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What is okyuu.com?
Membership registration
How to use okyuu.com
   Posting tips
   Posting news
   Posting a question
   Rating tips and news
   Sorting and organizing posts
   Clipping favorite information
   Searching
   My Page
Bookmarklet
Ranking
okyuu notation
Notes on posting
Queries and feedback


■What is okyuu.com? 

okyuu.com is a community for engineers. We aim to build a global tips database. Engineers are invited to post their own IT-related tips from across the Web to create and share a high quality database. A one-stop collection of IT tips and news okyuu.com gathers tips and news from across the Internet and shares them with members. Tailored exclusively to engineers, this community centralizes a store of high quality knowledge. Peer-Rating All members are entitled to rate the tips that are posted. This helps identify truly valuable items from the mass of information on the Web. Brush up the knowledge The commenting function encourages users to actively add information and participate in the community. It helps members stay current and avoid out-dated information. Quick access to knowledge organized by category and tag Members can help make okyuu.com an even more useful site by jointly editing categories and tags for information posted. It also supports a category search function to facilitate quick access to the necessary information. Following favorite engineers You can follow any engineer whose posts are relevant to you. The information posted by engineers you follow can be viewed on the My Page screen. Okyuu is the Japanese word for heat acupuncture, a staple of Asia's holistic medicinal tradition. Okyuu is designed to be a site that is both hot and good for you! ■Membership registration (free of charge) 

To benefit from all the features available on okyuu.com, you will need to sign up for free membership. You can obtain or user an existing OpenID without specifically registering as an okyuu.com member. For details about OpenID, visit the website of OpenID Foundation. ■How to use okyuu.com 

■Posting tips 
If you find any useful information on the Web, please post it on okyuu.com. Of course, you are welcome to directly post tips you have created to okyuu.com. How to post information Select [Post my tips], [Post URL] or [Bookmarklet] in the tool box that appears after your login. en_toolbox_tips.png [Post my tips]: This lets you post your original knowledge. [Post URL]: Enter the URL of the tips to be posted and select [Post my tips]. If the knowledge has already been posted by another member, you can still comment on it or clip it.   [Bookmarklet]: This offers a useful posting function that can be used after registration from your browser. ■Posting news 
If you find useful information that is not a tip, post it as news. A discussion that could be useful to engineers should also be classified as news. How to post news Select [Post URL] or [Bookmarklet] in the tool box that appears after you log in. en_toolbox_news.png [Post URL]: Enter the URL of the news to be posted and select [Post news]: If the news has already been posted by another member, you can still add extra information or clip it [Bookmarklet]: This offers a useful posting function that can be used after registration on your browser. ■Posting a question 
If you have a technical question, you may want to use the Q&A function. You might receive help in solving your problem from the outstanding engineers registered on okyuu.com. How to post a question Select [Post new question] in the tool box that appears after you log in. en_toolbox_question.png [Post new question]: Enter a question and post it en_close.png [Terminate]: The member posting a question can terminate the Q&A process at any time en_open.png [Resume]: The member posting a question can resume the terminated Q&A process at any time How to reply to a question Use the comment function to post your reply. You can also rate any reply posted. ■Rating tips and news 
You can rate any tips or news posted on a five-point scale to rank the information. Each comment can be rated as Good or Bad. en_rating.png ■Sorting and organizing posts 
Posts may be sorted and organized by category and tag. If you find any post sorted or organized inappropriately, select [Edit category/tag] to put it in the right place. en_edit.png ■Clipping favorite information 
Clip any information that interests you, and you can view it easily at any time on My Page. en_add_clip.png ■Searching 
okyuu.com guides you to truly useful information as it covers only information posted by members specializing in engineering. The category search feature allows you to search specific technical categories. Search results can be sorted by order of rating, number of views, number of clippings and number of comments. en_search_results.png   ■My Page 
My Page is displayed after the login process. On My Page, you can manage your own user data, watch other members using the tracking function and communicate easily using the messaging function. en_mypage.png   ■Bookmarklet 
A bookmarklet is a handy JavaScript applet that can be used after registration on the browser. The okyuu.com bookmarklet automatically retrieves the URL and the title of the web page you are viewing and allows you to easily post the information to okyuu.com. en_bookmarklet.png To register the bookmarklet on your browser, right click on the bookmarklet link to add it to your favorites/bookmarks or drag and drop the link onto the toolbar.   ■Ranking 

okyuu.com shows a top 30 list of information based on an overall assessment of the number of views, the number of comments and ratings during a predetermined period. For Q&A, the system performs an overall assessment of the level of attention attracted, the quality of comments and other factors. ■okyuu notation 

Designed for posting or commenting purposes, the okyuu Editor allows you to create diverse expressions by combining simple symbols. For example, you can make an orderly description with highlighted codes or easily create a mashup with content on YouTube, SlideShare or Google Docs. okyuu_expression.png List of okyuu notations strong
''strong''
strong italian
'''italian'''
italian delete
%%delete%%
delete list
-list
-list
-list
  • list
  • list
  • list
list(orderd)
+list
+list
+list
  1. list
  2. list
  3. list
link
[[link to kakaku.com>http://kakaku.com/]]
link to kakaku.com code
<<< code
print "Hello, world!\n";
 >>>
print "Hello, world!\n";
quote
> quote
quote
headline 1(h1)
*headline 1(h1)
■headline 1(h1) 
headline 2(h2)
**headline 2(h2)
■headline 2(h2) 
headline 3(h3)
***headline 3(h3)
■headline 3(h3) 
horizontal line
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table
|!headline |column
|row|value|
headline column
rowvalue
YouTube (Copy and paste the URL of the video to be posted.)
{{youtube X0z2i83fmMk}}
SlideShare (Copy and paste the embed code for wordpress.com.)
{{slideshare id=118426&doc=best-image-format-for-slide-share1893&w=425}}
GoogleDocs (The presentation feature alone is supported. Copy and paste the URL.)
{{googledocs abc123efg456hij}}
■Notes on posting 

okyuu.com is a forum that seeks to support engineers by posting knowledge that is helpful to them. Users should understand the service concept before making any post. okyuu.com may delete any of the following kinds of posts without prior notice to the member. Please note that any member whose posts are repeatedly deleted may be subject to suspension.
  • Any post that is inappropriate to the concept of okyuu.com (i.e. any post that is unrelated to information technology)
  • Any post for a corporate website or a web page advertising a service
  • Any post about a website chiefly designed for affiliate marketing
  • Any reposting that copies an article on any news site without adding unique value
  • Any post from dating services
  • Any post about a website with adult content
  • Any post of an inappropriate comment, such as repetition of the same word or phrase or a meaningless string of symbols
  • Any post in which the poster's identity is spoofed
  • Any post that infringes the privacy of any other individual, for example by showing a phone number, address, e-mail address, etc
  • Any post constituting libel, defamation, intimidation or harassment of any other individual or organization
  • Any post that obviously constitutes or abets a criminal act
  ■Queries and feedback 

Use this form to send us any queries or feedback on okyuu.com.