<li><ahref="Community-&-Related-software.html">Community & Related software</a></li>
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<h1id="usage">Usage</h1>
<h3id="main-features">Main features</h3>
<p>Shaarli is intended:</p>
<ul>
<li>to share, comment and save interesting links and news</li>
<li>to bookmark useful/frequent personal links (as private links) and share them between computers</li>
<li>as a minimal blog/microblog/writing platform (no character limit)</li>
<li>as a read-it-later list (for example items tagged <code>readlater</code>)</li>
<li>to draft and save articles/ideas</li>
<li>to keep code snippets</li>
<li>to keep notes and documentation</li>
<li>as a shared clipboard between machines</li>
<li>as a todo list</li>
<li>to store playlists (e.g. with the <code>music</code> or <code>video</code> tags)</li>
<li>to keep extracts/comments from webpages that may disappear</li>
<li>to keep track of ongoing discussions (for example items tagged <code>discussion</code>)</li>
<li><ahref="http://shaarli.chassegnouf.net/?9Efeiw">to feed RSS aggregators</a> (planets) with specific tags<ahref=".html"></a></li>
<li>to feed other social networks, blogs... using RSS feeds and external services (dlvr.it, ifttt.com ...)</li>
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<h3id="using-shaarli-as-a-blog-notepad-pastebin...">Using Shaarli as a blog, notepad, pastebin...</h3>
<ul>
<li>Go to your Shaarli setup and log in</li>
<li>Click the <code>Add Link</code> button</li>
<li>To share text only, do not enter any URL in the corresponding input field and click <code>Add Link</code></li>
<li>Pick a title and enter your article, or note, in the description field; add a few tags; optionally check <code>Private</code> then click <code>Save</code></li>
<li>Voilà! Your article is now published (privately if you selected that option) and accessible using its permalink.</li>
