Windows Live Spaces Product Details

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The following product details were retrieved directly from Windows Live Spaces, at http://help.live.com.

Spaces is your place on the Web to share your thoughts, photographs, and interests with others. Whether you want to meet like–minded people, write a blog (Short for weblog. An online journal. Each entry typically contains personal thoughts and Web links, with the newest entries listed first.) about your favorite music, or simply share your photos with friends and family, the tools you need are here.

Create a profile

You can create a profile of yourself to share information such as your e–mail address, space address, or interests. You can share this information with your friends and family or other people on Windows Live.

Protect your online identity

You can set permissions levels for your space and for your profile information. The permissions settings control who can see your space and your profile information. When you first create your space, the permissions setting for your space is set to Everyone, meaning that anyone on the Web can see your space. For more information about changing the permissions setting for your space or your profile, see About setting permissions.

Customize your space

You can make your space reflect your individuality. You can change the background colors and graphics as well as the layout of information to give your space a unique look. You can decide what kind of content you want to include in your space, such as an Xbox Live Gamer scorecard or a custom RSS (Really Simple Syndication. A type of Web feed designed for the easy sharing of headlines, blog posts, and other Web content.) or ATOM (An XML–based syndication format that is used to publish headlines of the latest updates on blogs and websites for retrieval by users and other sites.) feed. You can even change the language used for your space.

Create a blog

Share your opinions with friends and family or the world when you write in your online journal. You can blog about anything you want, from movies you’ve seen to parties you’ve attended. You can blog daily, weekly, or whenever you want. You can also include a photograph with a blog entry to make your descriptions even richer.

Share your photographs

Create online photo albums to show off your digital photographs. Visitors to your space can view your photos in a slideshow presentation and, if you allow it, make comments on your photos. You can store as many as 500 pictures per month on your space.

Share your taste in music, books, and movies

You can create lists of your favorite music, books, or movies and include links to other websites. Visitors can learn more about your favorites by following the links in your lists.

Find like–minded people

You can find other people who share your same interests. You can also explore other spaces.

Create a list of friends

You can create a list of friends and keep their contact card information on your space. When you explore other spaces that contain a friends list, you can add people from that list to your friends list and increase your network of online contacts.

Publish from your mobile phone

Even when you’re away from your computer, you can keep your space up to date. You can take a picture with your mobile phone and post the picture on your space. You can also send a text message from your mobile phone to your blog.

Earn money from your space

You can earn money from your space when visitors click through the links in your book list and make purchases from Amazon.com. You can also earn money based on the content of your blog when you add sponsored links to your space.

Notes

Spaces is designed to work with latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. To get the latest version of Internet Explorer, visit the Internet Explorer website.

The content of your space must adhere to the Windows Live Spaces Code of Conduct.