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Creating resource listing

Resources includes books, journals, podcasts, video, awards, government programs, articles, independent/unpublished essay, certifications, internet resources, blogs, databases, directories and other forms of data and information.

You can create a resource listing from your dashboard or from your group. To go to your dashboard, click on your username in the header of WiserEarth pages. And then hover your mouse over the "Contribute" menu and select "Add a Resource".

From your group, you need to hover your mouse over the pencil icon in the resources module and click "Create a new Resource".

Before adding a resource to WiserEarth, a search is performed to check if the resource is already in the database. Enter the name of the resource you wish to add, and click on Check Database. If there are similar listings in the database, it will then be listed. You can either just use available listing or edit further.

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Providing general info

If the resource is not in the database, you will be taken to a page where you can fill out the details about the resource. Those marked with * are mandatory.

If the resource is internet-based and has an RSS feed, entering the URL will help it be recommended to WiserEarth groups via the News module. A great opportunity to get the content syndicated throughout WiserEarth. The 'language' field indicates the language used to describe the resource.  

Setting access privileges

If you want to keep the listing editable only by certain groups, you need to specify access privileges. Once you made the listing 'public' you can not change it back to 'private'.

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Tagging with Areas of Focus

Then you will need to tag your listing with WiserEarth's Areas of Focus. This will make your listing more discoverable by other WiserEarth members. There are 379 to choose from and you can tag with up to 10 Areas of Focus. You can browse the list (as shown below) or narrow down by keyword search. Optionally, you can arrange the order of appearance of your Area of Focus list by using the up and down arrows on the right.

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Describing the resource

Then you will need to fill in some explanation about the resource. This can be the summary, quotation and even full-length article (yours or those where posting does not violate copyright). You can also embed pictures and videos if needs be. For tutorial on editing this section, go here.

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Using and promoting the resource listing

After clicking Save, you will be taken to your new listing. From here, you can:

• Upload files and photos related to your event via the "Files and Photos" tab
• Share your event with your WiserEarth groups via the "Add to a group" link in the Action box. Please keep in mind that if the listing is 'private' and you add it to semi-private or public groups it will be viewable by everyone on the internet.
• Share your event with friends and people beyond WiserEarth using the ShareThis button. You can share via sms, email, Twitter, Facebook, blog, etc.
• Leave a comment and rating for the resource.
• Connect the resource to relevant organizations, related resources and other records in WiserEarth using the [Add] link in the Network section. See tutorial.

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Editing the listing

If you want to edit your listing, just click on the [Edit] links beside each section. You can also view and revert back to previous versions of the page using the show history feature. To find listings you've created, go to the Network section of your profile page via your dashboard.

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If you have further questions, please go to Help Desk or leave a comment below.