Posted by: kurtsh | September 15, 2005

HOWTO: Set up MSN Alerts

<taken from the Spacecraft blog – the official blog of MSN Spaces>
 
Alerts aren’t available broadly yet, but you’ll notice some people already have them on their Space. The instructions below show how you can hack something together yourself.  
 
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MSN Alerts on your own Space is a great way to enable people to get instant updates whenever you update your Blog!
 
While it definitely requires a little more work, it’s actually pretty easy to set up.

  1. Install the PowerToys "HTML Container Part" – click here to learn how to do this:  (http://spaces.msn.com/members/thespacecraft/Blog/cns!1pBU8QRvZvOfXG4QTjpv_GFg!127.entry)
  2. Sign up for Alerts at http://signup.alerts.msn.com/brochure/index.html.  
  3. Receive Welcome Email – Accept Terms of Use
  4. You’ll receive another instruction email with HTML code for your Alerts signup button.  Copy and paste that HTML code provided in the into the HTML Container Window.  Here’s an example of mine:
    <a href="http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts/login.do?PINID=xxyourPINxx&returnURL=http://spaces.msn.com/members/yourname/">
    <img src="http://images.alerts.msn.com/mcwebsite/graphics/blog/alert_signup_eng.gif" alt="MSN Alerts" border=0></a> 
  5. Click Save
  6. You’re all set!  Users can get alerted whenever you or a friend updates your space!

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