Content on Geograph

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Articles

Good for a lengthy textual piece, created by a single user. Also used for guideline documents.

• Highly visible and indexed by search engines
• Divided into categories
• Author chooses specific licence for the work
• Rich formatting options (wiki style)
• Can embed map extracts
• Can include pictures (by request)
• Displays a table of contents
• Printer Friendly
• Saves full edit history
• Indexed and fully Searchable in the Content Section

View Articles Submit an Article

Galleries

Good for image collections, allow images on a similar theme to be quickly collated.

• Publicly viewable and indexed by search engines
• Public view and Forum style view available
• Indexed and fully Searchable in the Content Section

View Galleries Submit a Gallery

Submitted Articles

Good for collaborative topics on specific themes - usually includes some discussion.

• Only available to Registered Users are part of the Forum

View Articles Start a new Article

Grid Square Discussions

Ideal for short discussions about specific locations, and/or adding local information.

• Linked to from the Grid Square Browse page and relevant Photo pages
• Searchable Geographically and viewable on a map

View Discussions Start a discussion from the browse page at the required location.

Common Functionality

The last three are based around the forum, and share the following common features:

• Content is copyright of the poster
• Tracks additions, but not edits. (GSD posts are locked after 24 hours)
• Threads viewable by last addition, or creation date order
• Split into pages, so good for long and ongoing content
• View count available (when viewed on its own page)
• Collaborative - any user can add content - but the Gallery author can apply a lock to prevent replies.
• Searchable using the Forum Search.

All of the above are trackable with RSS feeds, look for the RSS icons on the relevant pages.