Getting Started
Some tips to get you started:
Registering with Moborazzi
Registration is designed so that anyone can start sending pictures to from their mobile phone (as many as they like) and those pictures will be waiting for them when they login and register with Moborazzi. To get started, just send an MMS or picture message to and Moborazzi will text you confirmation and instructions.
How it works...
Send your first MMS or picture message to and Moborazzi will respond with two text messages:
- The 1st text message confirms that your picture was received by Moborazzi, and your phone was registered with moborazzi.com. You can continue to send pictures to and those pictures will be there waiting for you when you login and complete your registration.
- The 2nd text message provides your with a temporary unique username (your phone number) and password. To complete user registration, just visit moborazzi.com and login with this username and password. Upon first login, you will be presented with a registration screen that will allow you select a username and password of your choice.
To be more specific...
- Use your phone to send an MMS or picture message to .
- Moborazzi responds by sending you a text message to confirm that your new account has been created.
- A second text message that contains a temporary username and password soon follows.
- Go to moborazzi.com and sign in with the username and password that Moborazzi sent you.
- The first time you login to Moborazzi you will see the registration screen. Enter the username and password that you want to use for your account.
- Click on 'I accept create my account'. Congratulations! You are now a member of the Moborazzi community!
iPhone users, or users who wish to use email rather than MMS, click here for information on registering.
Configuring your account settings
After you login to moborazzi.com, you will see a Settings tab. Click Settings to configure your personal profile and account settings. While not required, we suggest that you fill out all the information to get the most out of Moborazzi, integrate yourself within the community, and help us build a better product. Note that your online bio, interests, and location can be displayed to other users in the Moborazzi community when they view your timelines and photos. Be sure also to configure your timezone.
Click the "Update my Settings" button to apply changes.
Choosing your profile picture or avatar
Your profile picture is the small photo icon displayed beside your name whenever anyone views your timelines, posts or comments online at moborazzi.com. It is your personal identifier to the rest of the Moborazzi community. To add the picture that you want displayed, select the Settings tab, then select the Picture tab. Use the browse button to find and upload the picture of your choice to your personal profile. Be sure to select the "Save your Picture" button to apply the picture to your profile. If you do not select a picture a generic graphic will be displayed in its place.
Configuring your default permissions
Your default permissions are applied to all new photos posted to Moborazzi. This means that as you post, the default permissions are applied to control who sees your content, who can tag your content, and who can comment on your content. To configure your default permissions, select the Settings tab, then select the Permissions tab that appears below it. There are five permission categories including:
- Who Can See Your Profile
- Who Can Follow Your Posts
- Who Can See Your Posts
- Who Can Comment on Your Posts
- Who Can Tag Your Posts
For each permission category you can set the following values:
- Everyone
- Friends Only
- Just Me
Be sure to select the "Update My Permissions" button to apply the permissions that you select for your account.
Configuring Permissions On a Photo by Photo Basis...
Note that you can configure permissions for who you allow to view, tag, or comment each individual photo that you post by selecting the permission options located directly beneath your photo. When you change permissions for a photo, your default permissions do not change. Only permissions for the individual photo are affected. You can modify the permissions for any photo that you post at anytime, as many times as you like.
Posting pictures
Continue to send your mobile pictures to .
Viewing Timelines
Moborazzi allows you to browse and view photos through timelines. A timeline is simply a collection of photos (also known as a photo stream) sorted in chronological (starting with the most recent posts first). Moborazzi provides you with two primary types of timelines - your personal timeline and the public timeline.
The pictures that you post are always added to your personal timeline. To view your personal timeline, simply sign into Moborazzi. Your personal timeline is always the first page that you see and it starts with your most recent posts. To get back to your personal timeline at any time (i.e. see only your posts), sign into your account, click the Me tab then click the Timeline tab that appears below it.
You can also browse the public timeline containing posts from all members of the Moborazzi community. Specifically, the public timeline contains a combination of the following:
- photos (from all Moborazzi users) that have view permissions set to "Everyone"
- photos from your friends (because friends can view each others' photos)
- your own photos
Both the public timeline and your personal timeline support four views (sort orders). To display these views, simply select the corresponding timeline tab. Timeline views include the following:
- Most Recent (starting with the most recent photos first)
- Most Popular (starting with the most viewed photos first)
- Most Tagged (starting with the most tagged photos first)
- Most Buzz (starting with the most commented photos first)
Making new friends
Friends are users with whom you want to share your posts with online. When someone is your friend, and you set your photo's permissions to Friends Only, only that person can view or interact with that post. Likewise, you can view your friend's posts as well when they restrict access to Friends Only and they add you as a friend. You can add friends as you browse photos.
To add someone as your friend, click on their photo, then click the "Add as a Friend" button that appears in the right column directly under their name and profile. To view and manage your friends, login to Moborazzi, click the Me tab then click the Friends tab that appears immediately below it.
Following other users
When you follow a user, their photos are sent directly to your mobile phone whenever they post them. Following users is an easy way to stay up to date with what other users are doing and posting.
To send a comment back to the user who sent it simply reply to the picture message. You can continue exchanging comments about a particular photo by continuing to reply back and forth to the message with your mobile phone, creating a conversation thread about that photo that is posted in real-time to the Web directly underneath the photo as it occurs.
To start following someone and begin receiving their posts on your phone, click on their photo, then click the Follow button that appears in the right column directly under their name and profile. To view and manage your followers, login to Moborazzi, click the Me tab then click the Followers tab that appears immediately below it
