Collections on Geograph
Published: 27 April 2008
Contents

Below is a short overview of the various sections we have for contributing content, please choose an appropriate section for your idea. Thank you!
Articles / Pages
Ideal for a lengthy textual piece, created by a single user. The rich formatting options allow for very diverse content.But equally can be used for all sorts of collections, needn't contain much text.
- Highly visible and indexed by search engines
- Author chooses specific licence for the work
- Rich formatting options (wiki style)
- Can be split into multiple pages
- Can be open for collaborative editing (anyone can edit the article)
- Can embed map extracts
- Can include non Geograph pictures (by request)
- Displays a table of contents
- Printer Friendly
- Counts page views
- Saves full edit history
- Indexed and fully Searchable in the Content Section
- Organised into categories
| View Articles



Note: Also used for some guideline documents

Discussion Based
We also have a number of content areas based on the forum, so these are good for ongoing content and may accept contributions from multiple usersshare the following common features:
- Content is copyright of the poster
- Tracks additions, but not edits. (GSD posts are locked after 24 hours)
- Threads viewable by last addition, or creation date order
- Split into pages, so good for long and ongoing content
- View count available (when viewed on its own page)
- Collaborative - any user can add content - but the Gallery author can apply a lock to prevent replies.
- Searchable using the Forum Search and in the Content Section.
Galleries
Good for image collections, allow images on a similar theme to be quickly collated.- Publicly viewable and indexed by search engines
- Public view and Forum style view available
- Indexed and fully Searchable in the Content Section
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Themed Topics
(renamed from Submitted Articles)Good for collaborative topics on specific themes - usually includes some discussion.
- Only available to Registered Users (as part of the Forum or the Content section)
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Grid Square Discussions
Ideal for short discussions about specific locations, and/or adding local information.- Linked to from the Grid Square Browse page and relevant Photo pages
- Also visible to Registered Users as part of the Forum
- Searchable Geographically
and viewable on a map
| View Discussions

All of the above are trackable with RSS feeds, look for the RSS icons on the relevant pages.
Blog
http://www.geograph.org.uk/blog/
Geo-Trips
Geotrips
Help Pages
We have number of pages that make up official documents, these are only editable by site developers - contact us if would like to see an update in this area.| Linked from the FAQ page


Search Results
The search be definition results a 'collection' of images, based upon some criteria. You can use the 'Feature this search
TIP: The Marked List

| Featured Searches

Shared Descriptions
By attaching a shared description to multiple images, its possible to create a mini collection of images. Every shared description gets a dedicated page, which lists the images its used on.| View Sample

