How to Get on the Popular Page

Want to end up on the top-chart of about.me known as the Popular page? Use these tips to improve your page and impress your viewers! High Definition Use a good, clear image of yourself. While illustrated, landscape, and other creative … Continue reading

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The Rule of Thirds

Are you ready to make the most of your upcoming holidays photo opportunities? We are entering the festive season, full of family, friends, and fun. It’s also the most furiously photographed time of year. Follow our one piece of advice to … Continue reading

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Patterns that pop

The latest design option for your Backgrounds are now available on your about.me page – Patterns! Patterns are a perfect complement to background images that take up less than the entire space available. An example of this are individual Instagram … Continue reading

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New Backgrounds!

Once again, we have to thank the amazing about.me community and the talented photographers on our platform, for our most recent collection of backgrounds just today available in the Gallery. Thanks to the following for their contributions: Geoffrey Orthwein Yadunandan … Continue reading

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Easy and creative photo editing

Your about.me background image is a representation of who you are and should be reserved for photos that make you look awesome. This blog post is for those of us who want to edit photos without spending money or dealing … Continue reading

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Justified updates

We’re excited to offer a few updates to your Background positions. In addition to Scale, Center and Tile, you can now set your Background to Left or Right align. Head to your Edit Your Page view to try out the … Continue reading

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Pick a palette

The combinations of colors you can use on your about.me page are nearly endless.  So which should you choose to represent yourself? There are a number of tools online to help find and match colors.  A longtime favorite is Kuler. Kuler … Continue reading

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A new about.me navigation

A few weeks back we were having a discussion about product scalability and how to retain simplicity and clarity while our community expands and product features are added. The first thing we noticed was that during the evolution of the … Continue reading

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Typeface winners

And the results are in – you can now choose from Lobster, Good Times, Aviano Flare, Swingdancer, Felt Tip Roman and English Small Caps for your name, headline and biography texts.  We also added Futura PT, a favorite internally. Thanks for voting!

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Backgrounds brought to you by AOL Artists

As you may have seen, we stocked up some new default backgrounds for you to choose from, if your personal background image isn’t quite ready.  These backgrounds are part of a larger collection by AOL Artists. According to Nikki Macaluso, Manager … Continue reading

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