Taos Link - Link to businesses in Taos

Creating a Member Account:

If you love Taos you can be a member of taoslink.com no matter where you are. That will allow you to keep a list of favorite sites.

Members of taoslink.com can only submit links to only Taos Web sites.

1) Select "Create an Account"

 

2) Fill out the form and click "Register".

3) You will receive an email with membership approval.

4) Then you can LOG IN.

Menus for Members of taoslink.com:

This is the Normal Menu on Right Side

Below is the Right Side Menu for a Logged in Member of taoslink.com.

Please notice the Menu Items for:

"My Page" where your 'owned' sites are listed, and "My Favorites" which is your bookmarks of your favorite Taos Sites.

Also, there is a Member's Menu where you can update your details.

Linking - Submissions of New Site Links:

BEFORE you submit a new listing.
Check to see if the site you want to submit is already listed in the taoslink.com directory. Almost all of the Taos Web sites are already listed on taoslink.com. If you find that your site has been previously listed, then see "Linking - Claiming A Listing", below.

The site link you are submitting must be verifiable as being from or about Taos. The expanded territory of Taos in the eyes of taoslink.com: This site covers a different area than just the edges of the town or county. Some things are listed here as a service to Taos locals that may include certain Web sites out of this area in Espanola, Santa Fe and even far-off Albuquerque. Some links on taoslink.com are "state-wide". For example, most New Mexico State offices are in Santa Fe. Some submitted links of this type are approved and some are not.

Note: Check the bottom of this page for "Important Rules for New Submissions". This will make submission of your listing go very smoothly.

How to Submit a New Site for Linking
Go to the Section and category that is appropriate for the Site to be linked.

In the example below, you would go to "Activites" section and in the "Astronomy" category to list your stargazer site.

 

Now you can register your Web site but clicking "Add Listing" in the menu on the right side.

You will then see the following window.

For Info about adding images and locating in map, see below.

Linking - Claiming A Listing:

When you are logged in, make sure you are on the Detail Page of your listing (that's the page you get when you click on the title a site listing), you will see a link that says "Claim". Click that to submit a claim as owner of the site that is already listed.

For security reasons, site claiming is Not Automatic. Site claims must be approved by an administrator. You may receive an email asking a few questions, to 'prove' that a site is yours (just in case we don't know you personally, or by rep).

Why is it a good idea to keep your old listing? Mostly because it already has clicks-throughs counted and those clicks contribute to whether your site appears in the "Most Popular" listings.

Adding Items to the map:

Be sure you have added your complete address, then Click "Locate in Map"

 

The Map Marker will be automatically placed.

 

If the Map Marker is in the wrong place just drag it to your place on the map. If you don't have a physical place for you're site, we just put the marker a little bit south of the airpost in a place we call LaLa Land.

Adding Images to your listing:

Adding an image to your listing is very necessary. It is very easy now-a-days. Please crop and resize your image to 72 dpi - More info on this tomorrow.

Important Rules for New Submissions:

• No html. - html code will not function within the listings.
• Do not use all capitals. - use normal plain text style.
• No Paragraphs. - each listing is contained within a single block to type.
• Min/Max Characters: Currently, submissions require a minimum of 200 characters and a maximum of 500 characters.
• No Submissions to the ROOT category or main category pages - Please select an appropriate sub-category at the very top of the "Suggest Listing" page. For sponsored listings, you will have the option to add your site submission to additional categories using the "Add also to other categories as crossed" link at the top.
• No Multiple Submissions. - you can place your listing in additional appropriate categories but you may not submit the same site URL many times.
• Do not compare your site to other sites. - your listing should be free from comparisons such as "''Store A'' (you) has a much better selection than ''Store B'' (them)." Just give information about your site.
• We encourgage that submissions are written in the third person - that is: instead of saying "I" or "we", use "he"/"she" or "they"..., as done by a site reporter.
• Memberships are not automatically approved. - all submitted site membership requests are checked and approved before inclusion in the taoslink.com directory database.
• Submissions are not automatically posted. - all submitted site listings are checked and approved before inclusion in the taoslink.com directory database.
• Claims are not automatically approved. You may be required to send additional information to an administrator.
• Submissions are not advertising. - Please describe what your site is for. If you sell products, then in your taoslink.com description you probably would want to describe some products and how they were made or the ingredients. Please try not to use phrases like "Best Pies in Town", unless it''s a registered trademark.