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  Guestbooks
 
  Q How do I add a Guestbook to my Talk City home page?
  A To add a Guestbook to your Talk City home page, follow the steps below:
  1. Login to Talk City Home Page Creation Tools.
  2. Edit the page you want to add the Guestbook to by clicking the radio button to the left of it, then click the Edit button below the file list. Guestbooks can only be added to the Classic Bio, Birth, and Wedding templates.
  3. Click on "Edit Me" in the Guestbook tool to tak you to the Create Your Guestbook page.
  4. Click on the radio button next to "Show Your Guestbook."
  5. Fill in the following fields:
    1. "Guestbook Name" has a default name. If you want to change this name, just type over it with a memorable name.
    2. If you want to add a picture (which will appear at the top of your Guestbook), type in the picture URL in the "Guestbook Picture URL" field. If you don't want a picture, then leave this field blank.
    3. "Guestbook Title" has a default name. It will appear at the top of your Guestbook pages. If you want to change this name, just type over it.
    4. Type in a message to the people signing your Guestbook in the "Guestbook Message" field.
    5. The default for "Guestbook Entries Per Page" is set to 1. If you want more or less per page, type the number you desire.
  6. When you have filled in all these fields, click on the "Create New Guestbook" button.
  7. If you have already created a Guestbook for another page, you can use it instead by clicking on the "Use an Existing Guestbook" button, then select the Guestbook you want to use.
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  Q Someone left an obnoxious message in my Guestbook. How can I remove this message?
  A To edit or remove messages in your Guestbook, follow the steps below:
  1. Login to Talk City Home Page Creation Tools.
  2. Edit the page with the Guestbook to by clicking the radio button to the left of it, then click the Edit button below the file list.
  3. Click on "Edit Me" in the Guestbook tool to take you to the Edit your Guestbook page.
  4. Click on the "Edit your Guestbook entries" button.
  5. Then click on the "Delete#34; boxex for the entries you want to delete.
  6. Then click on the "Delete selected entries" button.
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  Q My Guestbook has a private comment section which does not appear on-screen. How can I read these comments?
  A The easiest way to view private comments in your Guestbook is to:
  1. Login to Talk City Home Page Creation Tools.
  2. Bring up your home page and click on the Read Guestbook button.
  3. All the hidden comments will now appear.
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  MIDI Music
 
  Q Is there a way I can add background music to my home page?
  A Yes! Click Here for instructions on adding MIDI music to your home page.
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  Nicknames and Registration
 
  Q I registered with enroll.talkcity.com and now my home page and Nickname are gone. What happened?
  A There are a couple of possible answers. Either registered a Nickname that is not allowed by Talk City standards, or you did not register a valid email address. If you did not register a valid email address, we would have been unable to send you a welcome email message. Pages registered to invalid email addresses are automatically deleted.
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  Q I decided I don't like my Nickname. How do I change it?
  A Since the Nickname is a part of your web address, you can't change it. However, you can register again using a new Nickname and start a new web page.
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  Q Why do I have to register? What are the benefits?
  A You do not have to register. However, the benefits of registering are that you will have a permanent Nickname that no-one else can use and you will get 12 MB of free web space at http://home.talkcity.com to post your web site.
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  WebTV Help
 
  Q I'm a WebTV user. How do I put a password in?
  A As with EZ Talk users, you will enter your password when you login to chat.
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  Q When I login to chat, why is there a number 1 after my Nickname? I registered a Talk City Nickname, but I can't use it from my WebTV.
  A As a WebTV user, you have a WebTV user name. If you have not registered your WebTV user name in Talk City and no one else has either, you will be logged in as your WebTV user name. However, if someone has already reserved your WebTV user name as their Talk City Nickname, when you login to chat, you will see your user name followed by a number (most likely a 1). So, if your WebTV user name were "CoolWebTV," you would be logged in as "CoolWebTV1."

If you have registered your WebTV user name in Talk City and you still see a number after your name when you login to chat, then Click Here and make sure the WebTV email address you have entered matches your Talk City Nickname (user "CoolWebTV" must enter his or her email address as "CoolWebTV@webtv.net").

IMPORTANT: If you have not registered your WebTV user name at Talk City, someone else might grab it before you do! So follow the instructions below to register your Talk City Nickname.

If you would like to chat at Talk City with your exact WebTV user name, go to http://enroll.talkcity.com and register it (if it's available). Make sure you enter your WebTV user name as part of the email address to avoid having a number added to your nick. For example, if your WebTV user name is "CoolWebTV," enter your email address while registering your Talk City Nickname as "CoolWebTV@webtv.net."

If your WebTV user name has already been registered at Talk City by someone else, you will need to set up a secondary WebTV user account (screen name). This is a bit tricky because you have to find a name that is free on both Talk City and in WebTV-land and both names must exactly match. For more information on how to do this, see http://wecare.webtv.net.

Finally, go to http://enroll.talkcity.com and register your new secondary WebTV user name as a Talk City Nickname. Again, make sure you use your new WebTV name as the email address for this Talk City Nickname. For example, if your new WebTV user name is "NewName," you would enter "NewNam@webtv.net" as the email address for your new Talk City Nickname. The email address and Talk City Nickname must match or a number will be added to the end of your Nickname.

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