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This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Ping
When it comes to Ping, if you think iTunes meets FaceBook, you’ll have the gist of it. Ping enables you to keep information of events and items of interest about people you follow (such as bands or friends) and to keep people informed of things musical of interest to you by allowing people to follow you. You can access Ping using iTunes on a computer and through the iTunes app on your iPod touch.
To get started, enable and configure Ping using iTunes on a computer, as follows:
- If you aren’t signed into your iTunes Store account, sign in.
- Select Ping on the Source list.
- Click Turn On Ping.
- Enter your Apple ID (if necessary), enter your password, and click OK. You move to the Create My Profile page.
- Complete your profile by creating a nickname, uploading a photo, and entering the other information; then click Continue.
- On the second page of the Create My Profile form, configure how you want music displayed on your profile, such as Automatically display all music I like, rate, review, or purchase, and click Continue.
- Configure your privacy settings by choosing to allow people to follow you (and if so, whether you have to grant permission
to allow someone to follow you) or not; then click Done. Ping is now set up within iTunes and you see the Welcome to Ping
screen.
Once you’ve set up ping, you can follow people or have people follow you.
To follow artists or other Ping users, perform the following steps:
- Enter the name of the artist or person you want to follow and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac). The artists and other people who can be followed and match your search are shown. (You can also browse for artists to follow by using the links just under the Search tool.)
- Click the Follow button for the artist or person you want to follow. If the artist or person doesn’t require authorization for you to follow them, you start following the artist or person immediately. If permission is required, the artist or person has to respond positively to a confirmation email before you will be able to start following them. The status of that person will show Request sent until your request has been approved.
- Click the Preview Page link. You move back to the Ping Home page and can add more artists and people to follow.
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To invite someone to follow you, perform the following steps:
- Click the Invite button on the Ping Home page.
- Fill out the Invitation form and click Invite. An email is sent to the person with the message you created. They can then move to Ping and start following you.
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After Ping is set up, here are some pointers for you to start using it:
- When you are following people and people are following you, when you move to the Ping Home page, you see activity related to those people. This can be announcements, new releases of music, and so on. You can also comment on the events, view all comments, and so on.
- If you click the People link located in the upper-right corner of the Ping window, you will see two tabs. The People I Follow shows the artists and people you are following. If you click the highlighted name, you move to the artist’s or person’s profile page where you can see various information about them, recent activity, and so on (depending on the security settings of their account). Click the People Who Follow Me tab to see what is happening with people who are following you. In either case, you can explore activity by browsing the screen or clicking links, such as My Reviews to read reviews the person has posted.
- To change your profile at any time, click the My Profile link in the PING section on the Home page, click the Edit Profile link, and use the resulting screens to make and save your changes.
- At press time, Ping wasn’t available in the iTunes app on iPod touches, but it probably will be by the time you read this. To access it, open the iTunes app and tap the Ping tab at the bottom of the screen. The Ping screen has three tabs: Activity shows activity for people you are following. The People tab shows you a list of everyone you follow; you can tap a person to see details. The My Profile tab enables you to change your profile.
- If you want to follow me, search for Brad Miser and click the Follow button.
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