Wiley MySpace For Dummies, 2nd Edition 978-0-470-27555-9 User Manual
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978-0-470-27555-9
MySpace For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Par t II: The MySpace Community ................................ 57
Chapter 4: Friending the MySpace Way. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Getting Your Friending On ........................................................................... 59
The Almighty Friend Request ...................................................................... 60
Breaking Down the Friend Request ............................................................. 60
The Almighty Friend Request ...................................................................... 60
Breaking Down the Friend Request ............................................................. 60
Finding some friends ........................................................................... 60
To send or to receive, that is the question ...................................... 64
To send or to receive, that is the question ...................................... 64
What Being a Friend Really Means .............................................................. 70
Managing the Masses .................................................................................... 71
Managing the Masses .................................................................................... 71
Using the Address Book ...................................................................... 71
To Friend or not to Friend?................................................................. 73
To Friend or not to Friend?................................................................. 73
The Top Friends Phenomenon .................................................................... 73
Getting your Top Friends in order ..................................................... 74
Deleting a Friend ............................................................................................ 76
Chapter 5: Staying in Touch via MySpace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Getting to Know the Tools ............................................................................ 79
Message Management with the Mail Center .............................................. 80
Message Management with the Mail Center .............................................. 80
Creating and sending a message ........................................................ 83
Replying to a received message ......................................................... 86
Forwarding, saving, and deleting received messages ..................... 87
Replying to a received message ......................................................... 86
Forwarding, saving, and deleting received messages ..................... 87
Communicating with Comments ................................................................. 89
If you comment me, I’ll comment you ............................................... 91
Posting a Profile Comment ................................................................. 92
Deleting a Profile Comment ................................................................ 93
Posting a Profile Comment ................................................................. 92
Deleting a Profile Comment ................................................................ 93
Messaging the Masses with Bulletins ......................................................... 94
Locating the Bulletin Space ................................................................ 95
Creating and sending a bulletin ......................................................... 96
Whoops! Deleting a bulletin .............................................................. 100
Creating and sending a bulletin ......................................................... 96
Whoops! Deleting a bulletin .............................................................. 100
Instant Access with Instant Messaging ..................................................... 101
Tying It All Together ................................................................................... 103
Tying It All Together ................................................................................... 103
Chapter 6: Blogging on MySpace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
What Should I Blog? .................................................................................... 105
Knowing your audience .................................................................... 106
Writing about what you know .......................................................... 106
Writing about what you know .......................................................... 106
Creating and Posting Your Blog ................................................................. 107
It’s all subjective ................................................................................ 107
Your body of work ............................................................................. 108
Attention to detail .............................................................................. 110
Your body of work ............................................................................. 108
Attention to detail .............................................................................. 110
Customizing Your Blog ............................................................................... 112
Making general page settings ........................................................... 112
Heads up: Modifying your page header .......................................... 114
Heads up: Modifying your page header .......................................... 114
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