Frequently Asked Questions

LBI Link.com is essentially "an organized Facebook without the noise", designed especially for Long Beach Island & Mainland businesses & organizations. As a business or organization, you can post your featured items, photos, daily specials, open houses and much more.
Viewers of the site can print the posts, or share them with family and friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter, all with a single click. Your posts appear on the LBI Link home page in chronological order, most recent first. Then, you can sort the posts by your interest. If you want to see Restaurant posts, click Restaurants in the left hand navigation column, and you’ll see only Restaurant posts.
You can sort posts by more than 50 categories, so it’s easy to find exactly what you want on LBI Link.com. You can also sort posts by the name of the business, by the date of the post, or by the town of the post. Just click sort by town or location, then click on the town, and you’ll see all the posts in that town. It’s fast and easy for anyone to stay up to date with what LBI & Mainland businesses have to offer. 24 / 7!

You can fill out the registration form at http://lbilink.com/registration-form/ and one of our representatives will contact you to review your information and set up your posting account.

In the top left-hand corner of our site you'll find the Register • Log in links.
Register and login links
On the next page, you will be asked for the user name and password that you created or that we emailed to you.

As soon as you log in, you’ll be taken to your profile page. On the right column, under your profile logo, you’ll find the “Edit Profile” button. edit options
From here you can add locations, tell your customers a little about company, provide a link to your website and even a link to your company’s Facebook. You can also change your logo, upload pictures and link to your LBITV.com videos, and even provide sample menus for your restaurant!

After logging in to your profile, the center column of the web page will show blank fields for you to fill in. You have to make a simple headline and provide some further details in every post.
posting form

You can also upload up to three pictures and a link to your website.
Upload pictures & links
You can attach up to 3 image files per post. Before submitting you post, you must upload the images by pressing the “Upload” button after selecting the images you want to attach.

Below those options are a series of category checkboxes that will help classify your post and make them, and you easier to find.
Categories
If you're not sure what categories to add to your posts, the category menu in the left hand column can serve as a helpful guide. It gives you detailed examples of the types of things that fall under the various categories ("Shoes" & "Gifts" fall under the Shopping category for example).

Yes you can. You can upload .jpg, .gif and .png image files, with a maximum file size of 3 MB. Image files attached to a post will display with a thumbnail. If you have a .pdf file you would like to post as an image, you can convert the pdf file into an image for free at one of the following sites:
http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-jpg
http://www.zamzar.com/

Currently you can only upload .jpg, .gif and .png image files, with a maximum file size of 3 MB. You can crop, resize & make edits to you photos online for free at http://www.picresize.com/, and then save the new files to your computer before attaching them to a post.

If you are experiencing any trouble uploading or need additional help resizing your files, fill out our support form or email us directly at post@lbilink.com

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