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Creating A GuestbookThe thing about the guestbook is, it's not a feature of MSN Spaces, it's a cunning use of the blog and list features. Basically, do the following:
To start with your Guestbook blog entry will be on your front page, but as you add blog entries it'll become hidden and all you're left with is a list that links directly to it. Read Permalink Tutorial for better understanding. A special thanks to Wesley for this manual. what is a Permalink?When you Publish a Blog you may need its Permailnk / URL to Link it on to one of Your Custom lists on your space or Create a Guestbook. This is How you get the Permalink:
Now you can use this URL to direct or link it anywhere on your Blog. Thanks Dev Space Media Player codes for you!Last updated on Moday, 1 May, 2006 These are codes for your Space Media Player. Now all you need to do is copy the link you need and place it in your Media Player. You can even preview them by just clicking on them. I will keep updating this page, so keep checking! Music Alien Ant farm, Smooth Criminal Black Eyed Peas, Lets get it started Boyzone, Words Brian McKnight, Back At One http://www.filelodge.com/files/room19/509148/Brian%20McKnight%20-%20Back%20At%20One.mp3CKY, Escape From Hellview DJ Annemiek, Intro gotta get Incubus, Wish you were here James Blunt, You're Beautiful Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah KoRn, Twisted Transistor My Chemical Romance, Helena Natasha Beddingfield, These words Natasha Beddingfield, Unwritten O-Zone, MayaHi Maya Ha POD, Goodbye For Now RayJ, OneWish Scooter, The logic song Usher, Yeah
Alicia Keys, Some people want it all Avril Lavigne, Losing Grip Black Eyes Peas, Where is the love? Evanescence, My immortal Evanescence, Bring Me To Life Ian Van Dahl, I can't let you go Ian Van Dahl, Where are you now? Madonna, Hung Up
Baby Plays the drums on Metallica Music (886 KB) Dog dances to music (4.29 MB) Funny Movie! ---> Guy "pushes" Porsche off of mountain (1.90 MB) Funny Cats Movie (2.71 MB) Guy Plays Piano with his "Balls" (2.01 MB) Monkey as car Security System (2.07 MB) Scary Car (448 KB) http://www.filelodge.com/files/room19/509148/scarycar.wmvSpace Crunch(781 KB) http://www.filelodge.com/files/room19/509148/spacecrunch.wmvThe Bull Fight(135 KB) http://www.filelodge.com/files/room19/509148/thebullfight.wmvI have personally checked all the links and they appear to be working fine. If you find any broken links, please let me know. And hey keep the feedback coming! Walt Mossberg's reviewWalt Mossberg reviews MSN Spaces. Here are some highlights. COOL. Quote
Thanks Mike blogging: don't sweat the little things ... oh wait, we shouldBlogging was one of the first features we released on Spaces. Since then we've gotten a lot of feedback about these 'little' things that annoy our users. Thanks to all our users out there that reported these things to us and helped us make the experience better. Who cares what date I posted my blog entry on? It's still damn good. While your blog entries are ordered reverse chronologically, doesn't mean that the date is the most important thing. Lots of people complained that the way that blog entries were displayed make it look like date was more important than the title or your content. There's something about emphasizing 'not today' that makes things seem less appealing. Well now you can change that - for those out there were content is way more important than the point in time it was posted, you can now choose to display where the date/timestamp gets shown. At the top (as it was before), or down at the bottom of the entry. Rinse, Repeat - Why can't I multi-delete comments/trackbacks on blog entries? My finger is tired from all this clicking. Yeah, we know hitting the "X", and then hitting the OK on the delete confirmation dialog is a pain in the butt, especially when you want to delete a bunch of things. Now you can multi-delete comments/trackbacks (even entries if you decide that chronicaling your love life over the last couple of months was a bad idea and you want to wipe out any record of that)
I just want to respond to a comment! You log into your space and are reading new comments and stuff. You notice a comment that someone left you, and all you want to do respond with by leaving a comment. Too bad to leave a comment you have to go to the 'preview' or public view, find that entry (which may or may not be on your front page), and then finally leave a comment. Geez I'm tired just thinking about it. Wouldn't it be nice that when you're looking at that comment, you could click a link to add a comment and magically go to that entry? Now you can! Help! I'm stuck in a category and I can't get out. Ever clicked on a category to see what else was related and then couldn't get back to the view of all entries? It's kinda silly and we agree. So we've added a link to "view all categories" which gets you back to the default view. I click on a blog entry from a contact card in messenger and then I dont know where to go OR I want to read more but I can't figure out how to get to the rest of the entries On the first thing - Previously when you clicked on a blog update from the contact card in Messenger, you landed on the permalink page (the permanent 'link' to that particular entry). It wasn't obvious that you could read more blog entries or go other places in the space. While this problem is still being solved (ie. exciting stuff coming in another release), its way easier to get to the next entry. For the second thing, users can choose how many entries they want to show on their front page. We didn't make it easy for a visitor to your space to figure out to get to the rest of your entries to keep on reading. Now there's a 'View more entries" link at the bottom of your blog module on your front page. Delete a photo from a published blog entry.
Ever clicked on add photo and then really really regretted it because there was no easy way to de-associate that photo with your blog entry? And you either had to start a new blog entry, or publish the entry and then do a scramble to delete the photo from the settings > storage page. Yeah, also not very usable. Now when you go to a blog entry that has a photo associated with it, you can easily remove it right then and there. Don't forget you should always publish your entry (after you've made changes/removed photos)
Like really, I'm SICK AND TIRED OF LOSING MY BLOG ENTRIES!
uhm, yeah, so are we. Some times I swear at my computer but that doesn't really help. Eileen (one of our super fantastic devs) worked on improving this so that this happens less. (Mind you, if you decide to unplug your computer in the middle of adding/editing a blog entry we still can't help you.)
So there you go, blogging improvements just for you. Well, ok and me...and the other millions of users on spaces. Keep the feedback coming! Thanks Karen Skobee Just Launched - So Start Using It
If you plan events with friends using email, Skobee is going to make your life a lot easier. Instead of contacting all of the friends you would like to plan an event with through the normal channels (IM, email, phone, etc.) and trying to keep things organized, Skobee has a dead simple and better way to handle it. Create a new event, put in vague (or definite) information on location and date/time, and add emails for people you’d like to include.
I’ve used Skobee to plan an event this week (see screen shot below), and all of the above functionality works pretty flawlessly. Future plans include an “after party” page where Skobee will automatically pull flickr pictures from users and incude them on the page. Noam says this will be based on picture metadata time to know if the pictures apply, although I recommended that they use flickr tags instead or in addition to the metadata from the photos. Skobee rocks. More Info on Microsoft “Expo” BetaMicrosoft has renamed its Fremont project to “Expo” and have put up a landing page, complete with a request for email once it launches. They have also included a screenshot: The Expo team, led by Garry Wiseman, has also posted information about the service, which will be tightly integrated with MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces. Listings will be free:
I have been testing the service, and there are features that are top notch. This is going to be an impressive product. Embed Flash Games in your Blog
The core technology is the same, but bunchball has changed their interface, focus and messaging. From their profile request:
The focus is now on allowing people to easily create flash games, and syndicate them to the edge on blogs and websites. I’ve embedded a version of Asteroids below, which is playable on this site. Games can be multi-player, and chat is integrated. I hope bunchball doesn’t pull an “ajchat” on me and break down. Bunchball was founded by Rajat Paharia and Sunil Singh and is based in silicon valley. Using the <HTML> FunctionThis Tool lets you add and customize stuff on your Blog entry. It basically lets you Enable HTML so you can put Extra Stuff into your Blog entry in HTML Code.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
That is all you need to know about the <HTML> Button for the moment... Now add background Music to your Blog!Not many people know about this, but it's possible to add a background music to your Blog on MSN Spaces!
Just follow these simple steps:
Note: Please keep in mind that this only works when using Internet Explorer because of some sort of ActiveX scripts stuff! If you're using another browser (FireFox, Opera, etc.), you won't be able to ear any music. Update: To get favourite music link go here. Then replace your link with your song's URL! Keep the feedback coming! Talking about Live FavoritesThe Spaces Team has just released an update to Spaces that fixes a lot of bugs and addresses some of the issues users have let us know about. For a complete list please go to The Space Craft at http://spaces.msn.com/thespacecraft. This release also includes a new module, the Windows Live Favorites Beta module. This allows you to share your selected Live Favorites on your space. Setting it up is really easy, go to the Customize menu and add it from the Modules drop down. If you don’t have a Windows Live Favorites account you’ll see a link in the module to go create one. On the Windows Live Favorites site (http://favorites.live.com/) you can even import your Favorites from your computer, which I found really helpful. Be default all of the Favorites in your account are private, so only you can see them. To make a favorite public go to the Windows Live Favorites site, right-click on the favorite, and go to Properties. Check the box for ‘Share This Favorite’, click Ok. (See the pic below) The favorite will now show up in the Public Favorites tab and will appear in the Windows Live Favorites Beta module on your Space. If you use Windows Live you can add the Windows Live Favorites gadget to your Live page. Plus there’s an add-in for the MSN Search Toolbar. Check it out. I have found Live Favorites really useful, no more adding favorites to my office desktop, laptop, and home computers, everything is right there when I need it. Update: I forgot to mention that this module is only available in the United States in Spaces created in the US market. We're looking at expanding it to other markets later. Go here for more information. Questions about sponsored linksDo you have questions about 'sponsored links'? Karen has written something really helpful.
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cash dollah bling bling!ok, that's not the name of the feature, but you can make some money off your space just doing what you do. We know you put a lot of thought into the stuff you blog about and the lists you make - so here's an incentive to keep up the good work!
(note - not all these features are available in all markets, but we're working on it)
Book lists made better with Amazon integration
Already got a list of 'what you're reading?'? Sick of all that manual data entry just to make your book list item link to SOMETHING? Well, your book lists just got better looking with the cover of the book + auto linking to amazon. The best part? You can sign up to be an amazon associate and even earn some money back from people who click through and buy the item you've listed. (You should read the Amazon Associates' terms of service - this is feature is not meant to replace your day job! Abusers beware!)
Targeted sponsored links for your blog that generate revenue with Kanoodle (add module and sign up via your space for the Spaces experience)
Been blogging on Spaces? Writing some stuff and wish you could get something out if it? You can add a Sponsored links module to your space to start generating revenue. The more you blog, the more relevant your sponsored links will be. Where do the links show up? You can place them anywhere on your space and will show up to visitors to your space, but remember, if you don't put them somewhere people can see them, then no one will click on them and you won't make any money. When you add the sponsored links to your space and create your account, we'll also show this on the blog tab so that people that click through from the contact card will also see your links. This feature is only available to users in the US and Canada, and only if you're blogging in english - don't forget to read Kanoodle's terms of service when you sign up for your account! Sorry folks :( we're working on getting similar things set up for more countries/markets.
Karen, keep up the good work! Top MSN Spaces QuestionsHi everyone! As I am sure you can imagine, we get a lot of support questions, both here on the Blog360, but also through the support system! I have cataloged the top questions! Hope this answers some questions you have!
MSN Spaces Commonly Asked Questions:
Q. Why can’t I add Photos to my Space ? A. Are you using Internet Explorer (v. 6.0 or higher)? If so, it should work. At this time, the Photo slideshow part for MSN Spaces is does not work with other browsers such as Firefox, Netscape or Safari or Internet Explorer 5.X
Q. How do I change the name (alias) for my Space ? A. You can not change the alias of your Space without first deleting your existing Space. Once you delete your existing Space, you can sign up for a new one with your Passport.
Q. Can I have multiple Passports associated with one Space? A. Currently, only one Passport can be associated with a Space.
Q. How do I delete my Space? A. Sign in to your Space, click on Settings and select the Space Settings tab. At the bottom of the page, click on the “Delete my space” option and confirm. Reminder that once you chose to delete it, you can’t get the information back. If you think you might want to return to MSN Spaces in the future, you could set your Space to private so only you can view it. Then, if you decide in the future that you want to start using Spaces again, you can change the setting to Public or Messenger only.
Q. How do I change the color or background of my Space? A. Changing the color or background of your Space is easy. Simply sign into your Space, click on Customize and select the Themes tab. Then select the theme from a list of more than 85 that interests you. Be sure to click on the Save button in the top right of the page to apply your new theme. You can also use the Tweak UI Power Toy that is discussed on this site.
Q. How can I let other people add entries to my blog ? A. Currently, MSN Spaces does not support the concept of a group blog and this has been logged as a future feature request.
Q. Can I store (audio or video) files on my Space ? A. MSN Spaces allows you to store Photo files only at this time.
Q. My space is showing up in the wrong language, how do I correct this? A. You can reset the language of your MSN Spaces page by navigating to the following pages:
Q. Why can’t I view Photos in full size on a Space A. Check your cache setting in your browser- it may be full. To clear the cache, please follow these steps: 1. Open Internet Explorer. 2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. 3. On the General tab, click “Delete files under Temporary Internet Files.” 4. Select “Delete all offline content”, and then click OK. 5. Click Settings. 6. Under “Check for newer versions of stored pages” , select the “Every visit to the page” option, click OK, and then click OK again More on Live FavoritesHow many times have you found a really cool web site that you want to share with your friends? How many times have you been asked a question that can be answered with a web site you’ve seen before, and now you have to go find it and send it out again? You’ve spent so much time browsing the internet, collecting your favorite links, carefully organizing and sorting them. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to share them with your friends or the world? Now you can with Windows Live Favorites and the now available Live Favorites Spaces module.
How does this work?
Live Favorites allows you to store, sort, and share your Internet Favorites online. You create an account in Live Favorites and add your internet favorites. You can then access your favorites anytime, anywhere and then you can share them with friends and others.
With Live Favorites you can:
Access your favorites anytime, anywhere by signing into the Live Favorites website
Import / Export your favorites using the Live Favorites MSN Toolbar Plug-in Share your favorites via MSN Spaces and the new Windows Live Favorites sharing module How do I get started?
There are two parts to this: creating your Live Favorites account and sharing your favorites.
To create your Live Favorites account: go to http://favorites.live.com and click the “Sign In” link in the upper right-hand corner. Once you sign in via Passport, your account will be created for you. Now start uploading your favorites:
Use the “Add Favorite” button in the upper left-hand corner to add a new favorite
Use the “Import” button in the upper left-hand corner to import your favorites from Internet Explorer Download and install the Live Favorites Toobar Plug-In for MSN Toolbar to have access to both of these features from your toolbar To share your favorites, do the following:
If you use the “Add Favorite” button on the web-site, select the option to share the favorite
If you import your favorites, go to the web site, select a favorite, right click, go to “Properties”, and select to share the favorite You can now show others your shared favorites by simply adding the “Windows Live Favorites” module to your Space.
Please note that the “Windows Live Favorites” module is currently only available in the United States (English). We will be extending support to international markets soon, please stay tuned to the Live Favorites Space for updates.
For more info, see the Live Favorites Space at http://spaces.msn.com/livefavorites. Link us
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Just add us to one of your Custom List. URL: http://spaces.msn.com/blogart360 [copy-paste] Store Web Content Offline with Webaroo
Webaroo indexes the “highest quality” websites for content and creates topic based web packs for download. The content in those webpacks is stored offline on your computer and updated periodically. To test it, I fired up my old PC, installed the 5 MB application, and downloaded the World News and San Francisco web packs. You can also ask Webaroo to index specific websites for offline viewing. I added TechCrunch.
Webaroo also allowed me to choose to index the content linked to from the site, so links from TechCrunch were also viewable. Great feature. Webaroo is also available for mobile devices running the Windows Pocket PC operating system. And they announced their first deal with a PC manufacturer, Acer, to pre install Webaroo on new Acer laptops. More on Memeorandum. Multi-Player : Live broadcasting, Chat , Video, Audio and pictures
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Now you have to get the Stickam player into your space so that visitors can see those media file you add and also chat and see you in real-time.
P.S. Can tend to get laggy and make your space slow. Skins for your Flash Audio PlayerRemember the Flash Audio Player? Well if you didn't get it before you sure will want it now. Choose from a variety of themes and sizes...
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