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Ken Edwards replied on October 29, 2009 05:29 to the question "Image Size & Resolution for Housing Guide" in BG Views:

If you have questions about resolution or size of photos for your Housing Guide listings, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on October 29, 2009 05:28:

Image Size & Resolution for Housing Guide

It is important that your images not be more than 72 DPI (standard for web graphics) and not be much larger than 800x600 px.

If you images are a higher resolution, it will take longer for the potential renters to see your photos; if the images are much bigger than 800x600 px. the user will not be able to see the navigation buttons for Next, Previous, and most importantly, Close.

You can do one of two things to make sure your images are at a good size and resolution:

1) Change the settings of your digital camera

2) Modify the size and resolution with an application such as Photoshop or my favorite free PC image editing app InfranView. You can also use the bundled Preview app in Mac OS X.

Ken Edwards replied on October 27, 2009 22:02 to the idea "Added Forms to Download" in BG Views:

We can add fields that have labels, such as Sample Lease and Parental Agreement. "Other" is just too vague, and I would much rather know what "Other" is. As it would be an optional field, if it is left blank, it would not even show up on the Detail page.

I think the best way to handle this is to add a new section below the map called "Additional Resources" or something, then list the application (again), sample lease, and par

Ken Edwards replied on October 27, 2009 21:57 to the idea "Property Management Address" in BG Views:

This will take some time to actually implement. I would want to tie it to the User Account, so it is not something that needs to be added for each and every listing. The work will be in adding the coding to the Detail page.

Ken Edwards started following the question "How can I delete a topic?" in Get Satisfaction.

Ken Edwards shared an idea in BG Views on October 27, 2009 21:24:

Property Management Address

From University Village:

They suggested adding address of property management office. This seems like a great idea, though no one has ever requested this before. I believe if I attach this to the User Profile, then this field would not have to be added every single time they add a listing to the Housing Guide. This will take some looking into.

The actual address of the management office would be mapped out in our Business Directory, which has not launched yet.

If someone else has suggestions to the Housing Guide, please post them (as a separate idea, not adding to this one), as our goal is to offer a product that is tailored to the needs of Bowling Green.

Ken Edwards shared an idea in BG Views on October 27, 2009 21:22:

Added Forms to Download

From Renee Trout:

Add fields to be able to not only add the rental agreement (which is in the system right now) but also add a sample lease, parental agreement, and other form. It would be harder to understand "Other" and be able to label that on the Detail page, but adding Sample Lease and Parental Agreement would be easily added. Just need to find a place for it in the Detail page.

If someone else has suggestions to the Housing Guide, please post them (as a separate idea, not adding to this one), as our goal is to offer a product that is tailored to the needs of Bowling Green.

Ken Edwards replied on October 26, 2009 21:20 to the question "How should I title my Housing Guide listing?" in BG Views:

If you have any questions about Page Titles, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on October 26, 2009 21:17:

How should I title my Housing Guide listing?

The title of your Housing Guide listing is important, and is used in many places in the BG Views Network - not just on the Housing Guide. It is also listed on the Housing Community Blog and Off-Campus 411 blog.

It is highly recommended that your title is not long. The address of the unit, or name of the unit, is the bare minimum your title should be. Secondary should be how many bedrooms it has.

Please refrain from using extra spaces, dashes, number (#) signs and the like, and web addresses. A short concise title is best as this title is displayed on many different web pages, such as the right sidebar of the Community Blog and 411 Blog, and Network Home Page.

Example: 1234 Main St. 2 Bedroom

On the actual listing page, the Page Title (at the very top of the page) becomes:

1234 Main St. (Apartment, Bowling Green OH) - BG Views Housing Guide

That is, of course, if when you made your listing, the address is in Bowling Green, OH. The Page Title is dynamically written based on what you chose in the listing. If you add a listing for a House, the Page Title will say House, for example.

Search Engines such as Google and Yahoo no longer rely on meta data such as Keywords and Descriptions like they used to. The Page Title is the most important aspect of any web page, which is why BG Views has taken great care to make search engine friendly Page Titles.

Google also displays web pages higher in SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) when more sites link to each other. In other words, the more link love something has, the better results it will get in search engines. So please link to our Housing Guide, and your listings!

Ken Edwards replied on October 17, 2009 11:26 to the question "How do I Sign In to Comment" in BG Views:

If you have any questions about signing into the BG Views Admin, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on October 17, 2009 11:01:

How do I Sign In to Comment

We offer many ways to comment on BG Views Network sites, including anonymous comments. NOTE: anonymous comments are moderated for spam, and will be published after BG Views staff reads them. All other comments are published right away, so please sign in to comment.

1.) In the upper right-hand corner of each site (that allows signing in to comment) you will see a Sign In/Register link. Click Sign In.



2.) You will be presented with a list of available login types, such as Facebook and Google. Some sites, such as our forums, require users to sign in using their BG Views Network account. Click on the Type you wish to use.



If using your BG Views Network account, comments, favoriting, and friending is tracked on your Account Profile page, as well as comment replies.

Twitter support is coming soon, but right now you can use many authentication types from Facebook, Google, WordPress.com, AIM and more.

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Ken Edwards replied on October 17, 2009 10:34 to the question "How do I Sign In to the BG Views Network?" in BG Views:

If you have any questions about signing into the BG Views Admin, please post them here.

Ken Edwards asked a question in BG Views on October 17, 2009 08:44:

How do I Sign In to the BG Views Network?

If you need to login to the Administrative area of BG Views Network, chances are you are either adding/editing a listing in the Housing Guide, adding photos to a Photo Blog, or making changes to a Community Blog.

It is highly recommended that you use Firefox, as everything works better in Firefox, especially everything in the BG Views Network Admin.

1.) Sign in to http://admin.bgnews.com/ with your BG Views Network account. Easy password recovery is available if you need it.

2.) If it is the very first time you sign in, you may be taken to the System Overview section. As seen in the image below, click on the green/yellow arrow to reveal a drop down menu, and select the site you wish to add something to, such as the BG Views Housing Guide. NOTE: Your computer will remember the last site you were editing, so you do not need to do this every time.



3.) You are now logged in and ready to add or edit an Entry or Listing. You are at the Dashboard for the site.

Ken Edwards replied on July 27, 2009 12:29 to the problem "The import from Twitter is broken" in Get Satisfaction:

I have reproduced what Peter described above. I am not following 803 people, though it says it found 803 contacts. And I am not following a dozen people named Jake, and another dozen people named April.

Is this a duplication thing?

Ken Edwards replied on July 10, 2009 07:09 to the problem "Can Wibiya TOolbar be made as Movable, with options or as a Widget for Wordpress Installations" in Wibiya:

URL?

Ken Edwards replied on July 09, 2009 03:49 to the idea "Facebook Chat on WIBIYA Toolbar." in Wibiya:

Honestly I do not think the Facebook API offers anything like this. I could be mistaken, but I don't think this will happen.

A comment on the idea "Facebook Status update " via Blog Community " - Custom !!!!" in Wibiya:

Wouldn't it be much better to go to the Site Templates section of Joomla and add the code to that, rather than add it to a module? – Ken Edwards, on July 08, 2009 17:13

Ken Edwards replied on July 08, 2009 17:04 to the idea "One toolbar for multiple sites" in Wibiya:

Hi. Talk with Dror, he can hook you up.

You can use the toolbar code on more than one domain (it is not restricted to the domain you register, as I thought as well).

And the toolbar search can be piped through a Google CSE. Try the search on my toolbar here:

http://bgviewsnetwork.com/dev/

Ken

Ken Edwards replied on July 08, 2009 11:18 to the idea "New Twitter Functionality Feedback" in Wibiya:

Holy cow when it works it looks pretty sweet. My next question is, how does it deal with URL shortening services? Those types of URLs are used more and more on Twitter (and there sure are a lot of them these days!).

Ken