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• CoreObjects ONLY: Only members of the CoreObjects community who are logged in to CoreTalk may view your blog. It will not be included in any public browse functions.

• PRIVATE: Your blog name will show up in searches and the explore page, but its content will not be viewable. CoreTalk members may request to subscribe to your blog or you may invite them specifically. Until you invite or approve them, they will not be able to read your blog.

• HIDDEN: Your blog will be completely invisible. It will not show up in searches or any browse functions. You may invite CoreTalk members to read your blog; this is the only way they may become aware of its existence.

1. When visiting a blog to which you do not already subscribe, press the subscribe to this blog button in the bar at the top of the window.
   
2. When you are not visiting a blog, use the search box in the red banner at the top of the page to find new blogs, and click the subscribe to this blog button which appears with the search results.
   
3. Click the find more button in the blue "group blogs" or "friend blogs" headers of your homepage. You may then search for blogs press the add button to subscribe to them.

CoreTalk has two kinds of tags. "Topic tags" are used to label objects with keywords of your choice. "User tags" let you directly tag any member of the CoreTalk community. A user tagged in this way will be notified on their homepage.

See also: I added a user tag to a post with the name of a user who does not subscribe to my blog. Will he know I tagged him?

• Anytime your name is tagged, you'll be notified in the "you've been tagged" section of your homepage sidebar.
• The core chatter aggregates all of the most popular tags from across the network and displays them according to their frequency. Since it is constantly being updated, you can use the core chatter to quickly find out what people are talking about. Every blog, calendar, and photo album also has a small chatter.
• Readers can filter blogs, calendars, and photos by tags. Clicking a certain tag will result in only items tagged with that phrase being shown.
• Tags are used to define browsing categories on the my interests page.

A group blog has many authors, which we call "contributors." Every contributor has full control over the blog, calendar, and photos. Other subscribers are group members with limited control: they may only add comments to existing items. One or more members are group administrators. Administrators may invite or remove other members to and from the group as well as assign permission levels (such as contributor or administrator).

When you create a blog, you may title and describe it, as well as define its CoreTalk domain prefix. The domain prefix defines your blog's web address. Note that once a blog is created, its domain prefix can not change. You may also choose a level of privacy and decide how your blog will look.

• ADD POST: Add a new post to the blog.

• EDIT POSTS: Click to see a list of every post on the blog, with associated comments. You may edit or delete any post or comment you authored, and delete any comments by other members.

• MANAGE CALENDAR: Here you can edit or delete events from the blog's calendar.

• MANAGE PHOTOS: This panel will let you edit or delete photos and photo albums on your blog.

• EDIT LINKS LISTS: Your blog's sidebar can include links to your favorite websites. Here, you may specify those sites and the "friendly" names which will appear in your sidebar.
  See also: How do I change the list of links in my blog's sidebar?

• MANAGE SETTINGS: This panel lets you edit your blog name, appearance, and privacy level. Only personal blog authors and group blog administrators may see this page.
  See also: How private can I make my blog?

• MANAGE MEMBERSHIP: Here you can see your blog's subscribers. Only personal blog authors and group blog administrators may see this page. You may see who has requested to join your blog and whom you have invited to join, and act on those pending requests. If it is a group blog and you are an administrator, you may grant or remove contributor or administrator status to any member.
  See also: How do I invite people to read my private blog?
  How do I know if someone wants to subscribe to my private blog?
  Someone has requested to subscribe to my private blog. What do I do?

1. When visiting a blog to which you do not already subscribe, press the subscribe to this blog button in the bar at the top of the window.
   
2. When you are not visiting a blog, use the search box in the red banner at the top of the page to find new blogs, and click the subscribe to this blog button which appears with the search results.
   
3. Click the find more button in the blue "group blogs" or "friend blogs" headers of your homepage. You may then search for blogs press the add button to subscribe to them.

For the truly curious, we refer you to this Wikipedia article on RSS.

1. RSS: use this option to show a feed from a blog or website. Enter the blog or website's feed address in the feed url box. In the category tags box, enter any tags you wish to assign to the feed. These tags will become categories by which you can browse your feeds.
   
2. Gmail: use this option to read email from your Gmail account. You will be prompted for you user name and password. Enter them to configure your Gmail feed.
   
3. Flickr: use this option to take a Flickr photostream and display the photos in my interests. To get the URL for a Flickr feed, go to Flickr and scroll to the bottom of a photostream page. Find the link there which says "RSS 2.0" and copy the link location. Paste the link into the box on my interests labeled feed url.