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Account Subscriptions
Today we're going to talk about the different subscription levels. When you open your diary, you open a Standard account, which costs nothing. However, BloopDiary has two other account subscription options to choose from: BloopPlus and BloopXtra.
In Manage My Diary, look for BloopXtra and these are the options you find:
First, you have the Features Comparison List. This is the list of the different features and which subscriptions offer them. The next two links is to subscribe to either Plus or Xtra, we will go over the price list later in the entry. Then You have My Subscriptions, My BloopPoints balance, Give a gift subscription, and Recommend a friend.
Let's start with the comparison list, shall we?
Features Comparison List
I've broken the Features Comparison List down to 3 parts. The first column is for Standard, second is for Plus, and the last column is for Xtra.
costs - Standard is free all the time. BloopPlus you pay with your BloopPlus points, and BloopXtra you pay depending on the amount of time you want to pay for.
BloopPlus points are rewarded when you comment on the first entry of a new diary. You get 1 point per comment made on new diaries. As you can see 30 points buys you 1 month of BloopPlus. We are working on more ways for you to earn Plus points.
Advertisements -
Hide Advertisements: Standard doesn't allow you to hide advertisements but BloopPlus and BloopXtra does. Right now there are no ads on BloopDiary.
My Personal Diary -
The following features are included in all 3 subscription options: create your own personal diary, Visualise your diary with fonts & colors, Browse your diary calendar, View your received comments, View your sent comments, and Download your diary as .ZIP.
Personalise your comments with a star - not included in Standard, limited options in Plus, and all stars available in Xtra
Filter your received comments by username and Search Your diary Entries - only included in Xtra.
My Personal Profile - included in all 3 subscriptions: Tell the cocmmunity about yourself, Upload a photograph of yourself, and Specify your personal interests
My Photo Albums: Only Xtra subscribers can host photo albums
Privacy & Security: included in all 3 subscriptions are: Show your diary to the public, members, friends, or nobody, Write individual entries to the public, members, or privately, Write individual entries to your friends, Block an individual member, and Report an abusive member.
Included in only Xtra: Write individual entries to an exclusive list, Record who views your individual entries (Who's Viewed It?), and Record who accesses your diary or profile.
File & Image Hosting: This section gives you the breakdown of how much allocated file space each subscription has, the type of uploadable file types per subscription, and the cost for additional space per 10mb.
Allocated file space: Standard gets 1MB of space, Plus gets 1MB plus 5MB, and Xtra gets 1MB plus 25MB.
Uploadable file types: list of what file types are uploadable based on your subscription level.
Additional space per 10MB: If you want an additional 10MB it is $1.00 a month for all subscriptions. If you want 20MB additional, $2 a month, and so forth
Community Interaction: Included in all 3 subscription levels: Keep up-to-date with your fave diaries, Specify relations between you & other members, and Email alerts for new comments & messages
My Message Box: Included in all 3 subscription levels: Receive message in my inbox and Store contacts in my address book.
Included in Xtra only: Store copies of sent items and Create custom folders
Online Support: Included in all 3 subscription levels: Request assistance from support staff and Emergency support via email.
Receive priority support assistance is only included in Xtra
Subscribing to BloopXtra
After reviewing the comparison list you can scroll to the top right and click "Subscribe to BloopXtra" or you can go back to the menu and select "Subscribe to BloopXtra".
You get this screen:
If you had a subscription before, information about your previous subscription shows on top that includes our subscription status and reference number. To choose your level of Xtra you simply click one of the options and the link takes you to Paypal.
Under that, you have your payment history. As you can see this diary received/paid for Xtra October 27, 2008. It shows the dollar amount spent (in this case it looks like the xtra was rewarded by Steve), the length of the subscription, Status, and if you have any credit.
Subscribing to BloopPlus
If you have BloopPlus points, you can only spend them on subscribing to a Plus subscription. Click the link "Subscribe to BloopPlus"and this is your screen:
The screen gives you subscription status, subscription reference, and then it shows you your current balance (complete with a view history link) and the list of time and plus points to buy. BloopDiaryBasics has 0 points but if we had 30 points we could buy 1 month of Plus.
Then the last thing it shows is your BloopPlus payment history.
Since BloopDiaryBasics has never had any BloopPlus points, I went ahead and screenshotted my personal diary's history so you can see what type of information shows when clicking the "History" link next to your balance:
It shows you dates, how many points awarded, and what it was awarded for. You can also find "My BloopPlus balance" in the menu list.
Give a gift subscription
Feeling generous? You can gift BloopXtra subscriptions to anyone you'd like! Simply go to Manage My Diary and click on "Give a gift subscription".
In the box, type the diary name you want to gift and it will search for the diary you want. It may give you a list of diaries containing any keyword you type in.
For instance, I typed in "Mark" and two diaries popped up who met my criteria: Mark and Mark G.
I want to gift Mark so I click his diary name and it gives me the options of what I can gift him. If I want to send mark 1 month of BloopXtra, I click the link for 1 month and it brings me to paypal to complete my transaction. Mark gets his 1 month and a message letting him know that his friend paid for a month of Xtra for him. What a nice way to breed community, right? 
So there you have it! Your 3 subscription levels explained!
If you have a query or a problem with your diary, please do not message or comment this diary. Instead, use the 'support' link at the top of the page.
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