Maine Outdoor Journal

A: Go here to register.
Note: If you are already a member of MaineToday.com, you'll be prompted to add your username and password for that site and your information will transfer to Maine Outdoor Journal. Any changes you make here will not be reflected in MaineToday.com. We set up this system to make it less redundant for our branded partner sites.

A: If you are already a member of Maine Outdoor Journal, you can log in here to avoid that bit of fancy scripting your browser doesn't seem to like. If you are registering on the site for the first time, go to our new registration page to sign up. It's easy and takes two minutes - and not a lot of personal questions - to do.

A: At the top of the page (above the Maine Outdoor Journal logo) is a pull down box "edit your stuff." Choose "ask a question" to start your discussion - or just go to this page...

A: Yes, all of our members can have a blog! We encourage all our members to start blogging and share their trip stories, thoughts, ideas and experiences. Post your first blog entry here...

A: Our site works on a wide variety of computers and browsers, but we recommend you use Mozilla Firefox 2.0+ . The site will generally work fine with Internet Explorer 6.0+ and Safari 3+ however, for many reasons - including your own security and privacy - we recommend Mozilla Firefox. If you have another browser, you can do most things on Maine Outdoor Journal but the photo upload might be a little less cooperative with other browsers.Download Firefox (it's free)

A: Yes, you can! Blog and Conversation posts are enabled for basic html code. Here is a list of sample html code you can use.

A: At the top of the page (above the Maine Outdoor Journal logo) is a pull down box "edit your stuff." Choose "edit your BLOG" (or just go here). You will see all your blog headlines. To the right of each headline is a yellow shaded box with a link to Edit or Delete that entry.

A: At the top of the page (above the Maine Outdoor Journal logo) is a pull down box "edit your stuff." Choose "edit your QUESTIONS" (or just go here). You will see all your Conversation starter headlines. To the right of each headline is a yellow shaded box with a link to Edit or Delete that entry.

A: Currently, the only way to fix a typo in a Comment is to delete it and re-post. To delete your comment, go here.

A: At the top of the page (above the Maine Outdoor Journal logo) is a pull down menu "edit your stuff." Choose "Edit your PROFILE" - or just go to this page ...

A: You can use the "report abuse" option attached to each blog, question and comment entry on the site. You can also contact us by e-mail.

A: A flag appears with the reported comment to the content producer for review. If the comment is against our guidelines, then it will be deleted.

A: You can use the site's search tool (at the top of the page on the right side is the search box). Enter a key word from the discussion, and you will get a list of results containing that word.

A: Yes, you can. Go to the top of the page (above the Maine Outdoor Journal logo) to the pull down menu "edit your stuff." You can edit or delete a question, delete a comment or edit or delete a blog entry.

A: When you edit an entry or add a new one, you can change the name in the white box labeled "Your blog title:" It's just above the "Post an Entry in Your Blog" text at the top of the page.

A: These are keywords created by the site's content producer as a way to round-up posts that apply to broad areas of interest. For instance, if you're interested in finding out about gear to buy, check the Gear category page.

A: Tags are keywords YOU make up. Adding tags is a way organize posts by activity. You can also use them as a way to keep similar posts organized. Plus, the tag 'clouds' (found on the right of most pages on the site) can draw attention to your posts depending on the keywords you use. For instance, Hiking in the tag cloud is going to draw additional attention to that entry.

A: When making a blog entry, at the bottom of the page you will see a Category box and to the right of that box is the TAG box. Type in whatever keywords you'd like to into that box. There is no limit on the number of keywords you add but make sure you put a comma between words.

A: The tag index is case sensitive and will automatically capitalize the first word of the tag. But after that, it doesn't touch your tag. You can change your tags to consolidate them by editing that entry (edit conversations here or blog posts here).

A: If you want to make the text of your tag 'grow' on the site, you want to make sure you use the SAME tags in your posts. And tags also grow by the number of comments made on entries. So if you make a forum entry and tag it "books" and 20 people comment on that entry, that "books" tag will grow in relation to those comments as well. If you're still confused - or find this topic vastly interesting - check out Wikipedia for more information about how tag clouds are used on the web.

A: We would love all of our members to share events. Post an event here.
You must be logged in to the site to post an event. .

A: It's likely that you forgot to choose "Outdoors" when picking a category. You can choose "edit" next to the listings (in the right column) of the event you need to change.

A: On the events page look in the right column (under the ad) and you will see a listing of the events you have posted on the site. Just choose the 'edit' button next to the event you'd like to change.

A: When you make a blog entry, you can choose to "post entry and add photos" to add photos directly to your blog (an album or a single photo). The screen will darken and a box will appear asking if you wan tto "add a single photo" or "embed an album." If this box does NOT appear then simply click on the screen and save your blog entry. To add a photo to that blog entry go to "post photos", upload your photos and choose the title of the blog entry you want to associate your photos with in the "Embed album in blog entry?" box.

A: If you choose to upload a SINGLE photo be careful when you copy and paste the code for your single photo upload in to your blog entry. If you miss a bracket (<), that will break the image code and your photo will not appear. you can upload as many single photos as you'd like for your blog entry, just upload each photo and paste each photo's code in to the blog entry.

A: Check your photo's file name. You can NOT use apostrophes or spaces in photo file name. Also, keep your file names to less than 10 characters. Longer than that might cause the system problems. Another issue with uploading photos to the site is that sometimes images larger than 1MB may cause the server to time-out. If you are trying to upload several photos larger than 1MB, this is likely to happen. To avoid this issue, check out download.com for freeware to resize your images (Fast Stone is pretty easy to use) so they are smaller.

A: This website is part of the MaineToday Media, Inc.' online division, which includes: MaineToday.com, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Coastal Journal, Maine Pets, Maine Business , Raising Maine and The Maine Switch

A: We would love to talk to you about advertising opportunities with both our web and print products. We have a variety of options to fit all budgets. You can contact someone directly by email or phone (207) 822-4062.