FAQs - The Data Center Professionals Network2024-03-28T19:32:07Zhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/forum/categories/2336802:Category:54642/listForCategory?categoryId=2336802%3ACategory%3A54642&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSite Content Policytag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-05-30:2336802:Topic:847052011-05-30T09:14:19.908ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<p><span class="font-size-5">We have updated our site content policy for the Data Center Professionals Network (DCPN) as of 30th May 2011. If you have any questions about this please don't hesitate to contact us.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What kind of content is appropriate for DCPN?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">DCPN is intended for high educational and/or knowledge sharing content.…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">We have updated our site content policy for the Data Center Professionals Network (DCPN) as of 30th May 2011. If you have any questions about this please don't hesitate to contact us.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>What kind of content is appropriate for DCPN?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">DCPN is intended for high educational and/or knowledge sharing content. </span></p>
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-5">This means we only accept blogs/videos/photos/discussions that serve to educate the members or instigate debate or discussions. </span></strong></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">We understand that sometimes you can only do this by comparing products or highlighting a product or service - so if there is a plug for your product or service at some point in the content this may be ok, <strong>but the main focus of the content must have a high knowledge value that serves to inform and educate the members.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>I think my content is ok, but its still not accepted - how come?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">One of the main reasons we may not initially approve your content is if its not tagged. The best way for members to find content is to search - but this relies on you content being tagged and, in the case of videos & photos, having appropriate descriptions and titles.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">Usually - we email you to ask you to update your content before we accept it. However, in times of high workload we may not get round to contacting you for a while. So if your content is sitting there waiting to be approved please check it is tagged etc.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Discussions & Articles</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5"><strong>We only accept content that has a high knowledge value e.g. that serves to inform and educate the members, asks for help, or provides a clear business opportunity for the members.</strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">We have also recently <strong>renamed</strong> our blogs feature to become articles. This is to avoid confusion whereby users were adding discussion topics using the blogs feature. </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">We do not accept discussions or articles that are mainly product or service promotions - this includes articles that only serve to push the user to either another website or a whitepaper . To promote your service or products please use the features on the business directory where you can add product promotions, videos, whitepapers etc.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Videos</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">There are two video libraries. One on the data center professionals network and one on the business directory. Both are managed independently. </span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>On the network</strong> we only allow videos that seek to inform/educate the members or else have a high interest value e.g. "how to" videos, training videos, data center tour videos, disaster videos, airflow videos, or even something funny.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>On the business directory</strong> is the where you should add product and service promo videos.</span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Photos</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">There are two photo libraries. One on the data center professionals network and one on the business directory. Both are managed independently. </span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-5"> <strong>On the network</strong> we only allow photos that seek to inform/educate the members or else have a high interest value e.g. cabling examples, examples of best practice, examples of bad practice, generals data center photos, etc.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>On the business directory</strong> is the where you should add product and service promo images.</span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Events</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">You can post events for anything related to the industry e.g. webinars, roadshows, tradeshows, meetups, etc.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">However, please ensure your event listing covers a specific event and not a whole series of events. An example of this is a company that adds one event that covers a number of other events e.g:</span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-5">March 15 – “Meeting Custom Requirements Using Standards Solutions: How Do You Go There?”</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5">March 16 – “Enable Data Center Infrastructure Management via Critical Monitoring: Ten Proactive Strategies to Deploy Today and be Ready for Tomorrow”</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5">April 26 – “Using Data Center Energy Efficiency Assessments for Bottom Line Results”</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5">May 25 – “Critical Advantages in Enterprise Data Center Design”</span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">In future events such will need to be added as individual events on their respective dates. </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-5" style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>How about direct advertising - how do I promote my products or services?</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-5">There are two ways to do this:</span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Paid advertising on DCPN.</strong> We have ad-spots available throughout the site and can easily promote your products & services via video and ad-spaces throughout the network. </span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Network Sponsorship. </strong>You can also sponsor the network or parts of the network e.g. sponsor the training section, or members directory etc.</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Member Newsletters. </strong>Via our network emails e.g. network newsletters, focused broadcast messages, etc </span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-5"><strong>Promotion on the 'Data Center Industry Business Directory". </strong>The business directory is purely commercial. It is meant to be <strong>the place</strong> for you to promote your company, products and services. The directory has many features to help you do this, including video, whitepapers, images, press releases, blogs and direct advertising. This is a very comprehensive offering for any business wanting to market itself in the industry. To get started go to <a href="http://www.datacenterindustry.biz">www.datacenterindustry.biz</a> and create your business account.</span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-5">Please <a target="_blank">contact us</a> to find out more.</span></p> Membership Criteriatag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-05-24:2336802:Topic:831032011-05-24T22:07:25.317ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who is Eligible to Join the Network?</strong></span></p>
<p>Network membership to open to individuals who work for companies active in the data center industry e.g.</p>
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<li>data center operators</li>
<li>hardware/software vendors</li>
<li>service providers</li>
<li>specialist consultancies</li>
<li>industry analysts</li>
<li>industry journalists</li>
<li>educators and trainers</li>
<li>industry event organisers</li>
<li>industry…</li>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Who is Eligible to Join the Network?</strong></span></p>
<p>Network membership to open to individuals who work for companies active in the data center industry e.g.</p>
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<li>data center operators</li>
<li>hardware/software vendors</li>
<li>service providers</li>
<li>specialist consultancies</li>
<li>industry analysts</li>
<li>industry journalists</li>
<li>educators and trainers</li>
<li>industry event organisers</li>
<li>industry associations</li>
<li>and other relevant companies</li>
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<p>We regularly check to ensure individual actually work for the companies they state e.g. if they don't supply a valid company email address when joining. So we do strive to validate all network members.</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Non-Eligible Members (3rd Party Recruitment Companies)</strong></span></p>
<p>One restriction is 3rd party recruitment companies. Following a poll of network members it was voted that individuals working for 3rd party recruitment companies would not be eligible to join the network. </p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Common Reasons for Rejection of Membership Application</strong></span></p>
<p>We often reject applications from applicants for the following reasons:</p>
<p><strong>1. Use of non-business email address </strong></p>
<p>Sometimes people use strange email addresses which leads us to suspect they may be spammers. To avoid problems please use your business email address when possible.</p>
<p><strong>2. Inadequate Answers to Profile Questions</strong></p>
<p>Some people fail to provide adequate answers to profile questions e.g. add TBD or fail to provide any other worthwhile info. Again, this can often lead us to assume they may be spammers who have little or no knowledge of our industry. </p>
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<p>In most cases we try to email the applicants to sort out any problems with their application before we reject their membership - however, during times when we receive a high number of applications we sometimes do not have time to contact everyone. In these times we sometimes reject those applications that we have a high degree of confidence that the applicant is a suspected spammer. If we sometimes get it wrong - sorry!</p>
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<p>If you have any questions on the above policies please <a target="_blank">contact us</a>.</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
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<p> </p> RSS Feedstag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546722011-01-13T09:44:48.709ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b><br style="font-size: 1em;"></br></b><b style="font-size: 1em;">What happens when I subscribe to the RSS feed?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The RSS network feed keeps you up to date on all the latest activity, blog posts, news and events.…</span></p>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b><br style="font-size: 1em;"/></b><b style="font-size: 1em;">What happens when I subscribe to the RSS feed?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The RSS network feed keeps you up to date on all the latest activity, blog posts, news and events.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I subscribe to the RSS feed?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">1. Locate the subject area you'd like to follow e.g The Forum.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and find the "RSS" icon and link.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">3. Copy the URL of this link.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">4. Go to your external website or feedreader of choice.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">5. Paste in the URL of the RSS feed you copied from your network and click the "Add" button</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">What happens if I don’t have a feed reader?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">A good place to start is iGoogle. To add a feed to your iGoogle, click the "Add stuff" link at the top right of the page. Next, at the bottom of the left column, click the "Add feed or gadget" next to the RSS icon.</span></p> Videostag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546572011-01-13T09:43:52.132ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">What can I use videos for?</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">You may want to upload tutorials, fun stuff, or interesting data center related content. Another good use of the videos section is to view or upload screencasts e.g. to show a product user…</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">What can I use videos for?</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">You may want to upload tutorials, fun stuff, or interesting data center related content. Another good use of the videos section is to view or upload screencasts e.g. to show a product user interface.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I add videos?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The fastest way to add videos to the network is to use the bulk media uploader.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/>There are 4 ways to do this:</span></p>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Option 1:Using the bulk media uploader, you can add up to 30 videos at a time. We support videos the following formats: .mov, .mpg, .avi, .3gp and .wmv formats. To upload videos, go to the Videos tab and click the "Add Videos" link.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Option 2: Use the ''Quick Add..." feature. You can find this in the sign-in box at the top of the right hand column of main page.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Option 3: Import Videos from YouTube or GoogleVideo. From the "Add Videos" page, scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the section that says "Add videos from YouTube or GoogleVideo." Click the "Add Video" link. Now copy the HTML embed code from your video sharing service and paste it into the box. N.B With the quick add method, this will automatically copy the description for the video from YouTube. This can save alot of time if you’re adding multiple videos</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Option 4: Send in videos by email. You can use your unique email address to send photos and videos to our network (one at a time). If your phone has a camera and email, this is a great way to add camera phone videos to your network whilst you’re still on the move.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br/>Any photo or video you send in to your unique email-in address will be added to the network as if it were directly uploaded by you.
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<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do we moderate Videos or Photos?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Obviously we don't want to run the risk of abusive videos/photos being put on the network. All videos and photos will need approval from the site moderators before they are displayed.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Also product promotion videos should be added to the video store on our business directory. See <a target="_blank" href="http://www.datacenterindustry.biz">here</a>.</span></p> Eventstag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546712011-01-13T09:39:50.477ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"></br><b style="font-size: 1em;">What kind of events are featured here?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The Events feature is a great way to let members know about upcoming conferences, exhibitions, meetings, or event online chat sessions.<br style="font-size: 1em;"></br>You can organise either online or offline events at any level - nationally or locally and publicise them here. You can…</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">What kind of events are featured here?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The Events feature is a great way to let members know about upcoming conferences, exhibitions, meetings, or event online chat sessions.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/>You can organise either online or offline events at any level - nationally or locally and publicise them here. You can even organize in-person meet ups.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;"> </b></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">Who can I invite?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Invite anyone to join your event, even people who haven't yet joined the network.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;"> </b></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I create an event?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Each event can include a description section, a comment wall and a list of RSVPs. As an event creator, you can choose the features and privacy settings and send a broadcast message to everyone who has been invited to the event.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">1.Go to the Events tab</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">2.Click the link to ‘Add an Event’.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">3.Fill in the required information about your event. 4.Upload an image that's roughly square in size.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I change the event organiser?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">By default, any event you add to the network will appear as organized by you and will link to your profile page. You can change who the event is organized by in the ‘Organized By’ field.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do the privacy settings work?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Don't forget to choose the privacy settings for your event. Anyone can RSVP to a public event, while only invited people can RSVP to private events. Some information about private events will still be visible to all members of your network, including the title, start time, event type, and organizer. You can also choose to disable RSVP altogether or hide the guest list.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I send invitations?</b> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">To spread the word about your event, invite people to attend it. You can invite people by typing in email addresses, selecting from your list of contacts within the network, importing from your web address book, or importing from an address book application. To invite people to an event, go to the event page and click the ‘Invite More People’ link.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I create an RSVP for an event?</b></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"> To RSVP to an event you've been invited to, head to the Events tab and click on the event you want to RSVP to. On the right side of the page, locate ‘Your RSVP’ box. Choose your RSVP option.</span></p> My Page (Your Profile)tag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546552011-01-13T09:37:07.679ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">My Page or Your Profile</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Each member gets a 'My Page'. This contains your customisable site profile. You can add anything you'd like to your text boxes, including text, images, widgets, and links.…</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">My Page or Your Profile</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Each member gets a 'My Page'. This contains your customisable site profile. You can add anything you'd like to your text boxes, including text, images, widgets, and links.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I personalise my site profile?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Add your own text and content boxes; these stretch to fit the content you place in it, so get creative! Here are a few ideas to get you started.</span></p>
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<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Add Widgets</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Create Links</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Add Photos or Videos</span></li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Upload a file Add key Word Documents, PDFs, and even PowerPoint presentations to your text box, a great option for sharing presentations from a conference or distributing a PDF.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">Do I have to upload a picture?</b> Its always nice to be able to put a face to a name - especially in a professional network such as this. If you don't have a picture yet, the site uses a default.</span></p> Live Chattag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546682011-01-13T09:34:50.696ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><strong>What is the Live chat?</strong><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The Live Chat feature allows you to participate in a live, real-time network-wide chat room as well as chat privately with other members of the network.…</span></p>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><strong>What is the Live chat?</strong><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">The Live Chat feature allows you to participate in a live, real-time network-wide chat room as well as chat privately with other members of the network.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><strong>How does it work?</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Participate in the chatroom directly from the main page of the network, (By clicking Chat in the Members tab you can also see a full page view of the chatroom). When you sign into our network, you will automatically appear as "online" in the chatroom.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><strong>If I don’t want to appear ‘online’ what do I do?</strong></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">If you no longer wish to appear as online in the chatroom, you can set your status to ‘offline’. Locate the dropdown menu in the top corner of the Chat feature and select ‘offline’.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><strong>How do I start a chat?</strong></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">In the right column of the Chat feature, a list of members currently in the chatroom appears. Clicking their profile photo pops up a dialogue box that allows you to view their profile on the network or initiate a private chat with them.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/>When the member accepts, you will be placed in your own separate chatroom. You can navigate back to the main chatroom at any time by clicking the ‘Main’ tab.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/>When another member wants to start a private chat with you, you'll see a yellow message at the bottom of the chatroom to let you know.</span> Blogstag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546532011-01-13T09:33:30.388ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">Blogs</b><br style="font-size: 1em;"></br><b style="font-size: 1em;">What can I use my Blog for?</b> If you have an insight or link that would be useful or interesting to other people, the fastest way to share it is to post it in your blog.<br style="font-size: 1em;"></br><b style="font-size: 1em;">What features does the Blog offer?…</b></span>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">Blogs</b><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">What can I use my Blog for?</b> If you have an insight or link that would be useful or interesting to other people, the fastest way to share it is to post it in your blog.<br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">What features does the Blog offer?</b></span><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Manage comments on your blog posts</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Categorise your blog post (using tags)</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Choose how to display your blog posts on your MyPage</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Blog posts may be featured on the main page</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Blogs can contain text, links, images and files. These can be added using the blog editor toolbar.</span></li>
<li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; list-style-type: square; list-style-xg-p: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Control Blog privacy - you select the privacy of your posts to allow: anyone, just your contacts, just you.</span></li>
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<p><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I post something in the blog area?</b> </p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">1. Sign in</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">2. Click on ‘My Page’ then click ‘My Blog’</span></p>
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<p><font color="#222222"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Note: We don't allow product promotions or press releases in our blogs unless they contain a high amount of good and useful technical/educational content. To add press releases please sign-up your business to our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.datacenterindustry.biz">business directory</a>.</span></font></p> Latest Activity Feedtag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546512011-01-13T09:30:57.685ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">What is the Latest Activity feature?</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Almost any action you take in our network will result in a ‘Latest Activity’ item, including changing your profile photo, replying to a forum thread, or joining a group. What gets…</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b style="font-size: 1em;">What is the Latest Activity feature?</b><br />
</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">Almost any action you take in our network will result in a ‘Latest Activity’ item, including changing your profile photo, replying to a forum thread, or joining a group. What gets displayed is controlled in your personal profile settings.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I show my Latest Activities?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">On your profile page you can set which events appear in the Latest Activity stream. Your options include: new content I add, new comments I add, new friends I add, when I update my profile, my events and my RSVPs.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I delete my latest activities?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">You can delete any one of your own activities from the Latest Activity stream on the main page, and on your profile page by clicking the ‘x’ next to the activity you'd like to remove. To change which categories of events appear, click the ‘Settings’ link in the right column of the network and go to the ‘Privacy’ tab.</span></p> Forumstag:www.datacenterprofessionals.net,2011-01-13:2336802:Topic:546652011-01-13T09:29:43.408ZDCPNet Adminhttp://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/profile/0zkwlxp7p2xgq
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</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b><br style="font-size: 1em;"></br></b><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I stay up to date on discussions I’m following?…</b></span></p>
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</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><b><br style="font-size: 1em;"/></b><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I stay up to date on discussions I’m following?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">To be alerted by email whenever something is added to a forum discussion click the link at the bottom of the discussion that says ‘Follow this discussion’.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How do I start a discussion?</b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">If you have a question that might be nourished by the collective experience of the network, start a Forum discussion by clicking ‘Start Discussion’ under ‘Forum’ on the main page. Please make sure you add your post to the correct category.</span></p>
<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;"><br style="font-size: 1em;"/><b style="font-size: 1em;">How are forums moderated?</b></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 19px;">In general, we will leave it to you, the community, to manage your own conduct. You are professionals, so we ask that you treat other forum participants with respect. If this is the case we will take the appropriate action to prevent spamming and to make your community more comfortable. Recently, since the launch of our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.datacenterindustry.biz">business directory</a>, we no longer allow product promotions or press releases to be posted in the community site forums or blogs. To add product promotions or press releases please sign-up your business to our business directory and post these there.</span></p>