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How does one link their review to a thread?
Diane wrote: "How does one link their review to a thread?"
I'm working on book linking now, will do review linking next.
I'm working on book linking now, will do review linking next.
Hayes, you give great directions!!!!!!!I've had three different people try to tell me how to post a picture from a website, and it's never worked until now. Yay! I've wanted to do this for a long time, and now I can!
How does it work if you want to include a photo you've taken yourself to a post?
Again, you're great! Thanks!
awww, shucks....
glad I could help :-)
Scout wrote: "How does it work if you want to include a photo you've taken yourself to a post?"
Next week I'll give instructions about how to do that.
glad I could help :-)
Scout wrote: "How does it work if you want to include a photo you've taken yourself to a post?"
Next week I'll give instructions about how to do that.
I would also love to learn how to do that!!
Hayes.....this thread was a great idea as there are still things about GR that I need to learn.
Me, too. I don't know hardly anything. I can admit my ignorance.
Yes Hayes, this was definitely a great idea!
Jill wrote: "Hayes.....this thread was a great idea as there are still things about GR that I need to learn."
Ask, and Ye shall receive!
Ask, and Ye shall receive!
Help how do I vote for the Dec/Jan group read?
Go to the group home page.
Look to the right, above the moderators pictures
You should see a list of things in green.
Third from the bottom is "polls"
Click on that.
Look to the right, above the moderators pictures
You should see a list of things in green.
Third from the bottom is "polls"
Click on that.
Thanks. I've done that although it asked if i wanted to change my vote which seemed a bit odd since I hadn't voted yet!
Yes that's the one. I hit change your vote and then clicked on the author's name.
OK, I have finished the instructions for using personal photos.
Hayes wrote: "OK, I have finished the instructions for using personal photos."You're a great distance education teacher, Hayes!
Thank you, Hayes. This is a wonderful resource!
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Hayes, I went to a friend's page to message her, and I saw that she had a cloud as an option.What is a cloud, and how is it used?
Do you mean this? Wikipedia page on Cloud Computing
or this? Wikip. page on Cloud storage
Have never heard it used with messaging (but that doesn't mean much as I am under a rock most of the time!)
or this? Wikip. page on Cloud storage
Have never heard it used with messaging (but that doesn't mean much as I am under a rock most of the time!)
I wasn't clear. It wasn't a messaging option.Under her bookshelves were these options: Cloud, Stats, More . . .
Hayes great thread idea, very helpful. How do you create the bookshelf with covers above your bookshelf on your home page?
A cloud in this instance is a "word cloud," or a "tag cloud." What it does on GR is it takes the names of all your shelves and sizes them relative to each other, so if your fiction shelf has 1,000 books and your nonfiction shelf has 500 books, the word "fiction" will be twice the size of the word "nonfiction." It's a visual representation of your shelves. Here's an example of a word cloud using the names of nations, sized according to their populations:
Marie, you need to get to "edit bookshelves" and click the box that says featured"... I'm out of town and using my phone. When I an back in civilization I will give more detailed instructions.
Thanks Lobstergirl.
Thanks Lobstergirl.
Marie wrote: "How do you create the bookshelf with covers above your bookshelf on your home page?"
Okay... if you go to the main site page, either updates or discussions, on the right down a bit is the "My Bookshelves" list.
On the gray bar, to the right, you can see the word "edit" click on that and it will open up the list of your bookshelves where you can re-name them, or cancel them, or add another (down at the bottom). There are also little check boxes. The first column is "feature". You can click on one only in this column and that shelf will be featured on your home page.
Okay... if you go to the main site page, either updates or discussions, on the right down a bit is the "My Bookshelves" list.
On the gray bar, to the right, you can see the word "edit" click on that and it will open up the list of your bookshelves where you can re-name them, or cancel them, or add another (down at the bottom). There are also little check boxes. The first column is "feature". You can click on one only in this column and that shelf will be featured on your home page.
Thanks so much. It's easy when you know how. The bars are on the left not the right on mine. Maybe because I'm down under :)thanks Marie
Is there a way to bulk-add books to a bookshelf? One at a time is tedious.
Yes there is, Charles. If you have a list somewhere else, you can import the list. I'm not an expert on that, but I believe the instructions are fairly clear.
Go to "My Books", click on "add books", click on "import books" and follow the instructions. I've never done it, so I can't tell you how easy or difficult it is.
Or you can use the bar code scanner on your smart phone (if you have one), or you can buy a scanner from that place that begins with "A" or any other electronics place. A lot of people have trouble getting their phone scanner to work, but my phone works a charm.
Go to "My Books", click on "add books", click on "import books" and follow the instructions. I've never done it, so I can't tell you how easy or difficult it is.
Or you can use the bar code scanner on your smart phone (if you have one), or you can buy a scanner from that place that begins with "A" or any other electronics place. A lot of people have trouble getting their phone scanner to work, but my phone works a charm.
Another one. I've been trying to get certain discussion games off my e-mail notification and inclusion in the summary because they are so long. I edit the request to follow and uncheck update feed but it doesn't take, Am I supposed to be saving the changes somehow?
This is a huge problem for me too. I don't look at the emails I get any more at all because it means having to scroll through dozens of one line game entries. I wish I could pick which discussions I follow.I get ones from discussion I've commented on, like this one, only. I tried to start a new one once, but got a snarky post for including a link. So I guess I won't start new topics any more!
And guess what. I posted on this discussion and did NOT receive a notification, despite my asking for one. This is major annoying.
I am getting them from here, Charles.I looked back through some emails and the forum I got the snarky comeback on was at Amazon, not here. I just wanted to clarify that!
Just saw your messages now, Kaye and Charles.
I know GR has been having issues with the notifications and that they are working on it. If you continue to have problems you can post over at GR Feedback:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...
This is the link to the "bugs" folder. You can scroll through to see if your issues have been talked about, and if not you can post a message.
I know GR has been having issues with the notifications and that they are working on it. If you continue to have problems you can post over at GR Feedback:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...
This is the link to the "bugs" folder. You can scroll through to see if your issues have been talked about, and if not you can post a message.
I joined a group, which means I'll probably get MORE of those digests, and can't post anything on it. I just want to get LESS email. I want to opt out of the games and pick which emails I get and which ones I don't get. I sure wish someone would tell me how to do that. I've clicked and clicked and clicked not to get those games, but it doesn't do any good. I don't read anything anymore except the few posts I've commented on and get individual emails to. I can't flow through all those digests. It would take hours every day.
Don't know if this will help you, but I just changed some of my preferences and, while I was there, I looked at the choices I had made. I only get a few emails - not anything like you're getting, so here's what I did.I clicked on the arrow next to my photo (top, right-hand corner at the top of the page). I clicked on "edit profile." This took me to My Account page. Click on "emails." Go through the list and carefully choose what you want to receive. Under "Group email Preferences," I checked "none" for every item. You DO have to go all the way to the bottom of the page and click "Save email Settings."
You may already have done this and just have a glitch. If not, I hope it helps. Good luck!
Thanks Scout. Kaye decided to leave the group, so she probably won't see your message.
That part about going down and clicking "Save" is a good reminder. It's so hidden down at the bottom that I have often forgotten to click it, and then I wonder why my settings are not correct.
That part about going down and clicking "Save" is a good reminder. It's so hidden down at the bottom that I have often forgotten to click it, and then I wonder why my settings are not correct.
I would love to opt out of the games in the posts also. I don't have time to go through that much stuff either. But, I would love to keep getting the posts about books and some discussions....just not have to wade through the games. I will keep trying, but it looks likes when you get the feeds for a group you get them all. I am not very tech savvy, so I may be missing some thing though.
I have my settings set to "none" in the group email preferences and then I individually select the ones I want. (You can do this for every thread that interests you by ticking the box below the comment box, down there under "Add to my update feed").
Or you can do the opposite... select all, and then go through and manually deselect the ones you dont want. (Click on "edit" next to the "Notify me" and pick the appropriate thing you want).
Or you can do the opposite... select all, and then go through and manually deselect the ones you dont want. (Click on "edit" next to the "Notify me" and pick the appropriate thing you want).
I spent a lot of time writing a book review, and when I hit post, the site froze. I waited for several minutes and then refreshed, whereupon I lost my post. Is there any way to recover a post under these circumstances?
Scout wrote: "I spent a lot of time writing a book review, and when I hit post, the site froze. I waited for several minutes and then refreshed, whereupon I lost my post. Is there any way to recover a post under..."Scout, I've had that happen a couple of times to me. I frequently copy it before I try to post. I know it is not a way to get it back, but it is a way to save it before losing it. I've also, in the past, written my review on Word (or other word processing program) and then copied and pasted.
Last night I accidentally gave a book I am still reading a 1 star rating - is there a way to remove a rating?
yes, just click on the number of stars you want and it will change like magic! we all change our minds from time to time
Available Help:
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** add book/author link, add bookcovers
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