Syndicate Pro Getting Started Guide
1 Set Preferences -- The first thing you must do when using Syndicate Pro is set the preferences.

To set the preferences...

  1. Log into the Syndicate Pro administration screen.  The administration page is called adminmain.asp and can be reached via http://www.yourdomain.com/syndicatepro/adminmain.asp
  2. Login using the default username and password which are both set to "Admin1"
  3. Click on Preferences on the left navigation bar.
  4. Change the username and password.
  5. Specify your email address, a valid mail program, and a valid mail server.  You can run the mail test if you are uncertain of the mail components installed on your server.
  6. Click the submit the preferences.

    Note: There are many other parameters in the preferences that can be set now or later.  Most of these preferences will define the look and feel of the program including fonts, colors, headers and footers.
2 Specify Categories and Sub Categories -- All articles and article headlines are categorized into categories and sub categories.  The product is installed with some default categories.  These can be deleted if you will be using a different classification system.

Before you can enter any Headlines or Articles, you must create at least one category by using the Add option under Categories.

3 Define at least one Article Headline -- To define an article headline, please click the Add option under Articles/Headlines.
4 Create at least one Member -- Before you can begin displaying Headlines/Articles, you must create a member or user then login as that member.  To create a new member, you must access the signup page.  To access the singup page, click on Links on the left navigation bar from within the Syndicate Pro administration.

Follow the link for "Link to Signup Page" and sign yourself up as a user.

5 Recruit Members to Distribute your Content -- Once you have entered some Headlines you are ready to begin recruiting members to distribute your news content.  You can link potential recruits to the signup page from step 4 above.