User Guide
Instructions for Comment Toolbar
STRONG: Use this for making text bold
1. Highlight the word you wish to make bold
2. Click on the Strong tab
Word or phrase is now in bold text
EMPHASIS: Use this for italicizing text
1. Highlight the word you wish to italicize
2. Click on the Emphasis tab
Word or phrase is now italicized
LINK: Use this to attach a clickable link to a word or phrase
1. Copy the link you want from the browser window
2. Highlight a phrase in your comment such as, “here is the article”
3. Click on the link box above the comment window
4. Paste the link you copied from your browser window into the link box
You now have a clickable link in your comment.
QUOTE: Use this to block in a quote from another commenter
1. Copy the portion of the comment from a fellow commenter
2. Paste it into your comment box
3. Highlight the portion or phrase that is now in your comment box
4. Click on the Quote box above the comment window
Your imported comment is now in block quotes
STRIKE: Use this for placing a strike through your text
1. Highlight the word you wish to strike
2. Click on the Strike tab above the comment window
Word or phrase now has a strike through it.
CLOSED TAG: We will bypass closed tag as it will not enhance your web experience at this time!
Instructions for Using ” Tweet This Post!”
You need to have a Twitter Account to use this function. You are encouraged to open a Twitter account. It will allow you to share the message of Manly’s Republic with many additional citizens across the internet.
Once you have Twitter set up you can follow the simple directions below to “Tweet” Manly’s different posts.
1. Click on “Tweet This Post!” (found under every post on the main page.)
2. It will open up to your personal page in Twitter and will automatically place the link in your Update Box
3. At the end of the link make a space and type in #tcot and hit your Update button.
This will send the post across to a huge number of people who happen to be on Twitter at the time.
TCOT stands for Top Conservatives on Twitter. By adding #tcot you are allowing the post to be made public to a vast number of Conservatives.
Please feel free to leave comments, questions or suggestions below
All very good webmaster.
I did learn something new: what tcot on twitter means!!
The emoticons I guess are the next step, because I still haven’t learned or memorized all of those that are enabled on here, since a lot of the [redacted] blog sites I have seen don’t have these functions.
Is “twitter” something that only twits do?
I’m not crazy about emoticons. I tolerate them but I don’t plan on instructing people how to use them.
Um, no. That would be Facebook.
It’s all alien to me
So twittering is not just a synonym for tittering?
Very cool!
Stick to the subject, folks. Are there any questions or suggestions for changes or additions to these instructions?
Can we have an “Escapism via Morris Dancing” section on this website?
It’ll make more sense than anything President Fustercluck and his Merry Band of Congressional Halfwits can do…
Here you go, Limey. Should hold you over ’til we get that feature up and running…
Bless you Charlotte
Ahhh….morris dancing….the special olympics of the dancing world….
…yet it is so pure and innocent it calms the mind….no evil can come of it.
Chewy,
Here is a page that answers different questions about Twitter, but if you would like I can give you a few pointers to get things rolling. The comment above to Sapwolf explains how to get followers when the time comes for that.
To begin:
You have your account set up so now you just need to try to get a few followers and follow a few people who share in your values or interests.
In order to make this happen you must first write something in your Bio that allows people to see a little of who you are and what your interests are.
If you are mostly interested in Twitter to communicate with fellow conservatives then you can simply put Conservative somewhere in your bio and when other conservatives see that, they will be more inclined to follow you.
Before you try to get a few followers, try to add a few updates to your page. You do this by going to your home page and in the update box at the top, type in some sort of message or link that is 140 characters or less and then hit the update button.
You will see that your message appears in your time line below your update box. Everytime you do an “update” anyone who is following you will see what you have to say and will have the option of responding to you with what we call an @reply. We will go into that later. For now , just practice posting some updates on your home page.
Example of an update: Re: Joe Biden - I wish I had a Gibbs to walk behind me and fix any stupid things I say.
Make sure to hit the update button after you have typed the message in your update box.
You can also place quotes or interesting links you found in your update box. Twitter automatically makes the links clickable once you enter them into your update box.
Here is another explanation of updates
After you have a few interesting updates on your time line, go here and get some followers either from the first option I gave or the second option.
Here is another explanation of followers
If you learn how to update and get a few followers then you have taken the first big step toward using Twitter.
Let me know when you have done these two things and are comfortable with them and I will teach you about @replies.
Here’s a good introductory explanation of @replies
(Just come back to this thread, Chewy and I’ll keep an eye out for your questions)
Also, always feel free to use the faq link I gave you at the top to further explore Twitter if you wish.