Here’s a quick summary of some of the new features in .TEL:
1. Logo/Picture – you can now upload a logo or picture by referencing the website location (URL) of the image you want to use.
The easiest way I found to achieve this is by referencing my twitter avatar. (right click on your Twitter avatar, click on properties and copy the URL). Paste it into your .TEL where it asks for the “URL”.
You can do this with any image on the internet including your logo on your website.
Other way is to click on the option to set up a Gravatar and you put your image of choice up associated with your email and it will automatically be associated with your email on any future blog sites, etc.
Give these a try and any problems, feel free to call the Webnames.ca team at 1-866-221-7878 or locally at 604-633-1142.
2. Better Looking Icons – you will notice that the icons for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are now showing up rather than in the past, they all showed as “web”. This makes for a much nicer look and feel to the page.
3. Colour Themes – You can go and change the colours on your .TEL page. Changing the colours isn’t as intuitive as picking a template but experiment a little bit and have some fun to make a more customized look and feel for your .TEL!
4. V-Card – the mapping seems to be improved and seems to be working well.
5. Search Function – at the top right hand corner of every .TEL you can do a search within the specific .tel you are looking for or across all .TEL’s in the world. Put in a search term like “webnames” for instance and you will get all the .TEL’s with references to “webnames”
6. Print – there is now a quick print button so you can print out the digital business card if you want to kill more trees 😉
For those who think green is in, don’t forget to download Hornet.tel for Blackberry or “Superbook” for iPhone if you want to take .TEL names with you and be fully mobile. I have tested Hornet and all works fine with the new changes. iPhone should be working well too.
Hope this helps! Come join us at our next local Dot-TEL Meetup: http://meetup.com/dottel