Registration with us

If you want to contribute to our site then you must first Register with us - there are no exceptions to this rule! You must complete all of the boxes marked with an asterisk '*'.

To succeed in the registration process you require an active Email address ... an email will be sent to you at the address you provide and you have to click on a link in that email to complete the registration.

If you do not have an email address then you will not be able to complete the registration process and will not be able to contribute to our site.

You must provide a unique username and password to enable you to Login securely and to ensure that only you can place or edit Topics under your name.

Once you have completed your Registration you can proceed to Login and create your Topic.

 

Contributing to Arunachala Aspects and india-live.org

Contributing to Arunachala Aspects and india-live.org is very easy, we have made it as simple as possible and anyone can do it. You can contribute both photographs and text.

Photographs from any digital camera will probably be perfect. You can only upload JPEG or GIF images - other formats will be rejected, so please ensure that any photographs that you want to include in your Topic are in the correct format before submitting them ... see below for more advice.

To ensure that Arunachala Aspects and india-live.org are not hijacked by spammers or other undesireable people, every Topic is checked by human editors before being made available to the public. If your Topic or any photograph falls outside of our Acceptable Content guidelines they will be deleted without reference to you. Beyond this you are free to express your honest opinion and we will not interfere with your Topic if it meets our guidelines.

Login

After Login you have the option to Add new Topic - Edit Topic - View Registration Details - Edit Registration Details select the one that you want and follow the onscreen instructions.

Add new Topic

Main category - Sub-category

Each Topic is placed under a Main Category followed by a Sub-category. Selecting the right categories will help visitors to find your Topic easily.

We have included a range of sub-categories which we feel will cover the majority of topics, but it is impossible to cover everything. If you feel that your Topic falls outside of the listed sub-categories, then place it under 'other'.

Location

You have to select the Location for your topic - select the State (i.e. Tamil Nadu) if it is specific to any particular State, or All of India / Outside of India if not.

Insert your Topic Title

You have to provide a Title for your Topic. You should choose a short Title (no more than ten words) that reflects the subject of your Topic. If your Topic is about Traffic problems in India, then your Title should contain those words. If it about a new recipe for Sambar, then a good Title will contain Food, Sambar and Recipe in it.

Your Name

You must enter a Name to identify the Topic contributor. You do not have to use your real name, most people use a pseudonym when they post articles, but you should use the same name across multiple posts.

Upload photographs

You can add up to five high-quality photographs with commantaries to accompany your topic. We recommend that you prepare your photos in advance using a programme like Photoshop and upload them with the correct dimensions. For landscape photographs (wider than tall) you should resize them to 500 pixels wide. For portrait photographs (taller than wide) you should resize them to 330 pixels high. Square photographs should be resized to 330 pixels wide.

Add text

It is important to use good English when adding your comments. You should prepare your text in a text editor before inserting it on the site. Your purpose is to communicate your ideas to others and therefore you should take care to ensure that your commentaries actually say what you mean.

Common errors -

As English is not the first language of the majority of Indian nationals and because standards of teaching vary, there are bound to be wide differences. Most good quality word processors will help with grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Editing / Deleting your Topic or updating your Registration Details

You can edit your Topic at any time by logging in to the site and selecting Edit Topic from the list of options. This brings up a list of Topics that you have placed. To the right of each Topic are three choices - Edit Topic - Delete Topic - View Details. Select the one that you want - please be aware that if you select Delete your topic will be permanently removed from our database. You can only Edit or Delete your topic from this screen.

 

Comments

The public can comment on your Topic by using the Leave a Comment feature on the Topic display page. All comments are reviewed by human editors before being made available to the public.

If you are the Topic Contributor you will be able to reply to Comments after Login and to delete inappropriate or old comments from your Topic. Please use this facility with care. Do not delete comments just because you don't agree with them; you have the right of reply and can use it more effectively by leaving disagreeable comments visible.