Yes. Boatville.com is free to use for as long as you wish, and contains small links or ads that are references to Google©, Facebook©, AOL©, Twitter© and Myspace©. If you wish to remove your membership at any time, you follow this link. Un-register.

Your profile picture is also called an Avatar. In order to change or set your avatar, Put your mouse over the Dashboard icon on the main homepage. Click Avatar, click browse and upload the photo of your choice. If the photo you want has already been uploaded, just navigate to the photo you want for your Avatar and under the "Actions" menu, click 'Set as Avatar'.

Click the Dashboard icon from the homepage and choose Privacy Settings. Here you can customize who has access to all of your data. I recommend changing your default privacy settings to, at least, members so that non-members cannot access your information. On your profile page, click the Edit button to customize the privacy settings on your profile.

There are several way to chat with another member, the Chat room, simple messenger, and video messenger. To simple message someone, you can hold your mouse over the member picture from the home page (allow a few seconds) and it will give you several options for that members, including chat. You can also visit the members profile and look under actions where you will see a chat option and video chat option. Note: The member MUST be online to see chat options.

In order to user your webcam in the Chat room, click the Broadcast Video button at the bottom right of the chat window. You cannot use your webcam in "simple messenger", you will need to click the "Switch to video messenger" in order to broadcast your webcam.

To upload media, you will need to go to the appropriate menu home option (Sounds, Photos, or Videos). From there, you will have option buttons at the top right that say "Add Album" and "My Albums". If you have not created an album, click the Add Album button. Create a title name, description, and choose your privacy level. Once that album and the link to "Add (media type)". From this page you will need to choose your up loader version (flash is set by default and should be fine). Select your file and wait for the upload to finish. You will need to make sure the title, description, tags and category are set before selecting submit. Videos uploaded to the site are not immediately available for viewing, they must be processed first.

Members have the option to set the privacy level to ALL their media albums. If you see a blue lock, marked as private, then you do not have permission to view the media. You can contact that member via email and request permission to view the media.

The easiest way to view all photos uploaded by a specific member is to go to their profile page and scroll down until you see Photo Albums on the left. From there you can see all the member's photos albums and pictures.

Click the Videos menu option. On the left you will see YOUR video albums. You can embed into an existing album or choose to create a new one using the steps above. Enter the album and click Add Video. In Choose Upload, use the drop down to choose embed. Paste in the URL for the YouTube© video as described and click continue. Note: You may need to click outside the box for the continue box to activate. Also, if the video description is too long, the video will not post.

Spy is an activity feed that shows you what is going on with members at the site. You have the option to spy all members or just your friends.

From the top menu, click Blogs. Click the button that says "My Blogs". Create a name for your Blog post first. Once you have created a name for your blog posts, under the Actions menu on the left, you will see the option to Add Post.

This member bar is similar to the one used in Facebook©. It gives you access to your IM Status, Status Message, Email, Notifications, Friends, Dashboard, Profile, Your settings, and a logout option.

When you see a number on one of the icons (mail, Info (blue circle with the letter I), or Friends, this means that you have notifications available for viewing. The number by friends tells you how many friends you currently have online.

Clicking this menu tab will display additional features or modules available here at Boatville.com

You can click the profile icon from the top menu navigation OR your member bar (it's the blue man). Choose Wall. From there you can post your message, link, photo, video, or music to your wall. You can also access your wall from your profile page.

The default profile content can be edited here.

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