Getting Started

  • What can I do on JournalChatter? Your online journal is your personal page of reflection, where you can review all the comments to your postings. Please remember that the journals are open to the public, as any blog would be.  If you decide to contribute, you can customize your journal page to include a personal message and pictures using the My Style members feature, which is available once you are logged into our site. Anyone linking to your journal will then see your personalized Journal and Message Board pages.

  • Your Personal Message Board: As a JournalChatter member, you have access to your own personal message board. You manage which JournalChatter members are  allowed to see and post messages to your Message Board.  It is a way to keep in touch with friends and family, as well as a way to better get to know JournalChatter members.

  • How do I get to know other JournalChatter members? This site is designed to get to know each other through our personal journal pages. Reflecting on our life and the events in our lives gives a glimpse of who we are to our JournalChatter members.  When you find you want to extend your friendship, or share your own experiences with a member, you may post a message to her message board. 

  • Who can see what I post? Journals are public to all those who access our website - members and non-members alike. If your journal is a Top Picks journal, all public entries will be shown on the home page. For those that are not Top Picks, your public entries will be public only when viewed by your personal journal link - and not shown on the home page. If you do not want a journal entry to be publicly viewed, please de-select the Make Public option on the My Writing tab before saving the entry. This sets the privacy level of your journal entry to be private to you only. Your message board is private and only available to those JournalChatter members that you have allowed access. 

  • How can I use this site to keep in touch with friends and family? You should encourage your friends and family members to become members of JournalChatter. Once they are members, you can communicate using the personal Message Boards.  You don't need to keep a journal to use the Message Board feature.

  • How can I create the look I want on my personal web pages? Once you are logged in to the JournalChatter website, you have access to all the member only featuers. The My Style members feature allows you to customize your personal web pages with both words and pictures.  You can pick your favorite inspirational saying, which will then be displayed on the top banner of your personal web pages.  You can also upload pictures to personalize your journal entries and messages as well as your personal web pages.