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Table of Contents:
General Information
Sign-up Instructions.
Tutorial
Quiz Tutorial
Poll Tutorial
Quote Tutorial
Picture Rotator Tutorial
Picture Slideshow Tutorial
Demo Page

Welcome and General Information about Quick Tools:

What is Quick Tools ?
Our internet-based Quick Tools software allows you to create your very own quiz, poll, picture slideshows, quotes rotator, or picture rotator record(s). These functions can then be placed onto your website and/or our Discussion Board.

In order to use Quick Tools, you must signup for a private account. After which you can create new records. You can subsequently edit or delete your records at any time.

What are the terms of usage?
The software does Not come with any guarantees. The system is used on an as available, as is basis, with no warrenty or guarantee of any kind. And by using this system, you agree to these terms. In addition, you agree Not to use this system to house highly personal or confidential information about yourself or others. Also, as stated in our basic terms of service, your email address is never sold or shared with any outside parties; it is only used to communicate with you regarding your account, and of course, to give you the ability to signin to your account.

How do I Sign-up for a Quick Tools Account ?

Step 1::
Click on the "Sign-up for new account." link. Enter your firstname and lastname, in the fields provided.
Enter your email-address in the field provided. Note: Please use an email address that you own; do NOT use someone elses email address. You must also give us a valid email address, or you will not be able to complete the sign-up process, and the system will not work correctly. Now enter your desired password in the two fields provided. Note: password must be at least 5 characters long. Now click on the Sign - Up button.
If successful, the system will now respond with a "thank you" message that your userid has been added to the system.

Step 2::
Now go to your email box and open the "Quick Tools : Welcome" email from us. Look at the line that says: "Here is your account ACTIVATION code:xxxxxx". Where "xxxxxx" is your activation code. Using your mouse, highlight and copy the activation code. (Note: if you wish, you may just write it down on a piece of paper, but be careful, the activation code is case sensitive and may contain capital letters).
Now go back to the Quick Tools homepage (or just click on the link that is being displayed on the "thank you" screen.) Go down to the form that says: Activate New Userid:. In the field marked "Activation Code:", paste (or type) the activation code that you just got from the welcome email. Now enter your email address in the field marked: "Your email address:". Click on the " [Activate ]" button.
If successful, the system will respond with the following message: Thank you, (Name). Your userid has been successfully activated. Please return to the Quick Tools Homepage and Login to your new account.

** Important: Steps 1 and 2 are one-time events only.

Step 3::
Go to the Quick Tools homepage. Go down to the "Existing Users Login:" form. Enter your email address and your password (not the activation code). Click on the [ Login ] button.

Tutorial

Step 1 : Sign-up for your Quick Tools account. (See above section, How do I sign-up?)

Step 2 : Create your Profile record.
After you signin to your Quick Tools account for the first time, click on the Profile button.
Fill out the form and click on the Submit button. Note: The creation of your Profile record is generally a one-time event; however, you may change/edit your Profile record at any time.

Quiz Tutorial:
To create a new quiz, simply click on the Quiz button.
All of your quiz records, if any, are now displayed. To create a new quiz record, click on the Add New Quiz button.

Quiz Name:
--Give your quiz a name. It must be different from any other quiz you may currently have on file.

Question:
--Enter the question for your quiz here.

Clue:
-- If you would like to provide your users with a clue, you may do so here.

Answer One through Answer Five:
You must enter five answers for your quiz, one of them must be the correct answer. You may enter them in any sequence. Place the letter x in the box directly underneath whichever line contains the correct answer. Please note: there can only be one correct answer.

Explanation:
--If you would like to provide your users with a detailed explanation of whatever the correct answer is, you may do so here.

Edit and Delete Quiz:
You can change your quiz after it has been created at any time; simply click on the Edit button, that appears to the right of the quiz to be changed. The Delete button will delete a quiz record from the database.

Testing your Quiz:
You should always test your quiz before you post it to your website or to the discussion board. You do this by clicking on the Test button, that appears to the right of the quiz to be tested.
Some things to remember:
--Always make sure that the correct answer is listed in the list of possible answers. Double check to make sure that you have placed the letter x underneath what is in fact, the correct answer.
--If you supply your users with a clue to the quiz, make sure that the clue is meaningful and that it specifically applies to the quiz.
--Although an explanation field is optional, you should supply one that explains the quiz or tells a little bit more about whatever the correct answer.

Putting your Quiz on your website or as a topic on the Discussion Board:
--Click on the HTML button that appears to the right of the quiz you are currently working with. The system will provide you with the necessary HTML code that executes the quiz. The first portion of HTML code is for your website, if you are going to use the quiz on a website. The second portion of HTML code is for our Discussion Board, if you want to place your quiz on the board. You may change the colors, fonts, titles, shape, etc., please do NOT change any of the links, or the quiz will not work.

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Poll Tutorial:
To create a new poll, simply click on the Poll button.
All of your poll records, if any, are now displayed. To create a new poll record, click on the Add New Poll button.

Poll Name:
--Give your poll a name. It must be different from any other poll you may currently have on file.

Question:
--Enter the question for your poll here. For example, What kind of retriever breed do you own?

Allow Comments in this Poll?: Put an x in this box to turn comments on for this Poll.
-- If you put an x in this box, your users will be able to write comments when they respond to your poll.

IP Address check?: Put an x in this box and the system will prevent the same user (in the same session) from voting more than once for this poll. (Note: you may want to turn off for testing, then turn back on when you go live with this poll).

Close this Poll to posting?: Put an x in this box to close voting and comments for this Poll; the Poll results can still be viewed.

Option 1 through 20:
This is were you specify your possible options for this poll. You can have as many as 20. For example, if we are using our sample question in this tutorial, our possible options might be as follows:
Option 1: Golden Retriever
Option 2: Labrador Retriever
Option 3: Flat-Coated Retriever
Option 4: Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Option Count fields:
If this is a new poll, simply leave these fields blank, and the system will automatically insert a zero into each field.

About this Poll: (If you would like to provide your users with detailed information about your Poll, write it in here: (200 char max.)
--If you would like to provide your users with some detailed information about your poll, you can place that information in this field.

Edit and Delete Poll:
You can change your poll after it has been created at any time; simply click on the Edit button, that appears to the right of the poll to be changed. The Delete button will delete a poll record from the database.

Testing your Poll:
You should always test your poll before you post it to your website or to the discussion board. You do this by clicking on the Test button, that appears to the right of the poll to be tested.
Some things to remember:
--If you have chosen to allow comments in this poll, you can edit or delete any of them (the comments) by clicking on the Comments button. Remember: It's up to you to "police" your comments, to make sure that any bad comment posts are removed from your poll! We do not accept responsibility for any "bad" or inappropriate words posted to your poll.

--If you move any of your options around, please remember to also move the corresponding option count. Option counts are not moved automatically; it's up to you to do it.

Zero Counters button:
If you click on the zero counters button, all the accumulated totals for that poll will be reset to zero. You may want to use this feature if you have added new options to an existing poll, or deleted some options from your poll.

Putting your Poll on your website or as a topic on the Discussion Board:
--Click on the HTML button that appears to the right of the poll you are currently working with. The system will provide you with the necessary HTML code that executes the poll. The first portion of HTML code is for your website, if you are going to use the poll on a website. The second portion of HTML code is for our Discussion Board, if you want to place your quiz on the board. You may change the colors, fonts, titles, shape, etc., please do NOT change any of the links, or the poll will not work.

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Quote Tutorial:
"Quotes" is actually a quote rotator. In other words, two or more quote records are automatically rotated with execution of your quote.
To create a new quote, simply click on the Quotes button.
All of your quote records, if any, are now displayed. To create a new quote record, click on the Add New Quote button.

Quote Name:
--Give your quote a name. It must be different from any other quote you may currently have on file.

Quote Text:
--Enter the text for your quote here.

Quote suspend? Put an x in this box to prevent this individual quote record from being displayed.

Edit and Delete Quote:
You can change your quote after it has been created at any time; simply click on the Edit button, that appears to the right of the quote to be changed. The Delete button will delete a quote record from the database.

Testing your Quotes:
You should always test your quote before you post it to your website or to the discussion board. You do this by clicking on the Test button, that appears to the right of the quote to be tested.
Some things to remember:
--The system will automatically rotate through your quote records with each execution of the quote script.

Putting your Quote on your website or as a topic on the Discussion Board:
--Click on the HTML button that appears to the right of the quote you are currently working with. The system will provide you with the necessary HTML code that executes the quote. The first portion of HTML code is for your website, if you are going to use the quote on a website. The second portion of HTML code is for our Discussion Board, if you want to place your quiz on the board. You may change the colors, fonts, titles, shape, etc., please do NOT change any of the links, or the quote will not work.

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Picture-Rotator Tutorial:
Click on the Picture-Rotator button.
All of your picture-rotator records, if any, are now displayed. To create a new picture-rotator record, click on the Add New Picture button.

Picture Name:
--Give your picture a name. It must be different from any other picture you may currently have on file.

URL of your Picture:
This is where your picture is located. Sample format: http://www.yoursite.com/yourpicture.jpg

Top Caption:
--Enter the text that you want to appear on top of your picture.

Bottom Caption:
--Enter the text that you want to appear on the bottom of your picture.

Picture Border:
If you want a border around your picture, enter a number from 1 to 9 (the higher the number, the thicker the border; leave blank for no border, or enter 0):

Picture suspend? Put an x in this box to prevent this picture record from being displayed.

Edit and Delete Picture:
You can change your picture after it has been created at any time; simply click on the Edit button, that appears to the right of the picture to be changed. The Delete button will delete a picture record from the database.

Testing your Pictures:
You should always test your picture before you post it to your website or to the discussion board. You do this by clicking on the Test button, that appears to the right of the picture to be tested.
Some things to remember:
--The system will automatically rotate through your picture records with each execution of the picture script.
--Pictures that are hosted on one of those free services, may not be viewable through this system.

Putting your Picture-Rotator on your website or as a topic on the Discussion Board:
--Click on the HTML button that appears to the right of the picture you are currently working with. The system will provide you with the necessary HTML code that executes the picture. The first portion of HTML code is for your website, if you are going to use the picture on a website. The second portion of HTML code is for our Discussion Board, if you want to place your quiz on the board. You may change the colors, fonts, titles, shape, etc., please do NOT change any of the links, or the picture will not work.

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Picture Slideshow Tutorial:
Click on the Slideshow button.
All of your picture-slideshow records, if any, are now displayed. To create a new picture-slideshow record, click on the Add New Slideshow button.

Picture Name:
--Give your picture a name. It must be different from any other picture you may currently have on file.

URL of your Picture:
This is where your picture is located. Sample format: http://www.yoursite.com/yourpicture.jpg

Top Caption:
--Enter the text that you want to appear on top of your picture.

Bottom Caption:
--Enter the text that you want to appear on the bottom of your picture.

Picture Border:
If you want a border around your picture, enter a number from 1 to 9 (the higher the number, the thicker the border; leave blank for no border, or enter 0):

Picture suspend? Put an x in this box to prevent this picture record from being displayed.

Edit and Delete Picture:
You can change your picture after it has been created at any time; simply click on the Edit button, that appears to the right of the picture to be changed. The Delete button will delete a picture record from the database.

Testing your Pictures:
You should always test your picture before you post it to your website or to the discussion board. You do this by clicking on the Test button, that appears to the right of the picture to be tested.
Some things to remember:
--The system will automatically rotate through your picture records with each execution of the picture script.
--Pictures that are hosted on one of those free services, may not be viewable through this system.

Putting your Picture Slideshow on your website or as a topic on the Discussion Board:
--Click on the HTML button that appears to the right of the picture you are currently working with. The system will provide you with the necessary HTML code that executes the picture. The first portion of HTML code is for your website, if you are going to use the picture on a website. The second portion of HTML code is for our Discussion Board, if you want to place your quiz on the board. You may change the colors, fonts, titles, shape, etc., please do NOT change any of the links, or the picture will not work.

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