About lino canvas


What is canvas?
Canvas is an online area provided by lino to each lino user. Stickies can be posted on this area.

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Can I change background of a canvas?
Yes. Click the canvas name on Palette locating at the top right on a canvas. Upload a desired background image for the canvas. The canvas size is 2560×1920 pixels, and if you upload a smaller size image, the image is displayed lined up.

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How many canvases can I create?
There’s no restriction at this time.

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How can I create a new canvas?
You can create a new canvas by clicking “Create a new canvas” in My Page.

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“Create a new canvas”: “Name”
You can give your desired name to a new canvas by entering it in this entry field.
Please note that the canvas name (the entered name) will become a part of its URL and changing the name will change its URL at the same time.

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“Create a new canvas”: “Access to Canvas (Publicity)”
When you select “For my own private use,” only you can see the canvas. When you select “Show stickies to everyone,” everyone can see the canvas. When you select “Everyone may post stickies,” everyone can post a sticky.

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“Create a new canvas”: “Allow guests to put stickies”
You can let both lino users and guests post stickies on the new canvas by ticking the check box for “Allow guests to put stickies”, which is displayed by clicking “Public” > “Allow others to put stickies” in order.

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“Create a new canvas”: “List on Public Canvases”
When you list the canvas on Public Canvases, it will be displayed on Popular canvases and Recently updated canvases. In addition to that, it’ll be listed on each user page.

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What is “User page”?
User page is a page to list his/her public canvases with “List on Public Canvases’ checked. Everyone can see the user pages.

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How do I access a user page?
When you click on the username on Palette, you’ll go to the user page.

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“Create a new canvas”: “Allow others to copy entries on this canvas”
You can let both lino users and guests copy stickies from the new canvas by ticking the check box for “Allow others to copy entries on this canvas,” which is displayed by clicking “Public”. If you have selected “Friends” instead of “Public”, ticking the check box for “Allow others to copy entries on this canvas” allows only those who are on your “My Friends” to copy stickies from the canvas. Please untick the check box if you don’t want anyone to copy stickies from the canvas.

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“Create a new canvas”: “Notification”
You can recieve notification Emails by ticking the check box for “Notify when someone puts a sticky.”

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“Create a new canvas”: “Email”
You can put a sticky via Email by ticking the check box for “Allow to create stickies via Email.” Contents of Emails will be posted by sending Email to the Email address shown after checking the checkbox. Photo stickies will be posted if you attatch photos on Emails.

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Is lino RSS compatible?
Yes. Each canvas is RSS compatible, and you can subscribe to contents of posted stickies on a desired canvas through RSS.

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How can I delete a canvas?
Visit My Canvas > Canvas Preferences and click a trash icon to delete a canvas. You can delete a group canvas at Group Page > Group Canvas > Canvas Preferences as well.

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