Posting Directly to the Main Stream

Posting Directly to the Main Stream



Posting Directly to the Main Stream

You can post directly to the Main Stream in the same way you post to other communities: navigate to the Main Stream click into the box that says Write a post, give it a title or a citation, use Attach to add any additional files, then click Post.  


Accepted File Types

The following types of files can be attached to posts:

  • Images:  .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png
  • Video:  .avi, .m4v, .mov, .mp4, .mpg, .wmv
  • Audio:  .mp3, .wav
  • Documents:  .doc, .pdf, .rtf, .txt






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