Share Your Story: Blogging with MSN® Spaces (Paperback)

~ (Author), Mike Torres (Author)
Key Phrases: cooking club, blog settings, blog entry window, Windows Media Player, Sharing Lists of Songs, Add Photos (more...)

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Product Description

Everyone has a story to tell. And with MSN Spaces, a free online service from Microsoft, you can get a space of your own to share your thoughts, communicate with friends, and express your individuality! This fun, practical, and slightly quirky book shows you how to get started with your own personal Web log—or blog—on MSN Spaces. Topics include:

• Blog basics

• How to create your own space

• Making your space public or private

• Customizing the look of your space

• Creating an online photo album to share pictures

• Creating lists for books, music, and other favorite things

• Building a community with your space

• Extending your communications with MSN Messenger and MSN Hotmail®

• Finding additional inspiration in the MSN Spaces Idea Gallery

Written by a popular computer book author/blogger and a key member of the MSN team, this book introduces the essentials for sharing your life, adventures, and new experiences through MSN Spaces!

From the Publisher

The only how-to book on MSN Spaces written by a key member of Microsoft's MSN Spaces team—along with a popular book author and blogger on Microsoft Office—featuring essential insights and tips for the beginning blogger

Key Book Benefits:

Introduces the novice to the fun and social aspects of blogging on MSN Spaces Co-written by a lead program manager on the MSN team, this book provides essential insights on all key features of the service Provides practical, how-to information--including do's and don'ts--for setting up and managing your own blog

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (March 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735622418
• ISBN-13: 978-0735622418
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #765,044 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good book, March 29, 2006

By	Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

I've been blogging since long before the practice became known as "blog," and I've tried many different blog servers. By far I like the new MSN Spaces the most because it really is colorful and easy to use, and gives you lots of storage. This book is a good book to introduce people unfamiliar with blogs to creating their own blogs. It has lots of cool examples. Next to my first edition of "eBay for dummies," this is another really useful book even for an Internet veteran like myself.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, March 2, 2006

By	Robert F. Naples "Collector" (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the first how-to book on MSN Spaces featuring essential insights and tips for the beginning blogger. It introduces the novice to the fun and social aspects of blogging on MSN Spaces. Some MSN features have changed since the book's publication and some features may be forthcoming. The book was based on "beta." Use this book to get started on your blogging adventure. I got my copy from Amazon on 2/27/06 and have already put it to good use. Check out this site: http://spaces.msn.com/rfnaples/

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars skip it, April 27, 2006

By	tyler - See all my reviews

this is a pretty basic book everything that is in this you could very easily find in the msn help thing or whatever it is called. Im not critisizing msn spaces though it is great place to start blogging, but i think that this book was someones get rich quick scemes. By just copying and pasting it all out of the help menus. Final word skip it but try msn spaces