Mike: yes me: yep, get my questions on data talk? Mike: there? Mike: let's go back there so everyone can see how to do this me: word Mike: cool? Mike: still there? me: wanna do this in data talk, right? me: yep me: media group? Mike: see the field area? me: k Mike: ok, see the Create a New Page area, and the Add a new Group me: done me: o, k Mike: Political Base Mike: of the site me: of what? Mike: top right hand corner Mike: Go to Staff Tools me: okay Mike: let's just do it here me: could see them earlier Mike: ok Mike: weird me: nope Mike: can you see my messages on Data Talk? me: soitanly Mike: you Mike: if that works for yu Mike: once you have it on your HD, click the browse button to upload it Mike: will worry about IP issues later Mike: i usually do a Google Images search Mike: now, open a new tab and grab a "Newsweek" image and save it to your hd me: k Mike: Then do the drop down to "Media Group" me: k Mike: Type in "Newsweek" into the Name field me: ok Mike: I want to walk you through an example Mike: Group Display Name? me: getting sources squared away, etc. me: on Biden's resolution Mike: perfect Mike: nice me: also doing a test post me: yeah, watching debates and drinking Mike: having fun? Mike: right on me: thanks me: yep Mike: make sense? Mike: this also comes in helpful if you right about a non-profit or advocacy group and want to link them, but they are not in the database me: ok, groovy Mike: but if you run across one that is not there, now you know how to add a group Mike: i'll add about 50 blogs, 50 papers, 20 news programs, etc Mike: just so you know, i'll be spending most of the next two days prepopulating this for you Mike: you will see Newsweek in the tool Mike: now go back to your blogging editor Mike: then, click submit changes me: ok Mike: don't worry about the "Main Article" as the users can fill this in Mike: Quickie description sentence Mike: in the four fields Mike: now type in Aliases, Acronyms or obvious misspellings Mike: for this one, not so much because it's national Mike: if you relevant me: gotcha Mike: Now do the "attach a location" Mike: if you're in a hurry, don't worry about it as we can add it later me: ok Mike: you ONLY need to do this when you know there is a parent company me: k Mike: add + close Mike: Search for "Washington Post Company" Mike: now click the button "Set a parent group above this one" Mike: ok me: got it Mike: cool me: but will get on that now me: yeah, got some negative/positive posts for it, just didn't know how to post them Mike: biden post looks great me: oh shit, Gravel is talking me: so, I'll be on at 6ish tomorrow with morning's stories, definitely have one on debates Mike: perfect Mike: site down for a few hours