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== Version with Julia's voice ==
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==Draft for October 2008 Re-do==
Visual 30 Second Message = 1st SreenCast
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Visual 30 Second Message = [[Welcome To AboutUs]]
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(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.org.  We're a guide to websites that you can edit, because we're a wiki.
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To find the AboutUs page about a website use the Find! bar and type in the website's address, like [[InCatch.com]].
  
(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.org. At our base we are a fully editable wiki about websites.  You may have found us through a search engine such as [[Google.com]]
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Our pages start very basic. This page has categories, related websites, ways to contact them, a basic description of what the website is, and three links to the website (here, here and here).
  
(At the AboutUs Google [[WikiPage]]) This is an example of an article on AboutUs, It has basic infomration about thie site, it's related pages and categories along with links to the site itself, the thumbnail, go directly to site and title of the page. (press to goto site)
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If you know something about [[InCatch.com]] you can click the edit button and add to or change the content of its AboutUs page. (To edit pages here at AboutUs you need to be logged in, so I will do that.)
  
(Google.com) Let's search for a website like *[[Example.com]]*
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I'm going to edit the page and make a simple punctuation change.
  
(Search Results) The AboutUs Wiki Page is # x in seach results. Because AboutUs Wiki Page seacth well on most search engines, the aboutus Wiki Page can aid in a Websites visability.
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[[UltimateGlobes.com]] is an example of a page that has been edited and worked on a bit more. You can see that it has a more robust description of the site, images and even a YouTube video.  You can also see how many times the page has been viewed and who it has been edited by in the box to the right.  In total, millions of people view our pages each month.
  
(*Foo.com*)  If you know somethign about *Foo.com* you can click the edit button and update it. I happen to kno that the contact infor needs to be corrected, so , I'll just click here, update the information and click save. That's all there is to it.
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For more information about AboutUs and how to edit click "Need Help?" or "What is AboutUs?" at the top left.
  
(ContactUs) For more information, Contact Us.
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Now it's your turn. Search for a website in the Find! bar above and start editing!
  
==Draft for October 2008 Re-do==
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=== separate screencasts for [[How to log in]] and [[why login]] ===
Visual 30 Second Message = [[Welcome To AboutUs]]
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''suggestion: in the intro video, let's gloss over the hows and whys of logging in and just refer people to another screencast?''
  
(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.orgWe are a guide to websites that you can edit.
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To edit pages here at AboutUs you must be logged in - if you aren't it will ask you to login or to create your free account. Let's click on "create account"Enter in your name (*Ted Ernst or Kristina Weis or whatever*), email address, a password that you'll remember so that you can login to your account again later, and enter in what you see in the funny captcha there.
  
''(At [[Foo.com]] [[WikiPage]])'' This is an example of a page about a website on AboutUs. On the page, it has a thumbnail of the site's homepage that links to them, a basic description of what the website is, ways to contact them, related websites and categories.  You can also see that this article has been viewed # times and edited by these people.  To find a page about a website use the search / Find! bar and type in the website's URL, like *Foo.com*.
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* Good idea.  [[Kristina Weis|Kristina]] ([[Kristina Weis/Contact|contact me]]) 15:47, 9 October 2008 (PDT)
  
(*Foo.com*)  If you know something about *Foo.com* you can click the edit button and add to or update the page.  (To edit pages here at AboutUs you must be logged in, so if you aren't it will ask you to login or to create your free account.)
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== Version with Julia's voice ==
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Visual 30 Second Message = 1st SreenCast
  
I happen to know that the contact info for *Foo.com* needs to be updated, so I'll just click "edit", change the information and click save page. That's all there is to it.
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(HomePage) Welcome to AboutUs.org. At our base we are a fully editable wiki about websites. You may have found us through a search engine such as [[Google.com]]
  
For more information click "Need Help?" or "What is AboutUs?" (highlight these links at the top left).
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(At the AboutUs Google [[WikiPage]]) This is an example of an article on AboutUs, It has basic infomration about thie site, it's related pages and categories along with links to the site itself, the thumbnail, go directly to site and title of the page. (press to goto site)
  
Needs a nice "close"... I hate to suggest "enjoy the wiki", but something warm, welcoming & fun. [[User:Julia|Julia]]
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(Google.com) Let's search for a website like *[[Example.com]]*
  
=== separate screencasts for [[How to log in]] and [[why login]] ===
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(Search Results) The AboutUs Wiki Page is # x in seach results. Because AboutUs Wiki Page seacth well on most search engines, the aboutus Wiki Page can aid in a Websites visability.
''suggestion: in the intro video, let's gloss over the hows and whys of logging in and just refer people to another screencast?''
 
  
To edit pages here at AboutUs you must be logged in - if you aren't it will ask you to login or to create your free account.  Let's click on "create account".  Enter in your name (*Ted Ernst or Kristina Weis or whatever*), email address, a password that you'll remember so that you can login to your account again later, and enter in what you see in the funny captcha there.
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(*Foo.com*)  If you know somethign about *Foo.com* you can click the edit button and update it. I happen to kno that the contact infor needs to be corrected, so , I'll just click here, update the information and click save. That's all there is to it.
  
* Good idea.  [[Kristina Weis|Kristina]] ([[Kristina Weis/Contact|contact me]]) 15:47, 9 October 2008 (PDT)
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(ContactUs) For more information, Contact Us.

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