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Pimp your Download Squad comments account
You love us. We love you. Aww. It's this unspoken thing we have. So why aren't you pimping your Download Squad commenter account by adding an avatar?
Recently, Download Squad received the same spiffy threaded comment system enjoyed by Engadget, Autoblog and Joystiq. Then we added a slick default avatar, just to make it official. We've noticed however, that many of you haven't added a custom avatar of your own.. so what gives? We've already established this deep, unspoken love we share (remember, back in our opening sentence?), so why aren't you showing that love by pimping your Download Squad commenter account?
We know, you've been busy. The holidays and all. You had that doctor appointment, the car needed to go to the shop, all those phonecalls to family, and all the shinny geek gifts you got which have distracted you from your daily grind. In fact, given the amount of political strife at home and abroad, we're lucky you even call anymore, right? Sure, we know how it is.
Just in case you've got a few minutes on this glorious first day of 2008, we've put together a brief how-to for pimping out your Download Squad commenter account; Show us, and yourself some love?
1) Leave a comment, or find one of the comments you've recently left. Your name or psudeonym on any comment you leave links to your Blogsmith profile. The url to which your name links will look something like, http://www.blogsmith.com/profile/[PROFILE NUMBER]/, where profile number is the, well, number of your profile. Simple enough, eh?
2) Log in to the comment system by using the email address you used to leave your comment, and the password on your account. (Hint: You can find your password by looking at the last comment confirmation email we sent you. It'll be towards the bottom of the email)
3) Change your password! It's probably a good idea at this point to change your password to something more memorable than "985287f0". Unless you're a machine, in which case, "985287f0" is probably somewhat memorable anyway.
4) Change your avatar. Click on "Change Picture" to upload your new avatar. Colorful, witty, expressive, we love'em all. Just don't be offensive or we might have to lock your account, and we hate doing that.
5) Change your profile information. Click on "Edit Profile" to add / change your display name, and to add the URL of your own blog, favorite social network page, etc.
6) Enjoy your new profile and avatar by commenting on the things we post. Unfortunately, logins aren't persistent just yet, so you'll have to enter your password every time you post. The good part is, now that you've changed your password to something easy to remember, you're all set! Plus, if you post using your login and password, we won't send you those annoying comment verification emails.. we'll just post your comment straight away!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
HaloEleven said 4:21PM on 1-24-2008
Wheee!
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CJ said 10:43AM on 1-01-2008
OK, let's give it a go...
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CJ said 10:44AM on 1-01-2008
WOOHOO!! It worked!!!
Happy 2008!
Grant Robertson said 12:20PM on 1-01-2008
And a happy 2008 to you, too, CJ.
mavkato said 11:01AM on 1-01-2008
about time they finally got around to you guys! :P
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Doug S. said 11:23AM on 1-01-2008
I'll try, too.
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rtms said 11:52AM on 1-01-2008
Ok I'll try it out
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Jeebus said 12:11PM on 1-01-2008
Nice.
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Grant Robertson said 12:19PM on 1-01-2008
I'm just impressed that we count Jeebus among our readers.
rickhamilton620 said 2:06PM on 1-01-2008
I Can't login to the comment system-it says "no profile found" :(
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nahworry said 12:34PM on 1-03-2008
The same goes for me. Seems to affect a subset of profiles only. WTF?
Truegod said 2:23PM on 1-01-2008
I like.
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aanidaani said 7:04PM on 1-01-2008
Cool.
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aanidaani said 7:09PM on 1-01-2008
It works!
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David Mackey said 8:26PM on 1-01-2008
Okay, I suppose I can add a new avatar.
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odonja09 said 4:05AM on 1-02-2008
test
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odonja09 said 4:28AM on 1-02-2008
good, I have finally worked out this user system :), you should have a link to the profile of the person that is using the computer somewhere clear and easy to find, so that they can remember the URL (or more so the don't have to remember it) and so they don't have to go through and find their last comment just so they can find a link to their profile. :) not too important, but it would really help keeping track of comments, and it Does help, (not complaining just suggesting :).
and My avatars too small :( I made my own on wich displays lots of different major softwares and computer organisations in a nice little loop :) but it is too hard to see :(
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Barbara Dearaujo said 7:45AM on 1-02-2008
I agree with odonja09
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Barbara Dearaujo said 7:51AM on 1-02-2008
2) Log in to the comment system by using the email address you used to leave your comment, and the password on your account. (Hint: You can find your password by looking at the last comment confirmation email we sent you. It'll be towards the bottom of the email)
I could not find the password in the email and when I tried to use the password I use for download squad it sad it was invalid.
Where do you sign up for an account with download squad? Where do you sign up for an account with Blog smith? Sorry if I sound retarded but I'm lost.
I tried to wrong passwords at Blogsmith and it said I tried to many times try again later. Haha!
Thank you,
Ibdreamy
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Barbara Dearaujo said 7:53AM on 1-02-2008
Oh ok this time it worked. I found my password. Interesting.
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