Register
First Login
Add a new Box
Add a new link
Add a RSS feed (what is a RSS feed?)
Move a Box
Delete a Box
Share a Box
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Register
Before you can use the features from LinksInABox you have to register with
you email address.
This MUST be a valid email address, because the
password will be sent to it!
click on this button:
to register. Please fill out your (valid) email address and your name. Click on
register and the request will be sent. You almost immediately will receive an
email with your new password. You can now click on the word HERE on the web
page.
Then enter your email address and the password that can be found in the
email. and press ENTER or click on Login.
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First Login
After you have logged in to your new startpage, you will see it is completely
empty and you will have to add your first box. This is pretty simple to do;
If you have more then one link in a box you can move the links up
and down the box by pressing the corresponding blue arrows. If you
have more then one box you can also move the boxes up, down, left
and right with the corresponding blue arrows.
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Add a new BoxClick on 'Edit mode' and then on 'Add box'. Type in the title of this box
(example: My Favorites).
Then click on 'Save'. You will go back to the editmode and will now be
able to add some links to your new box!
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Add a new Linkclick on the button:
Type in the Title of the new link, and then enter the url of the
website you want to enter (example: www.myfavoritesite.com or
http://www.myfavoritesite.com). And click on save.
You will see that the link is added to you new box.
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Add a RSS-Feed (what is a RSS-Feed?)
What is a RSS-Feed?
A lot of news websites or blogsites supports the use of rss
feeds. rss feeds simply gather the headlines from a website
which he will present in a rss feed reader, or in our case, on
your LinkInABox startpage. In order to get a rss feed on your
startpage you will have the know the exact url of the rss feed.
(example:http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
For more information about rss-feeds look
here
Add a RSS-Feed
To add a RSS feed go to the edit mode and click on: Add Box
Enter a title for this rss-feed, and choose 'rss-feed' from the
dropdown menu.
Then enter the link to the rss-feed location and click on 'Save'.
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Move a Link or BoxIf you have more then one link in a box
you can move the links up and down the box by pressing the
corresponding blue arrows. If you have more then one box you can
also move the boxes up, down, left and right with the corresponding
blue arrows.
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Delete a BoxIf you want to delete a box, you can use this
button in the box you want to delete:
If you press this button, you will get a confirmation popup.
Click on OK to delete the box or CANCEL to cancel the process.
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Share a BoxA very handy feature is the 'Share a Box'
option. This option enables you to share one or more of your boxes
with people who also use LinkInABox. The only thing you have to do
is enter the emailaddress of the person you want to share this box
with. and click the button Save.
This person will automatically receive an email with the needed
information.The person will receive a box-number (example:32 or
56802).
To add a shared box to you page click on 'edit mode'
and then click on 'Add Box'.
Enter a title for this shared box (example: friends favorites)
and enter the box number at the bottom of the screen: Use Share
Box ID
Click on Save.
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