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• Add a report - click on the "Submit a report" button: this will take you to http://yoursitename/reports/submit.   From the top left corner to bottom right corner of this page:  
  • "Select a form type": Some Ushahidi sites have more than one report type - if you're on one of those sites, you'll see a "select a form type" box at the top of the form.  Use this to find the type of form that you want to fill in.
  • "Report Title": this is the short description that appears in lists of reports. You must fill this in (or you won't be able to save your report), and it must be between 3 and 200 characters long.
  • "Description": text associated with the report.  You must fill this in, or your report won't save. There is no minimum limit on the text that you enter into this box.
  • "Date & Time": the time/date relevant to the report (either the time that you filled it in, or the time of the incident you're describing).  This is automatically filled in with the current date/time when you create the report - the "Modify Date" button lets you change date and time if you need to.
  • "Categories": the admin-defined categories for this map.  You must choose at least one category for your report, but there is no top limit on how many category boxes you can choose for it.
  • "First name", "Last name", "Email": your personal details so the site admins know who to contact about this report. 
  • Map, "City, State and/or Country", "Location Name": Use these to enter the location associated with this report.  If you type a location name or lat/long into the "City, State and/or Country" box, the Ushahidi site will attempt to find the lat/long for that location, add it to the map and add its full address to the "Location name" box.  You can also move the red pointer (diamond-shaped thingy) to the right location, by left-clicking on it, holding down the mouse button and moving the pointer to the place you need it to be (note that this won't fill out or correct the "Location Name" box for you).  The only one of these boxes that's mandatory is the "Location Name" one - if you don't have a valid location in it, your report won't save. 
  • "News Source Link": a URL (e.g. http://thissite.com/) to a news article related to this report. You can add multiple links here, by pressing the "+" button right of each link. If you put in too many boxes for this, you can remove them using the "-" button next to them. 
  • "External Video Link": a URL to a video related to this report. The "+" and "-" buttons work the same as for the "News Source Link". 
  • "Upload Photos":  Other boxes:Click "Choose File" to add a photo from your computer to this report.  Unlike videos and news sources, photos that you upload are stored on the Ushahidi site.  You can add more photos using the "+" button, as before.
  • Other boxes: Some website admins provide customised forms... if they have, you'll see more boxes on this page than described above.  Fill them in as directed (e.g. some will be mandatory, some won't). 
  • "Submit":  
    The click this button to send your newly-competed form to Ushahidi.  The only fields that you have to fill in are report title, description, category and location name. 

• • : if you've missed one of these (or have the wrong-length title), Ushahidi will show you a red error box, explaining what's wrong.

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