▲TopEntering Reports and How-to's

▲TopTitle

This is the Title your Article will have.

▲TopArticle type

This determines where we file your Article for display - For further information on the types of Articles click the following Fishing Reports, How-to's, News, Reviews.

▲TopDocument Status

There are help notes explaining the various options in the Editor under the Document Status field to help you.

▲TopLocation

By entering the location of where the report was taken (if you are entering a Fishing Report). The Spooled program will automatically enter a report icon that will look like this

over the exact Coordinates of where you where fishing (if you have the GPS coordinates).

If you do not have the GPS coordinates you can click the icon of the

Globe to the right of the "Location" field and it will bring up a map for you to select the location manually. Click the following link for detailed instructions on Using the Map. Once you have selected the correct location with the cross-hair (+) click the "Select Location" button to return to the Editor (your location coordinates are now updated).

▲TopBlurb

The "Blurb" is an introduction to your report, telling the readers a little about your article.

▲TopArticle Text

This is where the main body of your report should be written.

If you feel more comfortable writing your article in MS word or a similar type word processor program you can.

You can then, copy and paste the text into the Article Text box. (remember you will have to make some adjustments as things like Bold Lettering will needed to be adjusted within the Spooled editor as it is converting what you write to a language viewable within a website which is a different computer language to word processors).

While the Article Text editor is a reasonably simple editor in comparison to the likes of large word processors, it still allows you the ability to be able to "Spell Check" your work, "Preview", add Bold Lettering, Italics and Underline your text as well as add five sizes of Header text.

The above features are represented by B = Bold, I = Italics, U = Underline with H1 the largest header through to H5 being the smallest. (These appear just above the "Article Text" box, as does the "Insert" box.

▲TopThe "Insert" feature

The insert feature allows you to quickly and easily insert certain things into your Reports, these things are useful in creating a great looking Entry that is not just easy to read, but very practical in it's ability to be able to allow you both internal and external links.

▲TopKeywords

These help us categorize your article. For instance if a user does a search on a Flathead and you have entered the word Flathead in your keywords the Spooled search feature (to be added) will return your article. Be sure and enter the the common names for the fish as well as this allows Spooled to learn. So in the case of Flathead you may also want to enter, Flatties, lizards, etc.

▲TopSave Article

Is as simple as it sounds. Once you have finished entering your Report be sure and click is to save your work. It is always good practice to Save as you go so as not to loose your work, especially if the article you are entering is rather long.