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Netvibes General DocumentationUsers part

Netvibes DocumentationA wizard will appear to show you how it works, you can skip it or let it play.First step: add content to your dashboard. Select

Netvibes DocumentationThe Public pages tab displays a list of all public pages, accessible through different means:By region●By categories●95

Netvibes DocumentationJust arrived public pages●Via a searchcloud●The main section presents you with a featured public page, as well as just arrived p

Netvibes DocumentationThe Themes tab displays a list of all themes, accessible by categories.The main section presents you with a random selection of

Netvibes DocumentationThere is also a link to view only dynamic themes.The “Create your own theme” link is pretty self-explanatory and will be covered

Netvibes DocumentationWith this wizard, you can create and/or submit a custom widget or a custom theme.Create or Submit a WidgetStep #1: Select Conten

Netvibes DocumentationThen you need to add the source content.2A. For a Blog/news Widget, the customize screen will look like this:Simply provide a li

Netvibes DocumentationHere, you can provide the users with some important info about your widget.Main language of your widget●Title●Description●A URL

Netvibes DocumentationThat's it! Your widget is now created and has been assigned to a permanent URL. You can still edit itif you want to or subm

Netvibes Documentation1. HeaderBackground : These three text fields allow you to define a complex header using three combinedlayers.Color : bottom lay

Netvibes DocumentationXML theme tabs are defined by a three colored elements :Border color : defines the tab border color.●Background color : defines

Netvibes DocumentationTo register, you will need:A username●A valid email. This email will be used to confirm your registration, reset your password (

Netvibes DocumentationYou can customize the widget area's background color and background-image with the followingfields :* Background color * Ba

Netvibes DocumentationA widget is composed of two main parts :* Header : this part is graphically defined by its border color, background color and te

Netvibes DocumentationIn this step you can add meta-information to your theme so that it can be well classified in NetvibesEcosystem. You must name it

Netvibes DocumentationMobileYou can use the mobile version of Netvibes at http://mobile.netvibes.com On almost all mobiledevices, we will automaticall

Netvibes Documentationavailable for the account:After selecting your Dashboard, you will see a list of tabs, or you can access all the news at once by

Netvibes DocumentationAll feeds will present you all the news items (day by day), from all the feeds you subscribed to. Justclick a title to read the

Netvibes DocumentationOn the option screen, you can choose to sync items for offline reading.Check the Enable Offline to enable offline mode. Then, th

Netvibes DocumentationWhen you choose a tab (here the General one), you can browse each feed individually by clicking onthe name, or see items from al

Netvibes DocumentationThe view of a specific feed will give you the same options as on the All Feed view:To mark everything as read (just on that feed

Netvibes DocumentationClicking on a news in the feed view (as above) will open the reader view for that item (see below).You can choose to flag the it

Netvibes DocumentationJust enter your email and password to log in to your Netvibes account.You can click on the remember me checkbox to be logged in

Netvibes DocumentationWap versionIf you have a Wap device, we also have a mobile version for it (http://wap.netvibes.com)To connect to your account, j

Netvibes DocumentationBe warned that only single feed widgets will be shown, the note / post-it widget will be readonly, etc.As a base rule, keep in m

Netvibes DocumentationPrevious Item and Next item will help you to navigate between news items. Table of content willshow all the news titles.117

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Netvibes DocumentationChange profile imageThis screen allows you to change your profile picture. Click on the browse button, choose thepicture you wis

Netvibes DocumentationHere you can change your password. To do so, simply enter your old password, type in your newpassword twice and press Save chang

Netvibes DocumentationIf you have a VIP account, this is where you can learn about your Subscription date, End ofsubscription and Status transaction o

Netvibes DocumentationThis page allows you to manage your Dashboard(s).At the top of the screen, you can create a new one either from scratch or with

Netvibes DocumentationThis screen allows you to backup your feeds on your hard drive, inside a zipped OPML file.Third party servicesIf you would like

Netvibes DocumentationDashboard“Dashboard” is the name of a “basic” Page in Netvibes. It's a page you build, using modules calledwidgets. All the

Netvibes DocumentationTopbarThe Topbar is the menu bar that will always appear at the top of your screen.Its content changes depending on which page y

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Netvibes DocumentationAdd ContentOn the top left of the screen, the green “Add Content” button lets you add widgets to yourDashboard. See the Widgets

Netvibes DocumentationPrivate / Public DashboardWhat is a Public Dashboard?A Public Dashboard is viewable to the world at large. Once you have finishe

Netvibes Documentation* Follow the wizard prompts: enter your name, the type of account you have, your gender and yourage. You can also choose to hide

Netvibes DocumentationYou can then add content on your public page. It works exactly like the private ones.●You can have one public dashboard per acco

Netvibes DocumentationManage DashboardsNetvibes really shines when you start to use more advanced features like tabs and multipleDashboards. You can o

Netvibes DocumentationTo create a blank Dashboard, go to the Manage menu: click on Dashboards menu on the top left,●then click on Manage…. This page w

Netvibes DocumentationWidgets ViewThe widget view is one of the 2 views available in Netvibes, the other is the reader view. The widgetview displays t

Netvibes DocumentationQuick feedreaderWhen you click a feed item in a widget, it will open the Quick Feedreader.It allows you to read the whole entry

Netvibes DocumentationReader ViewThe reader view is one of the 2 views available in Netvibes, the other is the widget view.Reader view is the typical

Netvibes DocumentationFavicon●Source website●Post title●Publication date and/or time●Clicking on a post title will expand the current post to the Webs

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Netvibes DocumentationMosaic ViewThe Mosaic view displays a series of thumbnails with the main picture from the original post (whenavailable), the pos

Netvibes DocumentationThe Website view is the most detailed view available. It shows the complete content of the RSS post.All FeedsBy clicking the All

Netvibes DocumentationThe minimize/maximize button allows to you to hide/show the top banner of your dashboard.SidebarYou can collapse/expand certain

Netvibes Documentationago and older or from yesterday and older.If an item has a future date, it will be listed in the *Doc are you telling me you bui

Netvibes DocumentationContactsThe contacts menu is in the profile dropdown:This feature allows you to connect with, keep track of and share content wi

Netvibes DocumentationHere, you can manage your friends list.To add a friend, follow the instructions in the Search / Find and Invite a friend section

Netvibes DocumentationYou can manually invite friends to Netvibes with this tool.Enter the person's email address in the first box. You can enter

Netvibes DocumentationActivitiesActivities allow Netvibes users to share links and make status updates. You can both broadcastarticles you find intere

Netvibes DocumentationIf you click the green button Browse all Activities on the bottom left (you can see it on thisscreenshot for example), it will o

Netvibes DocumentationSettingsAt the top right, near the “Sign Out” button, is the “Settings” button. Clicking it will open a windowwhere you can set

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Netvibes DocumentationAllows you to set your location by country. It will change the widgets we propose by default. Theavailable areas are:Belize●Cana

Netvibes DocumentationLets you choose the language for the dashboard interface. It will show you the status of thetranslation of the language you choo

Netvibes DocumentationThemesIn this section of the settings, you will find all the tools to customize the look of your Dashboard.GalleryLets you defin

Netvibes DocumentationHere you can personalize an existing theme:Top WallpaperDefine the look of the top of your page (where the title is). You can ch

Netvibes DocumentationCreateYou can build your own theme for your Dashboards. This menu will redirect you tohttp://eco.netvibes.com/themes/create (see

Netvibes DocumentationKeyboard ShortcutsKeyboard shortcuts allow you to work faster by using your keyboard. Here is a list of availableshortcuts. Note

Netvibes Documentationtthend Delete tabDeletes the current tab, modules will be moved to anothertab (hold shift/alt to delete modules too)tthenr Renam

Netvibes DocumentationShift-a All unread Marks all current article as unreadu Read/Unread Marks current article as read/unreadr Flag/Unflag Flag/unfla

Netvibes DocumentationDashboard TitleYou can change your dashboard title by clicking on it, writing the new title, and clicking outside thebox to fini

Netvibes DocumentationTabTabs are the heart of each dashboard. You can have multiple tabs per dashboard to organize yourwidgets.Managing tabsTo create

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Netvibes DocumentationWidgetsWhat is a widget?A widget is a small application that you can use on your dashboard to get specific information orfunctio

Netvibes DocumentationTo add a widget, the easiest way is to click on the green link (top left of the window) “Add Content”.This will display a panel

Netvibes DocumentationSelecting Browse Categories, you will see all widgets, sorted by category. You can then sort themeven more, by country, populari

Netvibes DocumentationOn the left, you have:Minimize arrow (click it to minimize the widget, you'll see just its title bar).●Unread count (click

Netvibes DocumentationOptionsOptions offers some nice features to manage a widget:Duplicate this module: lets you duplicate a module.●Color boxes: let

Netvibes DocumentationPodcast PlayerIf you add a podcast feed using MP3 audio, the podcast player will be displayed. This allows you tolisten to your

Netvibes DocumentationShareIn Netvibes, you can share news, links, status updates, widgets, tabs. For example, sharing a tab willopen this dialog:Ther

Netvibes DocumentationAnother very cool feature of Netvibes widgets is the possibility to export them to other platforms.Click on the Install outside

Netvibes DocumentationNetvibes Premium DashboardOverview●NPD ManagerThe Netvibes Premium Dashboard (NPD) Manager provides the interface for the admini

Netvibes DocumentationPush Publishing●Custom Category●UI Tweaks●Tab Locking●Single Sign-On●Cookies●Restrict access●Guest Pass●Custom DNS●Custom API Ke

Netvibes DocumentationWhat is Netvibes?Dashboard Everything for Everybody, EverywhereNetvibes is the first personalized dashboard publishing platform

Netvibes DocumentationNPD OverviewYour Brand. Your Personal DashboardMillions of users around the world use Netvibes as their entryway to the web. Now

Netvibes DocumentationBuilt-In Social NetworkingNetvibes Premium Dashboard comes complete with comprehensive social networking features foryour brand.

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Netvibes DocumentationDashboardsThe dashboards screen is the central place to manage all of your dashboards. Depending of youraccess rights, you will

Netvibes DocumentationNew DashboardChoose the dashboard name and URL.The URL is particularly important if the dashboard is going to be accessed on the

Netvibes DocumentationClientsIf you manage multiple clients, e.g. if you are a reseller, the Clients section will be available. Thismenu provides acce

Netvibes DocumentationEnter the name of the client.●Enter a description for that client.●Enter the number of NPDs allowed for the client●Select the cl

Netvibes DocumentationGroupsThe groups feature is available to create groups of users in order to manage the access rights andpermissions of many user

Netvibes DocumentationAllows you to define the users who are members of the group you are editing. To add a user, just addtheir email address and clic

Netvibes DocumentationNetvibes Premium DashboardNPDs are customized dashboards for brands and professionals who want to monitor their brand,create mi

Netvibes DocumentationFor each option, you can choose if the group has the rights to modify them or is just in read-onlymode.The options are:Dashboad

Netvibes DocumentationGroup EditThis option allows you to change the group name.Group DeleteYou can't delete a group if it has members. To delete

Netvibes DocumentationUsersUsers is the term used to describe those who are associated with a client.The summary screen will display the list users al

Netvibes DocumentationCreate UserFor new users, navigate to the “Users” tab at the top, and click “Create user” in the sidebar. A newuser is created b

Netvibes DocumentationImport UserThis option allows you to import a large number of users at once. This option may be only accessibleto super-admin (f

Netvibes DocumentationAccess ListsReserved to Netvibes admin.70

Netvibes DocumentationReportsReserved to Netvibes admin.71

Netvibes DocumentationMembersMembers is the term used to describe those who have access to a specific dashboard.Authorization to access your NPD can b

Netvibes DocumentationCloneCloning dashboards allows you to create a new dashboard based on an existing one, to save time.Enter a name for the new das

Netvibes DocumentationYellow BarThe yellow bar is a way to push an announcement to users of the dashboard. It will display a yellowbar containing a me

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Netvibes DocumentationEnter a name for your yellow bar●Enter the text for this yellow bar●Click preview to see your yellow bar or submit to validate i

Netvibes DocumentationIframeBy default, the dashboard can be accessed at http://username.netvibesbusiness.com. There are alsooptions to iframe the das

Netvibes DocumentationAnd include the following JavaScript in the page:Replace [ username ] with the username which can be found in the main URL:usern

Netvibes DocumentationPush PublishingWith the optional Push Publishing feature, the dashboard has the ability to push updates to the userwhilst still

Netvibes DocumentationCustom CategoryThis option allows you to create a new category in addition to the default categories in the AddContent section.

Netvibes DocumentationNPD TweaksAllows the admin of the NPD to custom the access rights of its users.Each option can be True or False and are self-exp

Netvibes DocumentationTab LockingTab locking allows the administrator or publisher to lock a tab. This means that the user is not ableto edit the tab

Netvibes DocumentationSingle Sign-On (SSO)Single sign on allows an existing user management system to be integrated with the dashboard.User accounts c

Netvibes DocumentationThe public and private keys for the dashboard, which are used in the url, can be generated in theSingle Sign On section of the N

Netvibes DocumentationCookiesCookies is an option for the Single Sign On feature. It allows for extra parameters to be added to theURL that will be tr

Netvibes DocumentationStartpageThe first time you log on to Netvibes, you will be presented with a home page:http://www.netvibes.com/enYou then have t

Netvibes DocumentationRestrict AccessBy default, new dashboards are publicly accessible. To restrict access so that only authorized userscan access th

Netvibes DocumentationGuest PassA guest pass allows you to easily share dashboards to selected users, without the need to create useraccounts.Create G

Netvibes DocumentationCustom DNSAs well as the iframe implementation, Netvibes also supports custom DNS. In this implementation,the whole dashboard is

Netvibes DocumentationCustom API KeysThis page allows you to enter the API Keys needed for some widgets / features, like FacebookConnect. It is only n

Netvibes DocumentationCustom templatesThe custom templates option allows certain features, such as the emails sent by the application, tobe customized

Netvibes DocumentationMobile DevicesThis screen allows you to activate the mobile version of your dashboard.Check enabled and choose an URL for your m

Netvibes DocumentationSponsored PlacementsNetvibes Sponsored Placement helps publishers and brands rise above the crowd with directplacement across mi

Netvibes DocumentationEcosystemThe Netvibes Ecosystem is the central repository where you can browse, create and submitwidgets and themes. It is divid

Netvibes DocumentationThe Widgets tab displays a list of all widgets, accessible through different means:By region●By category●Essential widgets●Via a

Netvibes DocumentationPartner widgets●The main section presents you with a selection of recently popular widgets, as well as featured,most popular and