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How Corkboard Works

What can I post?

Post places, photos, notes, products, sites and QR codes.

How do I post?

With your mobile or computer, via email, texting or via voice.

Why should I post?

To collaborate, make wishlists and access things anywhere.

How do people use Corkboard?

Share renovation ideas

Paul and Sylvia are planning to redo that "unique" pink bathroom. They create a Corkboard and collect photos of tiles, accents, lighting fixtures and color swatches. They comment on each other's postings and choose their favorite findings.

Organize a classroom book club

Ms Crosby creates a Book Club Corkboard for her English class. She posts books for her students to read. Once students read a book, they start a discussion about it right on the Corkboard.

Plan a trip

Jen and Steve create a Corkboard so they can plan where they want to go and what they want to do. Later, all their ideas are available in their Corkboard on their iPhone.

Things you can do...

Collaborate with others on a single Corkboard
Post and access on your computer or on-the-go
Organize your postings into Corkboards
Share what you post on your Facebook wall
Get notified of new comments on your postings
Subscribe to Corkboards that interest you
See postings and other users around you
Meet new people based on common interests

Frequently Asked Questions

Can more than one person share and post to a single Corkboard?

Yes. In addition to having your own Corkboards, you can create a Corkboard and allow others to post to it. This is particularly useful for sharing postings amongst a group of people.

Can Corkboards be private or public?

The privacy of what you post is set on a posting by posting basis. This means that you can have postings that are public and postings that are private within one same Corkboard. The public postings are shown to anyone (even search engines) and private postings are only shown to you.

Can I get Corkboard notifications on my phone?

On your Settings page, you can choose to have Corkboard send you text messages alerting you to various features. But to get these notifications, you need to have your mobile number confirmed.

How do I create Postings?

There are a variety of ways in which you can create Postings:

Online, right from within your Corkboards.
Via email to add@corkboard.it
By texting (SMS and MMS) to add@corkboard.it from a confirmed mobile (You can confirm your mobile on your Settings page)
By voice through dial2do.
Using the Corkboard.it bookmarklet — Corkboard offers a bookmarklet that allows you to easily create Postings on Corkboard from any website.

Check out the Corkboard Mobile page for help on how to use Corkboard with your mobile device.

You can also grab existing postings from other Corkboard members.

How many Corkboards can I create?

As many as you want. You can create Corkboards for yourself or to share with your friends.

I can't see my Facebook friends when I search for them on my Corkboard. Why?

You need to link your Corkboard account to your Facebook account to see your Facebook friends on Corkboard. To do this, log in to Corkboard with your Facebook account by clicking on the Login with Facebook button.

I don't have an iPhone. Can I still use Corkboard?

Yes. You can access Corkboard through your computer or the mobile website which is optimized for mobile browsers. You can also post to Corkboard via text messaging, via email and via voice through www.dial2do.com.

Check out the Corkboard Mobile page for help on how to use Corkboard with any mobile device.

Can people that aren't members post to my Corkboard?

Anyone who wants to post to a Corkboard needs an account. You can invite your Facebook friends and anyone via email. Corkboard will send them an invitation to join.

Can I see what others are posting?

Yes. Simply head over to these destinations:

New: All public Postings, sorted by most recent.
Popular: All public Postings, sorted by popularity.
Nearby: Postings and people nearby your location.
Hot Corkboards: Recently updated Corkboards.

Tips

Post books by sending the ISBN

Corkboard will turn those codes and create a posting with all the details about the book you're sending. It also works with UPC codes and has limied support for pictures of bar codes (these need to be relatively crisp to be decoded properly).

Post website screenshots by sending the URL

When Corkboard detects a URL in your posting, it will automatically fetch a screenshot of the website. Corkboard also understands QR codes, decoding them and giving you all the details they contain.