Wednesday, 22 August 2007
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NON-ENGLISH CONTENT ON XANGA
Have you ever posted content in Chinese (or another language) and gotten a bunch of strange symbols instead
To fix such language display problems, we're making changes to the way Xanga displays content in your browser (thanks Justin!). If this applies to you, we need your help! We've put the changes on a *test* site here:All you need to do is use the above link to browse Xanga like you normally do. If you notice any language display problems, please leave a comment or let us know on the Languages forum at:
Thanks!
Wednesday, 03 January 2007
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WHO IS IN THAT PHOTO?
Recently we launched User Tags for weblog posts, which allowed Xangans to tag Friends mentioned in their posts. Thanks to Patrick, now you can tag Friends on your photos as well - just go to your Photo Manager, select the photo you wish to edit, and add User Tags of yourself or your Friends!
Here are a couple of ways that I might use User Tags:- Write a post about my friend's New Year's party, and tag him so that he knows I had a great time
- Post photos of the baby shower I went to last week, and tag the mother-to-be
If you're my Friend, you can check out all the items where I've been tagged (if we're not Friends yet, you can invite me to be your Friend
):
Have fun tagging your posts and photos, and... Happy New Year!
- Write a post about my friend's New Year's party, and tag him so that he knows I had a great time
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
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USER TAGS
Have you ever mentioned a friend in a post and then called them to say "Hey, check out my Xanga!"? Or had a friend mention you in a post, but you didn't see it until weeks later??
With User Tags, it just got a lot easier to find posts that mention you! A User Tag is a special type of tag that allows you to link your posts to your Friends on Xanga. For example, on this post, I've tagged myself and Patrick for programming this new feature
.We've added some safeguards to protect your privacy. For now, you can only tag yourself and your Friends, and only your Friends can view the page that lists all the items where you've been tagged (click on the username in the User Tags module). In addition, if you're tagged on another Xanga site, you can still remove that User Tag by visiting the page and clicking on "remove" next to your username (of course, you need to be signed in first).
To add User Tags to your weblog, just open up a New Weblog Entry or edit an existing post:
Please check it out - we'd love to hear what you think!
Monday, 27 November 2006
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INTRODUCING XANGA NETWORKS - BETA
Introducing Xanga Networks, a more private way to keep in touch with groups of friends!
A lot of people join Xanga to keep in touch with their friends at school, at church, at work... Wouldn't it be great if there was an easy way to find and connect with each group of friends? Some people have been using blogrings to do just that, but of course that can be less than private. So we've created Xanga Networks, a more private/exclusive way to keep in touch.
You can create a network for your high school, college, company, organization, or military group. Best of all, *only* network members can access pages within the network. In fact, you need a special key to join a network, such as a confirmed email address from that network – for example, name@somecollege.edu could be used to join the “Some College” network (note: this is not a real school
). And if your
network isn't listed yet, you can simply create it and be the first to
join!
Thanks to Patrick, Xanga Networks is officially in beta testing - please check it out, and let us know what you think:
Update: You can now check out the new Networks module on my site to see which networks I've joined!
Tuesday, 26 September 2006
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WEBLOG TAGS GONE GLOBAL!
Patrick just launched global Weblog Tags! Here's how it works: if you tag a public post, it'll be shared with the Xanga community. For example, here are all the posts tagged "xangatags":
If you'd like your post to appear on this global tags page, just 1) write a new public post about tags and how you plan on using them on Xanga, 2) tag it with "xangatags" and 3) submit it. Just don't forget to tag your post - thanks!
Mary
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- Name: Mary
- Member Since: 3/25/2001
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