Welcome to Zaplife 2.0
July 18, 2008
The new Zaplife is now an easy to use publishing platform that enables you to easily share your life with friends and family. Zaplife can also be used by professionals and companies that want to reach out to its audience.
What makes Zaplife different to other solutions out there is its flexibility and ease of use making it suitable for many different purposes.The core of Zaplife centers around its Channels. A channel is a multimedial timeline and can be everything from a photo album to a blog or a simple status update feed. The flexibility of a channel enables you to publish a blog, photos, an event, videos, a trip, news updates, status updates, daily thoughts. The options are endless and you are always in total control of your content and who is allowed to follow. To really make Zaplife easy to use we have embraced the mobile internet. We want you to be able to update from anywhere. As of today you can update your channels via SMS, MMS and e-mail making it easy to keep your audience updated on the go.
Zaplife also features a community with personal messaging, guestbook, photo tagging, bulletin board, friend feed, RSS reader, geo tagging and much more.What's new and different?There are a few fundamental differences with the new Zaplife. Your profile and your channels are always visible to the public and can be accessed directly through their personal URL's. Your profile is accessible via yourusername.zaplife.com. To be able to protect your privacy with this setup you can now customize exactly what information you want to display on your profile and to whom. Channels are controlled per entry. This way you can write an entry that is only viewable to your friends and another viewable by everyone.There are many new and improved features with this release. An entirely new slideshow, publication date with future publication, channel entry navigation, inline commenting, page navigation, multitask photo uploading, photo editing, change photo order and much much more.We have added many new settings and privacy settings with this release and deeply recommend that you go over the settings.Upgrading your data from the old site required a few changes.The old Albums have now become Channels with one photo entry containing the photos from that album. For those of you that had many albums it is recommended to re-arrange and join som channels to make it easier to follow. You can move entries in-between channels thus grouping entries and deleting empty channels.Blogs have now also become Channels with their content being intact. To enable the new slideshow on old blog entries you will need to re-add the photos into the entry.Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)What is the difference between a photo entry and a text entry?A text entry includes an editor field so that you can format you text in any way you want. You will also need to add the photos manually into the text for them to show in the entry. A photo entry will display all photos that you uploaded and give you the option to write a descriptive text if needed.How do I get started with Zaplife on Facebook and my iPhone?We are currently developing these integrations and will be releasing a beta release soon!How do add a personal URL?If you want your own URL to a channel you simple click on "Edit" on you channel.You URL becomes: whateveryouwrite.zaplife.com
What is my profile URL?Your profile URL is yourusername.zaplife.comWhat are subscriptions?By subscribing to a channel you will get updates when a new entry is written. When you become friends with someone you automatically subscribe to their channels.You can easily end a channel subscription by visiting your subscriptions page or the channel in question.
Who can view my profile?Your profile is alway viewable to everyone. You can however control what information is viewable. We recommend that you go to your privacy settings.How do make sure only my friends can view my entry?When you write/edit an entry there is an option at the bottom called "Show advanced options". There you can change who is allowed to view your entry.To have your new entries have a different default setting you can change the default settings when you edit your channel.How do I get started with mobile submission via SMS, MMS, e-mail?Go to your mobile settings and enter the required information.What does my Startpage display?Your startpage displays a timeline of all the channels you subscribe to. This way all you need to do is login to keep yourself updated on what's going on.How do I only view photos?On your startpage and on channels there is an option at the top called "Photo view". By clicking on this button the view changes to a album view where you can view all the photos connected to that channel. How can I view my visitors?With this release we have removed the option to view who visited your photo, channel and profile. You can only view the visit count. The reason for this is to respect our users privacy.How can I edit my photos?To edit your photos you first need to edit you entry. Once in entry edit mode you hover over the photo in question and click on "edit". This will load an edit window where you can edit your photo information. To launch the Zaplife photo editor you will find a button at the top of the window.How can I create a new Channel?Creating a new channel is done in the edit entry mode. All you need to do is edit an entry or write a new entry and click on "Create a new channel" in the form.Who can view my full name?This setting is done in your privacy settings. Your username is replaced by your full name for those you have allowed to view your name.How do I add the cool transparency effect to my profile/channel?To personalize your design even further you can add a transparency effect to your profile/channel design. Go to your settings or edit your channel to activate the transparency effect.What is PicLens?PicLens is a browser plugin that enables you to view photos in a 3D fullscreen view. Zaplife supports PicLens.To install PicLens in your browser simply go to your Channels page and click on the PicLens button.What browsers do you recommend?Zaplife 2.0 is optimized for Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3.Zaplife does not work with Internet Explorer 6 and Safari 2 at this stage.What other integrations are you planning?After our Facebook and iPhone launch we will support MySpace, Twitter, Flickr plus many more.
What makes Zaplife different to other solutions out there is its flexibility and ease of use making it suitable for many different purposes.The core of Zaplife centers around its Channels. A channel is a multimedial timeline and can be everything from a photo album to a blog or a simple status update feed. The flexibility of a channel enables you to publish a blog, photos, an event, videos, a trip, news updates, status updates, daily thoughts. The options are endless and you are always in total control of your content and who is allowed to follow. To really make Zaplife easy to use we have embraced the mobile internet. We want you to be able to update from anywhere. As of today you can update your channels via SMS, MMS and e-mail making it easy to keep your audience updated on the go.
Zaplife also features a community with personal messaging, guestbook, photo tagging, bulletin board, friend feed, RSS reader, geo tagging and much more.What's new and different?There are a few fundamental differences with the new Zaplife. Your profile and your channels are always visible to the public and can be accessed directly through their personal URL's. Your profile is accessible via yourusername.zaplife.com. To be able to protect your privacy with this setup you can now customize exactly what information you want to display on your profile and to whom. Channels are controlled per entry. This way you can write an entry that is only viewable to your friends and another viewable by everyone.There are many new and improved features with this release. An entirely new slideshow, publication date with future publication, channel entry navigation, inline commenting, page navigation, multitask photo uploading, photo editing, change photo order and much much more.We have added many new settings and privacy settings with this release and deeply recommend that you go over the settings.Upgrading your data from the old site required a few changes.The old Albums have now become Channels with one photo entry containing the photos from that album. For those of you that had many albums it is recommended to re-arrange and join som channels to make it easier to follow. You can move entries in-between channels thus grouping entries and deleting empty channels.Blogs have now also become Channels with their content being intact. To enable the new slideshow on old blog entries you will need to re-add the photos into the entry.Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)What is the difference between a photo entry and a text entry?A text entry includes an editor field so that you can format you text in any way you want. You will also need to add the photos manually into the text for them to show in the entry. A photo entry will display all photos that you uploaded and give you the option to write a descriptive text if needed.How do I get started with Zaplife on Facebook and my iPhone?We are currently developing these integrations and will be releasing a beta release soon!How do add a personal URL?If you want your own URL to a channel you simple click on "Edit" on you channel.You URL becomes: whateveryouwrite.zaplife.com
What is my profile URL?Your profile URL is yourusername.zaplife.comWhat are subscriptions?By subscribing to a channel you will get updates when a new entry is written. When you become friends with someone you automatically subscribe to their channels.You can easily end a channel subscription by visiting your subscriptions page or the channel in question.
Who can view my profile?Your profile is alway viewable to everyone. You can however control what information is viewable. We recommend that you go to your privacy settings.How do make sure only my friends can view my entry?When you write/edit an entry there is an option at the bottom called "Show advanced options". There you can change who is allowed to view your entry.To have your new entries have a different default setting you can change the default settings when you edit your channel.How do I get started with mobile submission via SMS, MMS, e-mail?Go to your mobile settings and enter the required information.What does my Startpage display?Your startpage displays a timeline of all the channels you subscribe to. This way all you need to do is login to keep yourself updated on what's going on.How do I only view photos?On your startpage and on channels there is an option at the top called "Photo view". By clicking on this button the view changes to a album view where you can view all the photos connected to that channel. How can I view my visitors?With this release we have removed the option to view who visited your photo, channel and profile. You can only view the visit count. The reason for this is to respect our users privacy.How can I edit my photos?To edit your photos you first need to edit you entry. Once in entry edit mode you hover over the photo in question and click on "edit". This will load an edit window where you can edit your photo information. To launch the Zaplife photo editor you will find a button at the top of the window.How can I create a new Channel?Creating a new channel is done in the edit entry mode. All you need to do is edit an entry or write a new entry and click on "Create a new channel" in the form.Who can view my full name?This setting is done in your privacy settings. Your username is replaced by your full name for those you have allowed to view your name.How do I add the cool transparency effect to my profile/channel?To personalize your design even further you can add a transparency effect to your profile/channel design. Go to your settings or edit your channel to activate the transparency effect.What is PicLens?PicLens is a browser plugin that enables you to view photos in a 3D fullscreen view. Zaplife supports PicLens.To install PicLens in your browser simply go to your Channels page and click on the PicLens button.What browsers do you recommend?Zaplife 2.0 is optimized for Safari 3, Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3.Zaplife does not work with Internet Explorer 6 and Safari 2 at this stage.What other integrations are you planning?After our Facebook and iPhone launch we will support MySpace, Twitter, Flickr plus many more.
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