"Virtual" Gifts for Christmas, Birthdays, Graduations, and Other Special Occasions

GoDaddy makes it very easy to "point" a real www.com domain name to your Squidoo lens, blog or freebie website. For around $10 a year to reserve a domain name, it's a bargain... plus you get free email for your domain, too.

Imagine the fun your kid will have using an email address based on his OWN domain name.

First, set up an account and register your kid's www domain with GoDaddy (or your own, for that matter).

Then set up your lens, blog or free website - with its "real" longer name - (it'll usually include http://www. plus blogspot, squidoo, typepad, homestead, etc. plus your specific name) and make sure it's "live" (published to the internet).

To "point" your shorter www name to your longer real name, head back over to DoDaddy. At GoDaddy, log in to your account with your user ID and password, click on "My Account" and then on "Manage Domains."

Check the domain name you wish to point (forward) to your lens, blog or website and then click on "Domain Forwarding."

Check "Enabled" and "Moved Permanently" (you can unforward later, if needed). Then type your entire Squidoo or blog address in the "Forward To" box (including the http://). On Squidoo, it will be http://www.squidoo.com/(insert your lens name). Click "Okay" and you're done!

A two-page downloadable, printable list of 300 keyboard symbols you can make with the alt key and numeric keypad, including copyright, trademark, currency symbols, French, German and Spanish accents, Greek alphabet, math symbols, plain and fancy bullets, smiley faces, hearts and lots more.

Great for business colleagues, teachers, students, office workers, desktop publishers... anyone who creates documents in Word, Publisher, etc.

Email the PDF list to them or print out the two pages, insert back to back in a clear plastic cover and put a bow on it. It's such a useful gift.

Click Here for the 300 Alt Key Keyboard Symbols List - 99¢.

Log in to your GoDaddy account with your user ID and password. Click on "My Account," then on "Email Account."

Where you see "Free Email with Domain," click on "Use Credit."

Highlight (click) the domain name you want to activate for your email address. Click the "Continue" button. It'll now show as a "New Account."

Click on "Manage Account." The Email Control Center opens in a new window. Where you see "Free email addresses for mynewdomain.com, click the "ADD" button.

Enter the prefix you want in the box (could be your name, sales, info, etc. - however you want this email address to read: myname@mynewdomain.com, or info@mynewdomain.com).

Enter your password twice. (Don't forget to write your password where you'll readily find it... or use one that's easily remembered... you'll need it to access your mailbox.)

Keep the defaults for the other questions (i.e., don't enter anything else). Hit the "OK" button.

To access your mailbox, on the Email Control Center page, for the email address you just set up, click on the "Envelope" icon. This launches your webmail box.

Bookmark it to find it easily in the future. When you click on your bookmark, you'll be asked for the email address and password. Enter them both and hit "Login."