Managing Knols

To provide and verify your real name, click on Name Verification.

Using the Settings Link to Specify Settings for this Knol

You can perform other publishing management tasks by clicking on the Settings link. After clicking Settings, a navigation bar is displayed and you can choose:

• General

• Events

• Owners

• Authors

• Reviewers

• Unpublish/Delete

• Delete Images

Managing Versions of your Knol

Every time you save your knol, a new revision is saved.  You can view the revisions by clicking on the Revisions tab.

To view an old revision, click on the revision number link from the revisions tab.

To compare revisions, click on the revisions tab and click the checkboxes beside the two version to be compared.  Then click the Compare checked button at the bottom of the screen.

Managing Your Author Profile

In order to get started you need to be signed in with the account you used to write your knol.
Whenever you are editing a knol, your profile is displayed at the right and you can click Edit My Profile to update your name and settings.  Alternately, you can click the My Bio link in the top right corner. This leads you to your own personal knol page where you can also click Edit My Profile or you can edit your bio on the left side of the page by clicking on the Edit tab, making your entries and clicking Save and Close. 

If you want to provide a verified name, click on Verify Name to provide credentials.  You can either verify your name through the phone or by a credit card. Once your name is verified, a green Verified indicator will appear under your name.

Common tasks on the Edit My Profile page:

• If you want to upload a photo, click on Change photo at the left. The picture uploader allows you to select a picture from your computer, or anywhere on the web. You will be able to crop and resize the author image as desired.
• If you want to provide your location and occupation, simply enter the text into the field.
• If you want to add links to your other Web pages (e.g., your MySpace page, Picasa page, personal web site, etc.), enter the URL and a description of the URL under Add a link to my profile and click Add.
  

When you have completed your changes for the first time, click Create Public Profile and your changes will be saved.  In future when you edit your profile, you will click Save to save your changes.