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One of Zakta's key benefits is the ability to save and share your search results with others, in the form of a Zakta Guide, a working online document that contains all of the information that you want and need about a particular topic or subject. You can use the Zakta Guide, change it or enhance it any time. Better yet, other Zakta users can benefit from the Zakta Guides that you publish and share with them.

What is a Zakta Guide?

A Zakta Guide organizes the best information on a given topic into a single, living, editable, shareable Web page on Zakta. It contains all of the relevant Websites, links, books, reports, PDF files, images, videos and sections that you consider relevant for this particular topic. A Zakta Guide can be used to share your findings from searches with others, or it can be used to share your existing knowledge on topics with others.

What are the key elements of a Zakta Guide?

Zakta Guides are organized by sections that make sense to you. Zakta automatically delivers search results that are organized into Web sites, Books & Articles, References (Wikipedia entries) and Educational resources, and you can keep these suggested sections or add more as you see fit.

• Relevant and Engaging Sections: For example, if you're creating a Guide about a particular hobby or craft, you can add a "how-to" section that shows step-by-step instructions or videos. If you're creating a Guide about job skills, you can include a section of online skills tests or occupational assessments. If you're creating a travel-related Guide, you can add a section about public transit or great antique stores or cultural do's and don'ts.
• Visual elements: Zakta helps you make your Guides visually pleasing by giving you tools that let you upload photos, images, book covers, album/CD covers and other visual elements. (see the Editing your Zakta Guide link below for instructions).

Zakta not only makes it easy to create Guides, it gives you four different approaches to the Guide creation process, depending on your comfort level with the subject, your level of comfort using search engines, and your computer knowledge. The various processes are described here.

1. Use Personal Search to start a Guide

To create a Guide after clicking on "Personal Search" or by searching from the home page, follow these simple steps:

1. Enter your search term and see what Zakta brings back.
2. For each search result, move your mouse over the link so that you can see the editing toolbar that pop up on the far right. Use the editing toolbar icons to edit it, drag-and-drop it to reorganize the ordering of results, or delete it so that your Guide contains exactly what you want.
3. When you're satisfied with your search results, click on the orange "Create a Guide" button. Add a descriptive and relevant Guide title into the Title text box, use the check-boxes to select the sections that you want to include and keep. This function also includes a list of about 100 templates that have been built into Zakta, based on the kind of subject you're interested in. If you're creating a guide about a game, for example, use the drop-down box to choose the "Game" template, and then you can choose from the suggested sections that have already been organized for you. Likewise, if you're creating a Guide about a politician, click the "Political Leader" template and then choose the suggested sections. Once you've chosen the sections you want in your Guide, click the orange "Create a Guide" button again. Et voila! Your Guide will appear.

2. Use the Zakta Guide Editor to start a Guide

If you have a particular topic in mind and are already familiar with good Web resources and content for the topic (perhaps you've already bookmarked these good resources that you can now share, or maybe you've saved a set of useful links in the Zakta ClipPad), you can build your Guide directly using the Zakta Guide Editor. Once you click on it, you'll arrive at the main page of a newly created Guide, with blank sections and copy ready to be filled in by you. Now you can directly add new items and sections to the Guide, or use the ClipPad (if you've saved links there to add to your Guide) to add items to the Guide, or open a separate browser window to find new links and manually add them to your Guide. Again, the goal is the same: create a well-organized, visually pleasing, content-rich, relevant Guide on a topic of your choosing.

3. Use the Expert Guide Creator to start a Guide

If you're pretty knowledgeable and skilled at using search engines, creating search queries and creating content using content management systems (or if you have a really specific topic that you're searching for), the Expert Guide Creator starts you on the ground floor of creating a new Guide. You're presenting with a series of text boxes into which you'll type your queries (simple queries, advanced queries, Boolean queries, etc.). Then for each query, you can use the corresponding drop-down box to choose the type of sources you want Zakta to search (e.g., Web sites, References, Books & Articles, Educational Sources, even other Zakta Guides). Once you've completed your searches, added the appropriate sections and found everything you think is important, you follow the same steps as above. Click the "Create New Guide" button at the bottom of the page, and your draft Guide will be displayed.

4. Use the ClipPad to start a Guide

Sometimes, a single search doesn't yield the results you need, so you have to do many searches to find what you are looking for. In these situations, the ClipPad is a useful tool to employ to collect what you need and to create a guide from it. Follow these simple steps:

1. Enter your search terms, and add to the ClipPad those results you want to keep.
2. Repeat the same with different search terms, as many times as you need. With each search, add to the ClipPad the results you want to keep. As described in the help on using the ClipPad, you can create sections within the ClipPad and organize your findings easily within it.
3. When your search is complete, use the drop-down box at the top of the ClipPad to "Create Guide from ClipPad". This will automatically create a new guide from the contents of the ClipPad, and open it in the Guide Editor for you to edit/enhance as you see fit.

Creating the Guide Settings

Once you have your Guide, click on the "Settings" button in the upper right corner. This is where you'll add a description, upload an image and add other key pieces of information that explain in detail what this Guide is about. The various settings include:

• Enter a title: Give your Guide a title that is relevant and that will match the keywords that other users rely on to search for information contained in this Guide.
• Description: Enter a full description into the text box about this Guide, including what it's about, why it's significant, what it contains, and how it can be used.
• Upload an Image for the Guide: Every Zakta Guide should have an image that gives other Zakta users a quick-see idea of what the Guide is about. You can upload images on your own, or click on the "Upload images from the Web" function to upload from online image sites.
• Choose a Subject category: Use the drop-down box to choose the category that best describes your guide. Is it a Guide about the Arts & Humanities? Science? Business? Health? Lifestyle? Education? Government and Politics? Scroll through the various options and choose the one that makes the most sense for this topic.
• Enter tags: Type in tags that are relevant to this guide. "Tags" are the words or phrases that help identify a specific subject or a broad category, and they're helpful because the influence search results and how other users will find your guide. For a guide about a comedian, for example, use tags that include the comedian's name, plus any of the following words "comedy," "satire," "humor," and/or the name of a particular TV show, movie, topic or behavior that this comedian is associated with. For a travel-related guide, use tags that include the name of the destination, plus the words "travel," "tour," "destination" or other key features like "wonder of the modern world" that are uniquely associated with that place.
• Choose the permission for this Guide: This setting determines who you permit to see your Guide: Private (your use only), My Network only (you connect to others, and only you and people with which you are connected can access your Guide), or Public (available to everyone).
• Choose the level of social contributions you want on your Guide: Next, click on the functions that you want to enable for this guide, including allowing comments by others, allowing other users to suggest tags, and allowing other users to contribute to your Guide.

Editing and Expanding Your Guide

A Guide is organized as a sequence of one or more "sections", and each section can have zero or "items" in it. You can complete flexibility in choosing how many sections you want in the Guide and how you want to organize items within them.

For each item or section in the Guide, you can add descriptions and upload images if you wish. Organize the items in ways that make sense to you and people who will be reading and using your Guide. Here's how to do each, below.

Editing Sections in your Guide

You can add sections, delete sections, rearrange sections, edit sections and include items as you need within sections of your Guide. Move your mouse over the section header (the line that contains the section name). A toolbar will appear to the right of the section header. We refer to this as the section toolbar. It contains many icons which you can use to perform the various editing functions described next.

• Edit Section: Click on the icon that looks like a tiny notepad and pencil, and you can edit each section. Add/revise the section title. Add a description or some background about what this particular section is about (As you're typing, Zakta will tell you how many characters you have left). Upload an image from your computer or upload one via Zakta from the Web. Click Save when you're finished. If you don't want to save your changes, or if you want to navigate away from the box, click on the "ESC to Close" X at the top-right corner of the box to close it out.
• View Changes: The looking-glass icon is the "View Changes" widget. Click on it, and you can view a history of the changes, revisions and edits you've made to your section. It will tell you what action was taken (updated, moved, deleted, etc.), what the name of the link was, who performed the action, and when it was performed.
• Drag-and-drop: The icon which looks like horizontal bar with the word "drag" next to it allows you to drag-and-drop sections so that they appear in the order you want. You can move entire sections up or down in the order of the Guide, This function helps you organize, reorganize and order the sections in ways that make the most sense, depending on your Guide's topic. If your Guide is about a singer, for example, maybe you'd like to list all of the performer's albums/CDs up high in the Guide. If that section is currently near the bottom of the Guide, simply grab the drag-drop icon and move the entire section up the screen until you come to where you want it. Then let go of your mouse/cursor, and the Section will drop into place where you want it.
• Expand/contract the section: If a section gets too long while you're editing the Guide, simply click on the square box icon to contract all of the links within the section. Clicking it again will open the section up so that you can again view all of the links in that section. This nifty widget makes working with and viewing your Guide easy by saving space on your computer screen.
• Delete the Section: If you want to delete an entire section, click on the "X" icon at the far right of the blue bar, and the section will be removed. Zakta will ask you first if you want to delete it. Click "OK" if you do want to delete it, click "Cancel" if you don't want to delete it. When you delete a section, Zakta automatically saves all the items contained within it to a special section called "Trash" at the bottom of your Guide, just in case you might need to recover one or more of the deleted items later on.

Adding a New Item to a Guide Section

If you find more URLs and links that you want to add to a specific section, click on the "Add Item to Section" link that you can find at the bottom of that section. A new dialog box will open up for you, and you can add a title, URL and description for that new link. If you want to include an image with the new item, click on "Upload Image" button if you want to upload an image from your computer, or click on the "Get Image From Web" button if you want Zakta to search the Internet for an image. If you get an image from the Web, follow the Zakta description for copying the image link and cutting-pasting it into the editing box.

Add a new section:

If you want to create a totally new section, click on the "Add a section" link that appears at the top of the Guide (under the main description) and at the bottom of each section. A new section will get added, and you can then click on the "edit" icon in the section toolbar to give it a title and add a description. If you want to include an image with the new section, click on "Upload Image" button if you want to upload an image from your computer, and click on the "Get Image From Web" button if you want Zakta to search the Internet for an image. description, upload an image, etc. If you get an image from the Web, follow the Zakta description for copying the image link and cutting-pasting it into the editing box.

Editing Items in your Guide

You can add, change, revise, move, re-order, recommend, save and delete Guide items just as you see fit. To find these editing functions, simply move your mouse across the blue title bar of the item. The item toolbar appears on the far right of the item. Scroll your cursor over each icon to see what it's called and to give you an idea of what it does (more descriptions follow). To find the editing widgets associated with each link/URL/item, simply scroll your cursor across the item, and the item will be highlighted within a box and by a change in color. At the far right of the item's title, the individual widgets will appear as icons. Scroll your cursor over each icon to see what it's called and to give you an idea of what it does (more descriptions follow).

• Add to ClipPad: If you find a link or URL that you find particularly interesting and want to save, click on the icon that looks like a clippad and says "+ Clipad". That link will automatically be added to the ClipPad, which you can view on the far-right side of the guide.
• Recommend: If you find a link that your particularly like - so much that you feel a need to recommend it to others - simply click on the "thumbs up" icon that indicates you've recommended it. Over time, the most-recommended links and sources will rise to the top of Zakta's search results, ensuring that you and all future Zakta users will get the best information on the Web.
• Edit: The icon that looks like a tiny pad and pencil is the "Edit" function, and it allows you to edit each item. Clicking on it opens up a new text box where you can change or revise the title, add a description, and then use the buttons at the bottom to upload an image from your computer ("Upload Image") or use Zakta's search engine to find an upload an image from the Web ("Get Image From Web").
• Drag-and-drop: The horizontal bar with the word "drag" next to it allows you to drag-and-drop the item so that it appears in the place you want.
• Delete: If you want to delete an item, simpy click on the "X" at the far right of the title. Zakta will automatically remove that link from your section. (It won't ask you first, so be sure you want to delete it. If you decide later that you want it back, scroll to the bottom of your guide and look for the "Trash" section. All deleted items will appear here, and you can rescue them if you want by dragging-dropping them back up into your Guide).

Editors Section

On the right-hand column of each guide, you'll find a heading called "Editors". From here you can invite other people to collaborate and a Guide with you. Simply click on the "Invite User to Edit Guide" link, and you'll be able to add a name or email of the person you'd like to invite. Add a personal message, and hit "send." When your invited editor accepts your invitation, that person's name/email will appear under yours as an editor of the Guide. These and related topics are covered in the section on Guide Collaboration below.

Publish Your Guide!

When you're satisfied with your Guide, look to the upper right corner and click on the dark-blue "Publish" button. Make sure all the settings boxes are filled in (title, description, tags, privacy, etc.), and then click "Publish." If you've missed a step, a pop-up box will let you know what to do. If you decide not to publish the guide, just click "Cancel" and your Guide will revert to a draft version. When you're ready to publish, click on "Publish" again, and your Guide is now published. Congratulations!

Can I keep editing my Guide once it's published?

Yes, as owner of the Guide, you can come back to it any time you want and delete old items, add new items, rearrange items, add new sections...whatever you feel is needed to keep it relevant, timely and comprehensive. If you've invited others to collaborate on the Guide with you, they can do the same.

Enhancing Guides: Add search results within Guide sections directly

As you're creating your Guide, you don't have to keep flipping back and forth from another browser window to search for new content for your Guide. At the bottom of each individual section, on the right-hand side, is a link titled "Get More Results from"...followed by a drop-down box that lets you pick which types of sources you wish to search for more information. If you'd like to search for more web sites, choose "Web sites" from the drop-down box. You also have the option of searching for more "Books & Articles," "Educational" resources and "Reference" material (Wikipedia). Once you've made your choice, Zakta will continue searching for new link and information -- while your Guide remains open on your computer screen -- and in a few seconds, it will deliver five new links/URLs for you to evaluate. You can edit each link using item editing tools (annotate, drag-drop, remove, etc.). And if you want more results, use the same drop-down menu to choose more results, and each time, you'll receive five new links. You can keep using this function until you feel that you've got enough information, or until Zakta runs out of content to search. It's a great way to continue the searching process while you're still editing your Guide, and a great way to find new information to add to your Guide.

Enhancing Guides: Using the ClipPad

As you're creating your Guide, you don't have to keep flipping back and forth from another browser window to add links and URLS that you found earlier to your guide. You can use the Zakta ClipPad instead. Think of the ClipPad as an online place where you can "park" or store interesting links that you find while you're searching so that you can easily add them later to your Guide(s). Here's how it works:

• Start your search: First, click to Zakta's Personal Search function, enter your search terms into the search box, and then click "Find." Zakta will then return links, already grouped into categories, as part of your search results.
• Add search results to the ClipPad: Each search result has a widget associated with it to add that result to the ClipPad. Simply click on the "Add to ClipPad" icon for the search result you want to save, and it will get added to the ClipPad automatically.
• Manage the ClipPad:
  • Open the ClipPad: Look to the upper-right navigation box on the search results page, and you'll see two tabs at the top right: One says "Feedback" and one says "ClipPad." Click on the ClipPad, and it will present you with a workspace where you can add and edit items until you're ready to add them to your Guides.
  • Use ClipPad Tools: The ClipPad features a drop-down menu called "Add" - this drop-down feature lets you add new items to your ClipPad, including a new Item or a new Section. You can also Clear the ClipPad by choosing "Clear ClipPad" or you can create a new Guide directly from the ClipPad (once you've finished adding everything to it) by clicking on "Create Guide," the last function in the drop-down box.
  • Add Item directly to the ClipPad: If you find a link or URL you'd like to add to the ClipPad from another browser window (or if you know it by heart), simply choose "Add Item" and then begin filling in the information in the pop-up screen. Type in a title for the URL/link you want to add, then type in the URL of the link in the next box. In the third box, add any kind of description or notes about this particular item. Use the editing functions to format your copy. Click on "Save" when you're finished, or if you change your mind, you can exit by clicking on "Cancel" or the "Esc to Close" X at the top right of the screen.
  • Add Section to the ClipPad: Sections in the ClipPad can be used to organize links you find useful during the course of searching. Choose "Add Section" from the drop-down menu in the ClipPad to add a new section to it. Let's say you're creating a Guide about your favorite automobile, and you want to collect information about Commercials and Advertisements for this particular vehicle, you can use a separate section in the ClipPad to collect organize relevant links for this. Into the pop-up screen, type a Title for your section (e.g., "Commercials and Advertisements"), and then add a description into the second text box ("Over the years, Model X has been marketed to the public through a variety of unique and eye-catching print ads and TV commercials.") Use the editing functions to format your copy. Click on "Save" when you're finished, or if you change your mind, you an exit by clicking on "Cancel" or the "Esc to Close" X at the top right of the screen.
  • Clear ClipPad: If you want to remove everything from the ClipPad, simply chose "Clear ClipPad" from the drop-down menu, and your links will be removed.
  • Create Guide from the ClipPad: Once you've stored as much information as you can find in your ClipPad, you can create a new Guide right from this interface. Simply navigate to the drop-down menu, and choose "Create Guide" from the list. Zakta will turn all of the links and sections in your CLipPad into a new Guide, ready for you to finish and edit as a Zakta Guide. Be sure to update the "Settings" tab with a title, description, tags and image, and then use the other Zakta editing widgets to "tweak" the rest of your Guide by adding more descriptions, uploading images and re-organizing it until it's just the way you want it to look. Now you're ready to Publish your Zakta Guide!

Enhancing Guides: Using the Zakta SearchPacks

Zakta SearchPacks are one-click interfaces that let you use other search engines easily, without having to click from one window or browser interface to the next. With a Zakta Search Pack, you can be sure you're looking at the best possible search resources that the Web has to offer and make sure you're not missing anything. Each SearchPack is designed with tabs at the top of the page that allow you simply to tab from one search engine to the next and use each respective specialized search engines that help you conduct your search without having to click from one window or browser interface to the next, simply to make sure you've covered all of the search engines. Zakta has three SearchPacks: one for Web searching, one for news searching, and one for blog searching. Zakta has several SearchPacks already, with many more to come:

• The Zakta Web SeachPack lets you do one single search across other major search engines, each represented by a different tab. They include major Web search engines like Google, Yahoo, Live Search, Ask, Gigablast, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Cuil etc.
• The Zakta News SearchPack enables you to search across major news sites that include Google News, Yahoo! News, CNN etc.
• The Zakta Blog SearchPack gives you an interface to search for blog content at Technorati, Google's Blog Search etc.
• The Zakta Discussion SearchPack enables you to search across top discussion search engines like Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, BoardReader etc.
• The Zakta Image SearchPack enables you to search across the top image search engines on the Web like Yahoo Images, MSN Images, Ask Images, Google Images, and specialized databases like Picsearch and Artcyclopedia.
• The Zakta Video SearchPack enables to you search across the top video search engines on the Web like YouTube, Veoh, Revver, AOL Video, Blinkx and others.

Regardless of which SearchPack you have open, you can quickly switch to the other two SearchPacks by navigating to the "Select another SearchPack" link in the upper-right corner of the page. CLick on the SearchPack you want ( News, Blogs, Web etc.), and you'll be taken immediately to the new interface. It's so easy!

Enhancing Guides: Using the Zakta Plugin for Firefox

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Can I ask other Zakta users to help edit my Guide?

Certainly! Once you publish the Guide, you can invite any person you trust to co-edit your Guide on Zakta. Look to the right-hand navigation column for the "Invite Users to Edit Guide" link. Click on it, and you can either enter the name of a fellow Zakta member, or enter the e-mail address of the person you'd like invite to collaborate. You can also add a personal message, inviting them to the task. Then hit "send," and that person will receive an email that alerts them to your invitation. It's up to the user whether to accept or decline. If the person is not a Zakta member, he/she will have to set up an account at Zakta in order to collaborate with you on the Guide.

How do I share information with my fellow editors?

At the bottom of each Guide is a section called "Editor's Discussion." Use this text box as a place to share information, ask questions, recommendation additions to the Guide and generally hash out what you want this Guide to be. If your collaborators live in different time zones (or halfway across the world), this is a great place to share information and suggestions. This discussion is private between you and the Editors of your Guide and not visible to other users of Zakta.

Is there a way to look at the Guide's history, such as earlier versions of the Guide, or changes that have been made to it?

Sure. When you're on the Guide's main page, look to the right-hand navigation and click on "Change History." That brings up a pop-up box that gives you a log of all of the updates, changes and edits that have taken place on that Guide. Hit "ESC" or click the x/Close button to return to your Guide.

Built into Zakta are a number of functions and features that let you easily share you Zakta Guides with others - friends, colleagues, like-minded Zakta users, whomever you think might be interested, and what's even better is that you can do so across a number of online sites, feeds, services and interfaces.

If you're a Facebook user, for example, you can post a link to your Zakta Guide in your Facebook profile. If you're a Twitter user, you can post a link to Zakta in your Twitter feeds, and the same goes for other popular services like StumbleUpon, Google, Reddit, Digg, etc. Here's how to do it. First, navigate to the Guide you want to share. In the right-hand navigation box, click on the "Share" button in the upper-right corner. That opens up a pop-up screen featuring just some of the services to which you can share your Guide, including Delicious, StumbleUpon, MySpace, MSN Live, Technorati, Digg, Facebook, Google, Reddit, Twitter and your email account. Click on the "More" link in the bottom right corner of that screen, and you'll have even more options for sharing, including Yahoo bookmarks, Slashdot, myAOL, Newsvine and others. Simply click on the site or service where you'd like to share your Guide, give Zakta a few seconds, and you'll be presented with a log-in screen to your account at that site/service. Log in, and then fill in the pop-up box with a link to yoru Zakta Guide, a short description of it, and then Save/Publish it to the service. We want Zakta Guides to be readily available across a number of platforms, and this is an easy way to let you share your Guides with others, to help them become smarter people and to learn more about how Zakta can help them find, share, personalize and discover the best information on the Web.

You can also directly link to a Guide's url from within your blog or blog posts, from within discussion forum messages or from anywhere on the Web. Each guide has a permanent link associated with it called the "Permalink". You can find a Guide's Permalink right below the Guide's image on the Guide page.

Once I've created a Guide, how can I share it with others?

There are two main ways to share a Guide. First, click on the Share icon in the upper-right corner of your Guide, and you can bookmark and share it via any number of social media utilities (Twitter, Deli.cio.us, MySpace, Facebook, LiveJournal, Technorati, Digg, StumbleUpon, etc.). Just below that, you can also use the "Send to My Network" link and type in the e-mail addresses of people you'd like to share you Guide with.

How do I find the Guides I've created?

When you log into Zakta, click on the "My Zakta" link on the far right side of the page. Then click on "My Guides," and you'll be able to see all of your published and unpublished Guides. Each Guide listing also includes information about the last time it was updated, how many recommendations it has received from other Zakta users, and how many comments it has attracted.

Is there a limit to how large a Guide can be?

No, you can make your Guide as long or as short as you like.

Can I save a draft version of my Guide?

Zakta automatically saves a draft version of your Guide, so you don't have to. If you don't publish the Guide before you log out, your draft version will be waiting for you the next time you return to Zakta.

How do I un-publish a Guide?

Once you log in to Zakta and find your Guide, look to the right for the "Unpublish This Guide" link and click on it. Your Guide will now be unpublished.

Can I delete a Guide whenever I want?

As creator of a Zakta Guide, you can delete it, update it, un-publish it or change it however you want.

What if someone adds inappropriate content to my Guide. How do I report that person to Zakta so his/her privileges can be curtailed?

If someone adds inappropriate content to your Guide, please remove/delete it immediately and disable that person's rights as an editor (if you'd made them an editor). Then send feedback to the Zakta team so we can intervene and perhaps disable that user's access to Zakta in the future. Zakta is not a place for offensive material.

Finding Zakta Guides created by other users

Zakta also lets you search for other users' Guides in a variety of ways. From the home page, you can click on separate links that let you find guides by the date it was last updated, by popularity (based on thumbs-up recommendations it has received from other Zakta users), by subject and by title.

Is there an easy way to navigate or look through the Guide without clicking on each link or URL?

Yes. If you click on "Navigate this Guide" in the right-hand column, a new window will open that will let you use "previous" and "next" buttons to move easily from one link to the next.

Can I make a printout of a Guide?

Yes. Look to the right navigation pane in the Guide and click on "Print." That allows you to print the Guide and take it with you.

Can I subscribe to a Guide?

Yes, you can subscribe to a Guide, which is a smart thing to do if you want to be notified when changes are made or information is updated on that Guide. Just click on the "Subscribe" button the right-hand side of the Guide and fill out the information. If you're alread a subscriber, the text will change to "Already a Subscriber."

How do I share Guides I find with others?

If you find a Guide you especially like, you can send it to friends with a simple one-click email link. On the right-hand navigation of the guide, click on the "Send to My Network" link. It will open up a screen with the title of the guide and two text boxes. Into the first box, titled "To", simply type the email address(es) of the people to whom you want to send the guide. The second box already contains some wording, but you can edit and add to it however you want. Give some background about the Guide, or tell your friends why you're sharing it with them, or what you found interesting about it, or why you think it's important. When you've filled out the boxes, click "Send to My Network", and your Guide will be delivered by e-mail to your friends. They'll receive your invitation, your words and a link to the Guide so that can click on it and view it easily.

How do I contribute / add to other people's Guides?

At the bottom of each Guide, a special section called "Post a comment on this guide" lets you, as a reader, offer your own opinions about the Guide, suggest additional items, recommend changes or give advice to the Guide's creator(s) about other topics, issues, sections or ideas that might enhance the Guide. Simply type your ideas and comments into this section so that the Guide's creator can read the suggestions and learn from your expertise.

Can I add tags to other people's Guides?

If you see a Zakta Guide that could benefit from additional or more relevant tags, you can add tags with a simple click. Look to the right-hand navigation section, and you'll find a link titled "Add/Edit Tag". Click on that, and you'll be presented a pop-up screen with two boxes, one called "Current Tags" and one called "My Tags." The "Current Tags" box features the tags that the Guide's creator has added. Into the "MyTags" box you can type additional tags for this particular guide. After you've typed in your tags, click "Add Tags" to finish the process. You can also hit "Cancel" to cancel the process, or "ESC to CLOSE" to close the pop-up screen.

If you see a Guide that's inappropriate, offensive, disgusting, racist, hateful or simply not good for human consumption, look for the list of actions in the upper-right side of the Guide. Click on the one that reads "Flag This Guide." Doing so will send it to the Zakta team for evaluation. Please don't flag Guides simply because you don't agree with them. Make sure that the Guide is flagged for reasons of inappropriateness. If the material violates Zakta's standards, it will be removed and its creator will be contacted and given the opportunity to update/change it. If not revisions are made, the Guide will not be published.

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