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There are several ways to make the Copyright symbol © in an article, comment or mail message on Gather. The method can depend upon your operating system (Windows or MAC).
For Windows you can:
1) Type ©, which will change to the symbol when you publish, or post.
2) Hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys, and then press 'c' at the same time.
3) Hold down the Alt key while typing 0169 on the numeric keypad (if you have one).
There are more ways, but these should do the trick. If you have a MAC, let me know, and I will give you the instructions.
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Essentially, your namespace (perry2007.gather.com) IS your blog. While I am certain Gather, Inc. is working on adding more customization capability to your namespace, you are limited today in how it will appear to visitors.
My recommendation would be to create a Gather Group™ which is devoted to your 'blog posts'. This allows you to control what articles you feature, your icon, and even add a cool banner! Creating a group is very easy and free!
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I will be back soon to answer your question!
1. How do you put larger pictures in an article? I've seen it done but can't figure it out.
2. Also, why is it, when you "Preview" an article and have everything looking perfect, the final Published work always looks terrible?
3. Why doesn't gather hire some true computer geeks who know how to program and yet are cognizant of real human communication?
Tags get added to your namespace (primarily) when you publish. Therefore, to add more tags to your namespace, you will need to increase your use of relevant tags for the articles and images you add to the community. However, the tags that appear on your namespace are secondary compared to the tags that accompany your content, as this is the primary means for other members to connect to your work, and then ultimately, to you.
I will answer your next question as a second comment!
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Want to find stuff on Gather? - You'll 'find' out how HERE.
The best way to locate groups, members and content pertaining to any subject on Gather, like art, would be through tag, group and article searches.
For example, entering tags like art, artists, artwork, etc. in the 'try your own tag' box on the left side of most pages on Gather will bring up a listing of members, content and people that pertain to that tag. Therefore, try different tags that relate to your subject and see what you come up with.
You can also try entering specific keywords or phrases when doing a group and article search. This will bring up groups and content which contain those words. Then, you can explore the groups, articles, or even the articles that groups are published to, to find more about your subject of interest. If you need any help, please let me know.
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1. How do you put larger pictures in an article? I've seen it done but can't figure it out.
Here are the basic steps:
These are just a few of the different methods. If you get stuck, let me know.
I will answer your other questions in a second comment.
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Need help using images on Gather? - Then picture THIS.
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On Gather, blog posts are referred to as 'articles'. In your question were you referring to the steps for publishing an article on Gather?
(I see now that you haven't published an article yet)
If you would like help publishing an article, click HERE for some basic instructions. If you need more help, let me know!
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Tame your article fonts! - Click HERE to learn how.
If you publish your article (blog post) to 'Everyone', then it become available to everyone on the internet. Thus, you have published internationally! If you wish to send your article/blog post via email, there is a link within the article once it is published. The link is titled 'email to a friend'. On Gather you can email links to all articles and images that you wish to share. If you scroll up, you will see how the link appears in this article.
Did that answer your question?
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Questions about Gather? - Ask other members in the Gather Help Forum.
Here are the answers (such as they are) to your other two questions:
2. Also, why is it, when you "Preview" an article and have everything looking perfect, the final Published work always looks terrible?
Well, this is hard to answer, because 'terrible' can mean different things. Depending upon what you are doing, formatting in the editor or preview can appear differently than when you publish. There can be several reasons for this, and I would need to have more information to be able to help you overcome this (what word processing program are you using, is text in a table, does it have HTML, etc.) Most of the time this is just a 'glitch' and there is little that can be done. Feel free to send me a message on this, and I can assist you further.
3. Why doesn't gather hire some true computer geeks who know how to program and yet are cognizant of real human communication?
I don't work for Gather, so I can't address this...but are you referring to the design, interface, support, or something specific you can share? Feel free to send me a message on this as well.
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In referance to #3, I was mostly venting. Sorry. I have noticed that even experienced Gather people have difficulties with the site. I was sent a survey by Gather to new people which among other things asked, what do I suggest? I suggested they scrap the whole thing and start over.
There are so many instances of these difficulties, I don't hardly know where to start. I'll work on that...make a list.
You look at sites like Ebay and Google (I've switched my email there) which are nearly effortless to learn and use. They are so well thought out and make changes and improvements quickly when there are problems.
But for a newbie, this is one difficult site.
Stephen
About #2.
I used Word for both my articles. In the article about Birdies Kids I tried ornanizing the photos and text in Word and then pasting the whole thing into Gather. Of couse that didn't work. So I spent hours, literally, attempting to get the photos in the right place but never did succeed. I'd like to understand this because I have several ideas for articles with photos.
I finally got the article somewhat presentable in "Preview" and hit "Publish". Oh!
Awful!
So I juggled back and forth beween compose and publish to try to shove things into a fairly presentable picture.
That's no way to run a business!
Stephen
1) I agree that the process for using images in articles is not very intuitive. I have instructions that should make it easier for you, and I will paste those below in a separate comment. Basically, you must use tables in MSWord, but I have some tips for adding the table into the Gather article editor.
2) Also, I do have an Artisan/Craft Showcase opening on Gather (it was suppose to be open yesterday), but I have a different group which I think will be a closer match to your exceptional skills, and will provide a better platform for you to 'showcase' your work...I will send you a message on this.
I have sent you a mail message addressing your question.
Thank You!
Have noticed some people put cute animations in their comments.
I would like to do that.
How do I do that??
If you can help I'd appreciate it, but I'm hoping it won't be too complicated.
Adding animated images to comments is fairly easy. First, you must locate the animated image you want to use on the web. Then, you copy the 'code' they typically give you for the image, and paste it into your comment. When you post your comment, the image will then appear.
Here is what I suggest:
1) Go to Photobucket.com, and locate an animated image you want to use.
2) Click anywhere in the HTML Tag box for that image. This will automatically copy the code to your clipboard.
3) Come back to this article, and paste the code into a comment. You must also enter at least one character of text to make the image appear....so add a word or two to your comment.
4) Post your comment and you will see the animated image appear.
I hope that seems easy enough!
Thanks for helping so many of us!
I'm going to check here often!! - Glad I checked today!
Hopefully the tips above help you in some way. A new article is published every Sunday, and you may find all articles from the Sunday Help Series by entering the tag how do i into any tag search box on Gather.
As for your second question, I will need to address this later this morning, as I do not have time at the moment to answer it adequately. Look for a response soon though!
I apologize that I wasn't able to get back to Gather until much later than I had anticipated. To make certain that you see my response, I will write it up in a mail message. Thanks!