What is Rediff Blogs?

Rediff Blogs is Rediff’s new and improved Blogging Service which will help its users voice their views, share opinions and feelings, and most importantly get noticed. Rediff Blogs now has every customization required by every type of blogger. Now you can post photos, videos, links, twitter feeds, facebook updates, orkut albums and every kind of content on Rediff Blogs.
Hence, Rediff Blogs is your very own space on the internet where you can put up your thoughts, photos, ideas and memories. It's also a good place to meet like-minded people, express your opinions and most of all, expand your horizons to encompass the entire world! So what's stopping you? Get cracking right away!   TOP

What all can I do with my Rediff Blog?

Believe us when we say lots!For starters, you can:

● Do up your Rediff Blog: You can personalise your Rediff Blogs to reflect your identity. You can post your photo, add your theme, choose your favorite widgets, so that everytime a visitor drops by; s/he gets to see your world, your way… along with your ideas and photographs!

● Blog: A blog is your place to write , put up photos on anything that interests you. Your blog can be a personal diary or it can be a hotbed of information that you deem interesting.You can write about how hot Delhi is or how cool Angelina Jolie looks in her latest film or about the disastrous cricket matches or the shining stars of Tennis and Rifle shooting. Write… and you will have people reading… and acknowledging with their comments! To upload a Photo, choose a Photo, click on the 'Upload image' button. You can enter a title for it, for e.g. if it is a photo of your friends, you can title it 'Friends Forever'.You can also add a blog-post along with the photo. For e.g. your 'Friends Forever' photo can be followed by a description of who all are in the photo, where it was clicked, an interesting anecdote about each friend etc. Go to Add Post section and start writing now!

● If you are a registered user with your own Rediff Blogs page to boast of, then the photo will be uploaded as the latest post. You can log in and edit the page whenever you go sign in to Rediff Blogs.

● Get alerts/ comments on your Mobile phone: If you have opted to receive mobile alerts during the registration then according to the choices you have made you will receive an SMS alert every time someone leaves a comment on your post or your Guestbook or adds you as friend.

● Add Friends: When a visitor comes to a your page and clicks on 'Add as a friend', a request will be sent to you, asking you for permission to be added as a friend. For E.g. Abc visits Xyz's page and clicks on 'Add as a friend'. Abc receives a mail asking for permission, to be added as a Friend to Xyz's Rediff Blogs page.

● Check your Hit counter: Well if you are wondering what's that, here's the answer. Your hit counter tells you how many unique visitors you had in other words how many people have been interested enough to drop by your Rediff Blogs page.

● Mantras to increase your visitor count:
a) Do not neglect your Rediff Blogs for long. Post (Blogs, Photos) regularly.
b) Do up your pages in an interesting manner. Use your imagination.
c) Be polite, be cordial. Expressing an opinion doesn't always have to be at the expense of someone else's misery.
d) Plagiarism (copying) is not always a clever thing to do, be original… you are the best!
e) Respect your audience and they will respect you back.
f) Have fun … it shows.

● Set your privacy limit: You can choose to bolt your house or leave it open. What that means is, you can choose who views your Posts/Photos etc.You can have a public page and still mark certain Posts/Photos as private. When you do so, only a set of people chosen by you via their Rediff Blogs urls or their email ids will be allowed to view the Posts/Photos.
We at Rediff Blogs regard flexibility and creativity of utmost importance. The level of personalizing you can do is entirely upto you. If you have thought of a mind-blowing way to improve on the existing pages, let us know. If you have any complaints, we are right here to solve them for you.  TOP

Is it for FREE?

Yes. So, you can blog, upload photographs, do up your meet like-minded people etc without having to pay anything   TOP

Where do I send in my suggestions and complaints?

Anytime you have anything to say, complaints, suggestions… feel free to drop us a line or two at: blogsupport@rediff.co.in   TOP

I have forgotten my password, how can I retrieve it?

Click on the 'Forgot password' link. You will be asked the answer to your 'Hint question'.
If you cannot remember the hint answer either, type in your username and the password will be mailed to the alternative email id you mentioned during the registration process.Now you know why registration forms are this long.Psst… we suggest you write down the username and password in a safe place, this time around.   TOP

How do I post an entry?

First, you think of what you want to write.Type the text in the box and add a title to it.Customize it to change fonts, colours to your liking.You can also add a Photo to your post.Categorize the post according to a predefined category that you will find in the drop down box or you can also create your own category. Once you have completed writing a post, click on the preview button to see how it would all appear in your Rediff Blogs.Once you are sure that the post has come about according to your expectations go ahead and post it.   TOP

Can I edit a post?

Of course you can edit your entry! If you are not satisfied with your entry, click on the edit button, make the changes and click post again.   TOP

Can I delete a post?

You can delete a post completely by selecting it and then clicking on the delete button.

Can I change or delete a post after it's posted?

Yes, you can. All you need to do is click on the edit button below the entry you want to delete. The post will appear in the top screen. Make the changes, post it and when you are satisfied, click on the publish button again. Your blog will be republished with the changes.   TOP

What are Avatars?

Avatar is the face you wish to present to the world. It is an extension of who you are, your style, personality, mood and character. You could be a spying detective one day and a under water diver the next. So ahead give your personality a spin.   TOP

What is an RSS Feed?

RSS or Rich Site Summary is a format for distributing and aggregating all kinds of content on the Web such as news links, Blogs etc. It is a form of XML, which means that each piece of data - a headline, introduction or description - is coded separately. In this way, software will know exactly what to do with it. So, when you want to catch up with whatever your friend writes on his blog or the latest news from Rediff.com you'll continue to get updates even when you don't visit those sites.
Having RSS will help you keep track of the latest stuff happening with other Rediff Blogsers and bloggers.   TOP

What do Rediff RSS/XML feeds do?

They gather information related to your areas of interest - movies, cricket, politics or breaking news - and deposit them all on your desktop. So, in effect, if you don't stop by the site, the headlines pretty much pay your PC a visit.   TOP

So how do I get the RSS feeds on my Rediff Blogs?

● Download and install free RSS reader software
● Copy paste the url i.e internet address of the Webpage you wish to get RSS feeds from into your RSS reader. Eg. If you happen to visit someone's Blogs on Rediff Blogs and you think you'd love to keeping reading everything this person ever writes then you can copy paste the url of this person's page from the browser window and paste it into your RSS reader.
● That's all, you'll know every move this person makes….well almost!   TOP

What's a Permalink?

Permalink is a type of URL designed to refer to a specific information item (in this case a Post i.e. Photo/Image/Text). Even if this Post is changed, renamed, or moved, its Permalink remains unaltered. So if you copy and paste this URL on any web page Or if you email this URL to your friends/others, it will still point to this specific Post.   TOP