Get familiar with Yahoo! Mash

Information Yahoo! 360 ^o will be deactivated in early 2008, causing the Vietnamese blogger community to stir and many bloggers managed to " go ahead of time ", switching to Yahoo Mash. This article will give you some useful information in building your new ' virtual home ' with this service.

Conditions to get a Yahoo! Mash, blogger needs to have an invite from Mashing. Find a invite from Yahoo! Mash is not difficult either. You just go to the Google search page, type the keyword 'invite, Yahoo! Mash 'and find a member of Yahoo! Mash please invite. Almost all bloggers are willing to offer invite for you.

Once you have invite, just click on the link of the invitation below the words' Check it out! '. The new page appears, you choose either " Keep it " or " Create new " that you have become a member of Yahoo! Mash.

Yahoo! Mash has 5 basic components, that is: Your Profile; Pulse; Friends; Settings and Modules. Now you just need to finish those components.

Your Profile

First you will see the words' Click here to say something . 'at the top, next to the avatar. When hovering over here the yellow color will appear, select the left mouse button. New window appears, type the content like blast of 360 ^o . If you want to replace the image, click Change Photo to replace the avatar.

About Me : Includes 16 self-explanatory sentences about yourself. When you click on each sentence, the box will appear, you can use HTML code to describe yourself for more vivid.

My Stuff : Like writing entries of Yahoo! 360o, you can add arbitrary text or html code.

Blurt : Can only be used with normal text, just like Yahoo! 360 ^o .

Guestbook : As a place for Mashing comments, it is especially possible to use html code like writing an entry of Yahoo! 360o.

Style this profile : Where to decorate Yahoo! Mash. Background Image URL supports both animation and unlimited size and image size. There are many modes to choose from: tile, center, top, bottom. Module color: background color of modules. Border color: the border color of modules. Font color: font color. Link color: font color with link.

Customize this page by adding cool stuff! : You can add modules from here. Select the Main column (the module will be on the left, wide interface), the Right column (module on the right).

Friends : [+] add a friend used to invite by email or add nicks in Y's address book M has joined Mash.

Tag : used to type search keywords, if you want to delete the tag, click on the '-'

The mash pets : feed virtual pets on Yahoo! Mash. When edit will appear a line to paste the animal image link.

Pulse

Here you can see all activities in Yahoo! Mash yourself and your friends. Even someone who posts in a guestbook of friends or friends sends invite to anyone.

Friends

Add a friend use to invite using email or add nicks in Y's address book! M joined Mash. The limitation of Friends is that it is impossible to add new groups.

Settings

Permission : Allows anyone to view profiles, edit profiles, post in your guesbook.

Notifications : Notify when there is a change on Mash.

Email management : Select email to receive notifications, not necessarily Yahoo.

Simple URL : select the link for Yahoo! Mash your http://mash.yahoo.com/ID_Yahoo

People I've blocked : The list of users blocked by you .

Modules

There are many modules to choose from, in addition to the main modules, there are more than 30 modules to choose from. For the modules that have been created, when the mouse is hovered, 4 arrows appear. You can move up, down, right, left.

Yahoo! Mash confirmed, the transition from Yahoo! 360 ^o will take place very smoothly and naturally in early 2008. However, if you are not patient enough to wait, you can refer to the above information to create a Yahoo! Mash, become a member of this new home with many features.

Phuong Nguyen