Requirements:
- You need to have something or some information which you have to offer people locally,
nationally and/or globally.
- You need an email address that is yours and you have access to.
- You need access to an Internet browser and a connection to the
Internet.
- Mostly importantly; you need a sense of good will, forever.
Fees:
- The InterPost : Manchester is free to use.
- The InterPost : Manchester will be developed in a way that is free to use.
- Fee based features may be introduced in future to help keep The InterPost : Manchester
alive.
Registration:
- You do not need to register to use The InterPost : Manchester.
- Features that make use of a registration may be introduced in
future.
Types of Posts:
- The current types of Posts are; Blog Articles, Events, For Sale, Jobs/Contracts, News/Releases, Photos/Graphics, Questions, Places, Products, Reference Articles, Reviews, Services, Wanted, and we may update or add to these in future.
Marketing Posts:
- Posts can be categorised.
Advertising to people:
- You can maintain a presence by
Posting an advert. An advert does not have to sell a service or inform
people. An advert can simply remind people that you are still there for
them. Read on to find out about Posting different types of things...
Posting an Event:
- You can advertise an Event with the start date & time and the
end date & time and any other details about the event. Event Posts
expire after the end date & time.
- Click here to Post
an Event
Posting something For Sale:
Posting a Job/Contract?
- You can Post employment details for a Job or Contract with details
about whether it's full-time, part time, permanent, temporary, a
contract, an odd job/etc and enter details about the Job.
Click here to Post
a Job/Contract.
Posting News & Press Releases:
Posting Photos & Graphics:
- You can reference and upload images with all the types of Posts
or if you have an interesting snapshots and graphic you can simply
Post it with a title.
- Click here to Post
a Photo/Graphic
Posting a Place with Opening Times:
- You can Post a place with weekly opening times (and closing
times). You can mark a day as "closed" and enter opening variations
such as seasonal variations and public holidays.
- Click here to Post
a Place
Posting a Product:
- You can Post a product with pricing (if the product is for sale)
or without pricing if you are simply presenting a product (e.g. for
a launch).
-
Click here to Post
a Product
Posting a Question:
Posting a Reference Article:
Posting a Review:
Posting a Service:
- You can Post a Service with details of what you can do for other people and what the
deliverables are ( a service needs to end at some point. e.g. I will
service your car and do something specific for the service).
- Click here to Post a
Service.
Posting something that you Want:
- You can Post an advert with details of what you are looking for
and let people contact you when they have what you want.
- Click here to Post a
Service.
Identifiable locations within the country:
- The InterPost : Manchester will be developed to so that you can select
sub-divisions within the country. However, if you consider all the
permutations, it may take a long time to do this. Therefore, if you
cannot select a location within the country that you think is appropriate
for your Post then you can enter an identifiable location that you
think more accurately specifies a location within a country.
Making your Post live:
- When you have entered the details of your
Post and are happy with them you can publish the Post.
- Before a Post is made live, it needs to be activated by
clicking or going to the link sent to the email address that you provide
when you enter the details of your Post.
- Once you have activated your Post it becomes
live immediately on The InterPost : Manchester.
Including
an image to support your Post:
- There are 2 ways you can include an image:
Use the URL (web address) of an image.
- When you enter the details of your Post, you can enter the
URL of an image (GIF or JPEG) which will be displayed on your Post
and also on browse and search listings which include your Post. This
feature is optional.
- You can get the URL of an image by right clicking on an image on
a web page and clicking on 'Properties'. The URL will appear in a
section called 'Address' and/or 'URL'. Make sure that you copy the
whole of the URL as the whole URL may not be immediately visible. We
advise that you position your cursor before the 'http://'
characters, hold your mouse button down and then move your your
mouse down and to the left until the whole of the URL is displayed.
Then let go of your mouse button, and right click on the highlighted
URL and click on 'Copy' on the menu that appears or press 'CTRL' and
'C' on your keyboard to copy the URL to the clipboard. Then simply
paste it into the image URL field of the Post form.
Upload an image
- When you enter the details of your Post, you can upload an
image (GIF or JPEG) from your computer or network. Simply click on
the 'Browse' button on the Post form, Locate the image on your
computer or network (the image must be less than 200K / 204800
bytes). Once you have located the image, click on 'Open' and that's
about it. When you submit your Post there may be a slight delay
while the image uploads.
- Images are displayed on listings at a maximum size of 80 pixels
wide and 80 pixels high.
- Images are displayed on your Post at a maximum size of 350
pixels wide and 350 pixels high.
Images on Photo/Graphic Posts are displayed at a maximum size of 480 pixels wide and 480 pixels high.
NEW: Get an exclusive page for your Post and remove the other adverts from the Post.
- When you enter the details of your Post you can choose to make to not diplay other Adverts on it for a small fee which will also give you a highlighted listing (see below).
- Only your Post details will appear on your Post page when it is published and no other Adverts will appear on it for the whole duration of your Post.
- Once you have chosen this option for your Post, it is put on hold
until you make a payment for these features. You can make a
secure payment using your credit/debit card or PayPal funds and
there is no need to register or incur any fees.
- Please note that once you have chosen this option and after your Post has been published you will not be able to change the duration of the Post. Therefore select the
maximum appropriate duration for what you are Posting.
NEW: Highlighting your Post.
- When you enter the details of your Post you can choose to highlight it for a small
fee, and your Post will also be "Advert Free" (see above).
- Your Post will be Highlighted in yellow when it appears in browse and search listings (normal listings appear in white).
- The highlight will appear for the whole duration of your Post.
- Once you have chosen this option for your Post, it is put on hold
until you make a payment for these features. You can make a
secure payment using your credit/debit card or PayPal funds and
there is no need to register or incur any fees.
- Please note that once you have chosen this option and after your Post has been published you will not be able to change the duration of the Post. Therefore select the
maximum appropriate duration for what you are Posting.
Getting your Post on search engines:
- The InterPost : Manchester has been
created with an attempt to automatically get your Post on search engines without you having to
do anything.
- You can submit your individual Post
to search engines and other directory sites by using the link (URL) to Post.
Receiving emails and email privacy.
- When someone wants to contact
you about your Post by email they will need to fill out a contact form with
their message and email address.
- Your email address will not be displayed to the sender.
- The email message that you receive
will contain the message and the email address provided by the sender.
- You can send a reply email to the message and the sender
will receive your reply and your email address.
- If you do not want to disclose
your email addresses when replying to a message then use an alternative contact method that the sender
may have provided.
- If no alternative contact method has been provided, then
currently your only
option is to send a reply message which will disclose your email
address.
- The InterPost : Manchester will be developed so that you can send emails
without ever disclosing your email address.
Alternative Contact Methods for Posts: • Within the details of
your Post you can specifiy other contact methods such as landline,
facsimile and mobile telephone numbers and even postal addresses. The
choice is yours.
Contributing to make The InterPost : Manchester better:
- The InterPost : Manchester is new and we need your help to develop it.
- You can send your suggestions by
clicking here.
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