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1. NY LEGALRSS Instant legal news for your website User Manual Version 1 3a Use of this product and this manual is governed by our usual terms of trade Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 1 Tel 01392 423607 NV LEGALRSS Instant legal news for your website fowdoesitwa FRY Piang tearr re De ma i San up The most powerful marketing platform on the web Ifyou want to impress wisitars to your website having up to date high quality content is a must Regularly updated material that looks unique iz a powerful marketing tool amd you dom treed anew website to dw if Choose from more than 20 Add your own articles and Stvle the material to your Put different comtent on legal news categories mesg in seconds Own specifications different pages LegalRS material is created bya dedicated team at WordsdBusiness the UK s leading supplier of law firm web content newsletters etc LegalRs is fast extremely easy to SIGN IP FORA uze and has a superb content management system FREE TRIAL Starts at only 69 per month Adcitoral Features Pest ng ise rine ude j Cate peweletters ard r Crate Winks to sonal s Add guides oncom menial g Colli re BercontGeoldh il rew lettersintwo Q retworh re group amp prvete oler bw WBW Solicitor a G Batclebr Worden itet OE Re ee GS WallerSanthWay Add potures audo ard Fut pour content onother sh amides as they are orcated DWP Beckman R video webote2. Note that your firm s banner image will appear in place of the LegalRSS logo If you have not yet selected a banner image the name of your LegalRSS account will appear as text instead To add or change your firm s logo see 7 Managing Your Subscription below Click Edit Intro Text to add or edit the introduction to your newsletter If you also wish to add a footer to your newsletter click Edit Footer Text The following window will appear Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 24 Update Intro Text 5 Wh LUT li il a Ezg ic a A Mormal aj Welcome to 123 Solicitors July Newsletter body p strong Close Say This window works similarly to the content management system used to edit articles you can write text paste in text or paste from Word in the same way see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles above When you are happy with the introduction footer text click Save Changes To add articles to your newsletter click the Edit Articles button The following window will appear Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 25 Select Articles gt Business Mews kai HSE Publishes Latest Fatal Injury Statistics C Signage a Factor in Usage Collecte Redundancy Consultation C Billionaire Wins Back Almost 700 000 Seized at Airport Creditors of Collapsed Fund Win 450 Million Government Work Experience scheme Attacked In Court Confidence Monitor Presents Mixed Picture N
3. also appear if the visitor s web browser is unable to display images Set the width and height of the picture by entering numbers in the width and height boxes The Border HSpace and VSpace boxes allow you to put a border around the item and create free space around the picture which will determine how your words wrap around it Set the position of the picture using the Align drop down menu This allows you to put the picture on the left or right hand side of the screen Often the best results will depend on the picture and are best ascertained by experimentation Note images in LegalRSS articles provided by Words4Business are usually right aligned with Border HSpace and VSpace values of 0 5 and 2 respectively The Link tab allows you to make the image link to another web page when the reader clicks on it The Target tab allows you to determine where the linked page will appear e g in a new browser window or a new tab When you have finished formatting the image click OK to save your changes Note all images included in the Words4Business library are Best Practice Online Ltd 4 3 Adding Your Own Images You can add your own images to use in your articles To add an image to your library select the My Images tab from the top left menu The Media Library will appear Click the Add Image button in the bottom right hand corner of the page The following screen will appear New media Broms C
4. how far back in months you wish the articles on your website to go If you do not wish to have the articles displayed by category heading untick the Show category headers box When you have finished setting up your custom feed click the Add Feed button at the bottom of the screen You will then be returned to the previous page where there will now be a link to get the code for your custom feed underneath the link to the default feed code To add your custom feed to your website click on this link and then follow the instructions in 2 1 Adding All Categories to a Single Page above i e as if you were adding a default feed to your website As with the default feed there is a link to preview the appearance of the feed just under the link to get the feed code To change the categories included in a custom feed click on Edit to the right of the feed name in the list You will see a screen similar to the one that appears when you add a new custom feed see picture above Tick or untick categories as appropriate and click the Update Feed button If you hold an off site licence you can add your feeds to websites other than your own which is a massively powerful marketing technique Contact us for further information Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 11 3 Adding Your Own Content In addition to using the content supplied by Words4Business as part of the LegalRSS service you can add as much of your own material as you like For exa
5. on the right hand side of the screen You will be taken to a page containing the terms and conditions of use If you agree to these tick the check box and click Sign Up have read the LegalRSS amp Fusion Express Terms and Conditions and agree to therm fully SIGN UP Once you have done this you will see another screen including the following form Organisation name PO Site name po Your LegalRsS site name will be used for the URL of your articles i e http Awww legalrss co uk lt sitename legal article Contact name PF Email po Password PO Password confirmation pO Fill in your firm s details and choose a password Click the Sign Up button at the bottom Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 5 right of the screen again You will be taken to the LegalRSS main page To add Words4Business content categories to your subscription and to add options such as images e newsletters and social networking which are not enabled by default contact Words4Business If your account has been set up by Words4Business on your behalf these options should already be enabled 1 2 Logging In To log into LegalRSS open your web browser and go to www legalrss co uk The LegalRSS home page will appear and you will see the following box in the top right hand corner of the screen Existing Chent Login Remember me on this computer Reset Password Enter your e mail address and password If you s
6. page of your mobile site This panel works similarly to the content management systems used to edit articles and create headers and footers for e newsletters see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles and 5 2 Creating E Newsletters When you have finished click Save Mobile Site Your new mobile site will now appear in the Mobile tab Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 29 Mobile Sites Vrecacess m 123 Solicitors fi Edt P Delete EEE Site not yet published it Publish Site m l you have 0 pages You must publish your mobile site before it will appear on the Internet To do this click Publish Site To edit your mobile site click Edit To delete it click Delete 6 2 Adding Pages to a Mobile Site Once you have created a mobile site you can add pages to it Select the Mobile tab and click Edit to the right of the mobile site you wish to add pages to Click on Add Page The following screen will appear TE Page Status Mobile site was successfully updated Pages DAYE Cancel Aricle Body Source B D Z 2z El B A B 7 j PE aj f a E Image Browse J Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 30 Enter a title for the page in the Title box The Article Body box works similarly to the Article Body box used when adding and editing articles see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles The mage box allows you to attach an image to your mobile site article Click the Browse button to search for images on your
7. the body text of your article you can change the formatting and positioning of the text as well as add images to the article For example in order to reformat some text select it using the mouse and then click the required formatting button This procedure will be familiar to those with experience of word processing software The formatting buttons and other tools are positioned in groups according to their functionality Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 14 B 7 U e E Source of ES GE iv Text Decoration From left to right the bold italic underline and strikethrough icons Select some text and click one of these icons to apply the desired format Text Formatting From left to right subscript superscript numbered list and bullet point list Superscript is often used for trademark symbols and subscript can be used to indicate a footnote Both of these icons operate in the same way as the text decoration icons For the list icons select a number of separate lines of text and press either of these icons to turn them into the appropriate type of list Format Picker As well as creating custom formats there are some ready made ones available for you to select By highlighting some text and clicking the Format picker you will be able to format your text to match existing headers and paragraph blocks This will enable your article to blend with the sites it will be shown on Horizontal Rule Click
8. the following code into your website to display the feed links lt div id newssynd teed gt lt div gt Soler eae aAa a Sen Ged a a solee ao src httpi wun leqalrss co uk teed newssynd1 js 2 lt 4 script gt lt script type text javascript sre http www legalrss co uk BPO feed gt lt Atom Feed http www legalrss co uk BPO feed atom RSS Feed http www legalrss co uk BPO feed_rss Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 8 select the feed code as shown in the above picture and copy it CTRL C For each web page to which you want to add the feed open the relevant HTML file in a text or HTML editor and paste CTRL V the code into the place on the page where you wish the feed to appear By default the content from the last six months will appear To show a different amount create a custom feed see 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages To see what the feed will look like click on Preview default feed just underneath the link to the feed code Styling LegalRSS articles to fit your website should be straightforward for your web manager However if you require assistance with this click on the Help amp Support button which is always present at the top of the page when you are logged in and select the Installation amp Integration option Please note that this service is not included in the subscription cost for LegalRSS and will be billed separately This is all you need to do to ge
9. this icon to add a divider across the page This can be useful in longer articles to break up blocks of text Advanced Options The article body editor is powered by HTML the language which describes how web pages should appear If you are familiar with HTML you can use the Source icon to view the HTML code which makes up the article text and tweak it directly The second icon in this group allows you to expand the body editor to take up the whole browser window This allows you to see more of the body text at once Clipboard Just like a word processor the body editor has options to from left to right cut copy and paste You can use these when editing your article The fourth icon allows you to paste in text you may have copied from a word processor such as Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 15 Attachments Th Ep Microsoft Word You must use this icon to ensure that the Word document is converted into the correct format for the body editor Text Alignment These icons are used to align the text on the page From left to right you can move text to the left center it move it to the right or set it to justify stretch evenly across the page External Tools These icons control the use of links and images in your body text Search YouTube this icon allows you to add videos from YouTube to your articles A window will appear showing the video library As well as using videos from the video library you ca
10. to Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 9 Add custom feed Details Mame Commercial Law Dept Categories LJ Business Tax Intellectual Property LI Charity Lavy LI Landlord and Tenant LI Civil Litigation L Personal Injury and Clinical Hegligence Commercial Litigation L Private Client Tax LJ Commercial Property LI Residential Property Company Law Fi social Housing Contract C Trusts wills and Probate d Data Protection LI W468 Commercial Law LI Debt Recovery LI VW46 Commercial Property LI Employment L 4E Employment Law L Environment C we pucin Neg C Family Wwe Private Client Content C General v45 Tax Trust and Probate LI Health and Satety L Words4Dusiness Management and Marketing Links and Articles LJ Information Sheets Commercial F Words4Dusiness Clients Practitioner Motes d Information Sheets Private L Firm s Mews d Insolvency Options Number of months worth of Articles to include e show category headers Articles are grouped by category Cancel Add Feed Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 10 Details Choose a name for your custom feed e g Private Client or Firm s News This is the name that will be added to the list of custom feeds you have available Categories select the boxes next to the categories of material you want to use in your feed Options This is used for selecting the options which govern how the feed is presented In the Number of months box type
11. Any images you have added yourself see 4 3 Adding Your Own Images below will also be shown Media Library Clase Previous 123456709 1314 Nests Find an Image by title or description qPiease a Citir s FIRE GATES a Small PA Large SB Small Gj Large Categories All Images 2121 by Images 1 Business Tax 45 Charity Lawr 4 Civil Litigation 1055 ul kivindy A al Crue Commercial Litigation 102 Commercial Property 102 Large Company Law TAT Contract 33 Data Protection 6 Debt Recovery 3 Employment 26 Environment 57 Family 46 General 1433 Health and Satety 56 Information Sheets Commercial 10 Information Sheets Private 10 2 3 a Insolvency 6 BS small 3 Large nally Large Intellectual Property 4 Landlord and Tenant 19 Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence 69 Private Client Tax 19 Residential Property 82 Social Housing ta Trusts Wills and Probate 21 VW4B Commercial Lavy 10 WEE Commercial Property 5 V4 Employment Lavy 5 V4 PiClin Meg 12 F x W4B Private Client Content 5 a smal E Large EEES Large mal E Large BS small Gg Large W468 Tax Trust and Probate 4 Words4 Business Clients Practitioner Notes 1 Tags health safety construction site warning Sign skyscraper building property commercial timber The features on the right of the window allow you to filter the images shown by the Media Library If you know the title or description of the image you
12. ancel Upload Image Select the Browse button A dialog box will appear allowing you to find the image on your computer Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 20 Note only JPEG images can be uploaded You can use Microsoft Paint to convert images to JPEG format Having selected the file click Upload Image The Editing media page will then appear You will see the image you have uploaded with the following box underneath Details Comma seat Cancel Save At this point you can give the image a title description and tags the keywords used to identify images see 4 1 Using the Media Library While this stage is optional giving your image a title and tags is highly recommended to make it easier to find later Use a comma to separate individual tag words e g health safety construction When you are finished click Save Once an image is in the library it can be added to any article you create Do this by editing an article see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles above and clicking on the Browse Image Library icon This will bring up the Media Library In addition to browsing the images in the Media Library you can look for images that might suit your article in one of two ways 1 Enter a word that describes the image you want such as car house building site or hospital into the search box on the right 2 Pick the category you intend to allocate the article to then browse th
13. can use the search box on the top right to do a partial match The Categories box allows you to filter down the images by their assigned category or to browse only images you have uploaded yourself hiding the images in the Media Library Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 18 Finally images are assigned various tags to help describe them and the Tags box allows you to search for images with a particular tag Once you have found an image to use in your article you can insert it into your text Each image has a Small and Large icon corresponding to the size you would like the image to be within the article Click the icon to insert the image If you do not wish to add an image close the Media Library by clicking the Close icon in the top right hand corner 4 2 Formatting Images You can achieve a more pleasing effect by formatting the picture To do this right click on the image you have just added and select Image Properties from the drop down menu that appears pictured below a amp i Cut Copy J Paste Image Properties The following window will appear Image Properties ca URL isystemlassets 2be small OO 00 S JPG 12e46592 Alternative Text Underground Width Preview a Height Horder HSpace YOpace Align enot sets w Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 19 Alternative Text allows you to specify the text that will appear when visitors to your website move the mouse over the image This text will
14. cial Buttons shows whether share to social networks buttons will appear at the bottom of articles when viewed by visitors Address this will appear on your e newsletters If a user prints an article from your website it will also be added to the printed version O0 Click on Edit Images Edit Links amp Details or Edit Theme to edit these options When you have finished editing your settings click Save Customisation to save your changes and return to the previous page Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 32 8 Suggestions and Comments We welcome feedback on our products If you find any mistakes in this manual or if you have any suggestions on how we could improve LegalRSS or this user manual please e mail our Projects Manager Robert Reevy at robert words4business com Note to report possible problems with LegalRSS itself or for technical support please follow the instructions at the beginning of this manual Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 33
15. computer To save your page click the Save button at any time Before the article will appear on your mobile site however you must change the Page Status from Draft to Published Any page you create will be accessible from the Home page of your mobile site via a link underneath the text entered in the Customise Home Page panel see 6 1 Creating a Mobile Site Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 31 7 Managing Your Subscription To look at your subscription information click on the Settings tab on the top left hand side of the screen Subscription Details gives basic information about your subscription including the start and end dates Twitter allows you to set up LegalRSS to access your Twitter account Facebook allows you to set up LegalRSS to access your Facebook account LinkedIn allows you to set up LegalRSS to access your LinkedIn account YouTube allows you to set up LegalRSS so that you have access to videos on your YouTube account Theme Settings this panel provides further information about your LegalRSS subscription Article Header Image this image will appear at the top of your articles This should usually be the firm s logo Newsletter Header Image Logo this image will appear at the top of your e newsletters Home Page URL the URL of the home page of your website Contact Page URL the URL of the Contact Us page of your website Show So
16. e pictures allocated as suitable for that category When you have chosen the picture you want click on Small or Large at the bottom of the picture depending on the image size you require The picture will then be added to the article Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 21 5 Exporting Articles and Creating E Newsletters Another powerful feature of LegalRSS is its ability to export content for use elsewhere 5 1 Exporting Articles to a Text File Many clients will want to export material for use outside LegalRSS If you have this function enabled you can do this easily Click on the All Articles tab The following page will appear Previous 7234956759 13 14 Next Find an Article by tithe or content All Articles a Ooo Search A Wiem Article Ol Signage a Factor in Usage CO Collective Redundancy Consultation sienen Filter Articles Categories Business Hers ey a ee me eat re wiew All Articles 1387 C Billionaire Wins Back Almost Fom Ee as ee ts re We View Article Business News 275 Selred at Airport Business Tax 122 Categories Business News Charity Lam 2 Civil Litigation 86 Creditors of Collapsed Fund vin 450 Published 29th Jun 12 View Article Company Law 56 Million sone Categories Business Hems Contract 454 O Government Work Experience Scheme Published 26th Jun 12 ee Data Protection 36 Attacked in Court Debt Recover 15 Categories Business Hens Click the ch
17. e you can send e newsletters Click on the Newsletters tab then click the New Newsletter button on the right of the screen The following screen will appear Newsletter Options Send Preview J Send a Subject Line 123 Solicitors July Newsletter sender Name John Smith f Email jsmith 23solicitors co uk powered by fusionexpress You need to create the campaign before you can editthe content and or send BacktoLegalRSS Create i By default the Subject Line box will contain the name used on your LegalRSS account and the current month followed by the word Newsletter The Sender Name and Email boxes will be the same as those you used to create any previous newsletters You can change these as you wish When you are happy that these details are correct click on Create The following page will appear immediately below Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 23 Edit Intra Text a Edit Articles Edit Footer Text a Your header image and contact details can be updated in your LegalRos settings Yone recenz this rewrs letter because you are ore of our clients Hamg rouble reading this email wiew it on yor browser Mot interested arnore t Unsubscribe Petar ai Wr LEGAL ESS oo In this issue Dear recipient name o Unsubscribe Youre receiving this newsletter because you either signed up to our newsletter via cur website or you are an existing customer Unsubscribe Contact Us F Contact us
18. eck box to the left of the article name to select the articles you want to export If you only wish to see articles from a particular category e g Business News click on that category in the Filter Articles box on the right hand side of the screen You can search for articles using the Search button When you have selected the articles you want click the Export Selected button at the bottom left of the screen Export Selected The articles will be saved to a plain text file called articles txt on your desktop You can then use this material for newsletters articles etc Using a plain text file avoids formatting problems associated with different word processing software and makes it easier to use the material as web content You can use this function to export any mixture of articles and use it as often as you like Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 22 5 2 Creating E Newsletters You can send articles stored in LegalRSS to your clients via e mail as part of a newsletter Campaign This function works with the Fusionexpress www fusionexpress co uk e mail platform a pay as you go e mail engine which is free to set up and easy to use It has comprehensive management tools and information as standard The Legal Management and Marketing Newsletter Words4Business s regular newsletter covering management topics for law firms is sent using Fusionexpress You will need to import your e mail contacts into Fusionexpress befor
19. ew HMRC Task Forces C Shop Vacancies Remain at Record Highs C Retail Recovery of Costs Court Says No C Miscreant Directors Avoiding Bans C England and Wales Becoming Civil Litigation Capital of the World C Holding Company Liable for Subsidiary 4 Legionnaires Disease Controlling Risks from Manmade Vater Systems Close You can use the drop down box to show only articles from a certain category as shown above Select the articles you wish to add then click Save changes Your e newsletter is now ready If you wish to send a preview to yourself so you can check its appearance click the Send Preview button at the top right of the screen When you are satisfied that your e newsletter is ready to be sent out click the Send button below the Send Preview button Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 26 In this issue e Collechve Redundancy Consuktaton e Goverment Work Erpenence Scheme Attacked in Court e Snorting Events and Absence Management Guidance For Employers zna Unsubscribe Youre receiving this newsletter because you either signed up to car reasletter via cur website ar yol are an existing customer Unsubscribe Contact Us FY Contact Us Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 Dear recipient name Welcome to 123 Solicitors July Newsletter COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY CONSULTATION The Goverunent has published for consultation its proposed reforms to
20. igned up for LegalRSS yourself see 1 1 Signing Up above the e mail address and password will be the ones you used to sign up If the account was set up for you Words4Business will have sent you a welcome e mail use the e mail address this was sent to The password will be contained in the e mail If you have forgotten your password click Reset Password below the password box You will see the following screen Reset Password Email Address OOOO O Return to Log In screen Enter your e mail address and click Reset A new password will be e mailed to you To cancel this process click Return to Log In screen Once you have successfully logged in you will see the LegalRSS main page Remember to log out when you have finished using LegalRSS see 1 4 Logging Out Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 6 1 3 Changing Your Password Once you are logged in you can change your password at any time Click Change Password in the top right hand corner of the screen You will see the following screen Change Password Password fs Enter your new password in both the Password and Password confirmation boxes then click the Change Password button Click Cancel to cancel this process Note if you have forgotten your password you will need to reset it See 1 2 Logging In 1 4 Logging Out Whenever you use LegalRSS you should click Logout at the top right of the screen when you have finished When you have logged out you will see
21. ilable when you add a custom feed see 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages above 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles Once you have created your own category you are ready to add your own articles to put in it To create a new article go the My Articles tab on the menu and then click on the Add Article button to the right of the screen You can also click on Click here to add your first article if you have not yet added any articles The following screen will appear Hew Article w oe ave oo re Publish to Social Neto nes Add Aricle The interface is the same whether you are writing a new article or editing one you have already created Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 13 You can add an article simply by entering the title in the Title box and the text in the Article Body area You can also paste content into the Article Body area by using the Paste or Paste from Word buttons see below You can also fine tune your article by changing the Published at date the date the article first appears on your website and adding a brief summary of the article You can attach files to your articles and share them via LinkedIn Facebook and Twitter Title Enter the title for your article When visitors to your website view the full article this will be used as the page title appearing at the top of the brow
22. ill see the following tab at the very top of the screen Help amp Support Click on this button at any time You will be taken to a page where you can enter your contact details and select a support option Prices for support options are provided General and telephone support are billed at 60 VAT per half hour or part thereof Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 3 Contents 1 Getting Started 1 1 Signing Up 1 2 Logging In 1 3 Changing Your Password 1 4 Logging Out 2 Adding Articles to Your Website 2 1 Adding All Categories to a Single Page 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages 3 Adding Your Own Content 3 1 Adding Categories 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles 4 Adding Images 4 1 Using the Media Library 4 2 Formatting Images 4 3 Adding Your Own Images 5 Exporting Articles and Creating E Newsletters 5 1 Exporting Articles to a Text File 5 2 Creating E Newsletters 6 Creating Mobile Websites 6 1 Creating a Mobile Site 5 2 Adding Pages 7 Managing Your Subscription 8 Suggestions and Comments Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 NNO OO CO OO 1 Getting Started It s really easy to set up an account on LegalRSS and get started using the system All new customers are given an 8 week free trial 1 1 Signing Up Open your web browser and go to www legalrss co uk The LegalRSS home page will appear see picture on page 2 Click on the Sign up tab
23. mple you may wish to keep your clients informed of recent happenings at your firm To add your own content you will first need to set up one or more custom categories 3 1 Adding Categories To add your own categories click on the My Categories tab on the top left menu To the right of the screen that appears you will see the Add Category box Add Category Add Category Enter the name of the category you wish to create e g Firm s News and click the Add Category button It will then appear on your list of categories Adding a password is optional If you wish to password protect your category enter the password in the Password box Users will need to Know the password to view any articles you put in that category see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles below Category was successfully created Article Categories Categories Firm s News A Edt D Delete 0 articles within this category To change the name of any of your categories simply click Edit to the right of the list as shown in the picture above An Edit Category box will appear in place of the Add Category box change the title and click the Edit Category button To delete a category Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 12 click Delete to the right of Edit and then click OK on the box that appears Your new category will then appear on your list of available categories on the News Feeds tab and will be one of the tick boxes ava
24. n also use the search facility to the right of the video library images to search for other videos on YouTube See 7 Managing Your Subscription below for information on how to set this up Browse Image Library this icon launches the Media Library see 4 1 Using the Media Library below Image this icon allows you to include an image which is located on another website for example the photo hosting site Flickr By selecting this icon you can set properties such as the alignment of the image and its dimensions The URL box is where you set the location of the external image just paste the address into the box and click the OK button to insert it into the document Paste embed this icon allows you to add content manually using embedding code from YouTube Flickr and similar sources To do this click the icon paste the embed code into the box that appears and click OK Link this icon allows you to turn some selected text into a link to another website Select the text click the icon paste the website address into the URL box and click OK The selected text will change colour and appear underlined Click anywhere on the link and then click the Unlink icon to remove the link You can attach files to your articles Enter a file name in the text box or click the Browse button to search for files on your computer To attach additional files click Add more and Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 16 a
25. n dame oop formal Gogle Armay Code i EM Web Property ID cop lorna Combec emal Cakgeales a F ian a S i T x E ae Soe Mobile H ke Pages Add Page Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 28 The Mobile Settings area allows you to customise your mobile site App name Enter the name for your mobile site e g 123 Solicitors Logo Header Image Add an image for your mobile site s logo Base Colour Choose a colour for your mobile site When you click the icon the following box will appear Use the vertical slide to choose the colour for your mobile site or enter the hex colour code in the box at the bottom of the window Contact email Enter the e mail address you want e mail sent from the Contact Us page on your mobile site to be sent to Categories Choose articles categories to appear on the News page on your mobile site You will be able to choose from any pre defined categories you have available and any custom categories you have created Subdomain Choose the subdomain for your mobile site For example if you enter 123solicitors the URL of your mobile site will be 123solicitors legalrss co uk Domain Name This allows you to use your own domain name for your mobile site e g 123solicitors mobi Google Analytics Code Web Property ID This allows you to track visitors to your mobile site using Google Analytics Customise Home Page Add content to be displayed on the Home
26. nother text box will appear allowing you to attach another file To remove a file which is already attached click the x to the left of the file name When you have finished writing editing your article simply click the Add Article or Save Article button at the bottom of the screen Before saving the article be sure to select the correct category from the box on the right hand side of the screen You may add the article to any of the custom categories you have created see 3 1 Adding Categories above Publish to Social Networks You can share any articles you create via social networks To do this click the Announce on Twitter LinkedIn Facebook etc check box If you have not done so already you will need to authorise LegalRSS to access the social network accounts you want to use to share content See 7 Managing Your Subscription for more information Articles will be shared via social networks at the same time they appear on your website i e on the date at time specified in Published at Once you have finished creating your article click the Add Article button to save the article onto the system Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 17 4 Adding Images 4 1 Using the Media Library Click on the Browse Image Library icon see 3 2 Adding and Editing Articles above to include images in your articles The Media Library will appear showing images from LegalRSS s Image Library which have been made available to your account
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28. ser window and at the top of the page However it also appears in the list of articles on your website as the text the user clicks on to read the article The user and search engine friendly URL slug for the article The URL slug is not visible when an article is first created LegalRSS will generate it for you automatically It appears when editing articles created previously The URL slug allows you to customise the web address of your article While the system will automatically generate this using the article title you may sometimes wish to tweak this field to make it shorter or more relevant or in consideration of how search engines like Google and Yahoo list your articles Published at This sets the date and time that the article will first appear on your site This is useful if you are writing a number of articles and wish them to appear over time By default the current date and time is selected so the article will appear on your site as soon as you save it This is also the date and time that the article will be shared via your social networks if you select the Publish to Social Networks box see below Article Summary Text The article summary text will appear at the top of the article just below the title It will also appear on the list of articles on your site wnen the user moves the mouse over the article link the summary will appear after a short delay The summary text is optional Article Body When editing
29. t LegalRSS up and running You may wish to read the rest of this manual however as it gives detailed instructions on how to personalise your feeds and make the most of the flexibility and marketing power that LegalRSS has to offer Note the default feed should NOT be used if you are taking a large number of feeds or if you are taking the regular Words4Business content in downloadable form Instead see 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages for details of how to create custom feeds 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages Firms with larger websites may want different categories to appear on different parts of the site For example you might wish to create a feed to display articles in the Commercial Litigation Company Law Contract and Intellectual Property categories for use on the area of your website for corporate clients and another feed for the charities area of your site including only the Charity Law material This can be done easily by creating a custom feed To create a custom feed click the Add Custom Feed button in the top right hand corner of the screen Add Custom Feed If you have not yet created any custom feeds you can also do this by clicking Click here to add a new custom feed underneath the link to the default feed code You will see a screen similar to the one below For illustrative purposes all categories are shown below however you will only see the categories you have subscribed
30. the following confirmation screen Logged Out You have successtully logged out and you may close your browser or navigate away Return to our home page Best Practice Online Ltd 2010 2012 7 2 Adding Articles to Your Website LegalRSS articles are displayed on your website using feeds A feed is simply a stream of news items which will appear wherever the feed code see below is added We regularly update our feeds with new articles which will automatically appear on your website so once a feed has been set up and styled you need do nothing more Having successfully logged in you will see the following menu at the top of the screen on the left Y LEGALRSS Instant legal news for your website My Categories My Articles My Images All Articles Settings Newsletters 2 1 Adding All Categories to a Single Page The easiest way to get LegalRSS working on your website is simply to create a default feed This will simply place the content from all the categories you have subscribed to on one part of your website This may be the best option for smaller sites If you have more than three categories of news in your feed however we suggest you create a custom feed see 2 2 Adding Different Categories to Different Pages below Click on the leftmost tab News Feeds You will see a list of the categories to which you have subscribed Simply click on Get default feed code and the following box will appear Copy and paste
31. the nues that apply to consulting with employees when collectre redundancies become necessary Read More mae A Back io top GOVERNMENT WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME ATTACKED IN COURT The Goverunent denied accusations of slave labour today as a jobless graduate asked the High Court to rule her human rights were breached when she was forced to work for free ina discount store ona work experience scheme Read More Ti m m r m a i wa Back ta toy SPORTING EVENTS AND ABSENCE MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYERS In bight of the busy sporting sumoner ahead with the Olympie Games Paralympic Games and the European Football Championships in addition to the usual annual events the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development CIPD has published qnuidance on sporting events and absence management Read More F L t i Back io toy 2 6 Creating Mobile Websites An advanced feature of LegalRSS is the option to create mobile websites If you have this option enabled there will be a Mobile tab on the menu at the top left of the screen f LEGALRSS Instant legal news for your website Mews Feeds My Categories My Articles My Images All Articles Mobile Settings Newsletters 6 1 Creating a Mobile Site Click on the Mobile tab then click on the Add Site button on the right of the screen The following screen will appear Mobile Settings Spp mame Shdomaln Logo Header mage Doma
32. wn content as you like However LegalRSS is much more than simply a content management solution The platform also has a wide range of valuable marketing features available For example you can use the content on the system to send E newsletters to your clients once this facility has been set up you can send an E newsletter in just a few clicks You can also share content via LinkedIn Twitter etc The features in LegalRSS can greatly help you market your practice This manual has been written to help you make the most of the wide range of features LegalRSS offers We suggest you read Sections 1 and 2 1 then visit the LegalRSS website and familiarise yourself with it After this you may wish to go on to read the rest of the manual We hope that you find LegalRSS very easy to use and that this manual helps you to maximise the potential of the service for your firm Technical Support LegalRSS is designed to be very straightforward to implement and use Please ensure your webmaster has a copy of this manual There is also a video on YouTube demonstrating how to use the main features of LegalRSS Go to www youtube com and search for LegalRSS Video Manual Most users are able to implement and use the system using the help materials provided Additional support is available on request however please note that the pricing model for LegalRSS does not include the cost of technical support Whenever you are logged into LegalRSS you w
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