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Table des matières

• Introduction

  1
• Introduction

  1
• About This Book

  1
• Conventions Used in This Book

  2
• Foolish Assumptions

  3
• How This Book Is Organized

  4
• Part I: MySpace Overview and Basics

  4
• Part II: The MySpace Community

  4
• Part III: Customizing MySpace

  5
• Part IV: Capturing Your Audience

  5
• Part V: The Part of Tens

  5
• Icons Used in This Book

  5
• Where to Go from Here

  6
• Par t I: MySpace Overview and Basics

  7
• Par t I: MySpace Overview and Basics

  7
• Chapter 1: Diving into the MySpace Pool

  9
• Whose Space? MySpace!

  9
• The people in your MySpace neighborhood

  11
• The allure of MySpace

  13
• The Nuts and Bolts of MySpace

  16
• Is MySpace Safe?

  18
• The MySpace Developer Platform

  21
• Chapter 2: Enlisting in the MySpace Army

  23
• Becoming MySpace Member #236,485,972

  24
• Name, Rank, Serial Number, E-mail Address . .

  25
• Showing Off Your Profile

  30
• Setting your name and Web address

  30
• Answering the question “Who does this person think he is?”

  33
• Making Account Changes

  40
• Chapter 3: Staying Safe on MySpace

  43
• Having a Private Profile on MySpace

  44
• Additional Privacy Settings

  48
• The Settings: Spam window

  48
• Blocking the unwanted members of MySpace

  50
• Alerting MySpace for Safety’s Sake

  54
• Par t II: The MySpace Community

  57
• 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
• Finding some friends

  60
• To send or to receive, that is the question

  64
• What Being a Friend Really Means

  70
• Managing the Masses

  71
• Using the Address Book

  71
• 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
• Creating and sending a message

  83
• 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
• Messaging the Masses with Bulletins

  94
• Locating the Bulletin Space

  95
• Creating and sending a bulletin

  96
• Whoops! Deleting a bulletin

  100
• Instant Access with Instant Messaging

  101
• 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
• Creating and Posting Your Blog

  107
• It’s all subjective

  107
• 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
• Customizing . . . on the side

  115
• The main event: Blog Post Settings

  115
• Changing the background

  116
• Using a Custom Style Sheet

  117
• Safe Blogging

  117
• Your Subscription

  118
• Spreading the Word

  119
• Comments, Please?

  120
• Chapter 7: Keeping Up with MySpace

  121
• Update! Update! Update!

  121
• Receiving e-mail notifications

  122
• Getting notifications on your cell phone

  124
• to Access MySpace

  126
• Connecting to MySpace with PDAs

  126
• I IM, DO U?

  127
• Get it in your system

  127
• Adding Friends

  128
• Making a voice connection

  128
• Always changing

  129
• Doesn’t play nice with others

  129
• Chapter 8: Staying on Schedule with MySpace

  131
• Organizing Your Events

  131
• Getting the party started

  132
• You’re invited!

  137
• Using Your MySpace Calendar

  140
• Making your calendar your own

  140
• I’ll pencil you in

  141
• But wait, there’s more!

  143
• Chapter 9: Getting In with the In-Crowd

  145
• Understanding MySpace Groups

  145
• Joining up

  146
• Starting your own

  147
• Managing your group

  150
• Utilizing the Classified Ads

  151
• Browsing the ads

  152
• Posting an ad

  153
• Managing your ads

  154
• Replying to ads

  155
• Taking a Look at Forums

  155
• Explaining forums

  155
• Why should we use the forums?

  158
• Chat versus forums

  159
• School and Work Communities

  160
• Rate Your Professor

  161
• Par t III: Customizing MySpace

  163
• Par t III: Customizing MySpace

  163
• Chapter 10: Your MySpace Photo Album

  165
• Getting Your Pictures Ready for MySpace

  165
• Using the correct file format

  166
• Making sure you have the right file size

  167
• Naming your photo file

  168
• Adhering to the content policy

  168
• Finding Places to Host Your Images

  169
• Beam Me Up! — Loading Your Photos on MySpace

  170
• Managing Your Photo Page

  172
• Tag, You’re It!

  175
• Chapter 11: Sound and Movies

  177
• Adding a Profile Song

  177
• Planning your setlist

  177
• Putting on the hits

  178
• Adding Video to Your Profile

  179
• Finding video

  179
• Using your homemade movies

  182
• Putting on a show

  183
• Reviewing and commenting on videos

  184
• Tuning in to MySpace TV

  185
• Chapter 12: Customizing Your MySpace Page

  187
• Customization Restrictions on MySpace

  187
• First Things First

  188
• Doing It Yourself

  189
• How long did that take you?

  189
• Well, hello HTML! Tag — you’re it!

  190
• Adding HTML

  192
• Can we ask you a question?

  193
• Taking the Easy Way Out

  193
• See What Develops

  199
• Adding More Building Blocks

  200
• Get all you can

  200
• Manage your stable

  202
• Par t IV: Capturing Your Audience

  205
• Par t IV: Capturing Your Audience

  205
• Chapter 13: Marketing the MySpace Way

  207
• The Ultimate Online Social Community

  208
• Deciding Whether MySpace Is the Right Place

  210
• Evaluating the MySpace audience

  211
• The ability to build an audience

  211
• New rules, new expectations

  213
• Real-World Marketing versus MySpace Marketing

  215
• Measuring Your MySpace Success

  217
• Chapter 14: Rockin’ in the MySpace World

  219
• Music — the Foundation of MySpace

  219
• Getting Your Music onto MySpace

  221
• MySpace Music Profile Options

  224
• Upcoming Shows

  225
• Band Details

  228
• Basic Info

  229
• Manage Songs

  229
• Listing Info

  234
• MySpace — a Music Fan’s Paradise

  235
• The almighty MySpace Music Player

  235
• Top Artist listings

  237
• Music Videos

  238
• Finding live shows

  238
• The future of music on MySpace

  239
• Chapter 15: Finding Your Place on MySpace

  241
• Build It, and They Will Come

  241
• MySpace Filmmakers

  242
• Opportunity awaits

  242
• Perks of a MySpace Filmmaker profile

  243
• Creating your Filmmaker profile

  244
• Managing your Filmmaker profile

  247
• The MySpace Film portal

  253
• MySpace Comedians

  255
• Joining the MySpace Comedy community

  255
• Creating your Comedy profile

  256
• Managing your MySpace Comedy profile

  257
• The Beginning of MySpace Services

  261
• MySpace Movies

  261
• MySpace Books

  262
• MySpace Jobs

  263
• MySpace News

  264
• Par t V: The Part of Tens

  267
• Par t V: The Part of Tens

  267
• Chapter 16: Ten MySpace Tools for Staying Safe

  269
• Set Your Profile to Private

  269
• Require E-mail or Last Name to Add as a Friend

  270
• Approve Comments

  270
• Limit Access to Your Blogs

  271
• Keep Your Name Out of Search

  271
• Hide Your Photos

  272
• Limit Your Instant Message Access

  272
• Block Messages from Non-Friends

  272
• Filter Group Invites

  273
• Blocking Users

  273
• The Delete Key Is Your Friend

  274
• Contacting MySpace

  274
• Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Keep Away from MySpace Bad Guys

  275
• Don’t Take MySpace to the Real World

  275
• Don’t Talk to Strangers

  276
• Don’t Use Your Real Name

  276
• Don’t Post Contact Information

  277
• Don’t Leave Unwanted Clues

  277
• Don’t Post Anything You Don’t Want Your Mother to See

  277
• Play Nice with Others

  278
• Don’t Share Your Account

  278
• Always Sign Out

  279
• Use a Separate E-mail Address

  279
• Chapter 18: Ten MySpace Resources

  281
• Thomas’ Myspace Editor

  281
• MySpace Toolbox

  282
• Glitter Graphics

  282
• Tools For MySpace

  282
• GIMP

  282
• Windows Movie Maker

  283
• iMovie

  283
• Audacity

  283
• Quizilla

  284
• Spell Check

  284
• Chapter 19: Ten Other Social-Net working Sites

  285
• Facebook

  285
• Classmates.com

  286
• Ning

  286
• Bebo

  287
• Xanga

  287
• Orkut

  287
• Flickr

  288
• YouTube

  288
• Webkinz and Club Penguin

  288
• Dogster and Catster

  289
• Index

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• Index

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