Adding Content

There are ways to add items to your directory:

• Tagger browser buttons: Tagger is a bit of JavaScript which you add to your browser (Links folder in Internet Explorer, Bookmarks Toolbar folder in Firefox) so you get a button that's always visible on the toolbar while you surf. When clicked a new window opens so you can assign your tags, add a note and even change the default title if you like; you can even email the link directly to friends or co-workers as you save it to your directory.
• Firefox toolbar extension: You can install this toolbar to Firefox x1.5 and newer. It includes a button to open the same tagger window, a text field to enter searches in, log in or out, and switch to a different account if you have more than one. The extension also adds Tag! FoodAnswersOnline link to the browser right click menu.
• Internet Explorer menu add-on: With this script you add a key to the Windows Registry that adds a 'Save to FoodAnswersOnline' choice to the browser's right click menu.
• Save from a Search: Whenever you search in FoodAnswersOnline and the results include items not already in your directory, a link labeled Save is shown next to the item's title and clicking it opens the tagger so you can add the item to your directory. Note that if the item is already in your directory, the link will be Edit instead and clicking it will open a menu that allows you to edit the title, add or edit the note, remove the item from your directory or retag it.

What's saved when I tag a page?

We save the URL, page title, the tags you assign, a note (if you write one) and a copy of the page itself. If you don't assign any tags while saving a page to your directory, we give it the special untagged tag so you can (when you chose) easily find the link later. The copy of the page is used when you and other members search in FoodAnswersOnline but is not available for viewing.

What can I include in a note when I tag a URL?

FoodAnswersOnline has a rich text editing control for writing notes to saved URLs. The editor allows you to format your note similar to a simple word processor, with bold and italic, bullet and numbered lists, emoticons, hyperlinks, and even images and Flash movies (note that images and Flash movies must be available at a publicly accessible URL since FoodAnswersOnline does not provide you with storage space at this time). Each format is applied by clicking the appropriate icon in the toolbar embedded at the top of the field. Clicking on the hyperlink, image and Flash movie icons opens a window in which you can specify the attributes like URL, width, height and alternate text.

Deleting or retagging an item

If you want to delete an item from your directory, bring up any search page which includes it (scope is unimportant, you can use any of the three options) and click the Edit link next to the item's title to open the action menu. Simply select Remove from the menu and click Okay from the confirmation message which is displayed. Please note that once you delete the item there is no undo so while you can find the page and tag it again any note you entered is lost.

Use retag when you want to remove one or more, but not all, of the tags associated with one of the pages saved to your FoodAnswersOnline collection. If you want to remove all the tags and start over with a page, using the Remove choice