It’s kind of a hassle, isn’t it? You’re sitting at your computer typing away, when all of a sudden you hear your cell phone chirping at you. You recognize the tone – it means you have a new text message. You sigh as you reach for the phone. It isn’t that you don’t want to text your friend back. It’s just that you were right in the middle of checking out a few profiles on MySpace. “Wouldn’t it be nice”, you think as your fingers fly across the cell phone keys “If I could text people right here on MySpace? Then I could do everything right here in one place!”

Guess what? Now you can text your friends right from your MySpace profile page! No more texting with one eye on the computer screen to see what’s happening online. You can text back and forth with anyone who has a cell phone once you add this nifty little to your page. The texting is anonymous, meaning that your cell phone number does not show up, so you don’t have to worry about someone on the internet getting hold of it.

Don’t think you can use this widget to prank people with though. Sure, you could, but be aware that your IP address is logged by the service every time you send a text message. If your text prank gets a little nasty, someone might try to turn you in! Don’t take that chance.

This cool widget also works around the world – and it’s free! So, not only are you going to save time and aggravation, you could potentially save some money too if your cell plan charges on a per message basis.

Do a Google search for TextForFree – all one word. When your results come back, choose one of the first ones to go to the web site where you can download the widget. Once you are at the page, make your choices carefully, or the code that is generated will probably not work properly.

Let’s get started. First, type in your cell phone number. Next, you will see the words Button Text, with a box beside them that you are to type into. What’s this for? Simply type in a few words you’d like to appear on a button that will be on the widget. This author chose to put “Text Me!” on the button. Next, you’ll see the words Default Message Text. This one is pretty obvious… type in a short message like “Hi There!” Now, you will choose your cell phone provider. Click the button to fill it in beside the one your phone is with. Now you can click on the words Get Code.

There’s your code! Now, all you have to do is copy and paste this code into your MySpace profile.

Go to MySpace and click on the Edit My Profile link. When you get to the editing page, choose an area to paste the code into. Many people place the code in the About Me section. Preview your profile, and you should see the widget. Now you are ready to Save All Changes, and then View My Profile to see how it all looks.

Now you are all set! You can send and receive text messages right from your MySpace profile page! Have fun!

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