How do I create an Author Spotlight?

[George_Dance]

This message is a continuation of a thread begun in the New Author Spotlight thread, in which I asked if I could change the url of my Spotlight by deleting the old Spotlight and creating a new one. I was told that that that was possible, but after I deleted the old one I was told that questions about creating the new one belonged on a different thread.

According to the FAQ, if I click on a project I'll be prompted to create a Spotlight. That worked once, but (rather than click Yes or Not Now), I went back to the thread and posted the result as an answer to my question in the thread; and when I returned to My Lulu page, the prompt was gone and I couldn't get it back. 

So here I am without a Spotlight. Can anyone tell me how I can create one? 

[Ken Anderson · Accepted solution]

George,
If you used the Search feature or looked at the tag cloud you'd find answers to such commonly asked questions.
I'll help you this time but you can save time in the future by doing so.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/newauthor/

[George_Dance]

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Ken Anderson wrote:
George,
If you used the Search feature or looked at the tag cloud you'd find answers to such commonly asked questions.
I'll help you this time but you can save time in the future by doing so.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/newauthor/

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Thank you for the information.

If such commonly asked questions were dealt with on the FAQ, that would save everyone`s time; that does look like what a FAQ is for. (BTW, why would you accuse me of not searching for the info just after you`d read that I found the FAQ - and why would you tell me to look at the tag cloud when you knew I couldn`t see it - something else I discovered on one of these searches I allegedly don`t do.)

[Ken Anderson]

Why can't you see the Tag Cloud.
Why didn't you search sufficiently?
Too many folks post questions without trying to help themselves.
Part of the give it me now, give it me for free culture.
No one has to help you George - no one here owes you anything.

[George_Dance]

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Ken Anderson wrote:
""Why can't you see the Tag Cloud."

As I just told you, you know why I couldn't see the tag cloud because you've posted on that. Since you didn't want to search for that, let me help you out by posting the url: 

http://connect.lulu.com/t5/General-Discussions/Tag-It/m-p/109363/highlight/true#M20300

Why didn't you search sufficiently?

What in the world does "search sufficiently" mean? If it's a 'commonly asked question,' then why isn't it on the FAQ? Even more obviously, why isn't the Activate Profile link accessible from the My Lulu page? (There's even a space for it It could simply toggle with the Delete Profile) setting.)? Why is it necessary to search the site. 

"Too many folks post questions without trying to help themselves. Part of the give it me now, give it me for free culture. No one has to help you George - no one here owes you anything."

OK, so you don't like helping people, and you resent having to do it. But you just  admitted that you don't have to do it. Why not just ignore requests that you don 't feel like helping with? 

[Pipa]

George, you really must the No 1 Plonker!
If you spent any time reading the Forums then you'd know that people like Ken spend hours helping users here.
You really are a TWIT and that's being polite.

[George_Dance]

Pipa wrote:

"George, you really must the No 1 Plonker!
If you spent any time reading the Forums then you'd know that people like Ken spend hours helping users here."

Are you implying I said otherwise? My point was that, if Ken doesn't want to help someone (and he made it quite clear he did not want to help me), he doesn't have to. The url he eventually sent me was very helpful, but I"m sure he's not the only person who could have sent it to me. 

"You really are a TWIT and that's being polite."

I see. I guess that, by that standard, Ken was just being 'polite,' too.

[Nohoarii]

'Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!'

(Quote from Dr Strangelove)

[DebbieOverton]

Thanks Ken - just what I needed and now we are back in business!

[Earl Chessher]

What a jerk you are!