How to Post to MiniTruckCanada
For technical support, please contact: Ray at info@www.minitruckcanada.com or contact us through the website.
Topics
Login to your account
Manage your profile
Add a post to the blog
Long posts
Your personalized footer
Submit your post
What you can post
What you cannot post
Technical support
- Go to http://www.minitruckcanada.com
- Click on the ‘Login’ link in the upper left corner
- Enter the Username and Password that was provided to you. These are case sensitive.
- Click ‘Login’.
- In the left menu, click on ‘Profile’ or ‘Your Profile’
- Do not adjust your Personal Options or Name info.
- You may edit your Contact Info and we recommend you change your password.
- Click ‘Update Profile’.
- In the left menu, click on ‘Posts’ or ‘Add New’
- You must enter a title. Shorter is better.
- Use the text editor below to enter the content of your post
Add text
- Start typing your text. You can style it by specifying if it’s a Subhead or Regular text using the ‘Styles’ menu.
- You can further add Bold or Italics.
- Use the Bulleted List or Numbered List buttons for lists.
- Use the Custom Character tool to insert special characters.
Add links
- Select the text you want to make a link.
- Click the ‘Create Link’ button.
- Enter the link URL and leave everything else as is.
- Click ‘Insert’.
Add images
- Click the ‘Add Image’ button of the text editor.
- Enter the URL of the image you want to add.
- The image must not be wider than 550 pixels or taller than 550 pixels. It will not display properly in some web browsers. In the ‘Appearance’ tab, re-size the image to under 550 pixels and make sure the ‘‘ is selected.
- Enter an ‘Image description’. This description will help the search engines find your posts.
- Click on ‘Insert’ when finished.
- NOTE: You cannot upload images to the MIniTruckCanada Blog. You can only link to images that are already hosted elsewhere such as your own website. Upgrading to a premium account allows you to upload images directly from your computer to the MiniTruckCanada Blog and saves you time and bandwidth.
Most posts should not be longer than a couple of short paragraphs in length.
If you do have a long article…
- Write a single paragraph summary and insert into the text editor first.
- At the end of the summary, click the ‘More’ button on the very right of the editor bar.
- This ads a splitter between the summary and the rest of the article.
- Continue writing the rest of the article after the ‘More’ tag.
- After the article is published, the viewer will see the summary within the MiniTruckCanada Blog. They can click on the title of the post or the “Read Full Article” link which is automatically inserted where you placed the ‘More’ tag.
Your personalized footer
Each of your posts will include a footer containing your photo, name, business name, website address and links to your other posts. There is also the option for viewers to leave comments and ask you questions. We have set this up for you and will be visible after we publish your post.
- In the ‘Categories’ panel, deselect ‘Uncategorized’ and choose one category that best describes your post.
- While you’re in the process of writing your post, they are considered Drafts.
- You can click ‘Preview’ to see how your entire post displays.
- If you’re okay with how your post looks and you’ve proofread your text, click ‘Submit for Review’
- MiniTruckCanada.com will make sure the content is acceptable and we’ll publish it as soon as we can. If your content is deemed inappropriate or contains grammatical / spelling errors, we will send it back for you to fix.
Dealers
- Introduction about you and your MiniTruck business
- Products and services you offer
- New shipments/arrivals of stock at your dealership
- Promotional and event news (Include dates and times, locations and details)
- Tips for customers
- Special deals and promos
- New products or service announcements
- Recent sales (Be sure to include photos and testimonials)
- Profiles of staff with background info on history and qualifications
- Any other noteworthy news about your business or MiniTrucks
- You may post prices of your products and services but remember to keep them current. We don’t want to display outdated info.
Exporters
- Introduction about you and your MiniTruck export business
- Products and services you offer
- New stock at your yard
- Promotional and event news (Include dates and times, locations and details)
- Tips for customers
- Special deals and promos
- New products or service announcements
- Recent sales (Be sure to include photos and testimonials)
- Profiles of staff with background info on history and qualifications
- Any other noteworthy news about your business or MiniTrucks
- You may post prices of your products and services but remember to keep them current. We don’t want to display outdated info.
- This is a MiniTruck and MiniVan focused website. You may mention other vehicle types but the focus of your posts should be on MiniTrucks and MiniVans.
- Negative remarks about specific customers or competition. We encourage keeping a positive vibe. You may instead post positive suggestions.
- Your complete inventory in a single post. We suggest creating an individual post per vehicle. You will be able to track them better and you’ll increase the number of posts.
- Questions to our viewers or other businesses. This will be available in the upcoming MiniTruckCanada Forum.
- Inaccurate info / stats.
- If your post is deemed inappropriate, it will not be approved and will not be published as is. You may revise and re-submit it.
- If we receive negative comments from our audience or other contributors about a particular post, we may remove it or ask you to revise it.
- Do not include additional HTML or other code into your post (ex. code to change text colour).
We’d love to hear your feedback. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email Ray at info@www.minitruckcanada.com or contact us through the website.
