The website that hosts photoblogs, weblogs and social networking profiles is called xanga. It began as a site for sharing music reviews and books in 1999.Xanga is one of the most visited sites and has forty million users. The members of Xanga receive a Xanga Site which contains a photoblog, audioblog, weblog and a videoblog. Members can also make blogrings. Weblogs were first added to Xanta’s site on 5 November 2000. The concept of ,,eProps ‘’ was soon added on 8 December 2000. This ,,ePop’’ can be given to another user at his entry in Xanga. The maximum amount that can be given is of2 ,,ePops’’. The cool part of Xanga is that you can subscribe to other Xangas, this gives you the opportunity to stay in touch without needing to visit their site. You are able to subscribe by using the ability to display subscriptions RSS. At first anonymously subscriptions were allowed but some users were troubled so in the middle of 2003, this feature was disconnected. Subscriptions were called SIR which means ,,sites I read.’’
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The first photo uploading took place in 2001 but only the premium members were allowed . Photo uploading had the limit of 20 MB of storage but in 2005 the pictures quality was increased to 200 MB. On 2006 videoblogs and audioblogs were launched and in 2007 a miniblog was introduced and it was called ,,Pulse’’. In 2006 users had the ability to serch for friends, connect with a friend and complete profile fields. Private messaging is available from 2006 and allows users to send messages to each other. Xanga’s page is available in the following languages: French, Chinese, Russian, Malay, Indonesian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and of course English.
Restricted access to the site is made by several privacy features: protecting posting, xanga premium, xanga classic, user blocking and xanga lock. If a regular person who wants to see someone’s Xanga he/she will be restricted, first they have to log in to see the person’s profile.With Xanga Footprints you can see who visited your site. Xanga also have a flagging system that allows users to report if they see something that violates the terms of use such as underage nudity and threats of physical harm.
At the bottom of every Xanga’s page are links to safety tips for youth, parents and law enforcement. To answer the question,, How to make a cool xanga?’’I will tell you that there are 2 ways in which you can do that, with the help of layouts and skins. You can also use HTML properties.
There are 2 levels of premium subscriptions to Xanga, Premium Plus and Premium. If you subscribe to one of this services you get additional features such as monthly uploads and additional photo storage. Specialized page skins, profile pictures and custom sidebar are all available if you choose the Premium service. When it was launched in 2001, Premium service could be paid by credit card.
Banners ads are on the top of xanga’s page , in this way is supported by advertising. The term ,,xanga’’ is now used also as a verb.
Here are some things that you probably don’t know about the Xanga: in 2002, Xanga had 100.000 bloggers, in 2006 new features are added but Xanga page started to resemble Facebook and also in 2006 they were fined 1.000.0000 dollars for violation The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Many sites attract negative comments, inappropriate members were restricted by Xanga . To customize your page, you can use JavaScript. Dangerous scripts are detected by server side word filtering. Too much flexibility is given to the users by Xanga. Intermittent errors were caused by the denial-service attacked.
Many parents don’t agree with such websites. But you have to talk to your kids, ask them to let you see their profile. Don’t forget that you were a kid , too. And I’m sure that you weren’t always so mature. Don’t believe everything that your kid wrote on the profile, profiles are not always true, you can be who ever you want on the internet, that’s why is considered to be fun.
As a user you have to be careful who else knows your password. Everything you post will be seen by millions of people, so be aware .
With your xanga you can listen to music, post discussions with people they think just like you. You can make your xanga unique, this is how you can make a cool xanga. Simple designs with a print of the other, are the coolest .
It is very easy to sign up for Xanga. Your profile is basically what you make of it, in terms of pictures and information and after using backgrounds and colours. You can upload videos of yourself and create albums of photos . By creating your profile, you practically let others know how you are really like. They will get to know you and like you or not, by seeing your photos, knowing your name or your favourite food. But don’t write your address or phone number, because you cannot trust everyone that sees your profile.You never know what their intensions are. Xanga is being improved every year , in this way the users keep being creative and interactive between each other .
You can be many things to many people, but what it’s more important is to be who you really are .
