Explanation of Contacts & Friends

**Hairstorm** · March 22nd, 2008, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by PatGear

I'm pretty sure the private blogs/albums you don't have access to just don't show up like they don't exist. I recently befriended someone with a private blog and she had all these blog entries that I never knew existed and all of a sudden the latest one just showed up on the "Find more" view once I befriended her.

So yeah, I have this nagging feeling that I missed some people whose journals I used to read on the old LHC and I'll never know it!

Thanks PatGear. So some people will be completely invisible to me in the blog area, I guess. Therefore, it is pointless to put notes in my blog introduction to "send a friend request in order to view this blog," etc. I wonder if there is also no "blog" tab on the profile page?

**PatGear** · March 22nd, 2008, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Hairstorm

I wonder if there is also no "blog" tab on the profile page?

If you look at the profile of people who's not your friend (and didn't put you on their contact list) and they have a private blog, their blog tab doesn't show up for you, either. In this case, you can still tell that they have one because of the "Blog Entries" statistics.

But in the case of the private photo albums, I don't think there's any way you can tell whether it exists.

**embee** · March 22nd, 2008, 03:14 PM

Thanks LadyG and CDJ for trying to explain to me!

I better just leave well enough alone. I'd hate to "unfriend" anybody, that sounds so 2nd grade- "I don't want to be your friend any more"!

I think my feelings would be hurt if someone did that to me, I'd wonder what I'd done wrong.

...feelings, always in the way, always getting stepped on... sigh.

I'll just stay where I am in the Mane, Friendship, and Pets boards.

With occasional forays into styles and toys.

Thanks.

**Hairstorm** · March 22nd, 2008, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by PatGear

If you look at the profile of people who's not your friend (and didn't put you on their contact list) and they have a private blog, their blog tab doesn't show up for you, either. In this case, you can still tell that they have one because of the "Blog Entries" statistics.

But in the case of the private photo albums, I don't think there's any way you can tell whether it exists.

Thanks so much for this explanation! I just experimented and your description worked just as you said!

**helanek** · March 22nd, 2008, 10:01 PM

there seems to be a lot of confusion and discussion about the new rules. i decided to opt out of lists of friends, as i was afraid there would be hurt feelings and 'popularity contest' going on. i personally like the contact only option as it is easier to find profiles of few members i am in contact with. i requested to be added as a contact as well and it worked really well. if anybody wants to be on my contacts list i will be happy to add them but i do not use the 'friendship ring'. personally think it is great there is more then one option to choose from.

**Katze** · March 23rd, 2008, 12:57 PM

I'm still confused by the friends thing. While flattered that so many people asked to be my friends, I didn't invite anyone to be my friend because I didn't think of it and didn't see it as important...I am really kind of overwhelmed here. Thus, I have not figured out pics, etc. and am not coming here as much, though I did donate.

I think I will follow Ursula's example and add something about this to my sig, so people understand...

**Accolady** · March 23rd, 2008, 06:26 PM

Hi Katz,

Someone please correct me if I am mistaken, but Katz mentioned
she could not get pics to work in her signature. Is the signature pic
inserted as html, and also, must sig pics already have a url, or can
they be uploaded from a file or folder?

KM

**Rae~** · March 23rd, 2008, 10:16 PM

From the looks of it, the sig pic cannot be html, but must be uploaded, either from your computer or from a URL (ie photo-hosting website like photobucket, etc).

I just tried to add one directly from my computer, and it seems to have worked. (If you can't see a pic when you read this post, it's because I've since removed the test pic. Trust me, it was there!

)

There is a step which is not entirely obvious; once you Browse, and find the photo on your hard drive (it must be jpeg format), and push Upload.... when it's finished uploading, you then have to click the link that says 'Insert signature picture' or something similar (I can go back and check exactly where it is, if you need me to).

THEN it will insert the sig pic (although in the text box it won't show the pic itself, just the SIG and /SIG tags, in brackets.... you have to preview to actually see the picture). You then need to click 'Save Signature', and you should be done.

Does that help at all?

Also, there is a really good thread on sig problems, here.

ETA2: I just tested the URL version as well, and it worked for me. Just don't forget to click Save Signature, at the end. And I'm sure the answer to your problem will be in the sig help thread, if you haven't already got it sorted.