4. Signing Up
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The sign up is by invite-only:
Either by someone who has an existing
account on Pinterest
Or by a request on the Pinterest Website
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5. Signing Up
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Do not forget to click the link in the confirmation
message
You can register either with Facebook or Twitter
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6. Following members
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Choose at least one of these, and then
Pinterest will suggest that you follow some
members
You can choose to no longer follow someone
by simply clicking on "unfollow"
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8. Your Public Profile
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160x160
pixels First name – last name
Description: 200 characters max
Hyperlinks: Website/blog, Twitter, Facebook
Location: town, country
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9. Editing your profil
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at the top-right under the visible
toolbar part of your profil
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11. Email
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Warning !
You will not receive any confirmation link if you change
your email.
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12. Email settings
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You will receive Email
notifications for comments,
likes, repins, or when a new pin
is added on a group board, for
any news…
Choose frequency of of email
notifications: Immediatetly or
once daily
Summary of your weekly
activity (yes – no)
Occasional Pinterest news and
updates (yes - no)
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13. Changing your password
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Click on
Type your current
password, then your
new password and
re-enter it again
Save
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14. Changing your
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Name
Last name
Username
Gender : Male, Female, Unspecified
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15. Description
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The description is imported
from your Twitter account
when your sign up via
Twitter
There is no description if
you have signed up with
Facebook
Optional
Max 200 characters
(numbers, letters, special
characters, symbols ...)
Hypertext links and
hashtags are shown as a
text
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16. Location
16
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17. Website
17
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18. Profile Image
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Syc with your Twitter or
Facebook profile image
You can change it by uploading an
existing image from your computer
Size: 160 x 160 px
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19. Linking your profil to Twitter/Facebook
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You can connect your account
to Facebook and/or Twitter
After signing up with Pinterest,
you can add or remove
Pinerest to link to your existing
Facebook or Twitter timeline
Do not forget to click
on the confirmation link in your
email
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20. Your account on the search engines
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21. Delete your account
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This will also delete all your
boards and pin permanently
Delete
Cancel delete
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22. Save changes to your profile
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24. Pin Boards are divided into 4 columns
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A board is a set of pins (images and videos)
You can add as many pins to a board and as many
boards as you'd like
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25. Anatomy of a board
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One big Pin called
"cover" with 4
pins underneath
The order of the
small images are the
last 4 pins uploaded
on the board. The
order can not be
changed
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26. Managing the board
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Default cover is the last
Pin published on the
board
You can choose a photo
for the cover by clicking
on "edit board cover"
Your selected cover
will be on the board
even though you have
deleted the pin. You can
then choose another one
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27. Board image size
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Name of the Board
Number of pins
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28. Creating a Board
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When you click "Add" (add
a board) on the top toolbar,
or add a new pin, on
Pinterest type in a
board title, choose a
category, and then click
Create
When you add a new Pin
To cancel the creation of a
board, click on the "X" on
the top of the board
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29. Managing a board
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Go to that board and click the
Edit button
Mandatory: the title
Optional: the description: 500
characters max (letters, digits,
symbols ...) Hashtags and
hyperlinks are considered text
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30. Managing a board
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Who can pin : you or you with
some contributors
You must follow at least one
other user's board in order to
add him/her as a contributor
You will then see a small icon
next to the numbers of pins
To delete a contributor, go
to "edit a board" then click
on "remove"
A contributor can decide to
remove themselves from the
board at anytime.
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31. Category
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Optional: the choice of a
category
Only one choice is allowed
among the 32
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32. Deleting a board or saving Setting
32
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33. Rearranging Boards
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Click on the icon "Rearrange
Boards"
Select a board and drag it
around to reorder
Save settings: "Save Arrangement"
Cancel arrangement: "Cancel"
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35. Anatomy of a Pin
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Pin : a video or a
photograph
Description: 500 characters max
Source
of the Comments: 1000 characters max
pin
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36. A pin can be an image
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Upload from your computer
or from a url
Image Max image width: 600 px no
high limit
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37. A pin can be a video
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Videos from Youtube or
Vimeo.
Max width : 600 px
Video You can not embeded a
video in html on Pinterest
Pinning a video does not
always work
From a link From a website/blog
Youtube Ok Ok
Vimeo Ok No
Dailymotion No No
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38. A pin can be a video
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Pinterest gives you the
option to embed a pin on
your blog (max image width:
600 px)
But actually it is just a
thumbnail image of the
video which will be a link to
the pin (with the source and
the autor of the Pin)
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39. Report or email a pin
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Like in Facebook, you can
report a Pin (image of video)
to Pinterest
Email a pin to somebody
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40. Report a Pin
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After clicking on the
"Report Pin" button,
choose the reason for
reporting the pin. This
will show in a new
window.
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41. Email this Pin
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Email a pin to
somebody (Recipient
and name:
mandodatory)
Message (optionnal)
Max caracters: 148
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42. Blocking any Pin from your
website/blog
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Add the following to the head of any page on
your site/blog:
<meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" />
When a user tries to pin from your site, they will
see this message:
« This site doesn't allow pinning to Pinterest. Please
contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for
visiting! »
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43. Pin Description
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Mandodatory
Max: 500 characters: emoticons, all the twitter symbols
(arrows, hands, stars, alphabetic characters, chess
pieces, horoscope icons, patterns, etc), letters,
numbers...
Do not forget to quote the source: author and link to the
article, it will make searches easier. Please read the
pinetiquette on Pinterest
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44. Pin description
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To add a price to a pin, type the $ or £ symbol followed by
the number amount in the description.(Euro € does not
work yet)
Only hashtages, hyperlinks, mentions (with @) are in bold
characters
Tip: Select a part of a text of the article you would like to
share, then send it. You will have a description of your
pin.(Do not copy an article from a blog/site if you are not
the author as this is plagiarism)
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45. Pin Comments
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Up to 1000 characters (emotion icons, all the twitter
symbols, letters, numbers….)
Only hashtag and hyperlinks are in bold characters
You can not modify the comments
To delete a comment click on the top right hand side
of the comment, on the black "X" which will become
red. You will see the text "Remove Comment"
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46. Add a comment
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When you mouse over
the pin, you will see an
icon which says
"comment"
Under the pin
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47. Add a pin
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Click "Add" > "Add Pin" on the menu bar at the top
right of the Pinterest page
Then either enter the url of a website (and choose
the image) or upload a photo from your computer
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48. Add a pin
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with the “Pin It” button from a site/blog
with the "Pin It" button from your browser
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49. Add a pin
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Enter the url of the website
You can choose the image or a
video. Use Prev and Next if
there are several photos on
the website.
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50. Add a Pin from the pin it
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button
Choose the image or the video for your pin
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51. Cancel a pin
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Either click on the "X"
Or to click on"Cancel Pin "
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52. Edit a Pin
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When viewing one of
your pins in
thumbnail view,
mouse-over the pin
and then click the
Edit button.
When viewing a pin in
full-size view, click
Edit at the top-left
corner
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53. Save or delete a Pin
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54. More information on
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Pinterest website: http://pinterest.com/
Help online: http://pinterest.com/about/help/
Technical support:
http://support.pinterest.com/home
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55. Many thanks for your attention!
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Many thanks to Cooking With Kaos for correcting my English
http://cookingwithkaos.blogspot.com/
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