Help Guide - Sitepump

  
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What is Sitepump?

Sitepump is an online aggregator site where you can bring your favorite RSS feeds, podcasts, events, photos, videos, email services, games, horoscopes, and much more at one place. It is totally free to use, easily customizable and can be accessed with all major browsers from any part of the world with internet access.

Which browsers do you support?

We support Internet Explorer 6 and later versions, Firefox 1.0 and later versions, Apple Safari and Opera. If you find a bug accessing site, please report that to us using ‘Report a Bug’ link located in the footer of Sitepump.

Do I need to register for using Sitepump?

You don’t need to register for using Sitepump only if you want to access it from your local machine without clearing cookies. If you want to access your Sitepump page from multiple locations, please register here.

How do I share my Gadgets with other users?

To share your Gadgets, please follow these steps.
Steps

  • Click on Down arrow to open gadget options.

  • Click on ‘Share this Gadget’ link and it should give you options for sharing via your site or via instant message. Please see below for more on both options.

To Share the gadget via site, please follow these steps
Steps

  • Please click on ‘on my blog or on my site’ link.
  • Copy the HTML code and paste it on your webpage.
  • This should create a button for ‘Add to Sitepump’ on your web page. When your users will click on that button, they will be taken to Sitepump so they can use the gadget.

To Share the Gadget via Instant message, please follow these steps
Steps

  • Please click on ‘by instant messaging’ link
  • Copy the link and send it via IM service you are using. You can also email that link to share with your friends.

  • When the receiver of that link will click on the link you sent, they will be taken to Sitepump so they can use your Gadget.

What is ‘Add Embed code’ and how can I use it?

Sitepump provides a facility for letting its users add flash embed codes on their pages. Please see steps below to add flash embed codes on your page.
Before you start, you will need an embed code you want to add. To give you some examples on how to get embed codes, please see below.

  • http://youtube.com is the site where you can upload your videos. After your videos are uploaded, youtube gives you embed code for the video you uploaded so you can plug that video wherever you want on internet.
  • http://slide.com is the site that allows you to make your slideshows by uploading your photos. Once your slideshow is ready, it provides embed code so you can plug your slideshow on other sites.
  • http://labpixies.com/ is the site that provides some cool entertainment widgets with embed codes. You can copy and paste the embed codes given by them to add them on your Sitepump page.

Steps

  • Please open ‘Add Gadgets’ panel and click on ‘Add Embed Code’, Copy and paste your embed code in the ‘Source’ box as shown below.



    You can edit the title of this gadget from ‘HTML’ to something else if you want.
  • Click on ‘Ok’ button and Sitepump will validate your embed code.

  • After validation is done, click on ‘Add this Gadget to my page’ to add that widget on your page.

What is ‘Add Flash’ and how can I use it?

This is an advanced feature and using it requires you to have some prior technical knowledge. ‘Add Flash’ allows you to add any SWF file directly on your page. You can also set some custom properties for flash if you want.
Steps

  • Please open ‘Add Gadgets’ panel and click on ‘Add Flash’, Please copy and paste SWF URL in ‘Flash URL’ textbox. At this time, you can also set some custom properties such as height, width if you desire as mentioned earlier.

  • Click on ‘Ok’ button when you are done.

  • Click on ‘Add this Gadget to my page’ link to add that flash object on your page.

How do I add gadgets from Gadget Directory to my Sitepump page?

Please follow these steps to add your gadget on Sitepump Gadget Directory.
Steps

  • To add any gadget from Gadget Directory, simply click on ‘Add to Sitepump’ symbol

  • Select the page where you want that Gadget and boom! That gadget has been added on the page you selected.

  • After adding all gadgets you wanted, you can go back to your page using a ‘Back to my page’ link located at the top-left corner of your window.

How do I submit useful gadgets I found to Gadget Directory?


Please follow these steps to add your gadgets on Gadget Directory so other users can be benefited.
Steps

  • To submit your Gadgets (feeds, podcasts, events, flash widgets) on Gadget Directory, please register if you haven’t done that yet.
  • After registering, come back to Gadget Directory page and click on ‘Sign In’ link located at top-right corner.
  • Sign In to Gadget Directory using your email and password.
  • After signing in, click on ‘Submit Gadget’ button and follow the steps. You can review the status of your submitted gadgets via ‘My Gadgets’ button at any time.

If you still have any questions, please send us your feedback here and we will try our best to answer your questions

How do I register and manage my personal information?

You can register with Sitepump and use your login credentials to access your Sitepump page from any computer with internet connection. Please follow these steps.
Steps:

  • To register, please click on ‘Register’ link at top and provide the requested information. Click on ‘Sign Up’ button when you are done.



  • If you wish to change your information after registration, you need to be logged in to Sitepump. To log in, please click on ‘Sign In’ link at the top and provide your login credentials.



  • After you sign in, click on ‘Control Panel’ and go to ‘Profile’ tab.
  • After editing your personal information, please click on ‘Update my data’ button to save your information.

How do I recover my password if I have lost it?

Please click on ‘Sign In’ link at the top and click on ‘Forgot Password?’ link located below ‘Password’ textbox. Click on that link and provide the email you have used at the time of registration. If your email is in our database, we will send you the instruction on your email address. This email should arrive in 10 minutes after you provide your email address. If you don’t see email from us, please check your spam folder or contact us.

What is the common terminology for using Sitepump?

Gadget: Gadgets are those square boxes that appear on your Sitepump page containing various types of information within them. To add more gadgets on your page, please click on ‘Add Gadgets’ link sitting at the top of your page. You have to wait for couple of seconds after you click on ‘Add Gadgets’ depending on the speed of your internet connection.



Page: Your Sitepump is made of pages and gadgets with some extra ingredients. You can drag and drop pages with mouse and set their order the way you want as shown below.



You can also change some settings on the page using ‘Page Options’ panel as shown below.



Add Gadgets: The ‘Add Gadgets’ link will open up the panel that will let you add gadgets on your page.





What is Theme and how can I use it?

Theme is the overall look and feel of your page. You can change themes of your Sitepump using below steps.
Steps

  • Click on ‘Control Panel’ link at the top.

  • Click on ‘Themes’ tab. Now you can select our ready made themes or you can create your theme with ‘Custom Theme’ tab within ‘Themes’ tab.

  • After you select your theme, you need to wait for couple of seconds depending on the speed of your internet connection to see the effect.



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