HubTrails What you need to know!

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   Sufidreamerposted 15 years ago

   Hi folks - looks like things are bubbling along nicely.
   
   Sorry for being a little quiet - my partner had to go back to the UK for a couple of weeks, so the last few days have been a little manic.
   
   I hope to write the Greece capstone at the weekend and go on a big recruiting campaign for Greece-based Hubbers

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   saltposted 15 years ago

   Hi, I responded to the earlier hubtrail note and you all seem to have moved way ahead. An I still in this? And below are what I can add.
   
   I am in australia and happy to work on Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney (but I think Marissa is there and would want to do that one.)
   
   Can do a bit on the Northern Territory and some of Queensland. If others are part of this, maybe we could co-ordinate what parts of aus each is doing.
   
   Also, I will read up on others hubtrails so I can learn how they are setting things out and what the objective is.

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   rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

   Ohma, I will wait until I see your hub. I have hubs about Paris and a small village outside of Paris, but I don't have a hub which could be a capstone for the entire country.
   
   what would a capstone for an entire country cover? Each region? I've traveled the entire US, but not France. I invited Princessa as I know she has written many hubs about France.
   Anyone else out there who has a lot of France hubs?

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      ethel smithposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I have a european capstone Hub where these could be placed. It is up to you. Let me know if you want to and send me any links.
      
      I am going to write as much as possible so email me guys if there is anything I need to know etc.

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         rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         thanks ethel,  I'll get back to you on this. I'm officially signing off for the afternoon. It's too nice to be indoors. I'll take a look this evening.

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   RedElfposted 15 years ago

   Ohma, I have talked to Dale and we are good to go. I am thinking that we need to have a capstone hub for each province, and those would be included in the Canada capstone hub. Then the hubs for each province could go in the feed under it's own provincial capstone.
   
   As the RSS feed is limited to eight, I am thinking we should just stick with BC, AB, The Prairies (SK, MN), On, PQ, The Maritimes (NB, NS, PEI, NF-LB), and The Arctic (KW, NU, YK). That leaves one slot for expansion if we find we have enough in one blended area to split it out.
   
   I am happy to take this on, and will skulk about soliciting ppls to write for, or to submit, their "Canadian" hubs, and slot them in.
   
   I am pretty sure we could have BC, AB, the Arctic, and maybe On and the Maritimes taken care of, but if someone would like to do a capstone for The Prairies, PQ, NF-LB that would be awesome. Actually any capstones would be great - just email me and let me know what you're interested in doing, and I can let you know if it's covered
   
   If we have no takers, I will do  Maritimes capstone to cover that area for now.
   
   
   Thanks
   Red

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      Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Red, the RSS feed isn't limited to eight.  Only eight at a time will appear on the feed on HubPages but that doesn't mean it's limited anywhere else.

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         RedElfposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Oh, that's great to know. Thanks, Marissa.
         
         Do we need to post everything here (links to each hub) or just links for the capstone hubs? Or is it enough to just add the tags to any of the hubs we want to post on your site?

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   Ohmaposted 15 years ago

   Everyone is doing such a great job with this project. I have written the hub but want Marisa to aprove the instruction before I publish it. I say she was on a minute ago so I hope she chime in.

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   Pamela99posted 15 years ago

   Habee suggested I post my Bahama hubs.  I just visited the Bahamas and wrote 2 hubs last week:
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Bahama-Island-o … est-Part-1
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Bahamas-Islands … est-Part-2

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   RedElfposted 15 years ago

   Here is a capstone for The Arctic
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Canada-Hubtrial … avut-Yukon

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   cupid51posted 15 years ago

   Thanks Ohma, I have seen my hub published in the site http://hubtrailtravelguide.com, but it is in the category 'All' instead of category India! Did I do anything wrong in configuring my hub?

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   theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

   I have added my Hub on Ireland - Galway City to the RSS Hubtrails

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    Amanda Severnposted 15 years ago

    Here is a capstone for Sussex, UK
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Hubtrails-A-Hub … day-makers

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    Amanda Severnposted 15 years ago

    I have two hubs, one on Cardigan Bay in Wales, and the other about Westport, Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick in Southern Ireland. I wrote them somewhile ago. Has anyone done a specific capstone on either Wales or Eire that these could feed into?

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       ethel smithposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Amanda shall I include them in the UK capstone? Let me know and any other links if you want me to.

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          Amanda Severnposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Ethel, that would be great. I guess the more hubs we get linked to the better!

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    prettydarkhorseposted 15 years ago

    Can I still join this one Ms Marissa and Ohma! I have some travel hubs to feed in

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    prettydarkhorseposted 15 years ago

    Ohma and Ms Marissa, I will volunteer to write a capstone hub for the Philippines and then the South East Asia later on,
    Although I have some travel hubs in some parts of the world it is good if it is specific to a country or a smaller subdivision like a province?
    Thank you.

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    Shirley Andersonposted 15 years ago

    Great job, guys!! Am stumbling the site.

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       Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Very nice Shirley,
       And everyone else should promote Marisa's site as if it were one of your own hubs.

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    Patty Inglish, MSposted 15 years ago

    I've added a couple dozen Hubs to this project today, and already their Hubscores are increasing, so I hope this aids the entire project and its authors. Looks like a successful, long-term advantage, and congratulations to the originators and advisors among you all.

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    tonymac04posted 15 years ago

    I am just waking up to this idea! It seems like a great one to me.
    Has anyone volunteered to write a capston for South Africa? If not let me know and I will be happy to do so.

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    Great to have everyone! thank-you for supporting this. I have written an Official How to Hub for everyone. It is titled "Hubtrails"
    
    The project is set up in such a way that any one wanting to participate can with as little effort as possible. Please have a look at the site and if you have any questions feel free to contact me.

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       saltposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks, exactly what I was looking for... I was wanting to find out who is also working on Australia, so we can co ordinate our hubs. ie, not write about the same places.

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    rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

    Ohma, I had written princessa also about it since she is in France and has so many France hubs. I heard from her this morning and she is very interested as well. she'll be back early next week.

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       Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       That is great Rebeka when you contact her again let her know about the how to hub ok?

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       rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Exciting!  here is princessa's Paris capstone hub!!  If anyone has Paris related hubs, be sure to let her know. 
       
       http://hubpages.com/hub/Paris-Hubtrail-Capstone

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    Redelf just add the tags the feed will take care of everything else. the only thing that we are asking at this point is that everyone read my hub and then ask for clarification if needed. I would also like to ask that everyone participating promote Marisa's site just like they do their own hubs. tweet it share it on face book stumble it if you know of any good rss submission sites that would be good too.

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       RedElfposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Great - is the link to your hub further back in the thread?

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    I am posting to facebook and wherever else I can think of - will slip a link and wee promo into my next Examiner article
    
    One thing - As Canada IS part of North America, will we be included in "Americas" or just left hanging about in "All"? It would be nice to be included - and we're such nice people (Canadians)
    

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    If you tag it as hubtrail-Americas and Hubtrail-Canada it will get into the Americas feed

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    Here I am back again! Are there capstones published for England, Scotland Ireland? If so please what are the tags you are using so I can slide in under your capstone?
    
    As well, if anyone has hubs on Canada, we love to slot them in under the capstones - let me know.

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    Redelf maybe you should post this to the Hub as well so it gets seen without being burried in the forums.

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       RedElfposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Love to - I'll add it to the Canada Capstone and to each of the provincial capstones
       
       Good idea - thanks Ohma
       

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    I am finding several hubs that are being mistagged. hubtrail-(insert continent here) means insert your continent, for me in the US this is "hubtrails-americas". The same is true for the country tag again mine is "hubtrail-USA"

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    RedElfposted 15 years ago

    I have added a section to each of the capstones we have so far. We have four of thirteen provinces/territories covered and at least three more in the works
    
    Will you be adding a dropdown for Canada, as well under the Americas? That would be really great! We will have a pile o' hubs once we get them all rounded up!
    
    We have added the tag hubtrail-americas to the capstone hubs, but they only show up in the "All" section for some strange reason. They are showing up alright there (except for one which I hope will pop up soon) so that is good enough until we can sort it out - at least they are showing up on the site
    
    Thanks for all your hard work guys!
    

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    travelespressoposted 15 years ago

    Hello
    I've read the various messages about hubtrails and capstones etc.  I have set up the following URL in an unpublished hub. 
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/New-Zealand-Vac … -hubtrails
    
    Please can someone let me know if this is correct before I press the publish button.  I'm not sure which area this should come under since its not Oceania and its not Australia.  It could be Australasia but we don't have a category for that.
    
    Thanks so much.

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       saltposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       wow wonderful

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          travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks so much Salt.  Your comment is appreciated.
          
          Re your post about Australasia vs Australia - I agree but the broader category of Australasia captures other countries such as New Zealand.  Its a recognised form of grouping a bit like saying Europe, Asia etc.  Yes - its still via Oceania - Australasia - Australia (in your case).
          Hope that helps.

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    Marisa Wrightposted 15 years ago

    I've fixed it - Australia should have been Australasia

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       travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       You're wonderful Marisa.  Thank you so much.

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       Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       this is my error Marisa it is wrong on the Hubtrail hub I will edit immediatly.

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          travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          THANKS so much Ohma.  Be good to be part of the world!! Jasons's added New Zealand to the map too.  Life is GOOD!!! Haha.

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          saltposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          if I write on australia, I usually have to go via oceana and then to australia in the normal hubpages links.. are we following their lead.
          
          And I admit, I do prefer to say Australia not australasia, as if I was writing about singapore, I wouldnt be saying australasia - singapore, I would put asia or singapore.
          
          Alot of the European Hubtrails seem to have city or country names not europe first...
          
          Anyway, Marissa Im sure will direct me ..

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             Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Salt, every country lies on a continent.  European countries will have their country tag plus their continent tag.  Australia is the same - it's a country but it's part of Australasia.

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    MyWebsposted 15 years ago

    Hi I would like to participate in this. This is a great idea.
    
    Has anyone got the Nevada capstone or Las Vegas yet? Since I live in Las Vegas and drove a taxi cab around "The Strip" I know Vegas pretty well.
    
    Since there is so much to do in Las Vegas I'm thinking it could also be a capstone type hub linking to various tourist destinations here and nearby.
    
    While the Grand Canyon is neither in Las Vegas or Nevada, in my opinion Las Vegas is a perfect place to link to it from as many travel to there from here. We have tons of helicopter tours daily that go to the Grand Canyon. Can more than one hub can link to it ? Same thing for the Hoover Dam too.

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    Hauntyposted 15 years ago

    Folks!
    
    Don’t leave out the tags. Ohma explains it neatly in her hub. For full backlink support the required tags are (written in upper case letters):
    
    HUBTRAIL
    
    + (depending on the location) HUBTRAIL-AMERICAS or HUBTRAIL-EUROPE or HUBTRAIL-AUSTRALIA or HUBTRAIL-AFRICA or HUBTRAIL-OCEANIA or HUBTRAIL-ASIA & MIDDLE EAST
    
    + HUBTRAIL-COUNTRY for example HUBTRAIL-FRANCE
    
    + (optional) HUBTRAIL-CITY for example HUBTRAIL-PARIS

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       rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks, I just finished tagging some that I'm using for Europe-fRANCE.  so far I just used the continent and country tag and added the rss feed. the same hubs have been on the rss feed. when do they update? anyone know?

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       Mutiny92posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I added the tags in CAPS, but it converts them to lowercase.  Are you able to keep yours in caps after publishing?

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          Hauntyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. They don't have to be in upper case, I just wrote them like this in the post for better visibility.

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    travelespressoposted 15 years ago

    I too have the same problem Mutiny92 - my tags convert to lowercase as well.

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    it does not matter. this is one of those none issues. as long as the tag has the correct info the ie "hubtrail-whatever applies" it will work.

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    Lily Roseposted 15 years ago

    Wow, a lot has been happening here while I was out of town this week!  This looks great, Ohma!  I have written numerous hubs about Florida and would love to participate here.  I just read your new Hubtrails hub and I just wanted to clarify one step -
    
    If someone else has already created a Florida capstone, do I still need to create my own?  If so, can one of my existing hubs be my capstone hub?  Are there any specific parameters or requirements for a capstone hub?
    
    After reading through the 8 pages here and now your hub I'm confused about what tags to use - just "hubtrail" or "hubtrail-florida" or "hubtrail-usa"...
    
    Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to understand so i can participate...thanks!

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    Lily Rose
    first welcome aboard. so glad to have you!
    second both Habee and readytoescape have written capstone hubs for Fla. so you can:
    create your own,
    use an existing hub to turn into a cap 
    contact one of them to be included under their cap.
    
    Tagging if you are choosing option 1 or 2 the tags should be "hubtrail-Americas" "hubtrail-USA" "hubtrail-Florida" and "hubtrail"
    if you are choosing option 3 tag it "hubtrail-Florida" and "hubtrail"
    
    IF you choose to do your own capstone link any sub hubs to the capstone and tag them according to option 3

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    Lily Roseposted 15 years ago

    Thank you, Ohma!  Just two more questions:
    
    1. Is there any advantage to creating my own capstone, rather than being included in someone else's cap?
    
    2. Can I just call one of my existing hubs a Cap, or are there existing requirements for a Cap hub?
    
    Thanks again!

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       Richieb799posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Yes I am a little uncertain what a capstone hub is, and whether I can use an existing hub also

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    I think that when Marisa gets her site organised she will be using the feeds for the capstones. My site is also organized by those feeds.
    the general hubtrail feed that should be on all hubs is what is being used for RSS submission sites.
    the state feed is for internal use on hubs from the same site.
    
    Ideally capstones should provide a little information about the larger area that your sub hubs will detail. Check out the existing capstones for Fla, to get an idea of what they look like. both of them are really great.

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    janiek13posted 15 years ago

    would like to participate, sounds like fun. Are there any time constraints?

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       travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Hello
       There aren't any time constraints so come aboard.  Welcome.

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    Anolindeposted 15 years ago

    Okay, I'm late to this as I just saw the thread.  Not really sure how this is done, but will try converting my travel hubs into a hubtrail as I'd love to join all of you!
    
    One question: do we each pick one country or something?  I'm in Japan, but I was born and raised in Thailand and I plan to be writing about both places.  Is that possible or do we have to stick to just one place?
    
    Oh, another question: is this gonna only be about traveling (like a travel guide) or could it be about something of that country (like food or culture)?
    
    Thanks!  I need to go cook dinner, but I will be back later!

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    travelespressoposted 15 years ago

    Hello Ohma
    
    I have just published a capstone hub on New Zealand.  Phew - it was a big effort.
    Here is the link if you would like to check it out. 
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/New-Zealand-Vac … -hubtrails
    
    I hope I've done all the links and tags right!!!

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    Great Travelespresso, I am on my way to have a look.
    
    Everyone is welcome to join. Please if you are joining Read my Hubtrail hub first if you are still confused contact me through e-mail and I will do what I can to help.

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       travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Thanks Ohma.  Your advice and support is much appreciated.  Love this concept!

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    a.l. lauriceposted 15 years ago

    What a cool idea this is!
    
    I was wondering if a particular city needs to have its own capstone hub? Or is it just included in the capstone for its state? I'd love to write some hubs on Rochester NY

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       rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I think as far as I can understand, you can do either or both.
       you can make your own capstone for a city, or use a current one you may already have and add hubs to it. just make sure you use the hubtrail tags, continent, state, and city (option).

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          a.l. lauriceposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Okay, thanks rebekahELLE! That really helped

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    frogdroppingposted 15 years ago

    Haunty pointed me at this ohma. I have a few written about Portugal. Some are modern day overviews, others are historical. Are they any good? Or want something different?
    
    *wanders off to read the hubtrail hub*

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    rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

    I have a question.
    
    If we write hubs about a city and have those hubs included in a link capsule on each hub in that city category, is it overly promotional?

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    cupid51posted 15 years ago

    My hub http://hubpages.com/hub/A-Travelers-Guide-To-India is published in the general category of http://hubtrailtravelguide.com/
    
    Can it be shifted to the country link India?

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       Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       The Hubtrails website is grouped by continent not country.  You don't have a continent tag on your Hub so that 's how it got missed.

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          cupid51posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I have added the following tags now:
          hubtrail-asia &
          hubtrail-southernAsia-india.
          
          hubtral-india.hubtrail & hubtrail-capstone was already there.
          
          Is there anything I can do to have it in India tab?

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    rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

    I'm going to write a capstone for the Tampa Bay Metro area. if anyone has hubs they want included, just send me a mail. here is a link to another post explaining it:
    http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/42634#post986433

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    tonymac04posted 15 years ago

    I have sent links to all my Hubtrail Hubs to Ohma. Please confirm that you have received them?
    Or should I post them here?

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       Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I have received them. I am updating things on my end as quickly as I can.

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          tonymac04posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks. Will be adding some more soon!

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          travelespressoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          ...and you're doing a great job.  Thanks.

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    rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

    ok. the Tampa Bay Metro Area capstone is done. I've included habees and readytoescape's florida capstone hubs and hubs I found in the Tampa Bay area. If anyone has one they would like for me to include, just send me a mail. thanks. http://hubpages.com/hub/Tampa-Bay-Metro … pstone-Hub

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    Cagsilposted 15 years ago

    *bump* this thread back up....WOOHOO! The Hubtrail continues!

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       Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Cags nice to see you back in the thick of things again.

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    Mutiny92posted 15 years ago

    Not to be too "high-maintenance" but is the hubtravelguide website picking up ALL hubtrail-country hubs?  I wrote one on the San Diego Comic Book Convention with the tag "hubtrail-americas" in it, but I was wondering if there was something else I needed to do to have it added? 
    
    I see it showed up on Ohma's site though.
    
    No biggie - just curious.

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       rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       to show up on Marisa's Hubtrail site, make sure you have the continent tag.
       hubtrail- north america.
       
       I'm not sure how often the site updates, but it will show up with the continent tag.
       
       I like your avatar!

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          Mutiny92posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          thanks!  I looked at other hubtrail posts in the site, but the only tags in common are hubtrail-usa and hubtrail-americas.  I had both of those.

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             Ohmaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             which hub are you having trouble with Mutiny?

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             rebekahELLEposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             hmm, I just put hubtrail-north america for the continent and the state and city tags.

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    Ultimate Hubberposted 15 years ago

    Guess I am a bit late on this one. Haven't been active in the forums lately. Seems live a nice idea. Ohma and the team, thumbs up!

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    cupid51posted 15 years ago

    I like to submit another 3 hubs for hubtrail India
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Cruise-At-Chilika-Lake
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Travel-Kovalam- … rala-India
    http://hubpages.com/hub/cupid51_1
    
    Thanks.

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