HOW TO USE
THINGLINK PROFEATURES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Control Panel
2. Advanced Statistics
3. Upload Custom Icons
4. Control Image Display
5. Control Tag Display
6. Replace background image
7. Create interactive channels
8. Use Thinglink Video
CONTROL PANELHOW TO
CONTROL PANELTOOLBAR AND MENU
Hosting (if needed)
Control Panel
Toolbar
Settings*GroupsUpgradeHelpLog out
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CONTROL PANELTOOLBAR AND MENU
Menu
ACCESS YOUR ADVANCED STATISTICS
HOW TO
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Access individual image statistics
Access overall statistics
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Select the time frame Select views, hovers, clicks, or time on image
Select ‘Total’ or ‘Unique’ users
STATISTICSDETAILED STATISTICS FOR YOUR WHOLE ACCOUNT AND FOR EACH IMAGE
Total figures and ratio
Advanced metrics for each tag and embedded location
UPLOAD CUSTOM ICONSHOW TO
CUSTOM ICONSUPLOAD AND USE YOUR OWN ICONS
Click on the menu to open the drop down
Click on “SETTINGS”
CUSTOM ICONSUPLOAD AND USE YOUR OWN ICONS
Click “UPLOAD ICON SET”
Click “TAG ICONS” tab
Click “SELECT” to upload the icons from you computer for each option
Lastly, click “UPLOAD SET”
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAYHOW TO
MACRO IMAGE SETTINGSCONTROL HOW YOUR IMAGE DISPLAYS ON THINGLINK.COM
Click “MY IMAGE
SETTINGS” tab
Click to reveal drop down, then select gear icon
Allows anyone to edit your images
Allows other users to remix your images
Turn on safe browsing to only see kid-safe images
Control similar images displayed with your images
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAYSET IMAGE VISIBILITY AND ALLOW ANYONE TO EDIT
Select “Sharing settings” to manage image privacy
Public: everybody can see it
Unlisted: image can only be accessed with the image URL
Allows other ThingLink users to edit your image
CONTROL TAG DISPLAYHOW TO
MICRO IMAGE SETTINGSFULLY CONTROL HOW YOUR TAGS DISPLAYS WHILE EMBEDDED
Hide icon: Icon is invisible
Link
Click to choose icon
Select colors for bubble and text
Choose small, normal, large, or x-large
Choose between 16 font options
Upload a tag image from your hard drive
Enter a link for photo or click through
Hide bubble: Bubble is always invisible
Pinned icon: Icon is always visible
Select new tab, same tab or nothing
Select tag type
BoldItalic
Numbered ListBulleted ListJustification
Enter caption
HOW TO
REPLACE THE BACKGROUND IMAGE
REPLACE IMAGEUPDATE YOUR IMAGE WITHOUT LOSING TAGS
Click “Replace image” and choose new file
HOW TO
CREATE IMAGE CHANNELS
STEP 1: CLICK “POST”
Click “POST”
STEP 2: CREATE CHANNEL
Name your channel Click
“CREATE NEW CHANNEL”
STEP 3: BUILD REST OF CHANNEL
Repeat Steps 1 and 2
Once the channel has been created, Step 2 will only necessitate choosing that new channel from the list
STEP 4: VIEW CHANNEL AS A SLIDESHOW
Click “VIEW AS SLIDESHOW”
STEP 5: SHARE INTERACTIVE IMAGE SLIDESHOW
Click the share icon
Use this code to embed the
channel to your website or blog
HOW TO
USE THINGLINK VIDEO
THINGLINK VIDEOUPLOADING VIDEOS
Click “CREATE” on the top bar
Enter the URL of the video you want to tag and click
“TAG THIS MEDIA”
Or upload from hard drive
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
1. Choose a time in the video to add your tag
2. Click “ADD NEW TAG”
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
Text font
Text and tag color
The text on the tag
Duration of the tag
Tag icon
Tag destination
Tag: the initial message that appears Popup: the larger message once the tag is clicked open
Always save!
THINGLINK VIDEOADDING TAGS
Add extended content within
the popup
Select a photo within the popup
The inner title of the popup
THINGLINK VIDEOEMBEDDING VIDEOS AND CHANNELS
Copy the embed code
Enter the embed code
The finished product