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A short overview on how to set up your personalised startpage on Netvibes and some ways in which using Netvibes can help organise your digital life!
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Organising your digital life – an introduction to Netvibes
Looking for ways to organise your digital life?Too many bookmarks cluttering up your toolbar? Having difficulty sorting through all your bookmarks?Do you have two or three different email accounts?Need an efficient way to search for info, videos, blogs,
web or photos using multiple search engines?Do you use Del.icio.us , Digg, Google Reader and other
online service widgets to keep you up to date?Want to keep up with the news from a variety of
sources?
If yes, try Netvibes . . .Netvibes is:
one of the pioneers of the personalised start page
a time efficient and creative method to manage your digital life
a customizable web page where you can assemble all our favourite widgets, feeds, social networks, email, videos, and blogs in one place
Getting started. . . .Go to www.netvibes.com Go to top right hand corner and click “Sign
IN”An option to “Sign UP” appears, click this
optionSelect a user name you will remember, a valid
email address, and a password you will remember.
Tick the I agree with terms of service box and click the green Sign Up box
Activating your Netvibes pageOnce you have signed up, a confirmation
email link is sent to the email address you used in the sign up box
Click the green close box on the Netvibes page and close the page
Open your email account, open the email from Netvibes
Click on “confirm my email address”This will open a new Netvibes page, with
you already signed in
Starting a PageYou will see 6 tabs, labeled General, Internet,
Fun (2 of each) under the Google search boxClick on the + sign after the last Fun tabType in your own name in box over new tab 6Click on the Red X to close the box about
creating a public pageClick on the Red X to close the general
options and layout tab (or click little upside down triangle next to your name in the tab)
SettingsClick on Settings (near the sign in/out link
at the top right hand corner)Click on General SettingsUncheck display page titleUncheck display Themes searchClick on Pick a theme (don’t spend too
long choosing – you can always go back and reselect)
Click Done
Adding ContentIn the top LEFT hand corner, click the Green
+ Add Content boxClick the Green + Essential WidgetsGo to the 5th icon called Bookmarks and clickA box will appear in the middle of your page,
click on the Green + Add to my pageClick on Green + Add Content box in top left
hand corner of screen to close the add content selection
BookmarksIn Bookmarks box that now appears on your
screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in Educause QuarterlyIn the url, type in
http://connect.educause.edu.eg In the tags box, type in Open Access
JournalsClick Add
TagsThink of tags as subject headingsThe bookmark box will still be blankClick on the sideways arrow next to My
TagsSelect Open Access JournalsYour link will now appear in your
Bookmarks box
Add more Open Access JournalsIn Bookmarks box that now appears on
your screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in IRRODLIn the url, type in http://www.irrodl.org Place your cursor in the Tags box, click
Open Access Journals in the tag listClick AddYou will now have 2 links in your
bookmark box
Adding another Bookmark Box
In the top LEFT hand corner, click the Green + Add Content box
Click the Green + Essential WidgetsGo to the 5th icon called Bookmarks and
clickA box will appear in the middle of your
page, click on the Green Add to my pageClick on Green + Add Content box to close
the add content selection
In the blank 2nd Bookmark box that now appears on your screen, click on edit
In the titles box, type in Del.ici.ousIn the url, type in
https://secure.delicious.com/login?jump=ub
In the tags box, type in ApplicationsClick AddNOTE: you may wish to consider using Del.ici.ous as a
document library and keeping your webpage links in a separate folder
TagsThe bookmark box will still be blankClick on the sideways arrow next to
My TagsSelect ApplicationsYour link will now appear in your
Bookmarks box
Add more applications . . .In Bookmarks box that now appears on your
screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in Full Text search of
DeliciousIn the url, type in http://www.delizzy.com/Place your cursor in the tags box, click
Applications in the tags listClick AddYou will now have 2 links in your bookmarks
box
Add Google Reader . . .In Bookmarks box that now appears on
your screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in Google ReaderIn the url, type in www.google.com/readerPlace your cursor in the tags box, click
Applications in the tags listClick AddYou will now have 3 links in your
bookmarks box
and/or Yahoo Pipes . . . In Bookmarks box that now appears on your
screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in Yahoo PipesIn the url, type in http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ Place your cursor in the tags box, click
Applications in the tags listClick AddYou will now have 4 links in your bookmarks
box
More on Yahoo Pipes. . . Pipes do not come ready made, you will either have to make your own pipes (to do this you will need a yahoo email account – which is free or you may use your already established yahoo account), or you will need to search for a pipe that they would like feeds from
Why Google Reader AND Yahoo Pipes?Google Reader pulls all of the feeds from your
favourite news sites and blogs for new content. Good for media sites.
Yahoo Pipes allows you to combine many feeds into one, then sort, filter and translate it. You can also add filters or key words (which can be changed), to modify what you receive. It is useful for receiving info on a particular topic.
SUGGESTION: use both Reader and Pipes to access different types of information.
and Blogger . . . In Bookmarks box that now appears on
your screen, click on editIn the titles box, type in BloggerIn the url, type in www.blogger.com/Place your cursor in the tags box, click
Applications in the tags listClick AddYou will now have 5 links in your
bookmarks box
Adding emailIn the top LEFT hand corner, click the Green
+ Add Content boxClick the Green + Essential WidgetsAt the far bottom right are the icons for email
applicationsClick on the application that you useA box will appear in the middle of your page,
click on the Green Add to my pageClick on Green + Add Content box to close
the add content selection
Configuring emailClick on the edit tab in the mail account
on your main pageGive it a title if you wish (e.g. you may have
multiple accounts with different names)
At the login, type your normal login for the email account
At the password, type in your password for that email account
Click close edit
Making your Netvibes startpage your default homepage
In Firefox or Explorer, click tools, click options
Select main page tabIn the Start-up box, click on Use current pages
TipsWhen naming Tabs use higher level
descriptors such as newspapers, documents, open access journals, OERs or copyright issues
Consider developing several Bookmark boxes to chunk your information
You can choose a private or public (sharing) setting for each Tab
Summary
While it may take you time to set up your Netvibes page and learn how to use it, but once you have you have put in the time you will find it will keep you organised and that you won’t be able to live without it!
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