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

Purchase Songs On MySpace Music

Tuesday October 14, 2008
Buy Songs From MySpace Music
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Buying songs from MySpace music is a lot of fun. It's a little difficult to find the songs you want to buy at first, but once you find the song, buying it is easy. You can only buy songs that are for sale. For instance, I wanted to buy a song from Led Zeppelin, but I couldn't. I guess Led Zeppelin is not selling the rights to their songs on MySpace right now, oh well, give them some time.

I was able to find quite a few famous music artists that are selling their songs on MySpace though, so you may have a good chance finding your favorite songs. Most of the songs you'll find on MySpace Music are from independent music artists. MySpace Music is really good for the independent music artist because it gives them the chance to sell their songs and prove to the big labels that their music is worth selling....(More Info)

Was buying songs from MySpace Music easy for you? What problems did you run into? What can MySpace do to make their music service even better?

o Create a Playlist on MySpace Music
o MySpace Music Lets You Download Music
o How to Add MySpace Songs To Your MySpace Profile
o Music Video Codes for MySpace

Create a Playlist on MySpace Music

Tuesday October 14, 2008
MySpace Music Playlist
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Choose your ten favorite songs and add them to your MySpace profile playlist. When you add your MySpace playlist to your profile your friends will be able to see which songs you like. They may even be able to buy the songs right from your playlist.

I added some songs to my MySpace playlist. Some of them have buy buttons next to them. I'm curious to know if any of my MySpace friends will click on any of my songs. I'm not sure if there's a way to find that out though. If anyone knows, post it here....(More Info)

What songs do you have on your MySpace playlist?

o Purchase Songs On MySpace Music
o MySpace Music Lets You Download Music
o How to Add MySpace Songs To Your MySpace Profile
o Music Video Codes for MySpace

Incomedia WebSite X5 Web Site Creator

Tuesday October 14, 2008
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WebSite X5 is a very easy to use Web design program. When using WebSite X5 you will be taken step by step through a series of content features where you will be able to design and set up your Web site. By working through this step by step process you'll be able to create an entire Web site, with several pages, in less than an hour.

o Cool Page - Web Page Editor
o iLife for MacIntosh - Web Page Design and more
o Choose the Web Page Editor That's Right For You

Never before have I seen a Web site designer quite like this one. By following the directions, step by step, I was able to build a 5 page Web site in under 30 minutes.

I love the drag and drop feature that lets you add different sections to your Web pages. Drag in a photo section, then add the photo. Drag in a text box, then add words to your Web site. There are lots of other things you can add to your site too using Incomedia WebSite X5.

MySpace Music Lets You Download Music

Monday October 13, 2008

MySpace Music is a great way to download music on the Net. It used to be that MySpace Music only let you add your favorite songs to your MySpace profile. Now you can buy your favorite songs and even download them. Take your favorite songs with you everywhere you go after you buy them from MySpace Music.

I was really surprised to find one of my favorite bands listed on MySpace Music. I was even more surprised to find out that I could buy their songs and download them. They have some new songs that I haven't heard before, so I downloaded a few from MySpace Music. It was really easy too and only took me a few minutes. ...(More Info)

What songs have you downloaded from MySpace Music?
What do you think MySpace Music could do to make their service even better, or easier?

o Create a Playlist on MySpace Music
o Purchase Songs On MySpace Music
o How to Add MySpace Songs To Your MySpace Profile
o Music Video Codes for MySpace

Add Your Blogger Blog to Your Wikispaces Wiki

Sunday October 12, 2008
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Put your Blogger blog right into your Wikispaces wiki to create a whole Internet experience. Create a community with your Wikispaces wiki, add your Blogger blog to it and let your readers see the person behind the wiki.
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By putting your Wikispaces wiki together with your Blogger blog you will create a great personal Web site.
o Create Your Own Wiki With Wikispaces
o Start Your Own Wiki
o What You Can Do With a Wiki

If your wiki is more of a personal site then you may want to consider adding your Blogger blog to your wiki. Make it more of a personal Web site and give your readers more of a complete user experience by adding your blog to your wiki.

Your readers will now be able to read your Blogger blog right from your Wikispaces wiki. This is easy to do and will make your wiki better. Try adding your Blogger blog to your wiki and see what your readers think.

Do you have a personal blog, if so, why? Why do you tell the world about all the details of your life? Also, Have you tried a wiki yet? Give it a try and tell me what you think.

Add a YouTube Video to Your WikiSpaces Wiki

Friday October 10, 2008
Want to put the latest YouTube clip on your Wikispaces wiki? YouTube is a site that allows you to upload your videos to their site. You can also download and watch other people's videos. Now you can add the videos you want to your Wikispaces wiki.
o Create Your Own Wiki With Wikispaces
o Start Your Own Wiki
o What You Can Do With a Wiki

You created your Wikispaces wiki community and your readers want to add video to the wiki. You can now add YouTube video to your Wikispaces wiki. Choose they types of videos that would go good with your Web site and add them.

Video can add a certain something to your Web site. If a picture is worth 1000 words then what is a video worth? Adding the right videos to your wiki can really add something special to your wiki. Add a YouTube video to your Wikispaces wiki.

What kinds of videos do you like to add to your blogs?

AdSense code - Question From The Forum

Wednesday October 8, 2008
My site is hosted by aplus.net. I have tried and tried to no avail to add my Google AdSense code to my homepage source code. I used the website builder on their site because they could not accommodate the one I had previously made. I have written aplus and they told me they could not help with code. Google's forum has offered no help. I hope I am not imposing too much on your kindness, but I really need help.

When I get to the source code on my webpage, there is no head or title, just body. Google says to put the code between the head and body, but it's impossible for me to do. If you have any suggestions, I'll be more than happy to try them out.
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Using Pics Hosted Elsewhere on Blogger

Wednesday October 8, 2008
When you create a Blogger blog and you want to add photos you can link to photos you've stored on another site.
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o Add Images To Blogger Blogs From Your Computer
o Add Blogger Templates to your Blogger Blog
o Add Your Blogger Blog to Your Wikispaces Wiki

Add photos to your Blogger blog that are hosted on your online photo album or other Web site. It's really easy to do and will make your Blogger blog look so much better.

Adding photos to any Web site makes that site more personal and a better experience for your readers. If you want people to like your site and come back again and again to read your blog then you should provide them with photos.

You don't have to host your photos on Blogger. You can store them somewhere else and link to them from your Blogger blog. When you add more photos to your Blogger blog you will have a better, more personal blog. Add photos from your online photo album to your Blogger blog.

Where do you store your photos?

Add Gabbly Live Chat to your Wikispaces Wiki

Monday October 6, 2008
With Gabbly you can add live chat to your Wikispaces wiki. Now the readers of your Wikispaces wiki will be able to chat with each other using Gabbly right from your Wikispaces wiki.

Chat and wikis are meant to go together. A wiki can help you create a community and adding chat to your wiki can help keep your wiki members together.

o Create Your Own Wiki With Wikispaces
o Start Your Own Wiki
o What You Can Do With a Wiki

Add Gabbly Live Chat to your Wikispaces wiki and let all your wiki members chat with each other whenever they want. Or you can create a chat schedule with specific times for certain parts of your wiki so the members can get together and chat. If you want to create different chat rooms you can do that too.

Once you add chat your wiki becomes more of a community then it ever was before. Add Gabbly Live Chat to your Wikispaces wiki.

I want to know what you think about chat these days? Does it still have a place on today's Internet?

Also, have you tried a wiki yet? If not why? If so what can you tell others about wikis?

Meet People Online With Facebook

Saturday October 4, 2008
Facebook is an online site that lets you find people. Find people you used to know with Facebook or find out who's living around you. Create groups and events with Facebook too.
o Add and Manage Facebook Photos
o Create a MySpace.com Profile
o Your Job and Facebook, MySpace

Facebook lets you find old friends. Whether they be old high school friends, old college friends or work friends.

When you sign up you tell Facebook what schools you went to and where you work. Add a photo of you. Then start finding old friends.

The profile page that you create for your Facebook account can be as personal or as plain as you want it to be. You can add email addresses so people can contact you when they find you. Now you can meet people online with Facebook.

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