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

*Contact sales@thinglink.com to learn more about groups*

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