This is the best Plurk has issued. A nice image but sparce.

While a picture is worth a thousand words, on the other hand, a picture about a website of words get lost in translation. Hence…

The new Plurk how to guide from Reviews How To’s & Mich D.

Linking User Names;

using the @ symbol like this: @Username will link to a users profile

Using Italics;

using the * asterisk symbol before and after a word like this: *word* will make it in italics

Making Bold words;

using double ** asterisk symbols before and after a word like this: **word** makes it bold

Underlining text;

using double __ underscore symbols before and after a word like this: __word__ will underline it

Hyper Linking urls;

by typing “url (title)” full url and title like this: http://michd.mobi (Mich D Mobile Site) you get a text links

Timeline scrolling;

1. drag with mouse
2. scroll with mouse wheel
3. use the arrow button graphics at both the right/left end of the timeline
4. keyboard arrow keys <- ->

Using RSS Feeds;

by adding .xml to your profile link like this: http://www.plurk.com/user/MichDdot.xml you can call your user feed

Videos & Images via plurk quick start;

How to share media on Plurk

Paste the URL of YouTube video, TinyPic, ImageShack Flickr or Photobucket image into your plurk box:

After you have plurked, we will show a thumbnail of the video/image:

What is the easiest way to upload a picture?

TinyPic or ImageShack don’t require a login for uploading a picture and we recommend these services for fast picture uploading.

How URLs should be

• YouTube: Plurk the URL of the video page
  Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA
• TinyPic: Plurk the direct URL of the picture
  Example: http://i29.tinypic.com/2yjy9m8.jpg
• ImageShack: Plurk the direct URL of the picture
  Example: http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8485/33984386yk2ul9.jpg
• Photobucket: Plurk the direct link (URL) of the picture
  Example: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x177/les78/nature.jpg
• Flickr: Plurk the link of picture page
  Example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/233508614/

Acontributed correction, and a Thank you to:kdfrawg - http://www.stumbleblogger.com

Now we present the ‘official plurk info’ straight from plurk itself:

“What’s my timeline?

Your timeline is your home screen and where you’ll spend 99% of your time on Plurk. It allows you to easily view and scroll from left to right using your mouse or keyboard as plurks are created by you and your friends throughout the day. It gives you a clear view into what everybody is up to recently and lets you stay caught up on what your friends are doing.

What’s a plurk?

A plurk is a small message or link, less than 140 characters, that you can broadcast to the whole world, your buddies or just yourself over the web, through instant messaging, and through text messaging on your mobile phone.

What are qualifiers?

Qualifiers are yummy color coded words which are commonly used by our members to start plurks. They make it easy for you to identify different types of plurks visually. So you can easily tell what someone <feels>, or <thinks>, or <loves> or <was> doing.

What’s freestyle plurking?

Freestyle plurking is a way of plurking without qualifiers. We don’t want to limit your creativity so you can plurk as you please if you choose not to use the color coded qualifiers. These are great for our older or more expressive users.

What’s a simple plurk?

A simple plurk is one where you haven’t selected any advanced options by clicking on the ‘more options’ tab below the Plurk box. Simple plurks can be shared with the whole world, your friends and friends of friends, just your friends, or to just yourself.

What’s an advanced plurk?

An advanced plurk allows you to add extra bells and whistles to a simple plurk. You can segment your audience by clique or friends, plurk about something that you did earlier in the day, or ask one of your friends what they’re currently up to.

Are my plurks visible to the whole world?

By default, a simple plurk is only visible to your friends. However, you can change who can view your simple plurks by going to the privacy option (top left, 2nd link) or you can send a plurk to a clique or a smaller group of friends by using the ‘more options’ tab.

What is a clique?

A clique is just that. It’s a way for you to define a smaller audience amongst your friends who share something in common. Maybe 5 of your friends play on the same soccer team, or maybe 3 of your friends work at the same company or maybe 7 of your buddies go for beers and wings every Monday night. Cliques help you manage your audience so that you can send plurks to only the friends who need to be notified.

How do I add someone as a friend on Plurk?

Just click the little ‘add to friends’ button on the middle right of another users Plurk page. Your friend will receive an alert on their Plurk page and an email. When they confirm your request, you two are then friends.

Can I view other peoples timelines?

That depends on the privacy settings of the person in question and whether they’re your friend. ”

This should be enough to get all off to a great start… Enjoy

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many thanks to Mich D on Plurk for this plurking how to guide.

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