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By Linda Roeder, About.com Guide to Personal Web Pages since 1998

How To Make MySpace a Private Space

Saturday November 22, 2008
You want to create your own private social network on MySpace but you don't want other MySpace members sending you messages or even seeing your profile.
MySpace Privacy Settings
Make your MySpace your own private space. Your MySpace friends can still see your profile and send you messages, but no one else.

MySpace does not have to be public. You can make your MySpace page as private or public as you want it to be by changing some settings.

Do you like your MySpace profile private or public? Do you only want to talk to your own group of friends or are you out there trying to make more friends all the time?

o MySpace IM
o Create a MySpace.com Profile
o Unofficial MySpace Toolbar

Add Images To Blogger Blogs From Your Computer

Friday November 21, 2008
Want to add photos to your Blogger blog but don't want the hassle of uploading them first.
Skyscraper and Sky Tower
Image by kodiak01 from StockXchng #85068
Here's how you can quickly add photos to your Blogger blog right from your new entry page.
o Create Your Yahoo! 360° Blog
o Add Your Blogger Blog to Your Wikispaces Wiki
o Using Pics Hosted Elsewhere on Blogger

Do you have a bunch of photos on your computer that you want to add to your Blogger blog? Adding your photos to your Blogger blog is pretty easy.

Once you add photos to your Blogger blog you will have a blog that is more complete and more personal. This is the kind of blog that people want to read. When people read blogs they want to see photos. It makes it easier for them to connect with the personal they are reading about. Add photos to your Blogger blog.

How do you add photos to your blog? Do you add them straight from your computer or do you link to them from another site?

10 Gifts For the Personal Web Writer in Your Family

Thursday November 20, 2008

I though long and hard about what a person who spends a lot of time on their home computer writing their own personal website would need. I also though about what kinds of things I would want to make my life easier while I'm sitting here writing this website for you. I came up with 10 gifts that I know I would love to have, and I think you may want to have too. If you don't, I'm sure you have someone on your gift list who will.

I didn't choose just any old things. I put some thought into what the best of each item would be, without the high price. These are items that I would buy myself. I hope they help you in your search for the perfect gift for the web writer in your life....(More Info)

o Techie Gifts for Web Design Beginners
o 4 Cute Interactive Gifts on Facebook
o Let's Do a Gift Swap
o 10 Inexpensive Gifts for Bloggers

What's your favorite gift from this list? If an item from your wish list is not on here, what would you want instead?

Comments: Profile Editor Help, Adsense Code, MySpace Editor

Wednesday November 19, 2008
alisha says:

"Ok,I used the profile editor that Tom just improved even more and it messed up my profile so much.I was scared.My profile was cool and then I couldn’t chanqe anythinq,and my comments and friends were showinq and no code would hide them.Until I realized all you have to do is qo back to the customize thinq and click qo back and then somethinq pops up and asks you if you would like to qo start from scratch or qo back to profile 1.0. Just click that.And its back to normal aqain.(: " ... Leave a Comment

mrtruckster says:

"I hope you can solve a stupid problem with my computer Im getting a lot of popups when Im browsing the internet, sometimes even when Im not at the computer, I leave it on for an hour and when I get back I have 2-3 popups that have appeared from nowhere. How can I remove this? Im really not intrested in finding adult friends or downloading a new screen saver" ... Help Him Out

rul says:

"how to move contct box..repet back..move!!!..and hide about me section on my profile???…pliz..ned it.. " ... Help Him Out

Let's Do a Gift Swap on Facebook

Wednesday November 19, 2008
Facebook Gift Swap
Image from Facebook

Come on guys, who wants to do a gift swap with me on Facebook? It's going on right now and you can join me. All you have to do is join the Facebook Gift Swap and start swapping gifts.

None of my friends have signed up for it yet, so I have no one to swap with. Make me your Facebook friend and we can swap gifts.

o Send Facebook Gifts
o Facebook Greeting Cards

Christmas Backgrounds, Themes and More for MySpace

Tuesday November 18, 2008

Here we are with the holiday season upon us again. It comes up fast, and before we know it, it's December and we still haven't done any decorating on our Web sites. Creating a holiday theme in our homes for the holidays is important to many of us. Creating a holiday theme on our Web sites can be just as important for some.

For that I have gathered together some holiday backgrounds that you can use on your MySpace site to decorate it for the holiday season. There are backgrounds and then there's more. So many different things that you can use to decorate your MySpace site for the holidays, you just may end up spending the whole day on it.

o MySpace Templates by MySpace Pimper.com
o Pimp MySpace.org - MySpace Avatars
o MySpace IM - Instant Messaging for MySpace

Besides holiday backgrounds you'll also find MySpace layouts and themes, animations, banners, clip art, cursors, dividers, glitter graphics, icons and more. You'll find all sorts of holiday themed MySpace items items for your holiday MySpace profile. Santa, reindeer, snow flakes, presents, ornaments, elves, Christmas trees, mistletoe, you name it.

Add Blogger Templates to your Blogger Blog

Saturday November 15, 2008
Add a cool Blogger template to your Blogger blog. Make your Blogger blog look better by adding a cool Blogger template to it. Your new Blogger template will change your Blogger blog's colors, layout, image placement and more. Change the way your Blogger blog looks and feels. Personal is what a blog should be so make it that way. Choose your own personal colors, choose your own personal layout, change the whole thing. Your blog is just that, yours, so why not make it that way. You don't have to put up with our personal Blogger blog looking boring and ugly anymore. Add a Blogger template that you like to your Blogger blog and make it look great, and personal.

Free Clip Art For Your Christian Web Site

Friday November 14, 2008
Free clip art to help you decorate your Christian Web site. There is free clip art for Christmas, Easter and other Christian holidays.
Dove
Image by Atlantic Fish
Find free clip art of crosses, doves, Jesus and much more. Find the Christian clip art you need.

o Jewish Clip Art
o Christian Music Clip Art
o Christian Clip Art Links

If you are going to build a Web site to celebrate a Christian holiday or Christianity in general then you should look through some of this Christian clip art. Even if you just like Christian graphics you may find something you like in one of these collections.

Adding clip art to your site really makes it stand out and look better. If all your site has is a collection of words people may not want to read it. Too much reading. If you add some graphics to emphasize your words people are more likely to stay on your site and read it.

If you know of a great place to get free Christian clip art let us know.

Send Holiday Gifts from Facebook

Wednesday November 12, 2008
With birthdays all year around and holidays abounding here and there, this holiday gifts application is just what Facebook needed. People love to get and give gifts for all sorts of things, now they can do it on Facebook.
Birthday Gifts on Facebook
Image from Facebook

o Cool Greeting Cards for Facebook
o Personalized Profile Cards
o Where I've Been Map

It's fun to send out gifts to your friends, even virtual ones. It's even more fun receiving them. It lets you know that you're being thought about. That makes you want to give out more gifts. You're going to have a lot of fun sending and receiving gifts on Facebook with your friends.

This Facebook gift giving application is free to use. Most of the gifts are free to send, a few of them cost, but it's a very small fee.

After you've tried the holiday gift application, come back here and tell me which gifts you liked best. Also, make a list of other gifts you'd like to have seen on this application.

Your MySpace and You - Getting Started With MySpace and Beyond

Tuesday November 11, 2008

Here's a MySpace walk through tour just for you. You're going to find out everything from how to set up your own MySpace account to how to design your own MySpace profile. Then you'll learn about adding groups to your MySpace and how to stay safe while surfing on MySpace.

I have been on MySpace for several years. I may not get into friend collecting, but I do have some cool toys on my MySpace for my friends to play with. I change the look of my MySpace profile every once in a while to keep it fresh and new. I get bored easily.

I want to show you how to do all the things I've learned about on MySpace. If you have any questions or comments about MySpace, post them here and I'll see what I can do to help you....(More Info)

o MySpace Templates
o Add a Clock to MySpace
o Change Your Cursor on MySpace

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