Objective: to store bookmarks online that you can access from any computer and share with friends, family, coworkers, and others in the del.icio.us community for purposes such as research, collaboration, cookbook, etc. delicio.us is a social bookmarking website.
- STEP 1: Create an Account at http://del.icio.us/
- Click Register
- STEP 2: Enter Details
- Type the details requested in the following text boxes:
- username
- full name
- password
- re-type password
- letters that are visible in shaded box
- Click Register
- STEP 3: Install Buttons
- Click Install Buttons Now
- Click Run
- After starting the installer, close any Internet Explorer windows.
- Your browser will automatically open again when the installation is complete
- After starting the installer, close any Internet Explorer windows.
- Follow instructions provided by del.icio.us Buttons for Internet Explorer Setup Wizard
- STEP 4: Using Buttons
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- Tag
- Click Tag when you find something on a Web page you want to save (e.g., recipe, article, etc.).
- This is similar to Windows Internet Explorer’s “Add to Favorites”
- This is similar to Windows Internet Explorer’s “Add to Favorites”
- Click Tag when you find something on a Web page you want to save (e.g., recipe, article, etc.).
- Tag
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- Type your own description or title in Description box
- Type notes or comments to add to the page before saving it
- Add Tags before saving
- One-word descriptors
- Choose words that are meaningful to you
- Separate tags with a space
- Example for an article about starting a home-based business:
- mompreneurs home-based ideas
- Similar to keywords but no hierarchy
- Used to organize and remember your bookmarks
- Easier and more flexible than using categories for or folders to organize your bookmarks
- One-word descriptors
- Click Save
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- del.icio.us
- Click del.icio.us to see your saved pages
- This is similar to Windows Internet Explorer’s “Favorites”
- Click del.icio.us to see your saved pages
- del.icio.us
- STEP 5: Highlight Text
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- Highlight text from a Web page you want to save
- Click Tag icon on toolbar
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- Type tags (one-word descriptors) in the Tags text box
- Click Save
- STEP 6: Save a Page
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- Click down arrow next to del.icio.us icon
- Click Bookmark this on del.icio.us
- STEP 7: Viewing Posts on del.icio.us
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- Click del.icio.us
- You can view the list of hot items currently on del.icio.us
- Click the link of a post that interests you
- You can view the list of hot items currently on del.icio.us
- Click Popular or Click Recent
- Click on a link below Tags to find a keyword that interests you
- Click del.icio.us
- STEP 8: Networking
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- Add Someone to Your Network Option 1
- Click Your Network
- Type the username of the person you want to add to your network into the text box
- Click Add
- Add Someone to Your Network Option 1
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- Add Someone to Your Network Option 2
- Click on Username of person who posted
- Add Someone to Your Network Option 2
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- Click Add [username] to your network
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- Delete Someone from Your Network
- Click the “x” to the right of the username you want to delete
- The shading around the “x” will be a light grey until you put the mouse pointer over it
- Click Yes
- Click the “x” to the right of the username you want to delete
- Delete Someone from Your Network
- STEP 9: Save a Link for Someone in Your Network
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- Click Tag
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- Click the Username of the person in your network to whom you want to send the link
- STEP 10: View Links Others in Your Network Saved for You
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- Click Links for You
- STEP 11: Change Settings
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- Click Settings
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- Account Settings
- Click on the account setting you want to change
- Account Settings
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- Bookmarks
- Click Import/Upload
- to transfer a copy of bookmarks stored in Windows Internet Explorer’s “Favorites” to del.icio.us or
- to upload bookmarks exported from del.icio.us or a different service—must be in a standard bookmarks format
- Click Export/Backup
- to save a list of all your bookmarks as an HTML page to import into your browser
- Click Private Saving
- to hide your individual bookmarks from other users
- Click RSS Feed License
- to determine how, if at all, you want to share your bookmarks
- Click Facebook Integration
- If you have a Facebook account, you can publish information about your bookmarks to your Facebook profile.
- Click Import/Upload
- Bookmarks
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- Tags
- Click Bundle Tags
- to arrange some of the tags you’ve created into groups
- Click Bundle Tags
- Tags
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- People
- Click Network Privacy
- By default, your network is visible to other users
- Uncheck the box if you want to keep your network private
- By default, your network is visible to other users
- Click Subscriptions
- to keep track of new bookmarks saved with tags (keywords) that interest you
- Click Network Privacy
- People
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- Blogging
- Click Network Badges
- Copy and paste the code provided at the bottom of the page to your hypertext to display details about your del.icio.us network on your website
- Click Link Rolls
- Copy and paste the code provided into to display your latest del.icio.us bookmarks on your website
- Click Tag Rolls
- Copy and paste the code provided at the bottom of the page to display your del.icio.us tags on your website
- Click Daily Blog Posting
- to post entries to your blog every day of your latest del.icio.us links
- Click Network Badges
- Blogging