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responses carrying the same day stamp, and posted at the
K- and
T-portals.
Depending on the page of pages, older quotes are moved to a
log file page.
"The same day stamp" is the time as provided by
our
public database.
Criteria for selecting a
quote: Responses containing a photo of the kid
will be given preference, unless yesterday's quote came from the same country.
A geographical spread of quotes is important to show visitors the global
nature of
Kidlink.
If the quote is from a new country (ever), then it will often be given
preference.
Selection and quoting
process:
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Review recent submissions of
photos with responses. If a desired response is
unapproved - and acceptable - approve it.
NOTE: Many times kids send photos of artists or athletes.
Try to be sure the photo is real.
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Review all responses approved by yesterday's
date, and check if there are new countries requiring an update of our
nations
page.
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Select a response carrying today's stamp:
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If you have selected a response based on a photo
- and it is geographically eligible (yesterday's response came from another
country), select this response.
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If there are many eligible responses that have
been approved, select one, and click to view it.
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If the number of options is limited, go back
to
the response approval menu to find something more suitable
there.
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Make a choice now, or wait until later in the
day.
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View the desired, and update today's quote at
the K-portal first:
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Add the time stamp at top of the column of quotes
(as in
26-Feb-2005
)
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Add the kids' name on the next line ("Julio from
United States"
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Select the kid's
country flag, and add after
the country name.
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Let the kid's name of your quote link to the
kids' response address, and open in a new window (_blank). Example: Julio's
is at
http://www.kidlink.org/registration/index.php?action=publicViewRecord&responseNumber=27423
hence, include the link as
"Julio from United States
"
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Make a new line (<br>), and add the kid's
answer to the third question using italics (<i>).
Example Julio: "i would like people to not be so racial agianst other
races of people also i would like everybody to have a roof over their head
and food on the table."
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Change the font type and size to match the other
quotes (<FONT face="Arial" size="2">)
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Load the kid's photo into an image editing program.
Cut out a part of the kid's face as done by the other quotes. Resize the
photo to have a height of 45 pixels. Store the photo at /english/general/k/img.
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Point
before the first name of the kid at the K-portal, and insert the photo you
saved. Set the image to float in the right margin of the table cell like
done here.
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View the properties
of the image in our private database, and copy the image's URL. Julio's is
at http://www.kidlink.org/registration/pictures/mso43861.jpg. Make the image
link to this URL, and open in a new window (_blank).
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Consider whether the list of links at the K-portal
is too long. If too long, cut the last response, click at the
More
below, and add the quote at the top of the list.
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Go back to the K-portal, and copy the list of
quotes (not the title and the links below).
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Go to the bottom of the page, and update the
date in the footer.
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Click at the icon for
the T-portal (see right), to get directly to the quotes section of that page.
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Paste in the quotes from the K-portal. They're
identical.
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Update the date in the footer of the T-portal
page.
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FTP the new pages to global.
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You're done!
If your quote carries a photo, inform the person(s)
in charge of Career
and Voice.
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