1. Getting Started

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  1. Getting Started with Posterous Spaces

    A quick guide to some key features that Posterous Spaces offers.

    Can I change my theme?

    Yes! Posterous offers dozens of professionally designed custom themes and full theme customization. You can quickly and easily customize how your Posterous looks and works or you can dig deeper with custom themes and truly make it your own. To get started, just click Customize from your Spaces list.

    Can I create a full site with Pages and Links to other sites?l

    Posterous Spaces offers Pages as a way to create static web pages that live on your Posterous Space. For example, you can

  2. How do I customize my Space?

  3. How do I make my Space private?

    To make your space private, click Spaces and click the dropdown settings menu across from the space whose privacy settings you would like to change.

    Click Edit in the privacy section to change the privacy settings for your site. Note that you can only make spaces that are not your primary space private.

  4. How do I post to my Space?

  5. How to create and manage galleries

    To create a gallery, just email post@posterous.com with a more than one picture attached or upload multiple pictures using the Web Editor or Post.ly.

    Galleries are a way to show all of your pictures to your Space’s viewers without having them scroll through each one and taking up screen estate that could be better used for other posts on your Space.

    Galleries are automatically created by Posterous whenever you upload more than one picture to a post. You can modify galleries by editing a post from your Space and clicking on a gallery:

    This will open the gallery editor:

  6. Importing an existing site to Posterous Spaces

    ****We disabled our import site feature on Feb 22nd, 2012 to improve reliability. We will re-enable this as soon as it’s ready. Thanks for your patience. ****

    We support importing from several services.

    Here’s the current list:

    Ning
    Tumblr
    Blogger
    WordPress
    TypePad
    ActiveRain
    TwitPic
    Moveable Type
    To get started with your import, create an account and click Import a Site from the Spaces section:

    Click on the service you’d like to import on the left side and enter the URL for your site. Please make sure it is public and it’s full RSS feed is enabled (see the settings section

  7. What is a Space?

    A Space is where you share your photos, videos, or thoughts with everyone or a select few.

    A Space can be a blog, photo album, portfolio, or group conversation.

    Simple privacy settings make it easy for you to control who has access to your Space.

    You can customize your Space by choosing from dozens of beautiful themes.

    To get started, click on Create a New Space in the Spaces section to launch the Space Creator (screenshots below)

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