Adding content to the site

To take part in Talk2Croydon you need to join the buzzes that you would like to be involved in. Joining a buzz is easy! Just click the "Involve Me" button at the top of the page and you're part of the buzz.

Once you have joined, and as long as you’re logged in, you can then add:

• Comments – personal responses to discussion topics, and other people’s comments
• Discussions – opportunities to talk to Croydon and with other users about this buzz
• Training - training opportunities and learning resources
• Links - recommended websites and web resources
• Documents - presentations, best practice, reports
• Media - images or YouTube video clips

Creating a new discussion

1. On the buzz page, click Create a new discussion, and read the submission guide
2. Then, enter the title of your discussion, and a short description of the issue you would like to discuss. You may also want to add some background information or other notes
3. Check the spelling and formatting, and submit.

You now host your own discussion, and other site users can join in by posting comments to your discussion, which will appear below your introduction.

Creating a new buzz

If you have an issue you would like to rally people around, you can create a buzz yourself. In the Get involved section you will see a panel labelled “Create something new”. This contains a link to the form where you enter the details of your new buzz. Here are a few tips.

1. Naming your buzz: the name and one sentence description should tell all the users on this site what you care about, and why they should care too.
2. Describe your buzz: background on what the objective of the buzz is, and what prompted you to start it. What has happened? What do you need? What else should people know? You can also add a link to another website for more information.
3. Promote your buzz: you can promote your buzz to new members when they register, and make it appear on the list of groups.
4. Add more information: next, decide if your buzz is a project (limited duration or scope) or a group (longer term, wider scope). Then choose what categories your Buzz best fits into, and add ‘tags’ - keywords to help people find your buzz and relate it to other buzzes. (Look at the tags on other buzzes for a few ideas.) You can also say the neighbourhoods in Croydon where your buzz is active to help people find it.
5. Submit your buzz: check your Buzz for errors and spelling, enter a log message (a private record of the changes you made) if you want – and then press Submit.

Now you’ve got your own buzz, and you can start filling it with content, and attracting supporters to your cause!