Friendster navigational links
Arguably, Friendster is one of the leading social networks here in the Philippines. I said arguably because, there are more and more using other social networks like Multiply, MySpace, Facebook, and Hi5. I’ve been a user of Friendster since 2003, and has 3 active accounts. You can find one of my account at my profiles.
Although I log-in to my Friendster account at least once or twice a day, I never did use most of its features. Even if I have been using it for a long time, I still get frustrated with its navigational links. There are times that I’m dependent on the auto-links that shows up in my home profile. Like when you have a new message or an incoming birthday from one of your friend.
I have to admit, the layout of the navigational links in Friendster is not organized, and a new user can easily get lost. So for those who are still not familiar with Friendster, here are some most used navigational links around the website. If you are using a tabbed browser (like Firefox), just open a new tab and login to your Friendster account. Then while still logged in, click or just copy/paste the URL found here on the address bar on the window where you logged in to your Friendster. I also included a small note on some features, because there are still some who doesn’t know what it’s for.
Your profile
View your profile - http://www.friendster.com/user.php
Edit your profile - http://www.friendster.com/editprofile.php
Edit/Customize your profile skin - http://www.friendster.com/editskin.php
View/Edit schools - http://www.friendster.com/schools.php
View/Edit college - http://www.friendster.com/schools.php?type=C
View/Edit high school - http://www.friendster.com/schools.php?type=H
Edit your account - http://www.friendster.com/editaccount.php
* Edit your account, is the location where you can change your name, password, email, notifications, and a lot more regarding your account.
Your photos
View public photos - http://www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php
Organize public photos - http://www.friendster.com/photosort.php?photo_type=public
Upload public photos - http://www.friendster.com/fancyupload.php?photo_type=public
View private photos - http://www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php?photo_type=privatephotos
Upload private photos - http://www.friendster.com/fancyupload.php?photo_type=privatephotos
View friends uploaded photos - http://www.friendster.com/viewphotos.php?photo_type=submitted
Organize friends uploaded photos - http://www.friendster.com/photosort.php?photo_type=submitted
Who’s grabbed my photos - http://www.friendster.com/photograbbers.php
Your friends
View friends - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php
Edit featured friends - http://www.friendster.com/featuredfriends.php
Bookmarked friends - http://www.friendster.com/bookmarks.php
Friends birthdays - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php?action=bdays&tab=bd
Friends latest updates - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php?tab=lu
Recently added friends - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php?tab=re
I’m a fan of… - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php?action=spusers
Blocked users - http://www.friendster.com/friends.php?action=blockingprefs
* Featured friends are the 6 friends that appears in your profile page.
* Bookmark is useful if you have many friends but want to view only your closest. So bookmark them.
Invitations / Adding friends
User search - http://www.friendster.com/usersearch.php
Invite using your email’s address book - http://www.friendster.com/invite.php
Invite by typing their email - http://www.friendster.com/invite.php?tab=invitefriends
Pending invites - http://www.friendster.com/invite.php?action=review
Friends requests - http://www.friendster.com/friendrequests.php
Fan requests - http://www.friendster.com/fanrequests.php
* User search is the place where you type your friend’s email address or full name to add to your list of friends.
* Invites are used when a friend you know hasn’t registered their email on Friendster yet.
* Pending invites are the people whom you invited, but still hasn’t been added to your friends list because they haven’t accepted your friend request yet.
* Friend requests appear when someone invited you to be their friend. You have to accept them so they can be added to your friends list.
Private Messages / PM’s
Messages section - http://www.friendster.com/messages.php
Create message - http://www.friendster.com/sendmessage.php?action=multiple
Inbox - http://www.friendster.com/messages.php?folder=Inbox
Sent - http://www.friendster.com/messages.php?folder=Sent
Trash - http://www.friendster.com/messages.php?folder=Trash
Public Messages
View/Edit Testimonials/Comments - http://www.friendster.com/comments.php
View/Edit Testimonials that require your approval - http://www.friendster.com/comments.php?action=pending
View the Bulletin Board - http://www.friendster.com/bulletinboard.php
Post a Bulletin - http://www.friendster.com/bulletin.php
View your blog - http://www.friendster.com/blogs.php
View reviews - http://www.friendster.com/review.php
Search
Search Friendster users - http://www.friendster.com/gallery.php
User search - http://www.friendster.com/usersearch.php
College search - http://www.friendster.com/searchcollege.php
High school search - http://www.friendster.com/searchschool.php
Web search - http://www.friendster.com/websearch.php
Group search - http://www.friendster.com/group/search.php
* User search is the place where you type your friend’s email address or full name to add to your list of friends.
Other Links
Add applications/widgets - http://www.friendster.com/widgetdirectory.php
Create/Add/Find groups - http://www.friendster.com/group/mygroup.php
View videos - http://www.friendster.com/video.php
I hope this navi-guide can help those who get lost around Friendster. Oh and if you are planning to drop by a testi/comment on my Friendster page, and you are using an image, I suggest you use one that has a maximum of 400px (or less) as width. I don’t want a horizontally long image comment because it distorts my profile, and it will get deleted.
