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Aim 7 Beta: Change Screen Name Color
So you’ve been enjoying AIM 5.9’s incredibly familiar red and blue screen name colors. AIM 7 replaces the screen name color scheme yet again with a pretty natural green and a horrendous brown color. Fear not, you can change these screen n...
Aim 7 Beta: Change Screen Name Color
This method only works in Beta 3 version of Aim 7 So you’ve been enjoying AIM 5.9’s incredibly familiar red and blue screen name colors. AIM 7 replaces the screen name color scheme yet again with a pretty natural green and a horrendous b...
Aim 7.0 Releases With Larger Buddy Icons
Today the next generation of the popular instant messenger platform released with a brand new version called Aim 7. It’s an early beta that will showcase some new features. It seems the message they are focusing on this time is to keep the pro...
Aim 7.0 Releases With Larger Buddy Icons
Today the next generation of the popular instant messenger platform released with a brand new version called Aim 7. It’s an early beta that will showcase some new features. It seems the message they are focusing on this time is to keep the pro...
Adding Flash and MP3 Playlist codes to Bebo’s Code Snippet
You need one of the following modules/applications About Me: Code Snippet Gigya’s My Stuff Doesn’t code snippet already allow flash? Well it does, but you may have noticed your Playlis...
AOL Message Board Closings Generates Frustration and Anger
In a previous post on the People Connection blog, AOL announced changes would be coming to the AOL Message boards. These changes included a new look for popular message boards, while the other boards would retire. On March 31st, the entire message bo...
AOL Bebo Migration Issues
The migration of AOL Profiles to Bebo didn’t go as smoothly as planned. For the most part there seems to be great lack of knowledge among AOL members over the inner workings of Bebo. AOL will have to address these issues in some shape or form. ...
How to Disable Smileys in Aim 6
For a long time I’ve been asked how exactly do you remove graphical smileys and emoticons in AIM6. In Aim 5.9 the option was there but in Aim 6.0 it was removed. A recent update to Aim 6.9 has reinstated this feature. How to Disab...
Code Snippet, Where is it? [AIM/AOL Bebo Profiles]
So you’ve switched over to Bebo, but you find the Code Snippet box isn’t there, what do you do? Cry! Profiles with Code Snippet before the Bebo takeover will have it listed in their modules section. Profiles who did not use code snippet w...
How to Cancel AIM/AOL Bebo Profile
The steps for removing your AIM/AOL account on Bebo is very easy. Just remember you can not reverse this process unless you want to contact Bebo staff on your own. You will not be able to go back to the old AIM Profiles. Here’s what you do. 1....
AOL Profiles replaced by Bebo and Users Hate it!
So a few weeks ago at the end of February, AIM Profiles became Bebo. The new profile system allows more control over your profile allowing you to add videos, music, and text, in a much easier fashion than AIM Profiles. However, dedicated AIM Profiles...
Do You Get Charged for using AIM Mobile?
Yes you will get charged for using AIM on your cellphone, but it depends on what plan you have. Some AIM applications use text messages while others use Data....
AIM’s New Chat Experience; Add Chatrooms To Your Website
AOL has just exposed the new AIM Chat Experience on their front page. The new chatrooms ditches userplane’s flash based interface and attempts to ease the migration for AOL users into a web based format. This will also be the first time AIM use...
A New Aim For Macs
AOL has released a brand new version of AIM for Macs through its beta website. No, this is not Aim 4.7 that was released several years ago, this is a brand new 2008 version that follows behind Aim 6 for Windows. Though this has been released a while ...
Goodbye AOL Journals, Hello Blogger!
AOL Journals has finally called it quits after 5 years. Through the years it went through a few rough spots, but managed to create a small dedicated user base whom enjoyed networking with their peers. On October 31st, 2008, AOL Journals will cease to...
Aim Chatrooms: We are Unable to Send Your Message
There have been many reports about users unable to send any messages in AIM Chatrooms. The error message is as follows: OnlineHost: We’re sorry, we are unable to send your message. Please remove the Web address and try again This occurs for m...
When AOL splits, Where do we end up?
The Great Divide Time Warner plans to split AOL into two factions, an advertisement unit and a dial-up unit. The plan will be to sell off each unit to potential buyers. Dial-up users do not make up the majority on AOL so giving them away won’t ...
Aim 6.8 Skin Packs
In the upcoming weeks all skins on this site will be converted over to Aim 6.8 format. This also allows us to group selected skins together to make it easier to download all of them at once. The following skins have been grouped together into one pac...
Aim 6.8 and Aim For Windows Mobile
Aim 6.8 Aim 6.8 was recently went GM a few days ago. Its new features have been covered here already, but as with newer versions, comes new complaints. Most of which deal with the plugins carousel at the bottom of the buddy list. Aside from that, now...
AIM Users Furious over Ads in Buddy Info
As Randy Falco, CEO of AOL, gets closer to his dream of making AOL the most profitable advertising network, users were treated with a brand new ad inside the buddy info. These ads now take up a considerable amount of space at the bottom of the buddy ...
Aim 6.5 Skin: BumpXRed
Not Ready Yet, but for those who want to see. Share This ...
Aim 6.2 Skin: BumpXBlue
BumpXblue is a blue and black theme for Aim 6.2. The User Interface has changed considerably in the newest version of AIM, which I believe is far worse. More research is needed to change certain elements of the skins such as the border aro...
How to edit your buddy info even without downloading AIM
So your one of the few people who can’t download AIM because your at school, or work, or you just don’t know how to. You can still edit your buddy info without downloading anything. Here’s how to do it. How to Edit...
AimWimzi and the Prisoner of MeeboMe
So LIEK on Friday, Aim Wimzi came all up into MeeboMe’s face and said"AND WHAT! " MeeboMe wuz like,"SO WHAT! I STILL GOT BETTER CHATROOMS AND BETTER AIM THAN YOU!" Thus starts the new chapter of AOL’s m...
How to Change the Screen Name Colors in Aim 6
Some people might not like the screen name colors in Aim 6, and may want it to be red and blue, or blue and green. Here’s a quick guide on how to change the colors of your screen name and to change the colors of other people’s screen name...
Template.HTML Copyright and Confidentiality Notice Fix for Aim 6?
Eclipseskool101 MAY have found a temporary fix for this problem. It affects all versions of Aim 6.0 including Aim 6.1 and Aim 6.2. He believes JRE might have been damaged or deleted. File Name: template.html****************...
AIM Weeworld Problems and Issues
Not many issues arise with Weeworld Icons but they still persist. Support for this product is scarce and often times hard to find. So here's a little breakdown on how to fix some of the problems you might have. How to create an Aim WeeWorld Ico...
Creating Aim 6.0 Skins! Tips and Tricks!
Finally, the ability to skin Aim 6.0 is here. It still has quite a long way to go in order to be a full fledged skinning program but still its a start. First you can download the skinning program from Gregs Blog. After you have created your skin you'...
