MeVu: Easily Share Your Web Presence with Others
October 8th, 2007
It seems like everyone I know has multiple presences on the web. Whether it be on Facebook, MySpace, or some other social network combined with Flickr, Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, etc. Plus they probably have their own blog and/or website. Instead of sharing these independently with your friends, you can use MeVu to link to all of your pages and just hand out your MeVu address. That way you only have to update one URL to inform others of any new places you have established on the web.
Go to MeVu and register your account name. You will be emailed a password almost immediately. Once you have your password, log into your account. The first thing you will want to do is to update your profile information and change the password to something easier to manage. Under Account Functions, click the Edit Profile link.
Under Edit Profile, click the Account Details (Private) link.
Input your desired password in the appropriate field and retype it in the next textbox as well.
Click the Personal Details link and input your first and last name (only if you want it displayed to the public). You can also input your public email address (remember, EVERYONE can see it!). You can also add your IM handles by clicking the corresponding link (again, this will be made public). Finally, click the Picture Details link to upload an image or avatar to be displayed on your MeVu page. When you are done, click the Save Profile button.
Go back under Account Functions and select the Manage Categories link to add the various categories you will use to display the links to your pages. Under Add new category, click the Create new category link.
Input a title for your category (such as Social Networks or Photo Albums ). Add a description and/or keywords for your category if you wish. Click the Save Category button. Repeat this step to create as many categories as you need.
Once you have created your categories, you are ready to begin populating them with your links. You can do this one of two ways:
- From the Manage Categories page, go to the desired title, and click the link icon under Actions.
- Go to Account Functions and select Manage Links.
Click Create new link. Input the title, description, and URL for your link. Repeat until all of your links have been placed.
To see what others will see when they visit your page, go to Account Functions and select Preview Public Page.
Once you’re finished, send the URL for your MeVu page to your friends for easy access to each of your presences on the web.