The new version of AOL Webmail went live this week at http://webmail.aol.com (it'd been in beta until now).
It has some new features, including some tweaks to the design and a full formatting toolbar (which is new, at least for Firefox browsers, I'm not sure if IE had it).
One of the new features is the ability to post the content of an e-mail directly to your blog via Blog This -- it's very similar to the "Blog about this entry" feature in Journals (which I've mentioned before). It works like this:
- As you're reading an e-mail in Webmail, if you want to post it to your Journal, click the "Action" drop-down menu in the mail, and choose Blog This:
- This will open up a very familiar-looking Add an Entry page. Edit as needed, pick which one of your Journals you want it to publish to (via the drop-down menu -- you also have the option to create a new Journal on-the-fly), then click Save at the bottom:
- There is no Step 3.
Both of these methods are workarounds until we get full group blogging (not sure when that will be).
How did I get started on this? Oh yeah, Will at AOL Pictures came up with a way to use AOL Webmail and its AOL Pictures integration to post nicely-formatted photo entries to your AOL Journal.
You basically just send yourself e-mail, check it in Webmail, and post it to your Journal using Webmail's "Blog This." Check out his step-by-step instructions.
[Journaler Pharmolo reminds me to remind you that this particular gimmick only works with U.S. Journals and Webmail right now.]
Thanks -- Joe
5 comments:
Can I immediately point out that this DOES NOT work for AOL UK users, or more accurately, for those with AOL UK journals. Have cleared this up with Will.
Of course, the other way to have a multi-author AOL journal is to simply invent a new AIM screen name, make a journal with it, and share the password with your pool of authors. As far as I'm concerned, that's the best way because it does not require anyone to share an AOL password with a third party.
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
Well, I can't endorse the sharing of account passwords -- it's kind of like leaving your spare key under the welcome mat -- you can do it, but it's not recommended. After all, with an AIM screen name, you can send e-mail and do a bunch of other things that could potentially be misused by someone who gets the shared password. Thanks -- Joe
But this only works if I am in my e-mail threw AOL.com, not if I am in my AOL software? yuck.
Hi -- it's a matter of personal preference and what you're used to, of course, but the new Webmail is pretty good -- it's actually pretty close to the AOL software e-mail interface, and of course it's convenient if you need to check mail from multiple accounts.
Thanks - Joe (posted & mailed)
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