Researchers Social Network Estacaille.org

Approved members will be given permission to add blog posts, available only on the HOME page.  To access this feature, please log in and use the “site admin” link on the lower right side of the screen.  On the left side will appear a grey box with the command “Posts”. Click on “add new” to create a post.

Media files such as audio, video, photos can also be uploaded and used in these blog posts.

Hello cousins, friends, fellow researchers

Well, I’ve been hard at work testing new software for the Estacaille researchers social network to replace the soon defunct Ning site.  I’ve started a new home http://research.estacaille.org

A few minutes ago the new software (Wordpress/BuddyPress) should have sent you an automated email with new account invites & passwords. The log-in is on the right side.

This software isn’t quite as user friendly as the Ning site, but that’s ok.  HTML can be used in the group posts/forums, however the group posts/forumf (at this moment) don’t include an editor. Instead you can use your email HTML editor (Outlook/Outlook Express) to create your post, then just copy-paste it to the group orum post or even use the blog editor (see next paragraph).

There is also a blog built into the site (visit site admin link on the right) – approved members will be given security permission to create their own blog posts. This is a separate section from the groups, new posts are displayed on the home page. Media files can be uploaded into these blog posts, but they won’t display under the groups. I’ll try and make a separate tab for “Blogs” and set categories for surnames.

Photos – The top grey bar has a drop down list under “My Account”.  In this list are links to your members account (please update and upload an avatar graphic) is a link to your photo gallery.

Videos/Media – at this time, there is no video library. I may change this in the future if there any interested members.  For now you can post the embed code from YouTube.com etc into a post.

File attachments are allowed in the group forums.
Any problems, questions let me know.  I’m learning the new stuff too!

I hope to see you at this new site! Suzette