Title: Bing Boards
Author: Modern Tribe, Inc.
Published: <strong>October 15, 2013</strong>
Last modified: January 21, 2014

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Bing Boards

 By [Modern Tribe, Inc.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moderntribe/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bing-boards.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/bing-boards/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/bing-boards/#installation)
 * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/bing-boards/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bing-boards/)

## Description

#### Get started with Bing Boards

If you are new to Bing Boards, request an invitation at http://www.bing.com/boards#
emailSignup. Bing will review your request and email confirmation and instructions
on how to get your key within a few days.

#### How it works

We’re looking for unique, visual content that has a point of view. Bing Boards must
have rich images and descriptive text that’s sourced from your blog.
 Once you’ve
submitted a board, a Bing editor will take a look to ensure your board is right 
for Bing. If we have any questions, we’ll contact you. Once your board is good to
go, we’ll add relevant keywords so that Bing users can find your board when they
search. In addition to keywords related to your board, we’ll also add keywords for
your blog. That way, if a Bing user searches for you or your blog by name, they’ll
find your board, too.

#### Bing Boards guidelines

 * _Share your point of view:_ Make it personal! Let your passion for the topic 
   speak for itself. That means a real person writes these boards. Real identities
   only.
 * _Make it visual:_ Great boards need great images. Say it with pictures. No stock
   photography.
 * _Keep it clean:_ Nothing salacious, slanderous, or explicitly sexual in nature.
 * _Give credit:_ It’s OK to share things you’ve found around the web, but credit
   the person who made it.
 * These aren’t ads:* If someone paid you to create content for them, it doesn’t
   belong here. That includes sponsored content.

_Thanks for using the WordPress plugin for Bing Boards!_

More questions? Email yourteam@bing.com at any time for help.

### Credits

_Produced by Microsoft Bing_

Project Lead: John Licata
 Program Manager: Chen Fang Design Researcher: Llewyn 
Paine Product Designer: Cathie Toshach Software Developer: Ankur Sharma Software
Developer: Archit Nallan Chakravarti Test Lead: Swaroop Rane

_Developed by Modern Tribe, Inc._

Art Director: Shane Pearlman
 Project Manager: C. Peter Chester Lead Developer: 
Daniel Dvorkin Javascript Developer: Samuel Estok Quality Assurance Lead: Rob LaGatta
Quality Assurance: Kelly Groves

_Included Libraries_

jCarousel by Jan Sorgalla
 http://sorgalla.com/jcarousel

Placeholder by Mathias Bynens
 http://mths.be/placeholder

Spin.js by Felix Gnass
 http://fgnass.github.io/spin.js

Font Awesome by Dave Gandy
 http://fontawesome.io/

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * An example of a Bing Board on Bing.com
 * [[
 * Building a Bing Board in WordPress
 * [[
 * Panel Editor
 * [[
 * The Panel editor features inline editing!
 * [[
 * Build a panel based on a post.
 * [[
 * Or build a board directly from within a post!

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  How do I get started with Bing Boards?

If you are new to Bing Boards, request access here: http://www.bing.com/boards#emailSignup.
Already a Bing Boards user? Email yourteam@bing.com and let us know you’re ready
to start using the plugin.

  How do I get a WordPress key?

Once you’ve been onboarded as a Bing Boards contributor, we’ll give you the WordPress
key to add to the Bing Boards plugin. Everyone needs to do this, but once you’ve
got the key, you can start submitting boards.

Add your WordPress key in Users > Your Profile > About Yourself

  Why can’t I click the Submit to Bing button?

If the Submit to Bing button is greyed out, you may not be an approved Bing Boards
contributor yet. You’ll need to request access.

  What’s the difference between a Bing Board and a panel?

A panel is what we call a ‘page’ of a board. In general, we like Bing Boards to 
have at least 5 panels, or pages. If you’re in preview mode, add a panel to a board
by clicking the Create a New Panel thumbnail at the bottom of the preview screen.
If you see a list of panels but no preview, add a panel by clicking the blue Add
New Panel button.

  What happens after I submit a board?

Bing editors will review your board and make minor edits, if necessary. If larger
edits are needed, we’ll reach out to you directly. Once the board is ready, we’ll
add keywords that make your board appear in search results and publish your board
to Bing. We will send you a mail letting you know once your board has been published.

  What are good topics for Bing Boards?

Right now we are only publishing boards in the lifestyle category. Lifestyle is 
a broad category that includes everything from recipes and crafts to gardening and
photography. If you have an idea for a board and you’re not sure it’s a fit for 
lifestyle, please reach out to yourteam@bing.com.

When choosing topics for your boards, think about which topics are most popular 
on your blog. Holidays generally see high search volume. If you have content that
aligns well to an upcoming holiday or seasonal event, consider using it for a board
topic-or you can create entirely new content to appear on Bing. We accept content
that’s already published on your blog as well as new content that you publish first
on Bing. Finally, you can use Bing Ads (https://bingads.microsoft.com/) to evaluate
how popular a particular topic is before you create your board.

  Still have questions?

Email yourteam@bing.com at any time for help.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Bing Boards” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Modern Tribe, Inc. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moderntribe/)
 *   [ Microsoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/microsoft/)
 *   [ bing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bing/)
 *   [ Daniel Dvorkin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzaweb/)
 *   [ Rob La Gatta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roblagatta/)
 *   [ Samuel Estok ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faction23/)
 *   [ Peter Chester ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterchester/)
 *   [ shanepearlman-1 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shanepearlman-1/)

[Translate “Bing Boards” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bing-boards)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bing-boards/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bing-boards/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bing-boards/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bing-boards/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.2

Fixed a critical bug in saving the panels.

#### 1.0.1

Minor background image bug.

#### 1.0

Initial release! Let’s party!

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bing-boards/)
 * Tags
 * [bing](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bing/)[microsoft](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/microsoft/)
   [social](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/bing-boards/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Modern Tribe, Inc. ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moderntribe/)
 *   [ Microsoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/microsoft/)
 *   [ bing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bing/)
 *   [ Daniel Dvorkin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mzaweb/)
 *   [ Rob La Gatta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roblagatta/)
 *   [ Samuel Estok ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/faction23/)
 *   [ Peter Chester ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterchester/)
 *   [ shanepearlman-1 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shanepearlman-1/)

## Support

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