[GUIDE] 10 tips to get the most out of web profiles!
As a Second Life Resident, you have a profile that you can customize to share more about yourself. It's opt-in and can be a lot of fun to fill out. Why bother? Many fellow Residents surf profiles, and if you're open to making new friends, a completed profile makes you a much more fascinating person to get in touch with.
As you may know from Q Linden's post announcing Viewer 2.5, this new version of Second Life has profiles stored on the web. The following video chock full o' tips will help you learn what's changed as Linden Lab continues to evolve how you express your virtual identity.
If you want text instructions and more info,
Check out the "Web profile" wiki help page
Feel free to edit and update it to make it awesomer! Remember, we're moving to a new community platform so this may get ported over as-requested.
Also, you know how much I love followup and to set expectations so you understand what our intentions and plans are at Linden Lab. I'm constantly asking our company gurus for goodies I can share with you. After all, I live and breathe SL; the same stuff that bothers you bothers me too. I've read some comments to the tune of,
"Is that it for web profiles?"
No! Since this is only the first instance of web profiles, there's usability stuff in a sort of "in-between" state that Linden Lab hopes to improve in the future. For example:
- Web profiles tend to load slower than old-style sidebar profiles, so there's room for performance increases.
- Some stuff hasn't been migrated to the web profile yet — like you can't edit a classified in the web profile yet, so the behavior of hopping back and forth is confusing. But plans are hatching for better integration.
- Having both a web profile and the sidebar open at the same time takes a lot of screen space, and that could be tightened up too.
And the odd moments of quirkiness shown in the video. Again, I emphasize: this is just the beginning. Stay tuned for improvements, but right here, right now (like
On a misc. fashion note,
"Where did you get your eyeshadow, Torley?"
Some of you have also asked this, as featured in my recent videos! I had been looking all over Second Life for eyeshadow in my fave pink + green colors, and this is "Fruity Fresh" by Miasnow Myriam. It can be bought on Twomoons Island:
Check out the Destination Guide for more rad Second Life places and send your suggestions to our Editorial Team (which I'm on)!
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Finally — for now, the ending of one chapter and the beginning of the next — this is my last blog post on this Jive system before moving to the new community platform.
I'm giving a gracious thankyou to each and all of you lovely Residents who've benefited from these Tips & Tricks, and hope you'll join me in TnT's next incarnation. (I also need to figure out how I'm going to preserve and promote the still-useful archives.) See ya on the flipside after the read-only freeze!
In the meantime, stay awesome in Second Life and I look forward to meeting you in-avatar...
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