Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Category Posting 101

Hey everybody,

It's great to see so much user content, but we're getting the feeling that you think you have to submit to a category in order to get your post visible.

That's not so: If you submit your post to “Only My Blog” you can write about anything you want, your post will still be visible to the Shine community, and it will still show up in “Chatter on Shine”.

You should only select a category when your post is a great match for one of the Shine channels and you want the channel editor to consider it for featured placement.

You've seen their faces, so now let's meet the editors!

Brandon Holley – Shine Editor-in-Chief

Annette Cardwell - Shine Managing Editor

Jennifer Romolini - Shine Editor, Fashion + Beauty

Jessica Ashley - Shine Editor, Healthy Living

Anne Ichikawa - Shine Editor, Entertainment

Charlene Prince Birkeland - Shine Editor, Parenting

Erin Flaherty - Shine Editor, Love + Sex

Dory Devlin - Shine Editor, Work + Money

Maggie Nemser - Shine Editor, Food

Valerie Rains - Shine Editor, At Home
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From the Community…

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  • dews24u's Avatar
    Posted by dews24u Tue Apr 1, 2008 8:27pm PDT

    That's nice, but how about making a few new categories like humor or maybe miscellaneous for those who write blogs that don't fit into any of the other categories.

    And it would be an improvement for us to be able to delete comments from our blogs that might be offensive or derogatory.

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  • Lorie's Avatar
    Posted by Lorie Tue Apr 1, 2008 9:00pm PDT

    I'm finding blogs just really hard to find other than the editorials.

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  • yogith_var's Avatar
    Posted by yogith_var Wed Apr 2, 2008 1:53am PDT

    hello ,i am yogitha i loved this new blog spot of yahoo, this shud definitely be a place for all ,to share their views regarding several issues , be it any thing !!!!

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  • KATE's Avatar
    Posted by KATE Wed Apr 2, 2008 6:38am PDT

    Thanks for introducing all the editors here.

    Now if I can figure out how to mark this post as a Fave so I can refer to it when needed.

    Hugs ~

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  • amoureuse75's Avatar
    Posted by amoureuse75 Wed Apr 2, 2008 8:13am PDT

    What a cool website...love it! The thing that got my attention was the comment about "life getting crazy" on my Yahoo main page. Pushed just the right button ;-)

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  • Desiree's Avatar
    Posted by Desiree Wed Apr 2, 2008 9:39am PDT

    I think the confusion comes in here "Keep in mind that, if you select the category “My Blog,” your post won't be featured by any of our editor's blogs and will not be public." Which is to the write when you write your blog under "What is a category?"

    Maybe if you could clarify that section there would be less blogs trying to fit into categories they don't belong.

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  • Brenda's Avatar
    Posted by Brenda Wed Apr 2, 2008 10:07am PDT

    Hi Ladies,

    Great comments! Hi Vaness - if you see an offensive or derogatory comment on your blog, please help us by clicking the abuse report link below that comment. Hi Desiree - great catch on the sidebar. We are working on fixing it. :)

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  • Carol Belanger's Avatar
    Posted by Carol Belanger Wed Apr 2, 2008 11:14am PDT

    I would like to be able to post different topics under the same author. For instance I have a homemade skin recipe blog which has articles and recipes about skin care. In addition I am interested in green living. I would like to blog on yahoo about green living but I dont want to include the articles in my skin care blog. So how could I do that-create a whole new identity?

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  • Southernbelle1270's Avatar
    Posted by Southernbelle1270 Wed Apr 2, 2008 12:08pm PDT

    I agree with the categories and also being able to delete comments or least be able to moderate them would be nice.

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  • Debbie s's Avatar
    Posted by Debbie s Wed Apr 2, 2008 12:47pm PDT

    I really like the opportunity to read and share in so many different topics. Thanks,this is awesome!

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