Yahoogroups - Online storage and collaboration
Looking for a way to carry with you some large presentation files?
Need to put your presentation files online so that you can pick them up from anywhere you go?
Want to put a backup of your presentation files online, for any unforeseen emergency?
Want to share your presentation files after a workshop with your participants, but you do not have your own web site?
Here is the solution for you.
http://www.yahoogroups.com
Formerly called Egroups, this FREE online service offers the possibility of:
a) Creating a personal mini community website online in 1 minute.
b) Having an online storage space of 20 MB per web site (you can have unlimited in which you can place files of any type). Limitations are max 5Mb per file.
c) Controlling access by allowing all visitors in or restricting the view to selected invited people.
d) Sending an invitation to a selected list of people announcing the availability of your presentation files online.
e) Extra features including: a Polling service, a web Calendar, an area for Links to share and more.
To use it, here is what to do to register for the FREE service:
1) Go to: http://www.yahoogroups.com Sign in as a new user. Find the box to do this on the left side of the screen, under the word "Sign In". You will see a link labeled "New users Click here to register". Click there.
2) Fill in the few required fields in this form.
3) Done. You are now a yahoogroups member and you can start as many 'yahoogroups' as you want.
How do you create a yahoogroup?
1) Go to: http://www.yahoogroups.com
2) Sign in as a registered user
3) Click on the link labeled "Start a Group", which is the first link on the horizontal navigation bar, under the banner advertisement
4) Provide a name, an email address for this new yahoogroup, and a description. Select if you want it to be private or public. Select the category in which it should be placed by the yahoogroups service
5) Done!
How do you post your presentation files on your yahoogroup?
1) Click now on the home page of your newly created yahoogroup (e.g.: groups.yahoo.com/group/masterview/)
2) Once logged in, click on the left column on the "Files" link
3) Once in the "Files" area, you are ready to "upload" or transfer to your yahoogroup online storage area your presentation files. Click on the "Add File" button on the main horizontal navigation bar
4) Click now on the "Browse" button, and select on your computer the file that you want to upload
5) Click OK
6) Repeat it and enjoy as many times as needed.
You can read this article in the original issue of MasterView.
