Posted Jun 25th 2008 11:30AM by Emily Parent
Filed under: myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
Spice up your myAOL page using one of our brand-new themes! Our design team has been busy creating fun new skins that will allow you to makeover your page with one click. Choose from out-of-this-world Milky Way, summery favorite Flip Flops and earth-friendly Potting Soil. Or take a more topical approach with stylish Celebrity, News and Tech themes. Don't miss this opportunity to make these themes part of your personal myAOL page.
To view the latest themes, click on the blue "Add Stuff" button on the right-hand side and then select Themes (see image below), or simply click the Themes link in the upper right corner.
New Themes Preview

Tech Theme

Add some flair today! :)
Posted May 1st 2008 4:17PM by Tracy Highnote
Filed under: myAOL Widgets, myAOL Content, myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
New visitors to myAOL this week will see a
whole new welcome experience designed to make first-time setup
quick and easy! First, you can select from a subset of our stylish
themes, then choose any or all
interests and last enter a
ZIP code. Clicking "I'm Done" will apply the selected theme, add special-interest pages to the newly-created site, and apply the ZIP code to any location-based content modules.

Another site update is something existing and new users alike will enjoy --
we've made adding new stuff like content modules, feeds, themes and pages to your page easier! Simply click on the
blue "Add Stuff" button now located on the right-hand side of the page above your modules and you'll see a window open below offering featured items which can be added with one click to your page, or you can click into the gallery to browse all modules.

You can also select
Feeds, Themes and Pages on the left-hand navigation. Clicking on
Feeds will allow you to quickly
enter any blog or RSS feed URL into the field to add to your page in a new module.

Clicking on
Themes allows you to browse all of our
awesome page skins and click to apply them to your page. Select
Pages and browse our
ready-made pages full of cool content modules -- this is a quick and simple way to make your site more robust.
Check out these new experiences today and let us know what you think!
We love feedback! :)
Posted Mar 6th 2008 1:43PM by Hamid Schricker
Filed under: myAOL Blog, myAOL Widgets, myAOL myPage, myAOL
We have some updates for you. We have added new themes! Simply click on the Themes link in the header, and you'll notice we've added a second page of new theme options. Of course, we'll be continually adding new themes:
We've also added new modules. One module I'd like to highlight is Pandora.
Pandora is an online music radio service. They have a variety of great music radio stations! You can currently find this module under the "Recently Added" section or you can simply search our widget gallery for 'Pandora'.
Posted Jan 30th 2008 10:13AM by Hamid Schricker
Filed under: myAOL Blog, myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
We just launched a new feature for myAOL: themes. You can now select and choose your own theme to personalize your page. It has been a highly requested feature!
You can add your own theme by clicking on the Themes link in the upper right corner of the page, shown here:
Then, simply choose the theme that you prefer:
Please contact us if you would like to see any particular new theme. We will be adding new themes throughout the year - enjoy!
Posted Dec 13th 2007 11:26AM by Frank Gruber
Filed under: myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
At just under six months old and still in the beta phase, we are pleased to announce that
myAOL was
nominated for the Open Web Awards for favorite site in the category "Start Pages."
So help us win the major prize by voting for us! Vote up until 11:59pm PST on Sunday, December 16th. At that point, the top 3 choices will be selected and we'll move into the final round of voting.
Vote for myAOL!
Thank you to
Mashable and the rest of the Web community for nominating myAOL for favorite "Start Page." With our users support we might just make it to the final round and could win the major prize - vote for myAOL!
Posted Dec 3rd 2007 10:45AM by Frank Gruber
Filed under: myAOL Widgets, myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
We recently added a new module, thanks to
TheFind.com, that could be very helpful this holiday season as you try and keep track of what you are going to get everyone for the holidays.
TheFind.com miniShopper module (shown above) offers the ability to create and maintain a simple shopping list as well as search TheFind.com for all of your shopping list items.You can add the module to your page today by visiting
HERE. Happy shopping!
Posted Sep 1st 2007 1:27PM by William Morris
Filed under: myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
One popular question from our beta testers is "In the AOL Client, how can I make
myAOL the default homepage?". Firstly, you can not replace the welcome screen - but you can have another page load when you sign on to AOL. Follow the steps below.
Step One: Load the "Welcome Screen" SettingsIn the AOL Client, hold down Ctrl + K to load the "Keyword" form. It will look like this:

Then enter "welcome settings" and hit "Go".
Step Two: Set myAOL as your pageNow you will see the Welcome Screen settings option. It will look something like this:

Select the last option "Welcome Screen and this AOL Keyword or URL:".
Enter
http://my.aol.comThen hit Save.
You are done! It's that easy and that simple.
Now when you logon to the AOL service, you will load
myAOL at the same time.
These steps work with AOL 9.0 and AOL 9.1.
Posted Aug 23rd 2007 5:41PM by William Morris
Filed under: myAOL Content, myAOL myPage, myAOL

The
Top News module on myAOL has been a little out of date and we've been working to fix it.
Today we made an update, so the Top News module will be upto date.
To get this update, please :
- Remove the module for Top News. Click the "X" that is on top right of the module.
- Re-add the module. To do this, click on "Add Content" and select "Top News"
Sorry for the delay in getting your top news headlines to you!
Posted Aug 13th 2007 6:01PM by Jen Consalvo
Filed under: myAOL Widgets, myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL
It's still early in this new myAOL beta, but so far we've been getting great feedback. I'm most excited about all the content and features we'll be adding in the coming months so you can add more of your favorites things to your page - like Gmail, Netflix, Mapquest, Local News, Theaters and so much more.
In the meantime, there are some pretty creative things you can do with the features we've already launched. Here are some things I've done within my own pages.
1) I created a page called FRIENDS.
- To see comments people have left on my Flickr pictures, I used the Add Any Feed widget and the feed URL that Flickr offers it's users.
- Using the same Add Any Feed widget, I also added the Flickr feed for my friend's pictures.
- For both I changed the module option so that it shows both Headlines & Summaries - so it shows the pictures. Here's how they look (below).


- I also added the Facebook widget from the Google Gadget section.
- Again using the Add Any Feed module, I added Buddy Feeds for my friends. Learn about your Buddy Feed here.
2) I wanted my FRIENDS page to have other updates on it too, so here's what I did.
- I created a folder called "friends" in Favorites, and added feed URLS from Facebook, Twitter and my friends blogs.
- Then I selected the folder and clicked the Mix & Share button, clicked the Share button and then selected the URL that it displayed.
- I copied that URL and pasted it into a new Add a Feed module on my page.
3) I created another new page called SUGAR and filled it with all the fun PopSugar content. You can see all the PopSugar content here.
Here's what part of my page looks like...

4) I added the Photos "Ready Made Page", and using the AOL Public Galleries module, I changed the option to Tag and typed in Maine. Now i can view all the new photos other people are uploading and tagging "maine". Experiment with tags to find something you might like.
Create your own unique page and share your thoughts and ideas with us.
Posted Aug 2nd 2007 2:00PM by Frank Gruber
Filed under: myAOL Content Gallery, myAOL Widgets, myAOL Content, myAOL myPage, myPage, myAOL

We are pleased to have just added a
local news widget to our content gallery on myAOL. The widget is powered by
Topix and offers an aggregation of local news based on the ZIP Code you provide when you first visited
myAOL. We are extremely pleased to be working with Topix. Check out the widget below:

If you don't recall what ZIP Code you enter or want to change it, simply add the widget to your page and then click on the "options" link in the top right corner of the widget.
CLICK HERE to find out more information about the Topix Local News widget and add it to your myAOL page NOW!