri on -
I want to know how to or if you can link my profile from here to my facebook add as friend destination. vice versa, so that friends can directly link over to request being added. I could probably figure it out. I know that on facebook "my pages" I have my badge linked but that is all I dont think it is the same thing? This type of stuff takes me a bit to get done properly. I dont even know if I am making sense. In fact do I even know what I am talking about? hehehe Thanks
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