Learning Lab!

Welcome to the learning lab! If you're not sure about something on MoonSponge, you can find it out here. Just click on the question to read the answer. There's beginners guide to MoonSponge and also a beginners guide to html for those of you who want to learn some HTML!

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is MoonSponge?
  2. How do I create a homepage?
  3. What are MoonPoints and how do I earn them?
  4. What is HTML?
  5. How can I show people my homepage?
  6. How do I write in someone's guestbook?
  7. How do I remove entries from my own guestbook?
  8. How do I add my own pictures to my homepage?
  9. Can I add extra pages from my homepage?
  10. How can I get more people to look at my homepage?
  11. How do I delete my account/homepage?

1. What is MoonSponge? 

MoonSponge is a free service designed by Lee Wallis with the help of his little brother Ryan. The development of the website was done with the help of Lee's good friend Bhavin Doshi. MoonSponge will allow kids of any age to create their own homepage on the web instantly, without any knowledge of HTML. The idea came from a great website called MatMice which offered a similar service but are unfortunately have now closed. There seems to be no other website which is aimed purely at kids to create their own homepage, so Lee and Ryan decided to do something about it... MoonSponge!

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2. How do I create a homepage? 

Easy! Just go to the join now page and sign up for free. Then go to the 'Edit my Page' section and follow the simple instructions to start adding text and pictures to your homepage. Once you've finished click the 'Publish Page' button and whallaa! You have your very own homepage live on the internet! All you need to do now is get your friends and family to visit your page, see the 'How can I get more people to look at my homepage?' section for ideas!

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3. What are MoonPoints and how do I earn them? 

MoonPoints (MP) are what you earn on your account by doing different things on MoonSponge. The people with the highest amount of MP are displayed on the homepage for everyone to see! We have a full section dedicated to MoonPoints so you can learn more about what you can do to earn them. Go to the 'What are MoonPoints page'.

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4. What is HTML? 

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. HTML consists of bits of code typed into a text-file by the website author - these are called tags. The text is then saved as a html file, and viewed through a browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome. Each browser reads the html file and translates the text into words and pictures!

Still confused? Don't worry! You don't need to be concerned too much about what HTML is, but more concerned about what HTML can do!

We've created a beginners guide to html so you can learn cool tricks which will give your text a different colour, size or even make it...

scroll across the page!

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5. How can I show people my homepage? 

By telling everyone you possibly can and sharing your homepage address with everyone you know! Your homepage address is whatever your username. For example, if your username is lee then your homepage address will be http://www.moonsponge.com/lee - Simple!

Check out some tips for getting more people to check out your homepage here.

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6. How do I write in someone's guestbook? 

When you're on someone else's homepage, you can write in their guestbook or view their guestbook comments. All you have to do is scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the 'sign or view my guestbook' link. Make sure you leave nice comments or they wont want to visit your homepage in return. Please read the MoonSponge Guidelines before leaving comments in peoples guestbook's.

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7. How do I remove entries from my own guestbook? 

If you want to remove a comment from your own guestbook, just log into your account and go to the 'Homepage Extras' section, then click on 'Guestbook'. You can select all the comments you would like to remove and get rid of them forever! Be careful though because you can't get them back once you have removed them.

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8. How do I add my own pictures to my homepage? 

[Instructions not available yet]

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9. Can I add extra pages from my homepage? 

Sure. Just create another account! Once you have another homepage set up, you can link from your main homepage to your second one. Keep signing up as many times as you want for more and more pages! It's free after all.

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10. How can I get more people to look at my homepage? 

Here's a few tips for getting more people to look at your homepage:

  1. If you update your homepage regulary you could be picked for 'Homepage of the Week', and if you win, your homepage will be displayed on the MoonSponge homepage for a whole week!
  2. Earn as many MoonPoints as you can every day and you may get yourself on to the leaderboard on the MoonSponge homepage.
  3. If you're homepage is about something specific like football, then try finding other homepages which are about sport and ask if they will add a link to your homepage from theirs.
  4. Tell every member of your family and ask them to tell other people they know.
  5. Show your teachers at school.
  6. Post comments on other members guestbook's and tell them what you think of their homepage. Then they may visit your homepage in return and do the same for you.
  7. Make more and more friends on MoonSponge and they might link to your homepage from their homepage.

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11. How do I delete my account/homepage? 

We don't want you to leave because we'll miss you! :(

But if you really want to cancel your account and remove your homepage then all you have to do is:

  1. Log into your account.
  2. Click on 'Cancel My Account'.
  3. Confirm that you deffinately want to cancel your account by pressing 'I am sure!' - (You will lose everything!).
  4. All done! We hope you decide to come back soon.

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