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What is this site about?

Visit My Baltimore is a site about Baltimore, created by Baltimore. Click here to learn more. This site is an aggregator, so once you add a feed, you will not have to manually update VMB ever again... but we hope you visit often. Maybe explain what an aggregator is?

Profile

Profile Screen

You do not need to create a profile to enjoy browsing the site. However if you like what you see and want to participate, creating a profile is easy and fun. Start by creating a username and uploading an optional thumbnail picture. Oh, and if you are already an account holder at 600block.com, you can use that username and password. Then start sharing... you can share photos, videos, tweets, and add definitions to the site. The process if simple: Make sure you know your username (and any tags you want to send to VMB) for whichever service(s) you use and we will do all the rest. If you have successfully added a service it will appear immediately.

Your Public Page

Your public page lists all the items you're sharing. To get to your public page you must first click on 'Edit Profile', and from there you click on the link 'View my public page'.

My Feeds

How do I add feeds?

To add feeds, you must first go to your profile page. The right column on that page list three tabs (Videos, Photos, Tweets). From there you can add your feeds simply by adding your account usernames.

Adding Feeds

How do I delete a feed?

To delete a feed you need to click on the 'Edit your profile' link. From there you can see the feeds you have setup, and to the right of the feed is a 'delete' button. Click 'delete' to remove the feed.

Your People

You can add people to 'Your People' list by clicking on the 'Add to Your People' link on any of the feed pages. After you add the person, you can view their profile on your public page.

Watch

The 'Watch' tab contains all the videos being shared with VMB. You can rate, mark as a fave, share, tag and add comments. If you like many of the photos a person is posting, you can mark that person as a fave or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Look

The 'Look' tab contains all of the photos that have been shared with VMB. You can rate, mark as a fave, share, tag and add comments. If you like many of the photos a person is posting, you can mark that person as a fave or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Listen

The 'Listen' tab contains all of the tweets that are being shared from Twitter with VMB.

Define

The 'Define' tab allows you to create definitions for tagged words.

How do I make a definition?

To create a definition tag simple click on one of the tags on the homepage or create your own tag for any image/photo/video, and then enter in your definition and pronunciation.

Tagging

Tags allow you to assign keywords to videos or photos. You can add as many tags as you want, just seperate them with commas. The tags are then searchable by simple using the search box at the top of the site.