Indy.com

How do I sign up for Indy.com?

To sign up for Indy.com, click on the signup link on the top right of the screen or click here. Fill out the forms and check that you agree with the user terms. Fill in some profile data and enjoy the Indy.com community.

Who can use Indy.com?

Anyone can join Indy.com. In fact, we hope that everyone will join Indy.com.

How do I upload a photo?

To upload photos, you must first login. Indy.com will accept photos in a variety of ways.

TO YOUR PROFILE:
You can upload photos at any time directly to your profile by clicking on "upload photos" in the profile controller that takes the place of the login form in the upper right.

TO AN EVENT/VENUE:
If you have a photo of one of your favorite venues, go to its profile and click on upload a photo in the red photo display area. Fill in the three form fields including a caption and click upload. This photo will now show up in both your individual profile and also that venue's profile for all Indy.com users to enjoy.

How do I upload/change my avatar?

To change your profile avatar, you must first login. After login, click on "my profile" in the upper right corner of the page (where the login box used to be). On your profile page, in the bio area, click the button that reads, "Edit your profile." At the top of the form, you will see a selection field. Click browse and select a new avatar and click upload. You may need to refresh the page to see changes.

What are tags?

"Tags" or "tagging" is a description for a very popular navigational feature of modern websites. Tags are used to help organize content by serving as a keyword or category. Users will have the option to add tags to posts, pictures and profiles. These tags are then displayed on that object's page. After a user clicks on a tag, everything else on the site of that type that was given that same tag will be listed.

When creating a post or uploading a photo please try to add at least one tag. When adding multiple tags make sure to separate each tag with a comma. Your tag can be more than one word, but be careful about making a tag too long. The best tags are concise, usually one word and very targeted to the subject.

Example:
Say you create a post about First Friday, the monthly art walk in Indy. Here is an example of a string of multiple tags that you could use for your post:

art, mass ave, first friday, culture, idada, precious mettles, cultural district, public art, art gallery

How do I edit my profile information?

To edit your profile information, you must first login to indy.com. Go to your profile by either entering your url (www.indy.com/people/user_name) or by clicking my profile in the profile controller in the upper right.

How do I edit my photo captions?

To edit your photo captions, first login. Next click on your avatar on the upper right corner of the screen to visit your profile. Click the gallery tab and under the photo display area click the link for "Manage your photos." Click the "edit" link underneath the photo you wish to edit.

How do I submit a post?

To submit a post, first login. You can submit a post at anytime by clicking on "submit post" in the profile controller at the upper right. Make sure to give the post a short title, a category and a few short descriptive tags.

How do I advertise on Indy.com?

Indy.com has a broad range of opportunities to help you reach our socially active audience. Click here for more information.

How do I submit a review?

To write a review of an event or venue, you must first login and find the event or venue profile. On its profile, below the general description you will find a form for submitting a review. Make sure to select a star rating and give it a short title. Make sure to be thorough in your review.

How do I submit an event for the Indy.com calendar?

To submit an event to the IndyStar calendar, you must fill out the event submission form. This form can be found here. You can also access this form at any time by clicking on 'submit event' in the navigation at the top of the page.

How can I find other friends on Indy.com?

Become a fan of someone by clicking "Become a fan" on their profile page, and they just might return the favor. Make new friends but keep the old. There are a variety of ways to find old and new friends on Indy.com. Create a compelling and fun portfolio and post often. You'll naturally find other users with similar interests and tastes. You can also browse users by tagged interests, or search for specific users through the people search.

How do I submit a song to the jukebox?

For a step-by-step guide to jukebox submissions, visit our Jukebox Submission Guide

Who runs Indy.com?

You do. Indy.com is a social networking site for all Indy residents who play as hard as they work. The Indianapolis Star created this for Indy residents interested in all areas of entertainment.

How can I use Indy.com to promote my work or music?

BE ACTIVE! The more you use your indy.com profile, the more you submit posts and reviews, then the more high profile your presence becomes. Artists should submit work to the Indy.com Point of View Column in the Art's and Culture section. Musician/s should submit an mp3 to the jukebox and make sure that their album releases are available for purchase somewhere online (need an active link). All artists should submit all of their events to the Indy.com calendar. This is free and helps to build the community calendar.

What are 'Fans' and what is the 'My People' block?

Here's how it works: In addition to being a great source for local event information and a venue for conversation, Indy.com is also a place where people can connect with other users. The best way to do that is by adding other users to your "My People" list -- in other words, becoming their fan.

How to do it.
If you find a another user's contributions to Indy.com entertaining, informative or charming, show your appreciation by becoming a fan. Visit the user's profile and click on the "Become a fan of (username)" to the right of his or her avatar. Afterward, the user's avatar should appear in the "My People" section of your profile.

How to remove a user from your "My People" list.
If you decide that you no longer want to be a fan of another user, just visit their profile and click "De-fan (username)." This will immediately remove the user from your profile page.

How to view your fans.
Want to see who has added you as a fan? Just click on the "View my fans" link next to "View all" under your "My People" list. You'll be taken to a page displaying all users who have become fans of you.

Do I need consent to be a fan?

No. You can become a fan of whomever you want. Likewise, anyone can become a fan of you.

How can I communicate with my fans and the people on "My People" list?

Just visit their profile page and leave a comment in their guest book at the bottom of the page.

What's the best way to get more fans?

By making lots of thoughtful, entertaining, funny or informative posts on Indy.com. The more valuable contributions you make, the more attention you'll draw to your profile, and the more fans you'll make.

Are there rules to what I can write on Indy.com?

While we want to give Indy.com members as much freedom as possible to contribute however they wish, we will regulate the Web site to maintain its vitality and usefulness to users. Indy.com administrators reserve the right to remove any post for the following reasons:

1) Vulgar or crass content. Vulgarity has it's place. Indy.com, however, is not that place.

2) Irrelevant content. Our goal is to keep the conversation focused on the topics the Web site was designed for: Indianapolis arts, entertainment, dining, music and nightlife. For that reason, posts that are irrelevant, meaningless, redundant or otherwise inappropriate for this forum will be deleted.

3) Self-serving advertisements. Indy.com is not a classified ad section. Posts that treat it as such will be promptly deleted.

4) Unverifiable, non-subjective claims about establishments. We encourage everyone to review restaurants and entertainment events on Indy.com, and we don't expect all of those reviews to be glowing. We will permit claims of bad service or terrible performances. We will not, however, permit ad hominem attacks on businesses or individuals, or unverifiable statements of fact.

What about uploading pictures?

All Indy.com members can post pictures both to their profile galleries and in posts to the "Get Connected" section of the Web site. Any obscene photographs will be deleted immediately, and the user's profile and IP address will be banned. Again, we want to give Indy.com members as much freedom as possible, but with freedom comes responsibility. Use good judgement. Some further guidelines:

Posting photos in the profile gallery: Think of your profile gallery as your personal photo album. Post pictures of yourself, your friends, and samples of your recreational or artistic photography here.

Posting photos in "Get Connected" posts: This feature is to be used with discretion. Not all posts require a photo. However, if you have recently attended a local event — an art exhibition, concert or performance, for example — and snapped some photos, then we invite you to share them here. We do, however, reserve the right to remove photos at any time, for any reason.

iPod Guides: How much space will an iPod Guide take?

The guide is extremely small. It's less than the size of most songs, less than 350k!

iPod Guides: Will this work on my iPod? My iPhone?

An iPod Guide will only work on iPods that have a Notes feature and allow you to enable disk use. That means older iPods (no Notes feature) and Ipod Touch/iPhones (no disk use) won't work. Sorry.

iPod Guides: How do I "unzip" a file?

If double-clicking the file doesnt do it, download a program such as WinZip (Windows) or Stuffit Expander (Mac).

iPod Guides: How do I remove the guide from my iPod?

Do what?! Connect your iPod to your computer and open the iPod drive, then delete "INtake Bar Guide" from the notes folder.

iPod Guides: An iPod icon isn't appearing on my desktop or in "My Computer". Can I fix this?

Your best bet is to "enable disk use" in the iPod preferences in iTunes. Learn More