This FAQ will show you how to put links and "personal" tags in your profile.

I'm assuming with this and all other "how to FAQ" posts that you are logged in.

First scroll up your name.  (in example the green arrow is pointing to where you can find it)  Right click on it and chose "open in a separate window" or whatever variation of same your browser gives you. This will allow you to try things as you read how.

Scroll down and look at your profile.  This is what others see.  If you've chosen to make your profile public everyone will see it.  If you've chose to make your profile private, only your friends will see it.  (we'll cover how to do this in another faq).  The point is someone besides you will see it.  Well, that is unless you make it private and have no friends.

What is being covered in this blog post is on the left side column

You can put links to your favorite websites, your business, your friends buisnesses (which I've done),  place where you work (did that), a product or products that you've found useful (did that too), issues you are passionate about (yeah, I did that too).

You can only get the first 10 links to show up on your profile.  More than that people will need to click to see.

There are many places on Stephspace to add "tags." Tags help organize content and make it easier to get what you want when searching.  Other tags are covered here.  The tags on your profile tell something about you.  You can be cute, funny, let people know your sun sign, what you do (such as "IT," "educator," "singer," "congressperson" etc. 

Tags and links on profiles help flesh out the people we are interacting with, and I encourage you to read the whole profile of your friends, fans, and those you come in contact with on Stephspace.

To put in links and tags on your profile click "edit profile" (yellow arrow in above image is showing you where to find it).

After you click on it you are brought immediately to "edit profile" and "basic information." The tag text box is right there.  Have at it! If you tag has two or more words put quotes around it.

To add links look to the right about 4 tabs (I can't seem to get any more images on this blog entry) from "edit profile."  In order they are: "edit profile theme" (don't touch that for the time being), "my rss feeds" (subject of later faq), then "my links."

Click on "my links"

On the left you will see "Add links" .. click on that

You will see a text box named "Title." Put the title of your link in there.

Below that you will see a text box labeled "URL."  URL means "Uniform Resource Locator," geeks (like me) use that acronym. It basically means "web address." Put your web address in this box (you can type it in or use copy and paste).  The address CAN have the "http://" in it OR just begin with "www" etc.

Once you've done all that click "save" and you will be brought back to the "My Links" page.  The first link will be hard to see because it's yellow on white.  But you can click "view my profile"  and see if it looks right.  It's also a good idea to click on your link to make sure it is pointing in the right direction, to the right place.

If not go back to the "My Links" page and delete it (also hard to see but it's on the right side).  There isn't an "edit" so yes you need to delete it and start again.

Add more links by going back to the "My Links" page.

To learn about doing more on Stephspace please access these FAQs and How Tos, with more coming daily.