The first thing you will want to do is upload a photo to your profile.  You can upload as many photos as you would like, and organize them into albums to help your friends figure out what each picture is about or where it is from.

From your cell, click on either the button in myStash or simply click on your primary picture, which will look like the image on the right if you currently do not have a picture set.  This will take you to the Pics section, where you can then create a new album, or upload a picture into an existing (when you signed up, The Warden created an album for you called My Pics).

To create a new album, click on [new album].  Here you can add a name, description and set the album as public or for friends only.  No information need be entered, except the name.  EVERY album needs a name, or it will not be created.  Once the information is posted, click on Add.

After you have created an album, you can then upload photos into that album.  From the albums page, or from within an album, you can click on [upload picture] to begin the process.  From here, you can choose the picture to upload, choose which album to upload it into, give it a name, description and set it as your profile picture.  Unlike the album, you do not need to give a name to any picture, but it does help people know what they are looking at sometimes.  If you want to make this your primary picture, make sure you click the box at the bottom before you hit Upload.

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myInMates profile are a little different from your normal social site.  Here, you can create your profile the way you want it.  You are given an ever-growing selection of gadgets to select from, and you can put them anywhere on your profile you would like.  If you want your booking info (profile picture, cell visits, favorite movie, etc) on the right instead of the left, you can move it.  Think your friends deserve to be at the top of the page?  Put them there!

You may be asking yourself, "How do I do that?"  The way to start is to click on the button in myStash.  Here you will get a view of the gadgets that are currently installed on your profile.

If a location does not have a gadget installed in it, you will see Add .  Clicking on this will bring up a list of gadget categories, clicking on one will list all of the gadgets available in that category.  When you find something compelling, click on [add to profile] and you will be asked for some settings for some gadgets, none for others.  When you are ready to install the gadget, click Add to Profile.

If a location already does have a gadget installed, you will see .  Let's cover the first.  It will uninstall the gadget from the current location.  Now that that is out of the way, let's cover .  This will allow you to edit the current settings for the gadget installed in that location, if there are any.  Once your settings (Colors, Input, etc) are set, clicking Edit will post the new settings to your profile.

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Blogging is one of the most popular things to do online, and your myInMates blog is a great way to let your friends know about you and your interests.  Luckily, the Blog is an easy to use feature, and a lot of fun!

To get started, click on the button in myStash.  This screen is split into two different parts.  Let's start with the top.  Your blog menu allows you to create an entry, view your comments and edit your settings.

To compose a new entry, click on Compose Blog Entry.  Every entry can have three parts, a title, which is the first part people will see when viewing your profile or your blog, a photo, which is usually used to emphasize the topic, and a body.  The body is the important part, of course.  Once you have entered everything you would like, click Post to allow others to read it.

Clicking on Blog Comments or in myStash will allow you to see everything people have said about your posts.  Your entries are listed in reverse order (newest first), along with how many comments have been made, and how many are new since you last checked.  Clicking on the blog title will take you to that post and show all of the comments.  (Note: Once this loads, all of the "new" comments will be set to read, whether or not you look at them)

Clicking on Edit Blog Settings will allow you to change the title of your blog, your visibility and your comments.  The title of your blog is what will show up at the top of the blog, and and the top of the blog gadget on your profile (for more information on gadgets, please read the article entitled "Edit Profile").  Visibility determines who can see your blog.  It can be set to Everyone, in which case any logged in member can read it, Friends Only, where only people on your friends list can read it, and No one, where only you can read it.  Comments works very similarly, but changes who can write a comment about your posts, with the same three choices.

The second part of the screen is composed of your entries.  They are all listed the way your visitors will see them, with some options across the bottom.  Clicking on Edit will take you to a screen identical to the Compose page, but with information already filled in.  (Note: if you upload a photo from the Edit page, it will REPLACE the existing photo.)  Permanent Link is the page that anyone can link to for you, so they can read the blog posting.  Comments will tell you how many there are and allow you to read them.  (Note: Once this loads, all of the "new" comments will be set to read, whether or not you look at them).  In the top corner of each blog entry is a .  Clicking on this will remove the post and all comments associated with it.

Ready to try it? Then get to it!