Map your data to the network
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After you describe your data to us, our servers read through the file you uploaded and pull out all the unique categories from the category field you identified.

When that's done -- it only takes a second or so -- you're ready to map your categories to the network category list. (And you're almost done setting up your first network!)

Now you are going to tell CityTools how to categorize your ads when you upload them TO the network.

This part of the wizard provides a form with two columns – on the left you'll find “my categories” on the right you'll see a series of drop-down lists of network categories.

Important note: you can control which categories get moved to the network with this tool. Any one of your categories that is left with “none” as its network category will simply be ignored by CityTools.

This could be handy in several circumstances. For example, it might be that you want to join a network that has only six categories, however, your IT staff might find it inconvenient to give you a data dump with only a few categories. In this case, have them dump ALL of your categories into a single file and then use this page to instruct CityTools to ignore everything but the three you care about.

Later, if you decide to join another network that consists of 10 different categories, you can use exactly the same file you're getting from your IT staff to use for the new network. Just map the 10 categories that the new network needs at this step and leave the rest set to none. Anything marked none is completely ignored when you do your daily uploads and downloads.

Also, you can always go back and change your category mappings -- incoming and outgoing -- after the fact.


If you created this network (as opposed to joining it) and you happened to have used your own categories to create the network categories, simply select the drop down that matches your category and move to the next item on the list.

If this is a network you've joined, you'll likely have to spend a little more time looking at the categories, but in any event, it seldom takes more than five or six minutes.

Remember, on this page you are mapping your categories to show how they'll be translated when you are sending data TO the network category list.

When you have mapped all of your categories that you want to share with the network, click the "process data button" to save these changes and move to the final step.

Tips!
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The 15-minute sign-up howto

The full version of the 15-minute setup howto is here

"fast track" version of the 15-minute howto (experienced users)

Here you go!
 fast track howto

Upload and download Howto

There is a detailed and fast track version.
 The detailed version is here

The fast track version is here

How do I resign from a network?

There is a howto that discusses how to resign from a network

Control incoming feeds in a network

There is a Howto on managing feeds from other network members

Control HTML in your network feeds

There is a Howto about controlling HTML in your network feeds.

Edit: Change map from your categories TO the network

A howto about editing the maps of your categories TO the network is available

Edit: Change category maps FROM network to your categories

A howto on changing the incoming mappings from the network is available

Invitation-only network passcode howto

A howto on changing the passcodes for invitation-only networks is available

Send other publishing members a message

There is a Howto that explains how to send other publishers a message

Admin: managing members

There is a Howto that deals with managing member access. It's only relevant if you are an administrator of a network.

Join a private network

Instruction on how to join a private network is available.

Admin: Add/reorder network categories

A howto dealing with adding or reordering network categories is available

Admin: Rename network categories

A howto on changing network category names is available.