doc/Usage.md

   1 #Usage
   2 ### Main features
   3 Shaarli is intended:
   4  * to share, comment and save interesting links and news
   5  * to bookmark useful/frequent personal links (as private links) and share them between computers
   6  * as a minimal blog/microblog/writing platform (no character limit)
   7  * as a read-it-later list (for example items tagged `readlater`)
   8  * to draft and save articles/ideas
   9  * to keep code snippets
  10  * to keep notes and documentation
  11  * as a shared clipboard between machines
  12  * as a todo list
  13  * to store playlists (e.g. with the `music` or `video` tags)
  14  * to keep extracts/comments from webpages that may disappear
  15  * to keep track of ongoing discussions (for example items tagged `discussion`)
  16  * [to feed RSS aggregators](http://shaarli.chassegnouf.net/?9Efeiw) (planets) with specific tags[](.html)
  17  * to feed other social networks, blogs... using RSS feeds and external services (dlvr.it, ifttt.com ...)
  18
  19 ### Using Shaarli as a blog, notepad, pastebin...
  20
  21  * Go to your Shaarli setup and log in
  22  * Click the `Add Link` button
  23  * To share text only, do not enter any URL in the corresponding input field and click `Add Link`
  24  * Pick a title and enter your article, or note, in the description field; add a few tags; optionally check `Private` then click `Save`
  25  * Voilà!  Your article is now published (privately if you selected that option) and accessible using its permalink.