One way to copy text is to highlight (or select) the text you wish to copy by clicking with the mouse at the start of the text and hold the mouse button down while you move across the text. Once the text is highlighted (selected) then right click your mouse on the selected text to load the popup menu. The right mouse click is when you press the button shown below on your mouse.
The popup menu should look something like this:
Move your mouse up or down to select what you need from the popup menu. For example you can select 'Copy' from the popup menu to Copy the highlighted text
You can also copy the highlighted text by holding down the 'Ctrl' key on your keyboard while also pressing the 'C' key
When you are ready to paste your text, right click your mouse wherever you want to paste your copied text. Then select 'Paste' from the popup menu.
You can also click your mouse wherever you wish to paste the copied text and then press the 'Ctrl' key on your keyboard while also pressing the 'V' key
One other useful function worth mentioning is 'Select All'. This is used to highlight all of the text in a given region such as one of the white text boxes in the bio builder. To select all of the text within the box, right click your mouse in the box, and choose 'Select All' from the popup menu. Notice that all of the text will get selected (or highlighted) so you are now ready to copy the text.
You can also click your mouse in the white box and then press the 'Ctrl' key on your keyboard while also pressing the 'A' key to select all of the text within that box.
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Before you can share your photos in your bio, you must first upload them to a public server on the world wide web where other people can view them. A few public servers are www.shutterfly.com, www.photobucket.com and www.snapfish.com. Any of these will let you upload photos for free to share with friends. Some even have capabilities to add borders and captions to your images. Once you have uploaded your photos where other people can see them you are ready to add pictures to your bio.
Note there are a few other web image hosting sites out there, that will let you upload photos, but you have to be logged into an account on their site to view the photos. These websites will not work for hosting bio images, because they are private and unless the person viewing your bio is logged into an account with these websites, they will not be able to view your image and will see a red x in place of your image. A few private web hosting sites to avoid for hosting bio images include yahoo and kodak image gallery.
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There is a 'Preview Bio' Button that will open a new window displaying your bio (if you do not have a popup blocker) and will also display a preview of your bio in the big empty white space region shown below (in case you do have a popup blocker). If you make any edits to your bio, you will need to click the 'Generate Bio Code' Button before the 'Preview Bio' Button will be able to display your changes. Note: adding additional html code can display strange things in the preview especially in the non-pop-up version. We strongly recommend you disable your pop-up blockers whenever previewing your bio for more accurate results.
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After you've previewed your bio and like what you see, you need to save your bio builder data so that you won't have to re-do everything the next time you want to make a change. Click here for instructions on saving your bio via email
After you save your bio, it will load a confirmation page to tell you that you have successfully saved your data. It will also display your HTML code that you need to paste into your bio, along with a final preview of your bio. Copy the HTML code from the section titled 'Paste this HTML code into your bio' on the confirmation page shown below:
Note that the HTML code is also displayed in the bio builder itself in a section titled 'Your Bio HTML Code' shown below:
Once you copy ALL of your HTML code from either the bio builder or the email confirmation page you are ready to paste the code into your bio for all of your friends to see. (Click here for a detailed lesson on Copying and Pasting text)
- Go to the website that host's your bio and click on your own name to open your bio (just like you would to view someone else's bio).
- Click on the 'View' button to view your bio in full screen mode.
- When the new window opens double click in the bio to open up the bio editor.
- There is a button at the top on the far right that looks like this
If you click the HTML button it will open a window that should look like this:
Note popup blockers MUST be disabled before the HTML Source Editor Window can open - Remove any existing text in the HTML Source Editor window and paste your new HTML code into this box.
- After Pasting your HTML Code, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'Update' Button.
- When the HTML Source Editor closes, be sure to press the "Save Changes" button to exit the bio editor and view your changes.
If you want to learn how to prevent your bio from being displayed in small frame, click here: Full Sized Bio Code
Again, if you haven't done so already we highly recommend that you Save/Email your Saved Bio Builder Data to yourself so that you won't have to re-type everything the next time you want to make edits or updates to your bio. Warning the Saved Bio Builder Data from the email, is not the same as the HTML code (shown above) that goes into your bio. Click here to see the difference between the Bio Builder Data and HTML Code.
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Once you have Generated and Previewed your Bio and like what you see, you can save all of the data used to create your bio (called Bio Builder Data) and send it to yourself in an email directly from the Bio Builder. Note that if your Bio Builder Data gets too big it could get split between multiple emails.
Warning: the Bio Builder Data Saved in your email is NOT the same thing as the HTML code you paste into your bio. Learn the difference between Bio Builder Data and HTML code.
To save your data simply enter your name and email address and specify which format you prefer to read your email (html or plain text) and then click "Save and Send My Data". Note, many email systems have spam/junk mail filters and it's common for the filters to block emails from the bio tools by mistake. To make sure that your email account will deliver your saved data, please follow the tips here for adjusting your spam/junk mail filters.
Learn how to retrieve your data in the Bio Builder from the saved data in your email.
If you don't want to use our automatic email save option, you may choose to save your data manually in a text file on your computer. Click here for a lesson on saving and restoring your data without email.
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For many of the instructions you may be asked to copy and paste text by using the 'Ctrl' key in combination with another key as described here: How to Copy and Paste. However Mac's do not have a Control (Ctrl) key. The good news is that the 'Apple' key on a Mac is equivalent to the 'Ctrl' key on a PC, so when instructed to copy text by holding down the 'Ctrl' key and the 'C' key at the same time, you can simply press and hold your 'Apple' key and while pressing the 'C' key and you will still be able to copy the text.
Another common problem for Mac users is the lack of a right mouse button. Right mouse buttons are used when finding the URL for an image as described here: How do I add pictures to my bio? Instead of right clicking on the image to get a popup menu like this:
You can press the 'Apple' button on your keyboard while you click on the image to get the Mac equivalent popup menu. Be warned the popup menu may have different options in the browser on your Mac than what is shown above. If you don't have the option to view the image properties, see if you have an option to 'Open image in a new window'. If you choose to open the image in a new window, the image URL will be displayed in the address bar at the top of the new browser window containing the image. Copy the image URL from the address bar and paste it into one of the image URL blanks in the bio builder, and your done! It's a little trickier on a Mac, but certainly still possible :)
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