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LeapFrog Community FAQs
Do I have to be a LeapFrog member to use the LeapFrog Community?
You need to sign in to your existing LeapFrog account or create a LeapFrog account to post
content to the LeapFrog Community.
How do I sign in?
Enter your LeapFrog username and password on the sign in page.
What is a profile?
Profiles are personal publishing spaces for information you want to share with the LeapFrog
Community. Profiles include all the content you have created and uploaded to the LeapFrog
Community. To view all of your contributions, sign in and click My Profile.
What is the list of profiles for?
The profiles list is a central place where members can find all the public profiles of others
members in the LeapFrog Community. If you do not wish to have your profile listed among the
rest, click Hide (next to 'List me in the directory').
How do I set my profile and view other member profiles?
To create or update your profile, click My Preferences. Your photo (or avatar), screen name,
privacy settings, "about me" information, display preferences and subscription settings are set
from here. To edit settings updated the information and click Save.
To view the profiles of members who have posted in the LeapFrog Community, click their
member name wherever you see them as links. You can also use the search feature to locate
their member name. You can elect to "ignore" a member's posts by clicking Ignore Member in the
member's profile or in the member information area of any post the person has authored.
What is a gallery?
A gallery is a place for displaying featured content. You may see things like Featured Profiles,
Featured Photos, or Featured Blogs, which are member-posted content featured by the LeapFrog
Community Manager
What are forums?
Forums are discussion areas that allow members to share ideas, opinions and information quickly
and easily. Organized by topics in an easy-to-follow format, forums are designed so you can
quickly locate information, find other knowledgeable members and participate in conversations.
The LeapFrog Community has standards of conduct that explain the rules of posting; please read
the rules prior to posting in the LeapFrog Community.
How is forum content organized?
Forum content is structured as follows:
- Categories: A category is a collection of forums or other categories. Categories organize
forums into a tree structure so you can find discussions more easily.
- Forums: Forums are the areas where individual discussions take place as a listing of topics.
- Topics: Topics (also known as "threads") are the discussions, consisting of one or more posts
displayed as a list, or in a tree structure of posts and their replies.
- Posts: Posts are the individual discussion contributions made by LeapFrog Community
members.
- Replies: Replies are posts made in response to other posts, and are organized in a flat, tree or
threaded mode.
How do I create a topic or post a reply in the forums?
To start a new topic, choose the appropriate forum and click Post New Topic. Type your topic
header in the subject line and type your text in the message box. Before you submit your post,
you can spell check your text by clicking Spell Check. When you are satisfied with the text, click
Preview to see how your post will appear when published. Or you can post without previewing by
clicking Post.
Topic options:
- To mark a topic as a question, click Mark as Question.
- To add an Attachment, click Add Attachment, and then browse your computer's files, selecting
one to upload along with your post. Note: There may be a limit on the number, size, and file types
you are allowed to upload.
- To post a reply to a topic, click the Reply icon next to the post to which you would like to reply.
If you want to respond to specific text from the original post, click Quote Original to add the text
from the original post to your new text.
- Edit options: To edit an existing post, click the edit icon (the edit icon will only be displayed in
posts that you authored). Editing privileges may be restricted to a certain timeframe or limited to
any posts that have not yet received a reply. Any edited post will display a time-stamped 'edited'
notation.
How can I format the text of my posts, replies and comments?
To format text (bold, italics, underline, etc.), you can use the format buttons (in enabled in your
community) in the posting view. Type your message and then highlight the word(s) you want to
format; then click the appropriate button. Small bits of code indicate the formatting, such as in this
example: "This is [b]bold[/b] text, and this is [i]italicized[/i] text" text" will appear as "This is bold
text, and this is italicized text" in your post. To insert a smiley face, first click the smiley button
and then the expression you want to use.
How do I check the spelling of my posts, replies and comments?
To check your text for proper spelling, click Spell Check on the post screen. If our Spell Check
dictionary doesn't recognize a word in your text, the unknown word will appear in a box. You can
correct it yourself by typing over what is displayed. If the dictionary has any suggestions, they will
appear in the suggestion box. To choose one of the suggestions, select it and click Change.
When you finish checking your text, click Post Message to save your changes and post the text
with your spelling corrections. If you want to continue editing text, click Go Back or Edit to return
to the posting area. After your posts are published you may edit them if you see a pencil icon next
to the post. If the pencil icon does not appear, the post can no longer be edited.
What is a blog?
A Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for public
consumption. Blogs often represent the personality of the author.
What is a photo album?
A photo album is a collection of photographs with captions describing them. To start your own
photo album, sign in, then go to My Content, click Photo Albums and then Add Photo Album.
What is video?
Video is a place for displaying videos. To upload a video and start your own video collection, sign
in, then go to My Content, click Profile and select Upload Video, or, select 'Videos' under the My
Content button.
How do I post or upload a video?
You can upload videos to the LeapFrog Community and start your own video collection. Go to My
Content, click Profile and under Recent Videos, select Upload Video. From the pull down menu,
select a place to upload your video. Alternately you can select Videos under the My Content
button. Either path will take you to the Upload Video form. In the Upload Video form, type your
video title in the subject line; then type a brief description of it in the entry box. Click the Browse
button and browse to a video you wish to upload. Click on it and the path to your video will display
in the Upload Video input box. Then, click the Upload Video button at the bottom of the form and
your video will upload.
What does 'Email to Friend' do?
This feature allows you to send a live link to a friend by clicking 'Email to Friend' and entering the
information as indicated.
What does subscribe mean?
A subscription notifies you via email when a content area that interests you is updated. Similarly, you can subscribe to any content added by a specific member.
To add an item to your subscriptions list, click Subscribe at the top of the page. Clicking on Unsubscribe ends the subscription (and cancels the email notifications you may have set). After 30 days, inactive subscriptions automatically expire (unless you elect to cancel the expiration in your subscriptions list in your Preferences).
To see your current list of subscriptions, click 'My Subscriptions.' Click 'My Preferences' to change or update how often your receive email notification on each of your subscriptions.
How do I search the community?
From just about any page of the community, click Search and type your term(s) into the search
box, selecting where you'd specifically like to search by choosing from the Content drop-down
menu, and clicking Go. You can also search by specific member name, and date ranges.
What are RSS feeds?
Click the RSS link on any page to copy the code required to regularly add any new content as it is
posted, making it available to via your RSS reader software.
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