Welcome to Openvizor!

 

Openvizor.com beta launched in February 2008

 

We aim to make your experience of Openvizor as intuitive and enjoyable as possible. There are tools to tailor your stories and blogs in every way. Openvizor is a community and we welcome your questions and thoughts at our Openvizor Works in Progress blog to make your adventures in arts and culture excellent and wonderful.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

How do I register?

Can I change my account information?

Can I delete my account?

How can I search Openvizor?

What is the Discover page?

What is Your World?

How do I upload content?

How do I create a community?

What is the Happening page?

 

Got a question we didn't answer here? contact us

 

How do I register? Top

Openvizor membership is free and registration is simple!

 

1. Required information: choose a username, choose one or more countries that best describe you, and provide a valid email address

 

2. Optional information: (not required for registration) this information will become part of your public profile.

 

3. An email will be sent to your email address, [please check your email junk box as sometimes notification emails may end up there!] with options:

 

Click on the link to login using your username and website-generated password you can change when logged in at My World-> Edit Profile

OR

Click on a one-time login, it can be used only once. After logging in, you will be redirected to My World-> Edit Profile and you can create your password.

Can I change my account information? Top

 

You can use -> My World: Edit -> to change: password, email, avatar image and which country you are from; as well as website usability preferences.

 

You can use -> My World: Optional Information -> to add and edit everything else about you and your organization you would like to share.

 

Unfortunately your username is the one thing you cannot change.

Can I delete my account? Top

 

We’ll be sad to see you go! If you do decide to leave us, you can do so by clicking on the “Edit profile” link on your My World page.

How can I search Openvizor? Top

 

You can use the world map on our home page to fly around and search countries

 

The home page images for most popular and latest posts will take you to the Discover page where posts, members and communities are listed and tallied by category and country.

What is the Discover page? Top

 

Discover page is where you can journey and search around the site using the search and advanced search options.

 

We recommend using Discover page: View all:

 

To take a look at the latest bloggers, posts, member post comments, events, video and audio posts, and most popular posts, as well as communities created by members and RSS feeds added.

 

To keep up with all the content, we have scrolls you can use that show how many of these have been added by country and category

 

Tag Clouds everywhere!

 

Tag Clouds are clickable words that show all the tags added by members in posts depending on the page you see, whether it’s My World, Discover or country page. They are just another short-cut or side-track to assist your openvizor adventures.

 

Blogger right-hand scrolls: Whenever you read a post from a member’s blog, two scrolls appear on the right-hand that will guide to through their works, by category and country.

 

Happening page: use the Happening page to search events, jobs and commissions

What is Your World? Top

 

Once you join, Your World will take you to My World page where you can create and showcase your stories, favorites, friends, communities and passions; as well as manage your output and plan arts and cultural experiences.

How do I upload content? Top

 

From the Create Something page: Members post stories with images, as well as audio and video stories with Google Map option, that can give life and voice about experiences and events that members can comment about, favorite, add their own tags and share.

 

You can connect your posts to communities you create or join, celebrating your discoveries and passions.

 

Editing posts: You can always edit posts: log-in, click on a post you have created, click on edit, from there you can change/delete/add any part of the post or the whole post can be deleted.

 

Images: Each image has a title (once a post is created, each image title takes you to image page, where you can rate, comment, add tags and in-image tags)

1. Key Image : appears at top of post and shown on front page and in listings.

2. Accent Images: these are additional images that well appear on the post, below the key image. There are no limits to how many.

 

Posting: 12 steps

 

1. Title: Add title text

 

2. Categories: Add one or more using your keyboard 'Ctrl' (Control) button

 

3. Countries: Add one or more using your keyboard 'Ctrl' (Control) button

 

4. Freetagging: A comma separated list of terms to further assist in defining text category, helping search. (Search system will search all text as dynamic)

Tagging Permission: Permission of changing tags: Me, Friends or Public

 

5. Location on Map (using Google Map): You can add multiple markers on the Location Map. Helping to visually connect you post to a particular location(s)

 

6. Body: Add text and links

 

7. Input format options for Body text: Simply add text and links to advanced tools

- Filtered HTML [Recommended option for easy use]: Web addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

- PHP code: You may post PHP code.

- Full HTML: Web addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

 

8. Key Image [important!]: this will be the main image for the post and will appear on the website front-page and in post listings.

- Image title: The title the image will be shown with.

- Freetagging: A list of terms separated by comma.

- Tagging Permission: Permission of changing tags: Me, Friends or Public

 

9. Groups: Audience: Choose who can see your posts, choose one or both:

- Public: Show this post to everyone

- Groups: Show only to subscribers of the groups you have created/are subscribed to.

 

10. Subscriptions

- Subscribe option: Click this to receive notification of replies or comments to this node.

 

11. Attached Documents (useful to add leaflets and brochures)

- Attach new file: Allowed extensions: doc, pdf, txt, ppt, xls

 

12. Accent Images: these are additional images that well appear on the post, below the key image. There are no limits to how many.

- Image title: The title the image will be shown with.

- Upload Image: once uploaded you will see a small thumbnail

- Freetagging: A list of terms separated by comma.

- Tagging Permission: Permission of changing tags: Me, Friends or Public

How do I create a community? Top

 

From the Create Something page, go to Community: This follows the same model as creating a post. You can connect posts to communities you create or join.

What is the Happening page? Top

 

On the Happening page presents events, jobs and commissions posted by members for the Openvizor community to comment, tag and share, and add to their own calendar so they can plan trips to arts and cultural events. Jobs and art commissions advertised to those who wish to take part and those who are curious about how art works are created and events produced.