Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
You need to register first. Upon registration an email will be sent to you containing your login information. You can click on the link from the email, login and click on Submit a Site and follow instructions. See to it that you preview your article before saving. Your article cannot be modified once saved, this is to protect changing an article once users have voted on it.
For a registered user, you can click on Submit Educational Site on the left navigation bar, enter login info and you will be taken to the Create Article page, follow instructions on the page.
2. What do the Published, Upcoming, and Archived Tabs mean?
Published tab contains pages of articles that have earned enough votes or have been promoted by HS Best Sites. Upcoming tab contains pages of articles that are yet to earn enough votes to be promoted to the Published pages, just like newly created articles. Archive tab contains pages of articles from the Upcoming tab that did not make it to the Published pages after some time. Note that any article may be edited by HS Best Sites to add review and possilbe modifications to make it work better with the system.
3. When I created an article, why don't I see it in the Published pages?
When you create an article it goes to the Upcoming pages, it will show under the newest in the All category or the Category that the article belongs to.
4. When will my new article show up under the Published pages?
When your article gets enough votes, it goes to the Published secion or if HS Best Sites reviews it and decides that it can go to the Published section prior to having enough votes.
5. How many votes will it take for Upcoming articles to go to the Published section?
We adjust it according to the number of articles submitted and number of voters. As the number of articles and voters increase the threshold will also increase appropriately until it reaches some balance. The goal is to have quality links.
6. How many times can I vote on an article?
You can possibly vote twice on the same article. First as a logged in user and 2nd as an anonymous user.
7. Can I delete an article I've submitted?
No, once you have submitted an article and you want it deleted, contact us.
8. How do users normally use your website for search?
The Search this site (top-right of page) or Tags (right-bottom navigation) are normally good ways to search the site. The Search this site searches the entire site while Tags search published articles only. Another favorite when you want to search for top websites by category is to click on published tab, then topAll, finally click on the different categories at the top of the page.
9. What does "The URL has already been submitted!" mean?
The user will see this message when he/she tries to submit a website and the exact URL of the site has been previously submitted. The user submitting the URL can either just click (+/-) to vote and/or give a comment.
