Personal Journal Features

Journal combines personal web pages, blogging and rich-media publishing in a fun and easy-to-use service. With drag-and-drop simplicity, Journal makes publishing and sharing photos, video and audio easier than ever before. Here are the key features of Journal:

Personalize Your Journal

Personalize Your Journal

  • New! Easy-to-apply Web Page Templates allow you to select your own layout, graphical background and media elements. Now with more photo templates to choose!
  • Select from dozens of graphical Styles, from fun to professional, to express your personality
  • New! Hide the tabs you don't need for a truly custom look to your Journal.
  • Record and apply an audio greeting that auto plays when someone views your online personal Journal
Blogging Essentials

Blogging Essentials

  • “Post-to-Publish” creation of personal Journal entries, including Blog, Gallery, Calendar, Links and Feeds entry types
  • Edit-in-place capability allows for easy update of online Journal entries
  • Rollover Comments provides graphical view of comments on any entry
  • Feeds page and RSS support, including Feed Aggregator for one click feed subscription within Journal community
  • Email notifications give ongoing updates to online personal Journal subscribers when content is changed
  • Privacy settings control who can view and contribute to your Journal
  • Multiple Journals per account let you create as many online personal Journals as you’d like!
Rich-Media Publishing Made Easy

Rich-Media Publishing Made Easy

  • New! Media Widget creates universal interface for adding media with browse, drag-and-drop or record-from-webcam capability. Now with support for Mac webcam recording in page.
  • New! Automatic server-based Flash Transcoding enables one consistent playback experience for the viewer.
  • Support for dozens of media file types, including all major video and audio formats for the most popular media players (Real, Quicktime, Windows, Flash)
  • Media Gallery allows for mixed media albums, click and drag album folders and media items for easy organization, and drag to trash functionality for deleting albums
  • In-page creation and recording of video with support for all major webcams
Share and Collaborate

Share and Collaborate

  • Support for mobile phone or email publishing of text, photos and video
  • Tell-A-Friend capability is a fast way to email a link to a specific Journal
  • Invite-A-Friend functionality allows you to easily invite friends to contribute your Journal
  • Easy to share Calendar Events and Notes for group scheduling

If you’re ready, start your online personal Journal today!

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Technical Requirements

Most people can start using Journal immediately. Journal checks your system to ensure that you have all the requirements needed to use the rich media features. This is what you’ll need to use all the great features of Journal.
  • Windows Vista 2000, XP SP2, Mac OS X 10.3/10.4
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0/6.0*, Firefox 2.0/1.5, Safari 1.3/2.0
  • Pentium III 500 MHz or higher, Power PC G4 1 GHz or higher
  • 128 MB RAM
  • Windows Media Player 9.0 or later (for Recording), Media Player 7.1 or higher (for Playback), QuickTime 7.0 or later, Real® Player 10 or later, Flash® Media Player 8.0 or later, DirectX: 9.0 (Recording)
  • Personal webcam for recording personal video and photos (see the list of supported webcams here.)
  • For webcam recording: Windows Media Player 9.0 and DirectX 9.0 or later for the PC or QuickTime 7.1 for the Mac
  • For video playback: Flash Media Player 8.0 or later

To see a list of supported media file types, click here.