Frequently Asked Questions

How can I email or contact NewsCloud customer service?

How do I add stories to NewsCloud while browsing other news sites?

How can I add headlines from NewsCloud to my blog or Website?

How do I upload a photo of myself?

How do I write my bio or upload a video bio for my journal?

How do I vote on stories?

How do I edit my feed?

How do I set up my journal welcome message?

How do I email a story to a friend?

How do I invite a friend to join NewsCloud?

How do I save stories to NewsCloud from Bloglines?

How do I find RSS feeds for NewsCloud?

How do I format comments for a NewsCloud story?

Where can I get the source code for the NewsCloud Media Platform?

How do I add my NewsCloud Feed headlines to my blog, Web site or email signature?

Is there a TypePad Widget for NewsCloud?

How do I get a NewsCloud.com gmail account?

How do I republish my NewsCloud Journal RSS feed?

How do I post a news story to my own blog?

How do I upgrade my browser to Mozilla Firefox?

How do I allow readers of my blog to save my posts to NewsCloud?

Does NewsCloud offer Web Services and Developer APIs?

Can I use NewsCloud RSS feeds in my own Web site with PHP?

How can I add the Save to NewsCloud FeedFlare to my FeedBurner feed?

Where can I start a blog?

Can I view NewsCloud without advertising?

Where can I learn more about using BitTorrent to distribute video?

Where can I read NewsCloud's adopted Principles of Journalism?

Can I donate to NewsCloud to support the site hosting and platform development?

How can I email or contact NewsCloud customer service?

Please email Jeff, NewsCloud's founder.

How do I add stories to NewsCloud while browsing other news sites?

Drag the "Save to NewsCloud" button below to your browser links bar.

Save to NewsCloud

How can I add headlines from NewsCloud to my blog or Website?

We've added JSS to our RSS Feeds so that you can add headlines from our top NewsCloud feeds to your blog or Website. Read more here

How do I upload a photo of myself?

Be sure to sign in first. Then, click on the tab labeled Your Account. The bottom of the profile page will allow you to select a photo on your hard drive to upload. If you are signed in, you can go to the account profile page directly.

How do I write my bio or upload a video bio for my journal?

Visit your account page to change your bio or upload your video bio. We've posted instructions for uploading a video bio for your journal on our blog here.

How do I vote on stories?

Once you've registered, log in and click the up or down arrow next to any story on the front page. If you like the story, click the up arrow. If you don't like the story, click the down arrow. Stories will be moved up or down the front page based on your opinion and other editors on the site.

How do I edit my feed?

You can edit headlines and abstracts from your feed page if you are logged in. You can also remove stories from your feed. Just log in and visit your channel page or Your Accounts -> Feed page.

How do I set up my journal welcome message?

Just log in and visit your channel page, click on change settings. If you would like to edit your photo, visit Your Accounts -> Profile page.

How do I email a story to a friend?

Just click on the headline of the story, then click Email Story on the story page. Your photo and a story photo (if available) will be included in the email to your friend. You can specify as many as ten or more addresses per story.

How do I invite a friend to join NewsCloud?

Just log in and click on the Invite More tab in the far right column of the cover page. If you want to customize the outgoing message, you can visit the Custom Invitation Form. You can also use the Plaxo Address Book wizard to import emails from your mail service or client. The wizard makes it easy to share NewsCloud with all of your friends.

How do I save stories to NewsCloud from Bloglines?

If you would like to add stories to your NewsCloud feed while using Bloglines, you will need to follow the instructions here. You will need to use the Firefox Web browser and have the GreaseMonkey extension installed.

How do I find RSS feeds for NewsCloud?

There are a list of RSS feeds for NewsCloud here.

How do I format comments for a NewsCloud story?

We're using a text formatting system called Textile. If you're not familiar with it, here are some of the formatting options that you can use: for bold, for italics, hyperlinks can be specified with an anchor tag <a href="http://www.url.com" title="link to this"> or using "linktext":url e.g. "Idealog":http://www.idealog.us, for paragraphs,bq. for a blockquote or <blockquote></blockquote>, <q> for quotes, asterisks (*) for bullets. All your html tags must be closed properly or they will be ignored.

Where can I get the source code for the NewsCloud Media Platform?

Visit our Wiki for more information on our open source platform.

How do I add my NewsCloud Feed headlines to my blog, Web site or email signature?

If you are a TypePad user, check out the NewsCloud Headlines TypePad Widget. If not, please read on... We've added JSS to our RSS Feeds so that you can add headlines from our top NewsCloud feeds to your blog or Website. You can completely customize the display of the headlines by customizing the javascript or adding CSS to your page. Read more here.

If you'd prefer to create a headline badge like the one below, visit this blog post to learn more.

Is there a TypePad Widget for NewsCloud?

Yes, check out the NewsCloud Headlines TypePad Widget.

How do I get a NewsCloud.com gmail account?

Active NewsCloud users can get a newscloud.com gmail account e.g. your_member_name@newscloud.com. Just email us and we'll hook you up.

How do I republish my NewsCloud Journal RSS feed?

If you wish to override the default setting for your NewsCloud Channel's RSS feed, please read this post for more details. NewsCloud allows you to set it's autodiscovery RSS link with a new URL from a feed republishing service.

How do I post a news story to my own blog?

Visit any story page and click Blog This. But first configure your blog settings here. NewsCloud supports TypePad, WordPress, Blogger and LiveJournal blog services.

How do I upgrade my browser to Mozilla Firefox?

You can download Firefox here.

How do I allow readers of my blog to save my posts to NewsCloud?

If you use FeedBurner to burn your blog feed, you can add the Save to NewsCloud button to your blog entries using FeedBurner's FeedFlare options. Read more about how to set up the NewsCloud FeedFlare.

Does NewsCloud offer Web Services and Developer APIs?

Yes we do. We have over 50 Web Service APIs with PHP and REST support and numerous code samples to share.

Can I use NewsCloud RSS feeds in my own Web site with PHP?

Yes, we have sample code for using our RSS feeds with PHP RSS Parser Magpie here.

How can I add the Save to NewsCloud FeedFlare to my FeedBurner feed?

Where can I start a blog?

If you want to write about news stories, your NewsCloud Journal is a perfect place to start. But if you want a more sophisticated blog service, here are a few that you can try out.

Can I view NewsCloud without advertising?

Yes, you can purchase a six month subscription to NewsCloud for $25 and view NewsCloud without ads.

Where can I learn more about using BitTorrent to distribute video?

Please read How to start using BitTorrent.

Where can I read NewsCloud's adopted Principles of Journalism?

We've placed our adopted values from the Principles of Journalism here.

Can I donate to NewsCloud to support the site hosting and platform development?

Yes, you can make a one time donation and help us continue our open source media platform development. Thank you for thinking of this!

What is

NewsCloud?

» The most important stories from around the Web all in one place

» Gathered and ranked by a community of passionate readers surfing the Web 24 hours a day

» Ready to share: email stories, post news to your blog and keep up with your friends

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