Boreal Access

• Disclaimers
• What's the difference between the Classified Ads and the news and for-sale lists?
• How do I place a Classified Ad?
• How do I change or delete my Classified Ad?
• What's the Classified Ads Digest?
• I can't attach a photo to my ad
• I got a weird email from a foreign person in response to my classified ad

• Mail Lists:
  Boreal Access does not endorse and is not responsible for any statement, opinion, or advice given or made by anyone using this mail list. All postings are those of the author and you rely on such information at your own risk. In cases of willful abuse of the policies set forth for this list, Boreal Access reserves the right to take whatever action it determines appropriate, including termination of access privileges and/or legal action.
  
  
• Boreal Web Site and Classifieds:
  Boreal Access does not endorse and is not responsible for any statement, opinion, or advice given or made by anyone using this site. All postings are those of the author and you rely on such information at your own risk.
  
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  Your submission may be removed by Boreal Access at its own discretion, for any reason. Policies will be enforced. Offensive postings will be removed. In instances of willful abuse, Boreal Access reserves the right to take whatever action it determines appropriate, including termination of access privileges and legal action.
  
  Although Boreal reserves the right to remove content deemed inappropriate, the fact that Boreal has not removed a particular posting does not indicate or imply that Boreal agrees with or endorses the opinions, advice or other information stated in that posting. Any opinions, statements or advice given in member-submitted postings are not necessarily those of Boreal Access.
  

See the table below for the differences between the Classified Ads and the mailing lists, such as news and for-sale

1. Make sure you're logged into the Boreal website.
2. Click the Classified Ads link on the Boreal home page, and on the page that comes up, click where it says "To add postings, click here", OR
3. (alternate method) click the Create Content link on the home page, and click Classified Ad on the page that comes up
4. This will bring you to an online form.  Simply fill out this form and click the Submit button at the bottom to place the ad.  Most of the fields on the form are pretty self-explanatory, but there are a couple that aren't so obvious:
   • Photo - use this field to attach a photo to your ad.  To attach a photo, click the Browse button next to this field, and in the window that appears, browse to where the photo is stored on your computer.  Double-click the photo file and you'll be returned to the screen, and your file name will be filled in the Photo field.
   • Remove ad after - by default your ad will be displayed on our website for 30 days.  If it won't apply after a certain date (for example, if you're advertising an event being held next week), you should remove the ad after that date.  Use this field to give the system the date the ad should be automatically removed.
5. Please make sure all postings follow the rules.

1. Make sure you're logged into the website.
2. Click the Classified Ads link on the Boreal home page, click the View Ads button to display all the ads, and find your ad in the list.
3. Click the Show Ad link next to your ad title.  Your ad will appear below the title.
4. Underneath the big blue title of your ad you'll see another, smaller, green title.  Click this second title.
5. This will take you to a page showing just your ad.  At the top of this page should be an Edit tab.  (If you don't see it, you're either not logged into the site or your logged in with a different email address than the one that was used to place the ad.) 
6. Click the Edit tab, and you'll be taken to a screen where you can make changes to your ad.  If you want to delete the ad, click the delete button at the bottom of the screen.

• You can view Classified Ads anytime from the Boreal home page, but if you want you may also receive the ads in your email by signing up for the Classified Ads digest.
• If you've signed up for the digest you'll receive an email once a day, just after midnight, showing all the classified ads that were posted on the previous day.
• You can sign up to receive all the Classified ads, or just ads that were posted to certain categories.  For example, if you're job hunting you can sign up to receive just the Help Wanted ads.
• To sign up for the Classified Ads digest, click on the Classified Ads link on the home page.  At the bottom of the page that comes up, enter your email address and click the "Digest Information" button.  Select the categories you want to receive and click the Sign-Up button.

• First, check the file size of the photo.  (You can usually find this by going into My Computer, browsing to where the photo file is stored, and right-clicking that photo file.  On the menu that pops up, click Properties, and the properties information that appears should include the size of the file.)  The file size must be less than 2 MB (2000 KB), or the system will reject the photo.  If your photo's too big, use whatever photo editing software you have to make it smaller, and try again.
• Don't try previewing your ad with the photo - sometimes this causes the photo to have problems.  When you've selected the photo (using the Browse button), skip the Preview and just click the Submit button at the bottom.
• If you still can't get the photo attached, contact the Boreal office (387-9471 or support@boreal.org).  Usually you can send us the photo and we'll attach it to your ad.